The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-15

potatoes, gardens and grass IS making
good growth; corn being cultivated; stock
and fruit doing well.
Pottawatomie-Heavy rains caused some
Carnage TO lowland crops, and retarded
cultivation; corn and cotton being cult
vatedf and doing well; potatoes doing well
and fine crop; the wheat damaged
some by chintz bugs; grass fine, and
stock doing well; fruit very promising.
CIevela nd-Wheat growing well; corn
fine stand and being cultivated. an in
creased acreage; gardens and fruit in fine
condition; grass good and stock in fine
condition.
Chickasaw-Over the northern portion
prospects are unusually fine; wheat is
heading out and oats making i rapid
growth, both have good stands with large
yield in prospect; corn ard cotton have
good stands and are being cultivated;
gardens, grass, fruit and stock are doing
well.
over the middle portion the fine rairs
caused all crops to make good growths;
oats are heading out and early potatoes
being laid by; cotton planting was Ie-
tarded and the nights have been too cool
to do we'll
over the southern portion crops are do
ing well: cotton and corn are being Gull
tivated or chopped out with a good pros
pect; oats are fine; gardens and stock are
doing well; farmers are well UP with their
work.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Woods-Rains improved all crops; wheat
growing well but about half Of acreage
replanted to other crops; corn and oats
doing well and corn being cultivated; gar
dens and fruit in good condition; stock
doing well
Woodward-Au crops doing well, cattle
in good condition; corn being cultivated.
Beaver-Rafns benefited all crops and
stock doing well.
Day-Rains zenefitted all crops; wheat
looks well but is late; corn up to good
stand and is being cultivated: cotton
planting in progress and some coming up,
castor beans being planted; potatoes in
bloom; fruit is promising and stock IS in
fine condition.
Blaine-Rains have saturated the ground
and all vegetation is making rapid
growth; corn coming up irregularly and
being cultivated: wheat generally a good
stand: fruit very promising and stock in
good condition.
Custer-Rains placed ground in fine
condition for growing crops; some dam
age TO corn from the heavy rains; wheat
doing well and heading out; cotton plant
ing in progress. delayed some by the re-
cent rains; oats doing well; potatoes in
fine condition.
Roger AfilIs-Recent heavy rains have
ton and corn being cultivated; oats in
fine condition; alfalfa blooming; wheat
growing well: gardens. fruit and stock in
fine condition.
Washita-Ground saturated with mois-
ture; wheat making a poor growth, ard
being injured by a green fly; cotton plant
ing in progr9ss and some coming up; corn
being cultivaed: fruit good.
Caddo-Corn growing slowly and il be-
ing cultivated. cotton coming up 20 q
fairly good stand; crops damaged some
By recent stormy weather.
Observation-Disclosures Of r8in; corn do
ing well: kanir corn and cotton retarded
in growth by cool nights: cattle doing
well.
KIowa-Au crops in good growing con
dition.
Greer-Recent rains improved al crops,
especially wheat and oats. which are
making a rapid growth with wheat head
ing out.-corn Is. being cultivated; cotton
IS coming Up u a stand. some repianung
VIII be done, alfalfa IS doing well: pota-
toes and gardens are in good condition;
fruit Is q good prospect; grass growing
fast and stock doing well
c. II. STRONG. Station Director.