The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-03


to all crops; wheat filing out; winter
oats ready to cut; alfalfa ready to har-
| vest; corn and cotton damaged by wash
ing; stock generally doing well
l Logan and Oklahoma-Heavy rains
damaged al crops; wheat filling out, dam
| aged On lowlands; oats heading; corn cul-
tivation delayed; cotton poor stand, seed
scarce, bottom land crop badyy dam
aged; fruit healthy; orchards damaged
by wind and hail; gardens and potatoes
| made good growth, grass and stock good
| condition.
Payne and Lincoln-Heavy rains and
some hail; wheat and oats in good con-
| dition; corn made slow growth; corn,
I cotton and fruit trees damaged by high
wind and hail: alfalfa being cut; ga--
| dehs. grass, millet and stock in good con-
dition; too wet for potatoes.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland Heavy
rains damaged wheat. oats and cotton
corn backward; prospects for half crop
fruit; pastures hurt by overflow.
Chickasaw, northeast portion-Heavy
rains will delay cultivation of all crops:
oats will make half crop; corn in fair
| condition, growing well; cotton backward.
coming up fairly well; millet and cane in
fair condition; gardens improving.
Chickasaw, northwest portion-Exces-
sive rains on the sd; wheat heading out
well; oats will make a fair crop; corn
being cultivated but will be late; cotton
making slow growth. rather cool for the
crop; gardens injured slightly by bugs;
grass in good condition; stock doing well.
Chickasaw, southwest portion-Good
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corn, cotton and oats; corn being worked.
fair stand; cotton coming up to poor
to fair stand; some complaint of insects
working on cotton; wheat and oats i'm
proving; gardens are in good condition;
potatoes in fair condition; stock is doing
well; ground in good condition for work
ing.
Chickasaw southeast portion-Good
rains, some hail reported but no damage
done; wheat in good condition; oats head
ing. fair condition; corn in good condition,
being plowed. fair stand; cotton making
good growth. but some complaint OF in
sect, crop will be- late, some acreage
planted to corn; potatoes, gardens, mil
let, cane and grass doing well; fruit will
be light crop; stock fattening.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Woods-Heavy, beating rains and high
winds did slight damage in some parts;
some hail in western portion; tornado
ruined crops and property in its track
near Carmen; wheat and oats are gener-
ally fine: corn slow; fruit fair; grass good;
stock doing well
Woodward-Heavy rains and high winds
with some hail; wheat, oats and barley
fine; corn backward; broom corn poor
stand; potatoes and gardens making slow
growth; fruit fair; pastures excellent and
stock doing well
Beaver-Heavy rains in east portion:
west dry; high winds and sand storm;
wheat and alfalfa good; corn poorr; cane
and kaf1r corn look well; stock in good
condition.
Dewey and Blaine-Heavy rains, high
winds and hail did some damage in
Dewye county; tornado on the 3d. little
or no damage in Blaine county; wheat,
oats and corn looking well; cotton slow;
fruit fair; grass fine; stock in good con-
dition.
Day and Roger Mills-Considerable
damage from high winds and hail in the
northeast portion of Day county; wheat
and oats short but good; corn, kaffir
corn and vegetables doing well; grass
good and stock in good condition.
Washita and Caddo-Excessive rains
and hail did some damage; night of the
23d and 24th nine inches of water fell
at Binger; high winds damaged build
ings. crops and orchards; excepting in
portions where damaged. all crops look
well and promising; pastures good; po-
tatOes and gardens improving; stock do
ing weI.
Comanche-Good rains; wheat and oats
short. but good; corn growing fast; cot
ton fair and being cultivated; cane. kaf-
fir corn and broom corn looking well;
grass fine; stock doing well.
Kiowa-Good rains; some hail, with
slight damage; farmers backward in the
cultivation of their crops.
Greer-Good rains; high winds; some
damage to wheat and cotton by hail;
corn and oats in good condition; potatoes
and fruit fair; grass good