The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-22
KANSAS(0RN crop
VIII Feat Its Greatest Yield bv
100000 Bushels
RfPORIS FROM NNtNIY.klHE UuNIfS
80
"s"m~"s Place Yield st Prom Tw,
hundred and Thirty.Hye to Two
Humid red and Fifty Million
Bnsheis-O other New.
REPORTS FROM StVtNIY.klY1 OusIUS

n 'ompIlcation Of reports received
!Ioui oVo correspondents living in six
'E-nlne oil the best corn producing
'ountles oil Kansas show that the corn
sitiu LOT this year will be only 235
hiiliion bushels. Other estimates have
placed the probable yield as high as
ooo million bushels. Two months ago
.hese same correspondents estimated
'he wheat crop at 23j million bushels.
When other estimates placed IL al twice
mat mount. The government esti-
maze Tor Kansas o places the yield
at 50A million bushels. Last year the
corn crop failed on account of the
drought. The product was ~. Coz. 672
bushels. The greatest yield was in
1899, 225. lS3. 432 bushels.
h 300 correspondents were asked
to answer the following questions:
What progress has been made in
blowing for wheat?' What per cent
of the threshing is finished?" and.
What is the present condition of the
growing corn" A of the
answers to the first two questions
shows that little blowing has been
done. because the ground is hard and
dry. except in a few of the more ia
w Nnl'H nave udu OtIH-
sional showers. and the correspond
ents agree that two-thirds of the
threshing has been completed and that
the movement of wheat to the market
soon will cease. From two to five cor
respondents have reported on the con-
dition of corn from each county in the
corn belt. Where the estimates of the
correspondents are similar one report
is used. Where the reports differ they
are given as fair" good" or Door"
according to the report. The condi-
tions are given by counties as follows:
Allen-Good. fine. never better.
Atchison-Early corr made, late
corn fair to good.
Anderson-Corn good. doing well,
Brown-Corn crop will he big.
Barton-Badly burnt. not make one
third crop.
Bourbon-Corn from good to very
good.
Butler-Corn damaged by hot wave.
poor to average.
Clay-Upland burned some. bottoms
fair to good.
Cloud-North part Of county good,
south part poor.
Cowley-Fair. good. average.
Cherokee-Good. average-very fine.
Crawford-Good-very good.
Coffey-Good, full crop.
Chase-Average. good and fair only.
Chautauqua-Very good. average.
Doniphan-Very good: big crop.
Dickinson-Prospects for good crop.
Decatur-Corn will not make much.
Douglas-Bottoms very good; up
lands fair.
Elk-From fair to good crop.
Ellsworth-Only fair; needs rain
badly.
Franklin-From fair and average to
good.
Observation-Disclosures very good; up
lands only fair.
Geary-Some damage to corn; fair
to good.
Harvey-Fair to good.
Harper-Fair; one-half to two-thirds
crop.
Jewell-Two-thirds to average crop;
needing rain.
Jackson-Good prospects: fine.
Jefferson-Good: very good.
Johnson-Best in many years.
Kingman-Badly damaged.
Leavenworth-Fine: good and ex-
cellent are the reports.
Lincoln-Corn badly damaged; one
fourth to one-half crop.
Labette-Eighty to l05 per cent.
Lyon-Reports from fair to average
and good.
Linn-Corn good, but late corn needs
rain.
Montgomery-Good to excellent.
Marshall-From average to extra
good.
Marion-Corn injured by hot winds,
from fair to average.
McPherson-Fair to very good.
Miami-Very good.
Mitchell-Only fair.
Morris-Good: fine. .
Nemaha-Over 100 per cent crop.
Neosho-Fine: never better.
Norton-From poor to fair.
Osage-Corn good; fine prospects.
Osborne-Corn badly burned; very
poor.
Ottawa-From poor to average.
Pratt-One-half to three-fourths
crop.
Phillips-Only fair; needs rain.
Observation-Disclosures average crop.
Rooks-Very badly burned.
Rice-Injured by hot winds, only
fair.
Russell-Fifty per cent damage.
Republic-Corn injured 20 per cent.
Reno-Damaged so per cent by hot
winds.
Riley-Two-thirds to average crop.
Shawnee-Uplands injured, bottoms
good.
Sumner-Good average crop.
Standardization for full crop.
Standardization poor, fair, drying
up.
Staiford-One-third to two-thirds
crop.
Smith-With plenty rain one-half TO
two-thirds crop.
Washington-Fair. poor. good.
Wabaunsee-Corn fair 10 good.
Wyandotte-Very good.
Woodson-Good and very good.
Wilson-Good, fine,
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