The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-28
STILL RAINING IN KANSAS.
Great Benefits in All Respects From
the DOWnpour.

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Topeka, Kan, uJIy 27-Kansas has
been fully redeemed from the ravages
of the drouth. The rain which started
in numerous portions of the state last
night has been continued during the
past day, and reports received here To-
niglf, say that rain is still falling in
several places in the state. Every in
diCat5n points to prolonged rain
spell, which viii be Of inestimaDle
value to Kansas.
A dispatch from Scandal says that
rain has fallen throughout the northern
portion of the state this afternoon, and
is continuing generally this evening
with the best OF prospects for d heavy
downpOur later in the night.
La Crosse reports that Rush county
is this evening having d heavy rain,
and that grass and stock water is
abundant
In Usage county rain has been fall
ing a good part of the afternoon, with
prospects OF a better one tonight.
In Topeka il has been raining most Of
the afternoon. About two inches OF
rain have fallen there today, and from
the indications another heavy down
pour Will come 4 Jnight.
Scott City reports an excellent rain
this afternoon. Here the buffalo grass
ranges are excellent, and there IS plenty
of feed for the stock
Rain that fell in CoWley county this
Z evening viii insure fourth of crop
/ Of corn, according to a dispatch from
/ Winfield.
In Wellington, during a severe rain
i storm this afternoon, lightning struck
/ a cook house belo1gin 10 a threshing
/ outfit, and two me7 were fatally in
/ jgTed.
! The rain was the most general in the
! eastern part of the state, which needed
3 il the most. The sale of garden seeds
nh. "a.
{ nal Farmers purchased large quaint
/ ties of turnips, SCI ghum and rye seed
3 for forage
Many farmers have expressed their
/ intention of planting large helds OF tur-
I nips These viii make good pastures
until late in the season, and can be used
for stock food during the winter Farm
/ ers report that there viii be consider
/ able late corn, and the rain viii make
( excellent fodder.
The estimates Of the probable yield
Of corn range all the way from seven tc
. twenty bushels to the acre. No more
spasmOdic efforts to sell the stock vii
/ be made. The farmers are now salts
! fed to hold the stock till the prices gel
better, being confident OF their ability
/ TO obtain enough feed for them row.
While the rain came too late 70 be OF
great benefit to the grain, il practically
insured a large fruit crop. Apples anC
pears are getting in bad condition, bu
now, with anything like favorable con
diticns, they Will make large crop
The Kansas apple crop is in fine condi-
ton, and the product promises TO b'
of as fine q variety as has ever beer
known in the state. The fruit sur
prised the hOrticultuTalists by the way
in which it endured the severe DRY
spell.
The cities of ,e state viii gain grea
/ benefit from tie rain. In some places
I had gotten INFO
bad condition through the lack Of watei
to wash them out. They have now beer
fully flushed, and a better state o.
| things win result.
An ice famine which was starinl
some of the cities in the face has nov
/ been averted by the cooler weather
Water has been supplied in generous
/ quantities, buildings have received
I thorough wetting, and the danger from
FIRE is lessened many fold.