The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-11
Rain Sunday Came Too Late to
Save All.
GROUND HARD AND DRY
Still Threshing Wheat in Many
Sections.
Pastures Short and Burned
Hay Is Fair.


been hard hit by the heat and
drought, especially in Cloud and
Mitchell counties, according to the
crop and weather bureau report issued
today from the local weather bureau
and covering the week ending Mon
day, August 10. Rain Sunday night
relieved the condition considerably
but it came too late to repair much of
the damage already done.
The report reads:
Most of this week was decidedly
unfavorable for corn and other grow
ing crops in nearly every part OF ran,
sas The ground was generally hard
and dry to begin with, and there was
no rain in the state until Sunday. ex-
cept some local rains In the sOuth-
central and southwestern counties.
The drought was made worse by an
unusual amount of sunshine and mod
erately high winds. with Temperatures
of Ice degrees or higher on several
days The nights, however. were
comparatively cool and pleasant.
Soaking rains fell Sunday in most
of the central counti>s of the state,
and lighter rains in the eastern and
extreme southwestern portions. This
has relieved the situation consider
ably. but it was too late to repair
much of the damage already done.
Corn Radly Damaged.
Corn has been damaged by the dry
weather all over the state, except IN
Just a few localities where there were
local rains last week or the forepart
Of this. A great many counties re-
port that it has been seriously dam
aged, especially on uplands, and in
some north central counties, including
Cloud and Mitchell, 1t will be prac-
tically a failure
The rains that fell on Sunday. the
9th. win benefit most Of the corn and
prevent further damage for several
days.
Wheat Threshing Continues.
The weather continues favorable FOR
threshing and this is completed in
done in others. In many places only
the stacked wheat remains to be
threshed.
Hay and Pastures.
With few local exceptions pastures
are short. in many places dried up en-
tirely. They are in fine shape in most
extreme western counties. especially
the northwestern. Where the third
cutting of alfalfa has been secured it
is light. Prairie hay is turning out
better than was expected, but will be
below the average.
General Conditions.
Forage crops are in better shape
than corn though rain is needed. Gar
denS are cut short. Tree fruits, espe-
cially peaches, are promising though
apples are dropping badly in places.
Judging by the stage of the Kansas
river the ground in the north centra
and northeastern counties Of the state
is not yet as dry as it was this time
last year, but until the rains of Sunday
was drier than at any time in the ter
years preceding 1913.
Conditions in United States.
Following is a summary Of the con.
ditions in the entire country:
The weather continued favorable fol
threshing winter wheat. which is now
we'll advanced in the northern states
but blowing for fall seeding has beer
delayed on account of the dry soil IL
many states. especially west of the Mis-
sissippi. In the spring wheat belt mucl
damage Is reported from rust in Nortf
Dakota and Minnesota, and dry weather
has injured the crop to the westward
The drouth has been relieved in large
portions of the Ohio valley and lat,
corn has improved, except in Illinois
where the dry weather continues Yves
of the Mississippi the week has beer
unfavorable. The drought has been re
lieved in only a few places and corn Il
suffering for moisture.
Dat threshing Is progressing. will
continued fair yields. In most Tobacco
raising states rain has benefited tn,
late crop.