The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
NOTHING LIKE It.
Secretary Smiley of Grain
Dealers Association Returns.
Has Been on q Tour Of the
Wheat Belt.
GIVES OUT FIGURES.
Places Condition of Growing
Crop at S9.1 Per Cent.
Only Eight Per Cent Of Last
Years Crop in Elevators.
GIVES OUT FIGURES


Grain Growers association, issued his
report of the corn and wheat condi-
tions of the state today as compiled
grain and elevator men of the state
who are members OF the organization.
It is made up from between three and
four hundred reports which have been
received from members of the associa-
ton within the past few days and
shows the wheat conditions to be 1871
per cent. which is about 2 per cent
lower than that of Secretary Coburn
issued yesterday.
Considering that the reports come
from two widely different sources they
show a wonderful similarity The re-
port of Secretary Coburn is made up
from the figures furnished by the
farmers Of the state as we'll as from
other sources while the report or
Secretary Smiley is compiled from the
figures furnished by the mill and ele-
vator men of the state.
II have just returned from three
| weeks trip through the south and
| southwestern portion of the. state,
said Mr.. Smiley, 'and during the thir-
| teen years that I have handled this
class of work I have never seen the
prospects as good as they are at the
| present time in these sections of the
| state. In some cases the wheat show
l
| this that has taken it down Few
| notches from the perfect state.
/ ST found a few chinch bugs but not
| in such numbers that there is chance
| that they will injure the crop in the
l slightest. I kept my eyes open all the
time for the much advertised green
| bug but was not able to discover a
| trace Of the family. In some parts or
| the state the wheat is infested with the
wheat louise. a harmless little insect
| somewhat resembling Me green bug,
| and this has in all probability given
| rise to the report that fields are in
tested with the green bug.
| I'm making this trip I visited many
| of the fields in person and did not
| view them from the windows Of
palace car or the side door of a box
i car, and I think that my figures may
be relied upon for accuracy. visited
i more than 800 fields and made a per-
sonal examination Of them and never
saw wheat in as splendid condition as
it appears to be at this time. The
rains today will make a big change II
the wheat prospects, as In some locai1'
ties, particularly in the Southwestern
nart Of the state, moisture was needed
. though no great damage had beer
done at the time I visited the field!
/. last week.
1.-THE Hessian fly is to be found il
parts Of Marion county. out II ma
been reared in that county for the pas
thirteen years and the farmers hav'
! made little or no effort to get rid Q
, it until recent years. My report i
, made strictly on the averages received
, from our correspondents in vartou
parts of the state and believe are a.
n accurate as can be secured from an.
y source. It will be seen in compar1n,
. our report with that Of Secretary Co
burn that the variance is slight an
!, this may be accounted for from tn
fact that one is made from estimate
/. furnished by the mill and elevate
men Of the state, while the othe
comes from the farmers direct.
= 1.-THE report which have just issue
: shows that there is but 8 per cent o
!. the wheat raised last year In the ele
vators and bins of the farmers. tn
report shows L. per cent of last year
!. corn crop in the hands of the farmer
and mill men of the state. In eigh
teen counties the estimated conditio
of the wheat crop is perfect and in bu
few counties does the estimate dro
:. below 90. The big wheat CROWN
e counties Of the state in the south an
: central portion indicates heavy crop
: this year, as the conditions are mos
e favorable at this time"
9 The table below indicates tn
y amount of wheat in first hands On tn
u first day Of April. The second colum
l. of figures indicates the condition OF tn
growing wheat crop and the llr
column of figures shows the amount {
corn remaining in first hands on tn
first day of the present month";: