The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-20

| been retarded by rains IN some OF LIle
counties. Potatoes are good; cary
potatoes are being marketed in Lane
county. Forage crops are being plant
ed in the northern counties. Hail was
severe in Decatur and Thomas coun-
ties.
Reports from the Big Counties.
Morris-Good week for farm work
wheat harvest begun; barley and oats
needing rain; corn making good grown
| and in fine condition.
Osage-Wheat, oats and grass doing
well; corn making good growth buL mas
! suffered some damage from insects IN
/ known to planters
Pottawatomie-Tim and benehcla4
rains; soft wheat nearly all in shock
/ hard wheat harvest will commence tnis
1 week; crop generally good; corn aAo
/ sweet potatoes seriously threatened "
web worm; injury to alfalfa, also, from
this cause.
RiIey-VVheat harvest begun and
yield promising; pastures beginning &c
show effect of dry weather; potatoes
needing rain and crop Will De shoi :
/ corn improving.
Shawnee-W filing well and al
most ready to harvest; oats snort ~
straw but filing we'll; corn cleaned
well by cultivators and making gooa
| growth early potatoes and tlhlotny
/ hay cut short; gardens, pastures anu
/ meadows good; early apples nearly
ripe: peaches and grapes making salts
| factory growth; plenty of RUSSIAN Ilui-
| berries.
Barton-Wheat harvest begun and
will be general next week; corn gen
orally we'll cleaned, second crop OF al
falfa blooming and nearly ready TO cut
ButIer-Crops of all kinds looking
we'll; most corn cultivated third time
and is clean; second crop Of alfalfa
short; oats in good condition; wheat
doing well and harvest will begin next
week: grass looking we'll; small crop
of apples expected; rain needed for
corn crop.
Clay-Wheat harvest win begin in a
few days; quality expected to be good
rye being cut today; corn doing Wen
except a few fields which have been
damaged by cut worm.
Cloud-Wheat damaged in some To-
ealities by high wind; harvesting will
begin about the twenty-fourth; corn
growing rapidly; oats heading, but crop
viii be poor; apples dropping; cherries
ripe but not plentiful.
Clark-Wheat harvest was not inter
fered with by recent rains and grass
was greatly benefited.
Decatur-CrOpS injured by nail IN
some localities; much alfalfa cut Dul
curing has been retarded by the rains.
FOrd-Rain needed badly; wheat har-
vest begins next week.
Greeley-Crops making good growth;
ground in good condition for working.
Kearny-Showers during past week
but a good rain would be beneficial to
crops.
Lane-Smau grain needs rain to ma
ture properly; alfalfa nearly all in stack
and is in good condition; early potatoes
large enough to use; gardens in poor
condition.
Norton-Wheat ripening in northern
portion of county; planting of forage
crops still in progress.
Ness-Wheat ripening rapidly and
harvest will begin next week; corn laid
by in good condition but very small;
gardens being injured by insects: prai-
r-ies becoming dry.
Norton-Ccrn has made rapid growth
and alfalfa harvest is progressing we'll;
wheat is looking well; ground is IN very
good condition.
Sheridan-Wheat filing well; good
week for growth of all crops.
ThOmas-Gocd rains in most locali-
ties; one accompanied by severe cleo
trio storm which caused some loss OF
stock; forage crops badly washed;
some damage by hail; the rains were
beneficial however, to wheat, which is
filing we'll and barley is also in fine
condition.
Washington-Farm work delayed
by wet weather; corn growing rapidly
wheat beginning TO ripen; oats and
spelt mostly headed; potatoes benehted
by rain; fair prospect for apples; sec
ond crop of alfalfa growing rapidly
Pherson-Beneffcial rains; wheat
harvest begun and will be general lat
ter part of coming week; corn making
rapid growth; alfalfa improved.
Marion-Crops damaged in some To-
caHties by hailstorm; wheat harvest
begun; oats improving; corn growing
rapidly and free from weeds and grass.
Ottawa-Cfood week for corn cult
walton; wheat is of good quality and
harvest will begin next week; oats do
/ ing we'll; second crop of alfalfa will
soon be ready to cut; cattle doing
well.
/ Pawnee-Wheat nearly ready for
/ harvest; corn growing rapidly and
| looking WE'LL sorghum and Kafr corn
] doing we'll.
! Phillips heavy rains have
! retarded corn cultivation but have
| greatly benefited wheat; alfalfa doing
/ well and first crop harvested; good
! crop of potatoes.
Reno-Wheat harvest begun; oats
looking fairly well; corn doing well
and cultivation progressing; corr
worms have damaged corn. alfalfa and
| garden products in some localities and
have injured sweet pOtotaes.
Repubilc.=Wheat ripening rapidly
but shows some red dust and straw is
short; this crop has been damaged in
some localities by Hessian fly; oats has
short straw; corn growing rapidly;
first crop of alfalfa in stack and Sec
ond crop will soon be ready to cut;
potatoes doing well.
Rush.-Wheat ripening and harvest
will begin next week, corn and spring
crops making good growth.
Russell.-Beneficial rains; prospect
for wheat much better although this
crop suffered great injury from vino
and hail in northern portion of coun-
try; other crops were damaged also II
that portion of the country, but other
wise they are doing very we'll
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