The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-09

ond crop of alfalfa being stacked; pas
lures fair; surface of ground getting
dry
Lincoln-Another fine growing week;
corn benefited by rain; haying ard
thrashing being rushed.
Ottawa-Wheat ranges from poor to
fairly good in yield and quality; oat
crop very poor; corn that has properly
tended promises good crop; early
corn is safe; pastures good; apples fair;
peaches good, also potatoes, cabbage,
tomatoes, and pumpkins.
Pawnee-Thrashing progressing slow
ly owing to dampness of stacked
grain; corn and all forage crops MAX
ing fine growth; millet a good crop and
mostly cut and stacked.
Phillips-Prospects for corn very fine;
third crop of alfalfa growing rapidly;
pastures have been unusually good all
season.
Republie-The rain of Thursday has
been beneficial to corn and made the
farmers feel better.
Snith-A good growing week; corn
doing well; second crop of alfalfa in
stack except what was left for seed;
thrashing begun; yield and quality of
wheat poor; pastures good; stock doing
we'll; peaches and apples plentiful.
Washington-A week of dry, warm
weather; corn badly in need of rain; ex-
cept in southwest part; thrashing being
rushed; wheat light to fair in yield and
OF good quality; oats very poor; alfalfa
and grass good
Western Division.
Early corn is generally well cared and
in good condition, though in some 10
calities it has been damaged by dry
weather and hard ground. and in some
places the native grasshoppers are in
juring it. Thrashing has progressed
though it was retarded in many coun-
ties by the late rains; wheat yields a
fair crop and barley a good crop. The
grasshoppers have hurt the seed crop
of alfalfa to some extent but a good
hay crop has been put up. A good
crop of wild hay is being put up. The
range grass generally is very good,
and is green in most of the counties but
has cured on the ground in few. For
age crops are doing very well and an
abundance of winter feed is promised.
Melons are promising in Norton county
and apples and plums in Wallace. Plow-
ing for fall seeding has begun
Decatur-ThraShing retarded by rains
which have greatly benefited corn and
forage crops: the early corn is practi-
cally made and the recent rains will put
it beyond injury from frost or hot
winds.
Finney-Thrashing in progress but
grain crops light; pastures very fine;
forage crops heavy and curing up; mil
let mostly harvested; cattle in very fine
condition; second alfalfa hay crop
mostly harvested; alfalfa seed crop fair
and part of it harvested; grasshoppers
still doing some damage to alfalfa
fields.
Ford-Grass still green and growing;
corn promises a good crop; corp fodder,
cane, kafir corn and alfalfa feed will be
plentiful; alfalfa seed crop ruined by
Greeley-Two good rains this week;
good growing weather; feed crops DO
ing finely; range grass good,
Kearney-Good rains over most of the
crops of all kinds generally look
WE'LL but in the extreme north part corn
is much damaged by drouth and other
crops suffering for rain; prairie grass
drying up but stock thriving; fruit
plentiful.
I4ane-Thrashing in progress; corn in
roasting ear but needs more rain 10
mature; seed alfalfa doing well, but
grasshoppers are destroying much of 1t.
Norton-A favorable week for all
crops; corn a good height and caring
we'll: wheat nearly all stacked and some
-hrashing done; melon vines look well
except some are dying without any ap-
parent cause.
Thomas-early corn in roasting ear;
corn generally in good condition but
some fields are burned and some grass
hoppers working on it; millet and wild
grass being cut; thrashing begun; wheat
poor; barley ranges from light to good
crop; listing and blowing for wheat De-
ng rushed.
Wallace-A fine week for growing
crops; good crop of wild hay being cut
off: range grass fine; cattle doing well
but flies are troublesome; alfalfa seed
crop doing fairly we'll; grasshoppers
numerous; gardens good; good crop of
apples and plumS-