The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-04
COTTON
IS GREATLY
DAMAGED
Extreme Heat, Boil Worms,
Lice and Bust Is Cause.
CONDITION OF CROPS
Is DiScouraging With Stock
in No Better Shape.

Oklahoma City, o. T.. Sept &C. NJ.
Strong, section director Of the weather
bureau of this city, has issued the fol-
lowing bulletin on the crops Of Oklahoma
territory:
Clear weather. extremely high temper
atures and drolthy conditions marked
the fore part; showers and cooler
weather the latter part of the week.
Local showers occurred over nearly all
portions of the section on August %.
80 and 81 and September ?. but were
| light or moderate and insufficient TO full
ly relieve the drouth.
Temperatures ranged from 10 to 81
degrees over the section.
Cotton, oweing to the extreme heat,
opened rapidly and prematuTely. and has
been greatly damaged; considerable she'd
ding and damage from lice, rust and
boil worms are reported; picking was
in general progress, but was delayed
some by extreme heat.
Kaflr corn. cane and late corn are
being cut; the late crops were benented
by the showers.
Pastures were revived some by the
rains, but with stock water are short,
and stock is not doing SO well.
Fall wheat sowing and plowing are
in progress over some and delayed over
other counties by hard, dry ground.
Late fruit has suffered and is in poor
condition over many localities.
4 IL,
and are in poor condition.
The second crop Of hay is being gath
cred over some counties.
Following are the reports from the DIFF
ferent portions of the sections by nations
and counties:
CENTRL DIVISION.
Kay-Hot and drysshowers on the 29th;
pastures dead; water scarce in some To-
calities; farm work Wen advanced; hay
ing in progress; yield light; corn cutting
completed.
Grant-Very dry; late gardens, pota-
toes and millet fair; castor beans short:
cane and kafir corn viii be fair yields;
ground becoming too hard to plow; cat
he doing well; fruit being injured.
Garheld-Good rain on the 18th placed
ing resumed: cane and kafiir corn max
ing fair crop; pastures good; corn cut
ting progress; much prairie grass VIII
make d second crop of hay.
Noble-Good rains on the 18th and S0th,
placed ground in good condition and re
vived pastures and aln growing crops;
some wheat being fed to stock; corn a
short yield.
PaWnee-Hot and dry; local rains on
corn crop will be short; cotton crop
doing fairly well beginning to open and
is badly in need of rain; forage is plen-
tiful; pastures benefited and stock in
good condition.
Payne-FaIl wheat ground being pre-
pared, some being sown; corn cutting
about done; grass revNing; some cotton
picked, but late crop not opened yet.
Logan-Yery hot ana dry; showers on
shock; cotton opening and picking in pro-
gress; much damage by premature open
ing; cane and kaffir corn being cut;
water scarce. pastures short. and stock
deterioraung; ground too hard to plow.
Kingdsber-Iot and dry: good local rains
on the 18th, 29th and Soth, but insufficient.
Wheat sowing in progress; kafir imprOv-
ing; cotton opening; pastrues very dry.
Canadian-Goo rains on the Both, but in
sufficient: pastures short; water scarce;
stock doing well; plowing continues but
delayed Icy hard ground; peaches drying
mp.
Cklahoma-Hot and dry; relieved by
good local showers on 2Sth and Goth; cot
ton fair in some and poor in other To-
calities; opening; picking is in progress;
pastures fair; late beans. radishes and
other late gardens doing fairly well; the
ground is very hard.
Lincoln-9ot and dry spell broken by
good rains on 29th. benefting cotton, KAT /
fir corn an dfruit; corn mostly cut; cot I
ION being picked. crop damaged by prem (
ature opening; pastures dry and short; /
stock doiRg fairly well; fruit poor.
Pottawatonie-Hot and dry and late I
crops suGeroing; cotton opening fast and .
picking I'm progress; damaged by prema- I
ture opening. Some wheat sown; pastures 4
dry and water scarce; grapes a poor 4
yield.
Chickasaw-Over the northern portion 4
the weather was hot and dry; showers 4
on the 2sth. corn being cut, light yield;
cotton opening fast and being picked:
crop damaged by the extreme heat and .
vlH be short; water scarce and stock
fruit ripening. quality is
poor: second crop Of hay being put UP;
rain needed.
ever the central portion dry. hot wea-
theT badly damaged cotton; cane being
made up. yield poor; stock water becom-
ing scarce and grass burning Up.
over the southern portion. dry and hot
weather prevailed, broken by showers on
the 2sth. cotton opening fast and being
picked. much shedding reported and tne
crop badly damaged for want II moisture
a. other crops are. corn read 10 crib.
zsfir corn aud cane being cut. fair CROPS;
milet poor. gardens dried Va; prairie
grass plentifal iu saue lDCaiities: water
2 ttine scarce; stock doing moderately
well.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Cireer-EEtremely hot and dry: cotton
suffering and opening preuaturely, in
sects also causilng damage IN some To-
calGes, picking is in progress. yatcr is
scarce ana stock deterorstiags ground is
too hard to p.au
Comauehe-CGr CGrtlaued hot and DRY, hot
"a nls prsirle grass drr and buraiIg.
ushita-Drv ard hos. showers on rhe
ssa. c1rR cutting in progress cotton is
makine faie grovth but crap ntl -
s',ar. late potataes q faEure. ha2aas
s1sB ia progress, wheat sowing eespa
tsste--A-er1 hot. with Shower ~ 2th-
sorn beng cst. late co-1 do.aF iair'y
s. %. kasr clru end sane ans He
sturrs snsrs. has cr7p ssart lat rit
an lu eool es--alsi1zs stock ei7s Nsi
Dewes--fEot ani drv. corn rattis e