The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-23

rushed; good crop of alfalfa harvested;
/ corn has been cleaned out and is grow
/ ing well. but is small for the time of
year; oats are a good crop and about
ready to harvest. forage crops viii be
! large and valuable for this season, po-
tatOes are growing very large but are
soft, too much water for them
CherOkee-Corn is being rapidly clean
ed and is changing color all crops do
/ ing well, wheat harvest has begun, APP
pies have fallen badly; potatoes very
! poor, too much water
Coffey-Good week for cleaning out
the cornfelds; corn about all planted;
early corn improving; wheat that was
/ not overlooked doing WE'LL all field crops
doing we'll; apples very scarce in some
( localities
Crawford-Corn planting nearly fin
ished. good week for all growing crops.
oats fine; corn growing wheat turning
grass good. mulberries ripe; blackper-
ries Tipening: June apples ripenlns, they
are small but have good fiavor,all kinds
of berries plentiful.
D0uiphan-W Wheat harvest will begin
next week; crop viii be light. corn very
backward and yellow. oats fairly good.
JacksOn-GOOd weather for all crops
corn all replanted. and is being cleaned
of weeds and doing well on uplandsi
wheat is ripening finely, all grass crops
viii make a good yield.
Jefferson-SO of the corn IS stiH
very weedy. but much of it is greatly
improved by cultivation; stil planting
on the bottoms oats and all other
crops doing we'll
Johnson-Go0d week for farm WORK,
some not through planting yet; corn
that has been cultivated IS getting
better color; wheat harvest is begin.
Ming English bluegrass is looking Wen
and will soon be ready to cut; clover
about ready to cut; no peaches or pears
apples viii he a light crop
Labette=Wheat only "a fair yield bun
an excellent berry; about two-thirds
cut; cats not very promising; corn
small and weedy but growing wen
now: being cultivated, pastures fine
potatoes poor; apples in good cOnditi0 1.
I.inn-Wheat harvest next week 0niN
a fair crop. oats promise a good crops
corn all planted and farmers are busy
tending it; some of the early corn looks
we'll but late planting is just coming
up; tame grass good.
LeaVenworth-Corn poor and weeiv.
and some not yet planted oats looking
we'll; pastures good; stock doing finely.
apples and cherries few. plums none
Marshall r. Fine growing weather.
ground i'm good condition for cultiVa-
ton; corn is backward. but it's color is
good and it is growing we'll now. Wheat
and oats are doing we'll; first crop Of
alfalfa saved in good condition; grass
and pastures fine: potatoes and gardens
Montgomery-A good week for corn.
and wheat harvest. wheat is good in
many fields, in others very poor. corn
has made good growth, the flooded
bottoms are generally replanted'
I grasses in good condition; fair crop
/ of blsckberries is being marketed.
Morris-CiOod week for farm work,
corn about all PLANTED; cultivation in
/ progress, but the corn is weedy anc
+ rain is needed to soften the ground.
alfalfa cut and stacked fine secon1
growth where first cutting was early;
oats looking we'll, potatoes viii need
No. ,, ,f a
most all overlooked land replanted to
corn and kaffir corn.
Pcttawatomie-F Favorable week for
planting corn in the flooded districts.
some corn has been nlowed and looks
we'll: good crop Of alfalfa cut and most
/ ly. secured; wheat nearly ready to cut,
new potatoes beginning to come IN
good crop. Strawberries plentiful
Riley-Farmers in flooded districts arc
replanting corn second crop of alfalfa
coming nicely; some wheat ready to
cut, all crops on the uplands are IN fine
condition; ground is baked on the sur
face and needs rain; a large crop OF
+ raspberries ready for picking.
Shavnee-A warm. growing week
with showers. marked Improvement ia
condition of all growing crops; corn re
planting is being pushed. i'm the fioodes
bottoms; wheat riDening finely, oats
heading and very promising; on up
lands most of the corn is UP and
good stand. but needs tending. pastures
SNDl ana fdtiiF aOlilS well. iiISl tIRp u
alfalfa not all harvested, raspberries
rine. a fine CROP
Woodson-A favorab BILE week for all
growing crops. corn though small l.
growing ranidly and looks fine; plant
ing about finished wheat about ready
to cut; potatoes and raspherriss on
market. ground very hard and in need
OF rom.
Wyandotte-A fine week for work:
early wheat ready to cut; condition ot
corn improving; in the bottoms the corn
+ is being Teplanted as fast as the ground
dries; new potatoes ere being used.
MIDDLE DIVISION.
Wheat is being harvested in the
southern tier of counties and Is ready to
/ harvest in the next counties north. it
is ripening in the central counties. While
I in Barber the wheat is not so well
injured by rust as anticipated A good
crop is believed to be in sight Corn is
being cultivated and is improving: it IS
/ growing rapidly. Oats are doing we'll,
and harvest viii begin in another week.
T Rye harvest is progressing in the south
and is ready in the central counties. The
first crop Of alfalfa is good and most
of it has now been secured without in
jury. Grass is very good. New pota-
toes are being marketed in many of the
counties and are a good crop. Early
apples are on market in Cowley. APP
pies have ceased dropping in Barber but
farther north they do not amount to
much
Barber-Fine week for all growing
crops wheat and rye harvest begun:
wheat not so well filled as expected.
rye good; oats and corn doing we'll
! since the weather became warmer no