The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-23
PROHPECTSGOOD
FOR BIG CROP
MiIIers Club Reports Show
Damage Not General
DAMAGE ONLY LOCAL
Some Counties Report DAM
age of Is per cent

The secretary of the Southern Kansas
Millers' club has begun the issuance Of the
weekly crop reports which were so popu-
lar with merchants, grain men and mil
lers. Thursday the reports were issued,
and these show that the prospects for q
big wheat crop this year to be as fine
as could be desired. In some sections
Hessian fly is reported, and the continued
wet weather has done considerable dam
age, but the general tone of the reports is
| that there will be a large crop Of wheat.
The yield will not be below the average,
taking the wheat belt as whole. and the
acreage has been considerably increased
over last year.
The reports sent out are as follows:
Douglas county-1c0 per cent crop eX-
pected. No complaint of any moment.
Mcpherson county-Prospects not good.
Infested with Hessian fly and fields gen
orally have a bad appearance; damages
estimated 80 per cent.
Salina and Dickinson counties-In better
shape; still. there is a lot of fly, and
fields do not look good. VIII not make
a full crop.
Gypsum-From what can be learned
from good farmers we nave great wheat
crop in sight. Considerable complaint
damage will exceed 10 per cent. The
plant is looking good, and if the weather
is favorable and not too wet viii I'M
doubtedly have a big crop of wheat
CaldwelI-Crop looking fine. Growing
plant in excellent condition.
Girard-Wheat not looking or doing as
well as could be desired. Some think
there is Hessian fly; others lay it 10 the
excessive rains.
Mound City-The growing crop Is look
ing fine No fly or bug.
Lehigh-Wheat damaged about % per
cent. Hessian fly and too much rain,
also the last frost retarded its growth.
Pittsburg-Wheat is looking yellow.
Some report some fly. Prospect is not
fiattering.
Independence-Cons wheat is
drowned out Wheat on upland very
thin: estimated three-fourths full crop
Turon-Wheat looking fine. Prospects
good for large yield.
Olathe-Wheat looks well.
De Soto-Wheat very good. Prospects
for full average crop as compared with
previous years.
Sterfing-Reports flattering. No dam
age.
Ellinwood-Outlook is good for 50 per
cent crop.
Wellington-Cora plant of bug and Hes
sian fly, but still in very good shape.
Manhattan-Very fiattering prospects for
both hard and soft wheat.
Hutchinson-Wheat in splendid condi-
ton. 100 per cent of crop estimated
Lost Springs Bids fair for heavy crop,
unless wet weather binders.
Mound Ridge-Continued cold and Hes
sian fly seems TO be retarding the
growth.
Great Bend-Prospects very fine. Plenty
of moisture.
Douglass-Growing wheat damaged 20
per cent in valley.
Newton-25 per cent damage and not
improving Considerable Hessian fly and
some wheat being plowed up.
Stafford-Conditions favorable. Esu-
mate % per cent crop.
Topeka-First-clas condition. Estimate
100 per cent.
Independence-Poor color; spindling; eS-
pect about 70 TO rs per cent crop.
McPherson-Fair condition only; thin
and looks yellow. Estimate L TO 10
bushels yield.
Observation-Disclosures conditions. Very
little Hessan fly
ego-Unsatisfactory; looking very
yellow. but think late rains Will improve
condition.
Goessel-About IS per cent estimate crop.
Eureka-Wheat looks fine in this sec
tion.
Tonkawa-Some fields infested with Hes
sian fly.
sedan-Not very fattering. Some fly
and some rust.