The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-17
GENERAL SUMMARY.

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GENERAL SUMMARY.
Partly cloudy weather with few scat
tered light showers, and increased sun
shine produced favorable conditions for
cultivation and harvesting, but contin-
ued low temperature retarded crop grow
ing and development.
Wheat is filing well and ripening over
nearly all portions with a general pros
pect Of good to heavy yields of a good
quality; soft wheat is being harvested
with light to fair yields over the south
srn, over the northern portion the yield
is generally good of a good quality; hard
wheat harvest viii be in progress this
week
Oats are maturing rapidly and some are
being harvested with good yields re-
ported; the crop has improved and the
general prospect is for fair to good yields.
with heavy yields over some counties in
Oklahoma.
Rye and barley are in good condition,
and some rye has been harvested with
good results.
Corn has improved generally and is
now in fair condition over the section;
cultivation the second and third time is
in progress, with some fields being laid
bby
Cotton growth was retarded by the cool
weather and the crop is still in poor con-
dition over the Indian Territory; over
Oklahoma it has improved to fair con-
dition; some cotton is being shopped out,
and some is still being replanted; web
worms are working on the crop over
the southern portion of the section and
are doing serious damage over localities
Cane. millet. Kaffir and broom corn are
in fair to good condition and doing well
Alfalfa and hay harvests are in pro-
gress with good yields reported, the crops
are being secured in good condition.
Potatoes are in fair condition with the
early ones being marketed.
Grass is in good condition with stock
doing wei.
Fruit over Oklahoma is in fair to good
condition, over the Indian Territory a
poor prospect; peaches are ripening.
Gardens are in good condition.
Following are the reports from the va
rious portions of the section by counties:
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Usage and Pawnee-Wheat harvest be
gun. light yield, good quality; oats fair
TO good condition.; corn doing well where
cultivated; cotton poor, much land plant
ed to millet: fruit viii make light crop;
potatoes good. being marketed; gardens,
grass and stock in good condition.
Kay and Noble-Wheat harvest begun.
good yields. fine quality; oats in very
good condition; corn fair in condition.
some laid by; cotton prospects poor, some
land planted KafIir corn; peaches ripen-
ing: fruit in good condition; cane being
sown; alfalfa being cut. good yields; gar
dens. potatoes. grass and stock in good
condition.
Grant and Garheld-Soft wheat harvest
well under way, good yields hard wheat
in good condition; oats ripening and in
good condition; rye harvest begun; corr
growing slowly but in good condition;
fruit good; gardens. grass, potatoes. al
falfa and stock doing we'll
Kingfisher and Canadian-Wheat har-
vest begun, good yields. oats good. some
fall oats cut. good yields; barley fine but
small acreage; corn making good growth
cotton improving; fruit fair TO good; al
falfa being cut; melons, poor prospect
potatoes being marketed; grass and stock
in good condition.
Logan and Oklahoma-Wheat harvest
begun. god yields. fine quality; oats fine
corn improving slowly; cotton poor stand
peaches ripening. alfalfa being cut witt
god Yields. kafiir corn por stand; potatoes
being harvested. fair yields; gardens, pas
lures and stock in god condition.
Payne and IAncoln-Wheat harvest be
gun, fair to good yields; oats improving
corn partly laid by; cotton being chopped
but poor stand; web worms doing consid
erable damage in Lincoln county; frui
prospects good. peaches ripening not very
heavy crop; potatoes marketed, poor &
fair quality; gardens, alfalfa, grass anC
stock doing well.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland-Whea
harvest begun. fair TO good Yields. quail
ity good: oats in god condition: corn i'm
proving. poor stand; some cotton beinl
chopped. poor TO fair condition. wei
worms damaging crop badly; peach an,
apple prospects fair; gardens kafir corn
potatoes, alfalfa, grass and stock doinJ
vel
harvest begun; corn doing we'll: cottol
poor but slight Improvement. some we
worms reported: potatoes being market
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