The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-16

good crop of good quality in the south
ern counties. Summer apples are ripen-
ing in the northern counties and In
Phillips county are of good quality
Grapes are ripening in the southern
counties and are good crop Melons
are being marketed in Clay county
Barton-Third crop of alfalfa ready
to cut; blowing becoming general;
ground weedy and baked hard; apple
| crop poor; grapes plentiful.
| Butler-A good third crop of alfalfa
being cut; corn still looks well but
needs rain
| Clay-ThFashing in progress; wheat
yield continues rather light; consider
able wheat stacked and allowed to
sweat; corn needs rain, especially late
planted and weedy corn; early corn in
roasting ear; some corn firing; plow-
ing retarded by dryness of ground;
third crop of alfalfa about ready to cut;
pastures and prairie hay fine; home
grown watermelons and muskmelons
on market
CowIey-A fine week for thrasning
and haying; corn crop very fine; hay
crop heavy and free from weeds; early
corn now being fed; late corn needs
one more rain; ground getting dry;
apples plentiful, other fruit scarce;
stock doing finely.
Dickinson-Crops beginning to need
rain; ground getting dry and hard for
and haying making good progress;
shocked grain about all thraShed; fruit
and garden truck abundant.
Kingman-Considerab blowing being
done; ground getting dry; a good crop
of hay being put up; thrashing contin-
ueS; corn prospects encouraging; apples
plentiful and of fair quality.
Lincoln-Plowing begun where the
ground is not too dry; wheat yield not
as good as expected; rain badly needed;
subsoil moist but surface dry and hard;
some corn firing.
Philips-Corn prospects continue very
inc WI rip f1xy HIIt will
average a rather light crop; apples
ripening and of good quality.
Republic-Corn injured by dry
weather; rain badly needed; blowing
ground; wheat yield rather light and of
poor quality; oats a light yield but
good quality; second crop of alfalfa
nearly all stacked; bees doing well this
season.
Sumner = Local showers delayed
thrashing; from shock nearly finished;
oats light yield and poor quality;wheat
yielding fairly we'll; third crop of aIfal-
ia in bloom: corn and all vegetables
growing nicely.
Washington-No rain to amount to
anything for a month; corn firing bad
ly, and will be a failure Ia some To-
a failure; haying in progress.
Western Division.
Corn generally is doing we'll in the
northern counties but has been injured
Dy QTOuIn IN FOrO. 1t is nearly maze
in Kearny but is now suffering from
drouth; it is in the roasting ear in the
eastern past of Ness county out in the
southwestern part of that county it is
being cut for feed. Corn needs rain
Thrashing is progressing; barley is
yielding better than wheat. The second
crop of alfalfa is mostly in the stack.
Haying is progressing and a good crop
of fine wild hay is being put up. Pas
ture is good. Forage crops are need
ing rain. Millet has been mostly har-
vested in Decatur county and is a good
crop. Peaches, plums, and grapes are
doing finely in Wallace.
misunderstanding in progress; sec
ond crop of alfalfa most in stack;
millet, which is a heavy crop, mostly
harvested, and some fine wild hay is
lures still good and stock in good con-
dition.
Ford-Week warm and very dry; corn
injured and feed crop affected; grass
curing.
Lane-Wheat yield very poor; no
spring wheat thrashed yet; barley yield
ing much better than fall wheat; dry, !
windy weather continues.
Ness-Crops of all kinds needing rain
in northeast part where corn is in
roasting ear; in southwest part feed
crops are burning up and being cut, |
and corn is very light and badly dam
aged and will be cut for feed; unirri- |
gated gardens dried w; haying in prog
ress but crop light; thrashing progress !
ing with light yield and inferior quail |
ty; blowing partly done but too dry to
continue.
Norton-Crops beginning to need rain |
but not suffering; wild hay being put
up; seed crop of alfalfa very poor; pas |
lures beginning to dry up on hill tops. |