The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-16
need HARvESTERS'
Largest Wheat Crop in 40 Years
Is Expected.
Heading Out Now-Will Ripen
Earlier Than Usual.

tnOuSau0 harvest hands Will De nee0eu
to help the farmers OF this hard wheat
belt harvest their wheat crop this year.
1t is going to be q real problem to
nnd enough help. Last year. although
the crop generally speaking was very
short. there were not enough hands
to help out, and farmers found it nee
essary to pay premiums and offer
special Inducements.
This year with a record crop In sight.
the farmers are wondering where they
are going to get the necessary amount
or extra help during tho rush.
Inmates that Barton county alone will
need $500 to 1000 hands. and that is
but fraction Of the wheat belt
d. w. snow. crop expert who il in
this vicinity looking into the wheat
condition, came here from trip
Oklahoma.
The wheat IL beginning to head in
southern Kansas" he said. 1.-The pres
emit prospect IL that there will be all
the soil can produce. I have not seen
q single detective field in either state
Oats also are in good condition. Corn
planting Is well under progress and
the early planted grain Is coming up"
Ben Claypool, q Reno county farmer,
says a broad smile is very apparent
through the country. I'VE are Just
about sure of bumper wheat CROP"
favorable. too"
Anthony. May 16.-Harper county has
100000 acres in wheat this year. an in
crease of 10000 acres over last year.
Old residents Of the county say that
the prospects for a big harvest were
never 80 bright. It has been four
years since this county has had a
crop.
MCPHERSON. May 16.-Farmers re-
port tnat there are some fields where
the wheat is beginning to head The
growth this year will be quite tall
which will enable the farmers to har-
vest 1t In good shape and without much
loss as Is the case when the growth is
very short.
McCracken, May 16.-Spring planting
will be the order of things from now on
and there are hundreds Of acres in
excellent condition and there win be
heavy acreage put out. The pros
poets are great at this time for big
spring crops. in fact the best for sew
eral years.
Tyrone. May 1s.-with little moist
ure from now on the wheat crop prom
1ses to be the largest in the history
OF the country. The wheat is making
q rapid growth and an early harvest is
promised.
Scott City, May 16-While some
wheat nelds in this county were dam
aged by the wind this spring, there
still remains a larger acreage Of wheat
than there has been for many years,
and 1t Is in most excellent condition.
With anything like favorable condi-
lions prevailing during the next six
weeks. Scott county will produce close
to half a million bushels.
Fowler. May 1.-THE farmers and
oldtimers all say-that the prospects for
wheat crop were never better and
this is substantiated by the purchas-
ing Of number Of headers and bind
ers.
I Dighton. May fs.-county Clerk
Emerson says the assessors returns
show 1856 acres Of winter wheat in
Lane county. The damage by wind,
worms and winter-kill is variously esti-
mated at from Is to go per cent.
Reports from every source agree
that the outlook for the farmers crops
Is superior to the average at this sea-
son of the year. When business is
good for the farmer all the other
lines prosper. Harvest is only thirty
days away, with conditions above 100
per cent based on ten-year averages
It will require $500 big thresher out
fits consisting of separators and trac-
ton engines to thresh the crop. II
will put millions of dollars in bank
| every line. Old depleted stocks in the
stores will have to be replenished
There is a great business just ahead OF
the business concerns who prepare fol
1T and go after 1T. Only thirty days
till harvest and conditions Al.
Scott City, May IL. s. Boyer re.
| turned recently from a trip through
central Kansas from practically the
north to the south line of the state
He says that never in the 40 years he
has been a resident of Kansas, did he
see as much growing wheat and IN
as fine a condition as there is at thi.
time. One hundred and fifty million
bushels of wheat is his estimate of the
crop that will be harvested this year
Kingman, May 16.-Kingman coun
| ty wheat never looked better than a.
this time. No bugs-harvest but a few
weeks off. Rye, oats, corn and pas
lures are progressing in the most IA
vorable way. Southwest Kansas ha,
reason for rejoicing.
| Richfield. May 1.-THE first cut
ting of alfalfa will soon be here. 1t Il
estimated that two tons to the acr.
will be the result of the first crop.
Ford, May 16.-If conditions con
tinue as they are this will be one O.
the earliest harvests ever seen in Fore
county, as well as the most abundant
Some pieces of wheat are beginning
| to head out, and with the warm wealth
err we are having it will mature yer,
rapidly.
Greensburg, May 16.-The whea
fields throughout this portion Of Kan
sas have paid for every acre sown IL
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