The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
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seasons of vicissitudes. Not only is the
average yield per acre over so per cent
less, but the average price per bushel
for spring wheat, including all varieties
was u.6 cents below the average for the
winter wheats, for which Kansas has
long been famed Having through a
third of a century demonstrated a sue
cess elsewhere unmatched in raising
their world-sought hard winter wheats
Kansas farmers are evidently distrust-
full about needlessly putting in jeopardy
their high standing by injecting their
fields with an alien grain, OF a different
character, belonging to a different sea-
son, and not reliably salable except by
degrading their prices. These same
farmers, too, in years past learned at
great cost the bitter lesson that their
spring wheat fields were the principal
nurseries for the hateful chinch-bug
and this of itself makes them, justifia-
bly,, guarded about dabbling with any
spring wheat of whatever name or by
whomsoever exploited.
The yield of winter wheat was 73 233-
907, or over three million bushels more
than the August estimates of the
boards correspondents, before thresh-
ing had we'll begun in many localities.
This year % counties each raised more
than one million bushels of wheat, six
raised two million bushels or more
Reno leading with a total of 3127, 3O6
bushels, followed by Barton with q
74S, 800 bushels, Pratt with 2,484, 100 BUSH
els, Harper Z,I44,ZoS DuSnelS, MCPHERSON
2,107, 1892 bushels. and Stafford 21O2, $50
bushels, exclusive of the insignificant
quantities of spring wheat credited to
each. Reno leads in value likewise,
amounting to 81. 439, 29S for the crop; the
only other county to reach the two mil
lion dollar mark is Barton.
AS was the case in 1885, the larger
yields per acre this year were in the
northeastern part of the state, and ex-
cepting the adjoining counties of Wa
baunsee and Shawnee, those reporting
20 bushels or more are found north of
the Kaw and east of the Republican
rivers. Brown reports the highest av-
erage-27 bushels per acre; followed by
Nemaha and Pottawatomie with 20
bushels each. The average acre yield
on the 7,235, 2S3 acres sown, for all vari-
cites, was 1924.
Wheat Condition $50.
Although abundance of moisture
encouraged the sowing of winter
wheat beyond earlier expectations, the
is that this falls sowing is probably
less than that of one year ago, which
was 7,051,SS2 acres. Many of the
foremost wheat growing counties re-
port less, and this is especially notice
able in Sumner, a county that has led
oftenest in acreage, where the de-
crease is estimated at 20 per cent.
ALSO, the important counties of Har-
per ana Barber, next west, report de-
creases of Is per cent. This may be
accounted for by the shortage in
yields and the abundant corn crop in
these counties this year, the farmers
possibly preferring to devote portions
of former wheat ground to corn in
1908. The opposite situation seems to
OBTAIN in corn in the usually leading
corn producers, notably in Jewell,
Smith, Phillips and Norton, and in
these reporters quite unanimously
agree that the wheat area has been
decidedly increased. Seventy-seven
counties report the same or greater
N xx-hn hi
ages of increases being in the south
ern half of the western third of the
state Throughout conditions for ger
niination and growth since seeding
promising growths that will the bet
ter enable the crop to withstand the
possible vicissitudes of winter. The
average condition for the entire state
is 9o.9, or 2.2 points higher than at
any similar time in the past five years.
The condition was 93.7 in 1906, sO.4
In 1905. So In 1904. and 90-6 in 1908.
Corn Crop Was Valuable.
This years area in corn was g.
S09,012 acres, and "a per cent great
er than in 1905. The yield was 49,
2SS,326 bushels, and its home value
$63,040,743. Although the yield was
$41,732,SSS bushels smaller than last
year the value was but $2,074,46O less.
The 1907 crop ranks only fifteenth in
aggregate yield, but it is the fourth
most valuable ever raised in the
only. exceeding it. This years crop
of wheat is the most valuable ever
raised in Kansas but it lacks $685.
232 of approximating the worth of
corn. The farmers received for their
corn an average price of 1892 cents
per bushel, which is, with one excep-
ton, the highest in twenty-five years
This wears corn out values the win
ter and spring wheat oats, rye. buck
wheat, castor beans. sugar beets, cot
ton and tobacco combined; and with