The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-06

is heading in the northern counties, is
| blooming il. Stevens and ready to har-
vest in Clark county. Corn IS all
planted, and the early planting is up
and being cultivated. oats have I'M
proved apd are headis G. barley is
scod and is beginning to head. Grass
is fine, pasture very good Alfalfa
has improved; the first crop is ready
to cut, and in F1nney is being cut.
Potatoes are very promising. Straw
berries are ripening in Norton and
cherries in Clark. Stock are fatten
ing on the grass.
Reports from the Wheat Counties.
Brown-Good growing week; wheat,
oats and hay doing well; corn being
cultivated but somewhat backward on
account of cool weather; cherries
ripening.
Chase-Good. crop of alfalfa al
though haying was interfered with by
rains; second crop growing fast; some
corn cultivated but needs more warm
weather; some being cultivated sec
ond time; much Kaffir corn and cane
up; pasture and cattle doing well.
PottawatOmie-Fa Favorable week for
securing first cut of alfalfa and cuiti-
waiting corn; hard wheat in good con-
dJuon; soft wheat not doing so well;
sweet potatoes doing well.
Riley-Corn condition improved by
warm weather; wheat filling we'll; re-
planting of sweet potatoes necessary
on account Of washing by recent heavy
rainsi all grass crops in good condi-
ton.
Shawnee-Wheat heading: rye turn
ing; corn making rapid growth; some
replanting was necessary on account
of washOut; grapes and apples very
promising; strawberries abundant;
meadows and pastures good; cattle
doing vel; harvesting first crop of al
falfa; crop not so large as last year;
potatoes doing we'll.
Jefferson growing week. 20
tatoes looking very well; wheat and
rye heading; oats heading and looS
we'll; corn cultivation progressing
Lyon-Corn growing we'll wheat
heading and looking we'll; haying prog
ressing well.
Marsha1l-Wheat promises good crop;
alfalfa being cut and prospect of good
crop; large crop of homegrown straw
berries of good quality.
Barton-All crops doing well; some
corn cultivated but growing slowly;
cherries ripening; alfalfa nearly all in
stack.
Butler-Corn looking fairly well but
backward; some being cultivated; sec
ond crop Of alfalfa about to be cut;
grass looking we'll and pasturage good.
C1ay-Wheat condition much improv-
ed during past week; corn DONG WeIIi
first crop Of alfalfa cut and has good
QuaIlEYs SEEaWDeIIlGS ana new peas OIl
market and also a few cherries; Eng
hsh bluegrass sOwn last fail making
good pasture.
CIoud-Wheat and oats improved
during week; corn needs dry, warm
weather. grasses in good condition.
Cowley-Wheat harvest begun; early
sown wheat filled well and will be
heavy; grass in very good condition;
favorable weather for corn; gardens
yielding abundantly; early cherries. and
str. al f7T1a
growing week but too wet for farm
work; weeds becoming troublesome in
some fields.
heavy rains in some portions of county;
corn being cultivated second and third
time; wheat and oats generally looking
we'll; grasses and pastures in good con-
dition; fruits and garden stuffs doing
we'll
Ellsworth-Wheat heading and doing
well but short and thin in places; corn
doing we'll; pastures good.
JeWell-Alfalfa stacking in prog
resss corn doing we'll; small grain in
good condition; apples doing well.
McPhersOn-COrn being cultivated
and making good growth; wheat fully
headed and looks fairly well but shows
thin stand; potatoes plentiful, cherries
ripe and fair CROP apples dropping;
pastures very good.
Marion-Alfalfa being cut and in
fair condition. corn improving and all
other crops doing well.
PaEnee-Wheat doing very we'll but
would be benefited by rain; corn grow
ing we'll; Kahr corn and sorghum up;
early potatoes in market.
Reno-Wheat much improved and
locks we'll; oats in fair condition; corn
doing we'll but cultivation delayed
somewhat by rains; cane being sOwn
for feed; second crop of alfalfa grow
ing well; new potatoes in market;
good crop; early cherries in market;
fair crop.
Republic-Gocd growing weather
for all crops; wheat doing fairly well;
corn in good condition and being cul-
tivated: cane and Kafr corn being
sown: alfalfa slightly damaged by
rain after cutting.
SaIine-Crops suffered damage from
severe rain and hailstorm in Genital
and eastern portions of county.
Sumner-Wheat and oats much i'm
proved since last report; rains suf-
ficient except for corn and feed stuffs;
first crop of alfalfa cut; much dam
aged by rains.
Washfngton-Good growing wealth
er: small grain doing well: first crop
Of alfalfa cut; potatoes and garden
truck doing we'll; stock in pasture look
we'll
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