Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-08-23
Barton In Second Place.

lne OGate DO ara OF Agriculture
today issuesd a statement based up
on assessors returns and report;
from the growers and threshers,
giving the acreage and yield of
winter wheat and acreage and
present condition of the growing
corn. The statement is the first
the Board of Agriculture has
given out as to this years wheat
yield.
Wheat Assessors returns for
1907 show that the area sown to
winter wheat for this years crop
amounted to considerably more
than had whitherto been reported,
. aggregating for. the State 7,051.,
872 acres. This is about 552. 900
acres more than the estimate
made by the Boards correspon-
dents in the fall of 1906; is S13, 200
acres more than was devoted to
winter wheat last year, and great.
er bv 6l5. 900 acres than any pre-
viOus seasons sowings for winter
and spring wheat combined. Not
only does the area as officially re.
ported exceed all expectations,
but it seems also that of the q
per cent earlier repoted ty grow
ers as a failure so surprisingly res.
ponded to the greatly improved
conditions Which followed the
Boards June 4 report as to iusti.
4. fy its harvesting, considerable Of
this are a returning yields per acre
approximatlng the average for
the State. This improvement wa.
1o'noo'ible by the disappear
IA -oE+'os O
>. =, psssrrero,. Aeesssd. amp,
moisture, abundant sunshine, anC
favorable temperatures. Excel
lent conditions for ripening anC
in the main for harvesting result
ed in grain that will grads we'll,
. nine tenths OF the whole being re
ported as of good, merchantabl,
quality" Basing the averag
yleldiper acre on the entire area
sown, Kansas is credited With
total yield of winter wheat il
1907 of 70,O57,362 bushels, or ar
average per acre of 9.93 bushels,
as stated..at this time by the men
who have grown it, and who are
now threshing and marketing it
This years crop is more than tn
average annual output for tn,
decade ending with 1906, anC
while these figures are accurate
for all practical purposes the
will be subject to some revision i
detail later in the year afte
threshing is COMPLETED. Return
of assessors also show 1873 50;
acres Of spring wheat sown thi
year, or 13,200 acres less than i
1906. No figures are given 8
yet of the spring wheat produc
; tion, 1ut its yield will add some
what to the States total whea
output. Present reports indicat,
that this falls sowing will bt
below that of a year ago. Mo:
of the leading growers, repor
smaller areas probable. while tn
extreme southwestern and most
the northeastern corner count,
will likely materially enlarg
their areas. This year % cour
ties each raised more than on
million bushels. Only three raj
ed two million bushels or NOR
while last year there were 6v
with more than three millio
bushels, and there were two wi,
over four million bushels to the
credit. Reno county leads th
year with a yield of 2,903,9 g.
bushels, folio wed BY Barton wi
2,748.32O bushels and Pratt wi
2.661.6OO bushels. The larg
Yields per acre are in the mort
eastern part of the State, as
1906. Brown and Nemaha. a
joining (eastern) counties in d
northern tier, report the lar ge
Yields pre- acre, averaging