Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-22

LOGAN-Plenty of rain. corn as good
as l ever saw in this county In seventeen
years. Good stanu and prospect promis-
MARION-Corn in critical condition;
steadily declined in past thirty days; too
wet for favorable growth cultivation.
| Present condition 40 per cent; corn on
bottom lanu is about all gone; a half
crop possible. Too wet and weedy.
MARsHALI,-One-half of the corn Is
bof d In fary Wesdy
er during the last month unfavorable.,
good" crop is impossible Stand fair but
McPHERSON-Muc replanted Sec
ond time and this may not mature; very
weedy; none cultivated more than once;
conuitions have refrigerated In the last
thirty spys. Too wet and in many fields
the cosn cannot be seen for the weeds;
situation discouraging.
MEADE-Prospects never better; plant
healthy and color good; fields clean:
corn doing well.
MIAMl-Cannot make more than half
crop. In some fields it looks fairly well.
but situation has not improved in the
last thirty days. Too wet; conditions
discouraging.
observation-disclosures greatly improv-
ed in the last month. In uniformly good
MONTGOMERY-Wo condition ever
known; twenty rainy days in June and
nine in July; cultivation impossible.
vorable weather more than half crop
could not be expected Most discourage
ing outlook l ever saw; too wet; but lit
tie cultivated and weeds claiming fields.
Late corn, mostly of third planting, is a
good stand, six inches high, but not Gull
tivaed. Too wet; situation discouraging;
IN many fields weeds obscure ret the corn
NEOSHO-Corn weedy and backward:
| no prospect of another cultivation, as soil
| is thoroughly soaked and too soft, Rains
l 4 alya 1tt inn 70
| NESS-Cnditions past ten days favor
able; corn Furnishing.
/ NORTON-Corn clean; good stand; fine
color; excellent condition. Much improve
cultivation being pushed.
OsAGE-Corn small and fields weedy;
too wet for cultivation. Some areas
planted third time, only to be submerged
again. Much corn on lowlands destroyed.
| Thin stand, generally small and not cleaQ.
Cannot produce more than half crqR.
| OSBORNE-Aside from local damage
by hail, corn promises well. Conditions
favorable for an average crop. Some
| fields too wet and weedy.
| OTTAWA-Late and weedy ON account
| of excessive wetness; can make w per
| cent of a crop under future favorable con-
ditions. Situation better than thirty days
ago; corn excellent, especially in fields
| well cultivated.
PAWNEE-lmproved wonderfully in
past thirty days. growing finely. Mostly
| cultivated, and good rains since make
the promise bright: Fair dron pro osp%sS:
frequent and weather warm. FINEST In
years; some tasseling. .,
PHILLIPS-Very encouraging; general
| prospect much improved in the past thlr-
ty days. Crop full of promise.
POI 81, W A1OMlE-Fair weather has
| improved situation.
| PRATT-Good prospects. Would rank
~ per cent at present $40
RAWLINS-Condition excellent. with
favorable weather will have best crop
in many years. Great improvement In
past thirty days.
RENO-Average stand; plenty of
moisture; most fields are weedy,but TINS
does not menace the crop in this South
| EASTERN part of the county. Corn not
promising here in northeastern Reno. Elk
| cessive rainfall and overflow; almost I'M
possible to overcome weeds; no cuitiva-
ton for fourteen days. on bottom iahds
| a large portion was scalded.
| REPUBLlC-Weathe warm ana corn
mostly doing well; improved in past ten
days On account of heavy rains and
washing many fields were replanted; un-
| favorable conditions since have somewhat
| delayed its progress.
RiCE-Considerin 100 per cent good
normal condition, corn in this county at
| toward bountiful crop; soil favorable
and growth satisfactory. Much improve,
! ment during the past thirty days; stanu
| good, growth medium, fields fairly clean:
Soil in good filth except little too wet
RiLEY-Outlook favorable. Stand is
not the best, owing to Wasnlng ana Gov
| has fine color and heavy, succulent stalk,
especially in lowlands. Growing nicely
now and Len on Upland sGSe d pegInmhe out:
a portion Oh that left promises well, but
| many fields too wet.
R0OKS-In splendid condition, and
| never looked better. prospects soou, anu
RIiSH-Is prosperous and of good colon.
| RITSSELI,-Aside from damage by nan
in some fields, the situation Is favor ape
| much improved in the past thirty days.
Prospects the very best; weather faVor-
SALINE-Excellent condition; could
| scarcely be better; some, however, is a
| little too wet and weedy. Outlook good;
only drawback are weeds ana 100 ihuch
| rain. .., ,o,.,
sEOGWICK-Corn prospering; never
saw it better at similar date, Has I'M
proved materially in the past thirty days.
| lAWNEE--Poor stand, wet weather,
| floods and lack of proper CULTIVATION
make the outlook unpromising. corn on
upland looks well; that flooded Is ruined
and many fields are weedy ana 700 wet;
!" sPH as late but growing
rapidly; situation improved; ,,,.,
| SMlTH-A little too much RAM cuitl-
walton badly needed and now rs p penn
nushed: outlook encouraging. In first,
class condition; ground thoroughly soaked
and cultivation begun; some INJURY ny
| hail. ,,., o.,, I'm,
nroved in past thirty days; corn prosper
Gus; many fields weedy but are now De-
ing cultivated. :, VIVA
SUMNER-Neglected corn Is In pre-,
carious condition; where well cultivated
| is excellent and full of promise; srouho
| thoroughly soaked. oo..
for a good corn crop. =.
TREGO-Most favorable l ever sa" at
this time of year. ~ .,s hu
| WABAUNSEE-One- ruined py
floods: 40 per cent of an average crop is
a nossibility. Poor stand very weedy;
too wet to cultivate. Much corn smotn-
cred nv weeds Considerable replanted;
too wet; very weedy in most fields. Out
look unfavorable. - &c.
WALLACE-Condltio improved. Corn
oSWXHSHiNGTON-Co good; grow.
ING verv fast. About two weeks late; wet
and some fields spotted. but all growing
ran,diy. Small and weedy; too wet for
needed cultivation. Looking Ilhe' ou'
ground little too wet.
WICHITA-Corn flourishing.
WILSON-Corn drowned out; prospect
for not more than 20 per cent OF crop.
Win not yield one-fourth OF crop
throughout the county. Floods ruined a.
most everything on bottom land ana tne
upland corn is almost failure. Condi-