The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-09
WEEKLY CROP
BULLETIN
Warm Dry Days and Cool
Nights Marked Week.
LATE CORN IS MATURING
Cotton Is Doing Well and Be-
ginning to Open.
LATE CORN IS MATURING

Oklahoma City, o. T, Sept. S-The week
was marked by warm. dry days. cool
nights, high winds and a lack of precip-
itation: the general conditions were un-
favorable for growth and fall plowing.
Early corn cutting has advanced rap
idly and is nearing completion over many
localities. the yield is fair to good; the
late corn is maturing fast and needs rain
ever some Counties The prospect is for
fair yields.
Cotton is generally doing well and be-
ginning to open over nearly all portions;
some early cotton is being picked and
marketed; some slight damage by boil
%eevil, sharpshooters and shedding is
reported; the crop is in need of rain to
advance its growth; with late frost the
prospect is for a fair to average yield.
Haying continues and the second crop
IS being secured in good condition; the
third cutting of alfalfa is in progress
with good yields secured.
Broom corn harvest is well advanced
and an average yield OF a fair quality is
being secured.
June corn, cane. kaffir corn and castor
beans are doing well, but need rain.
Turnips and late potatoes would be
greatly benefited by rain. They are a
poor to fair stand.
Pastures and range grass and stock
water are drying up but stock are still
doing we'll
Melons, peaches, pears, plums and
grapes are maturing and being marketed
with fair yields.
Sweet potatoes are being gathered with
fair to good yields
Fall plowing is well advanced but work
is retarded over many localities by hard,
dry ground.
Late gardens are drying up.
Following are the reports from the diff
ferent portions of the section:
Usage and Pawnee-Dry; corn cutting
anr haying continues; late corn is in good
condition; plowing continues and is well
advanced; melons. tomatoes and cabbage
are plentiful; large amount of prairie hay
OF fine quality being put up; pastures are
In good condition and stock is doing Well
Kay and Noble-Dry; corn cutting con-
tinues, fair crop; late corn is in need of
rain: cotton doing well; haying well ad-
vanced fine quality, large crop; rather
dry for plowing; kaffir corn and cane do
ing well; third crop of alfalfa being Sc
cured, excellent crop; fruit ripening; pas
lures and stock in good condition.
Grant and Garfield-Dry; corn cutting
well advanced, good crop; too dry for
kaflir corn, cane and plowing; haying
continues; fruit ripening: potatoes dry
ing up; pastures getting short; stock do
ing fairly well.
Kingfisher and Canadian-Dry; early
corn being marketedfh late corn needs
rain; cotton donig fairly well. some open
irg; too dry for plowing; fruit being mar
keted; kaffir corn, cane and stock in good
condition; late potatoes up to poor stand,
but doing well; pastures drying up.
Logan and Oklahoma-Dry; early corn
mostly cut, fair to extra yield, late not so
good; cotton doing fairly well NTH good
crop promised; plowing being pushed, but
rather dry; haying well advanced; third
crop of alfalfa being cut; potatoes doing
well pastures and stock in good condi-
ton.
Payne and Lincoln-Dry; corn cutting
nearly completed, good yields: cotton
growing nicely and opening slowly; boil
worms reported in Lincoln county; hay
ing well advanced; too dry for plowing;
fair prospect for fruit; late potatoes very
poor; broom corn being cut; castor beans
making good growth; pastures and stock
in good condition.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland-Dry;
early corn mostly shocked; late ripen-
ing fast; cotton making good growth
with promise of good crop; few boil
worms reported in Pottawatomie county;
bells are fun and some picking has been
don; plowing well advanced; haying
about completed; cane being made; kaffir
corn ripening; potatoes not up to good
stand fruit ripenfng and being market
ed; pastures in fair condition. stock water
getting scarce. but stock is doing well
Chickasaw, northeast portion-Dry;
corn being marketed. fair to good yield;
cotton opening fast. is shedding a little,
and needs rain, picking has begun: tur-
nips not up yet; potatoes are scarce: gar
dens are generally dried up; haying con-
tinues with good yields: range grass dry
ing up. stock water getting scarce but
stock doing fairly vel.
Northwest portion-Dry; cotton doing