The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-23

Reasons for Reduclng Estimates.

Reasons for Reducing Estimates.
Texas-The principal trouble. rust
Territories-1Rust and dry in different
localities.
Kansas Failure to come. up, owing to
a dry fall and cold, backward spring.
Nebraska-Our correspondents advise
wheat crop does not look encouraging.
but with warm weather the conditions
will improve.
Missouri Conditions practically un-
changed; outlook 1attering
Owing to a late spring, the growth
has been retarded, making it quite prob
able that very little wheat will move
before July list, excepting red, which
viii be ready for shipment about June
25. We have this morning received sew
eral wires from the different states and
territories. Indicating an improved con-
dition which strengthens our belief in
the above figures, and unless we expert
ence quite a setback we feel they will
be obtained.
Notwithstanding the sensational re-
ports made by Mr.. H. B. Jones, who
recently passed through Oklahoma and
made observations from car windows,
and reports made by Mr.. NicOlett of
the Kansas City Star, Mr.. Boynton of
/ Harris-ScottOn Co., and Mr.. c. W. Ions
dale of Home Grain Co, the situation is
not serious nor even critical. The plant
/ is short and in some places thin on the
ground, but from information gathered
from farmers and the better class of
grain dealers, the territory can yet
raise 20,000,000 to 22,00O,O0O bushels of
wheat.
"A small section of southern. central
Kansas, containing Summer, Harper
and a portion of Sedgwick counties is
/ not in very promising condition.
/ Owing to a very dry fall, the wheat
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stand the severe winter, and the result
4 is that the wheat has a very thin stand
and owing to the unfavOrable condi-
tons this spring, the plant is still very
short. The above conditions also apply
1 to Kingman. Pratt and Reno counties to
certain extent, quite a portion of
/ their crop not even coming UP until
! this spring, but owing to the higher al
/ titude and later harvest, the condition
| Will not be so serious. From Pratt west
/ that two years ago Produced a very
large crop, the Rock Island alone ship
ping about 1900 cars and which last
year shipped less than 300 cars, is in
much better condition than last wear
! and will probably produce 500 to ZOO
I cars Of wheat. The counties of Nc
/ pherson and Marion are in much better
{ shape than any of the others visited.
and while the yield per acre will not be
| a full yield, yet it will probably be
| twice as large as last year"
The Southwestern Grain Journal
published at Wichita. sizes up the situ-
alton as follows:
Since mailing our last crop bulle-
| tin the condition of the growing wheat
/ plant has deteriorated more or less
throughout the southwest We have re-
! celved several hundred reports by mail
/ have attended grain dealers and mill
| erS conventions have interviewed repu-
/ table men from every state and terri
! tory in the southwestern wheat belt
have Travelled several hundred miles on
| different railroads in the wheat coun-
try, have personally inSDected orite a
number of fields in different sections and
| will say, that twithstanding some de-
terioratiOn, we see nothing alarming in
| the situation at this date. We will also
state that we do not remember the seq
| son, when there was such wide differ
/ ence Of opinion regarding the crop con-
| ditions by gentlemen from practically
/ the same locality as there is today
| THE growing wheat is very spotted.
/ Many fields are as fine as can be- while
in the same territory fields may be
found. where the wheat is practically
worthless.
Much difference of opinion is ex-
pressed regarding the condition of the
wheat plant in this state. In the east
+ ern, southeastern and extreme western
counties wheat rs in good shape. while
the principal deterioration exists in the
south-centraI and central part of the
state, in the real wheat belt But the
condition does not seem serious at this
writing. We viii admit, however. we
know of some fields that. have deterior-
ated not less than ten pionts in condi-
ton since the first of the month M
rust of consequence has developed in
this state so far as advised at this
time
F d. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, is planning to
send out at once z call for a report from
his correspondents in the wheat belt
on the condition Of the wheat. which
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