The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-15

MarShall-A COOL dry week rain
would do much good, oats all up except
very late sowing, are good stand and
look we'll; grass coming very slowly
some corn being planted.
MAMA remarkably cold week hne
wheat weather. and wheat doing nicely;
oats all sown; corn being rapidly
NIorris-A cool, dry week. with some
frost and ice; grass and all vegetation
retarded in growth; no corn planted
yet
Usage Peach and apricot trees in
| bloom; no planting yet, except garden
truck which is doing well.
Riley-Cool and dry. with frost nearly
every night; almost no growth IN vege-
tation-
Shawnee-Wheat prospects fine; oats
coming up well; corn planting not be-
gun: grass starting; cattle in fine con-
dition.
Wilson-oats and wheat in good con
| dition; corn practically all planted
/ garden stuff coming up well; stock gem
orally in good condition.
Woodson-Good week for farm work;
planting of corn general; considerable
fax being sown; feed scarce; grass has
started to grow.
Weather favorable for
| tree planting and blowing for corn. No
rain during the week. but ground IS
sufficiently moist to insure growth.
MIDDLE DIVISION.
" heat Is doing well in some of the
/ southern and northwestern counties; ID
many of the counties it has made but
! little if any growth, while in a few it
i has been injured more or less. Wheat
/ that was sown last fall for winter pas
/ turage IS now being plOWed up FOR
/ spring; crops. Oats are up coming
| up and generally are in good condition;
| IN some counties doing quite well.
| Corn planting is progressing in all
parts of the division. except that in the
north part of Russell the ground is too
] dry. Barley is coming up in many
counties; it is fine in Edwards and
4 promising in Kingman. Grass is start
| ing nicely in Phillips, growing well IN
/ Harvey and green in Edwards, but is
] backward in all parts. Peaches are
blooming in the south, but the buds
| were mostly winter-killed in the north.
Plums are blooming in the south, near
i ~ IN bloom in the north. Pears are
blooming in Cowley and cherries in
! kingman. Stock is doing well
4 Barton-Wheat not improving: al
/ falfa seeding begun; oats and barley
i coming up; grass growing slowly; trees
leatlng; peach buds killed; rain is
needed.
Clay-ConsiderabIe wind. and only
| trace of rain; wheat needs rain; growth
of oats slow; some corn being planted.
i Cloud-Wheat in critical condition:
! vegetation made slow growth during
week; plum and cherry blossoms nearly
| open.
Cowley-Cool damp week; wheat.
! oats and alfalfa growing rapidly; corn
i acreage half planted: prairie grass
growing slowly; apricots injured by
! IFoSt: peaches, pears, and plunS unuS-
ually full of blossoms.
wards-F'ine growing weather;
4 prospects for wheat good; oats and bar
ley in good condition; pastures getting
green; stock doing well.
| Ellsworth-But little advancement
| made in wheat; barley and oats being
/ drilled into some wheat ground; grass
I starting, but needs rain; oats look fine;
/ ground works easily; corn planting
! commenced; cattle wintered we'll.
Harper-Wheat not advancing; oats
doing we'll: little corn planted vet
Harvey-This week has not improved
| wheat; rain needed: corn about all
planted; oats medium; grass growing
well.
Jewell-Oats up and doing well; wheat
| and rye needing rain grass starting;
some corn planted; alfalfa making slow
start on account of dry subsoil.
Kingnan-Wheat growing nicely,
corn planting in progress; oats about
| all in, prospect promising. Fruit in
good condition; cherry trees beginning
| to bloom. Grass needs warmer wealth
err
Lincoln-Wheat not improving; oats
up; rain needed; week cool and frosty.
McPherson-Wheat needs rain oats
coming up nicely; grass starting slowly;
trees budding; heavy frost on 10th kill
ed early garden plants; corn planting
in progress
Phinips-AH crops look promising;
looks WE'LL potatoes all planted; early
gardens up; grass starting nicely;
peaches badly injured. Corn planting
will commence next week.
Pratt-Appearanc of growing grain
improved; some frost but no damage;
corn planting well advanced.
Reno-Wheat growing we'll; oats all
up; corn listing progressing rapidly;
ground in good condition, though wheat
and oats would be benefited by a good
rain; plum trees in bloom; apple leaves
unfolding. showing plenty of flower
buds; early grass growing nicely.
Republic-A cool dry week with
strong Winds wheat needing rain:
growth retarded by cool dry weather.
Russell-Wheat on plowed ground
badly killed; much sOWn to oats or will
be planted to corn, or other spring
crops Wheat sown in cornstalk and
on newly broken sod win make a fair
crop, if the remainder of the month is
favorable Grass starting slowly.
Saline-Dry cool week; heavy frost
morning of the 18th; wheat doing we'll
but in needs of rain; corn planting viii
begin next week
Sedgwick-Wheat growing well. killed
in spots: some wheat ploWed up, 1eav-
ing acreage below last years; oats
coming up; not much corn planted so
far; grass is starting; peaches not yet
in full bloom
planting commenced; early gardens look
we'll; grass starting; rain needed sub
soil very dry oats up; potatoes plant
ed; peaches killed; other fruit all right
StaffOrd-An growing crops doing
nicely; rain needed
Sumner-Peaches and plums in bloom /;
corn planting in progress; early sown
oats up; some oats being sown: pas
lures backward; large quantity of alfal-
IA seed sOwn this spring.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Wheat is improving, in some counties
rapidly. in others slowly, the latter con
oats and barley are doing well. Grass is
starting nicely in the central and north
ern counties while cattle are on pasture
in the extreme south. Peaches, apricOts
/ and wild plums are in bloom in the cen
trail and southern counties. Alfalfa is
green in the south and starting well in
the central and northern counties. Corn
/ planting has begun in the northern
:. 1919. L-attIe doirae- LII