The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04
Rain OVER The STATE
Wheat Seeding Retarded and
Hay and Potatoes Injured.
ATsI.EAvENWORTH.

1t has been raining almost incessantly'
in this section of Kansas since the mid
dle~of September, and now considerable
alarm is felt for fear the rain will keep
up and prevent the fan sowing of wheat
Very little wheat was sown before the
wet spell set in, and 1t will take at least
ten days Of dry weather for the farmers
to finish drilling. Wheat should be in
the ground before October to insure
good yield the following year, and as
very small acreage has been sown the
crop in this section next year is almost
sure to be short. The ground is more
thoroughly soaked now than it has been
for two years, and for the first time
since the terrible drOuth of last year the
creeks running. The rainfall in the
past ten days has amounted to nearly
seven inches, making the greatest RAIN
fall for this section in the same length
of time on record. Rain has fallen in.
torrents every day this week, and it is
elmost cold enough to snow. 1T Is al
most impossible for farmers to engage
in any kind of work at present. Pota-
toes are rOtting in the ground and IN
will be greatly damaged The apple
crop is also suffering. Apple growers
were in the midst of the harvest when
the wet spell set in, and they have not
been able to gather any fruit for near
~ ten days. The fruit is dropping badly
and the loss will be great
AT ABILENE.
| Steady rain with cold north wind has
prevailed since midnight of Thursday.
The farmers are unable to enter the,
wheat fields to seed for next years
crop. The indications are for the larg-
est wheat acreage in the history of this
section if the farmers can complete their
work, for the fields are thoroughly
soaked and there is promise of rapid
growth. The corn stands in the fields
untouched, for it is impossible to gather
it while the wet weather continues as it
has for the past few weeks. The Smoky
Hill river is at its highest stage in A.
teen years. It is out of its banks and
is several feet deep between the bridge
south of town and this city. j. H. Engle
has lost so tons of alfalfa, carried off by
the high water, and others have lost hay
and wood The sewer work begun last
week has stopped until the weather
clears.
AT FLORENCE.
A cold rain has been falling since
Thursday, driven by high north wind.
1t is causing considerable suffering
among stock owing to farmers being
unprepared for rough weather so early
in the year. A great amount of alfalfa
cut and on the ground yet. The farm
ers are becoming worried over the pros
poets for fall seeding, as very little if
any wheat has been put in.
AT JUNCTION CITY.
About an inch and half of rain fell
here Friday, making total of about
three inches this week. The short inter-
walls between the rains this fall has had
serious erect on farm work Not
more than a fourth of the fall wheat
planting has been done and haymaking
has been progressing slowly.
AT SALIVA
| Rain has been falling here for over
twenty-four hours and the farmers will
be greatly delayed in fall seeding. Re
ports from western Kansas say that it
has been raining all day. - aHis 81 -rs
/ AT KINSLEY. a a.. 2
| A slow rain has been falling here
since Thursday and it continues tn rain.
today. The rain is general over this
part of the state. Conditions for fall
wheat seeding were never better. About
one-half of the acreage has been sown
AT DODGE CITY.
A soaking rain has fallen continually
in this part of Kansas the past thirty
hours. Something like two inches has
fallen.