The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-20
GENERAL CONDITIONS.

the Topeka weather bureau office, is as
follows:
i GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The early part of the week was
and 18th in the entire northern part
of the state and far south as Saline
! county. with ice formed in the north
| western counties The latter part of
/ the week was warm and dry, temper
atures OF 80 degrees and above being
experienced over most of the state.
Fair to good rains fell in the east
/ half of the state during the early part
| of the week. but only very light scat
| tered showers in the west.
EASTERN DIVISION
The warm, dry weather the latter
part of the week has been very ia
vorable for maturing the corn. Corn
cutting is quite general. The rains
which is very backward but is making
good progress Some blowing yet to
be done, but the work is progressing
well since the rains. Wheat sowing
will be small in AtchiSon county. and
not much will be sown in Montgomery
county till October. Some are still
putting up prairie hay. The crOp has
been large and very fine. Pastures are
generally good and stock water plen-
tful. Many potatoes are being mar
keted from the Kaw valley in Douglas
county, but the crop is light in Elk
county. Weather conditions have been
very favorable for sweet potatoes in
Pottawatomie county Apples are
scarce and dropping badly in the
northeastern counties. The grape
crop is generally good and in Johnson
county they are unusually plentiful.
Light frosts were general in the north
ern counties on the 14th and 18th, but
no damage was done except in Atch-
ison county, where there was very
slight damage on low ground.
MIDDLE DIVISION.
Corn is maturing we'll in the northern
counties and is nearly all cut in the
southern, while the cutting is progress
ing well in the central counties Late
corn is maturing and is generally safe
from frost. 1t is not caring well as
expected in Butler county. The ground
is dry and hard to pillow in counties
where the rainfall was light the early
part of the week, yet fall blowing is
well advanced in most counties. Wheat
sowing is making good progress in the
central counties, but is only well begun
in most of the northern and southern
counties. Continued dry weather has
retarded the work to some extent.
hIeShing is finished in many counties
and we'll advanced in the rest but will
continue from the stack for some time
in K-Sman county. Alfalfa seed cut
ting is general and the crop is good
in Barton county. Alfalfa seed is being
sown and there will be a large acreage
in Cowley county. Prairie hay is near
ly all cut and the crop has been very
good Dry weather was afTect1ng pas
lures, but the rain helped them in
many counties. Forage crops
are being secured in some counties and |
promise well in others. Apples are plen-
tiful and of fair quality in Ringman, |
but scarce in Washington county. |
Peaches are generally good crop Po- !
tato crop fair to good. Grapes are |
good crop in Washington county Light |
frosts were general over the northern /
counties but no damage was done.
DIVISION
Corn is matured and a fairly good |
crop in Fort county, and was so far |
advanced in the northern counties that /
the frost of the 14th did not damage it. |
Flowing for fall seeding has not be |
is in progress in a number of counties, |
although the ground is generally quite |
dry and hard to work. especially in the |
northern counties. Alfalfa seed crop is !
being cut and fall sowing of alfalfa is |
In progress. Broomcorn harvest con-
tinues in Clark county. Cane and /
Kafir-corn are generally good crops and |
are being harvested. Forage crops are |
growing we'll in Morton county since /
the heavy rains of last week. which /
saved much of the late planting and
sowing. and are being cut in other
counties The frost of the 14th did
some damage in the northern counties, |
killing vines and forage crops in De-
,atur county and nipping the pumpkin
and tomato vines in Norton county.
other counties report little or no dam
age
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