The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
COOL wet week
Weather Favorable for All
Crops Except Corn.
Wheat Improves; Harvest Sea-
son VIII Begin Soon.

Abundant moisture in most parts of
Kansas made this a favorable week
for all. crops except corn, which was
retarded by the continued cool wealth
er. says the summary of weather ard
crop conditions issued by the weather
bureau office for the week ending
Tuesday, June 13.
Even in the northwest quarter of
the state, where the dry weather was
beginning to be serious, showers on
Monday and Monday night relieved
the droughty conditions in most places.
Over the eastern half of the state the
weeks rainfall exceeded an inch gem
orally and in a great many east-cen-
trail counties the amounts ranged from
to inches and caused small streams
to overflow in some localities.
Corn Two Weeks Behind Season.
The ground dried out enough the
fore part of the week to cultivate corn
two or three days, even in the eastern
counties and the second cultivation
has generally been finished. There
are no complaints of weedy fields ex-
cept in the northeastern part of the
state. Corn made a slow growth this
week and is fully two weeks behind
the season. AS rule it is still healthy
and a few days of warm, sunshiny
weather would improve it greatly. In
some places where stands are poor he
fields are being sown to kafir or other
late forage crop. In the southwest
ern counties, where the drought was
broken the week before this a great
deal of corn and other row crops have
been planted.
Wheat a rule continues to i'm
prove slowly. especially in the south
western counties, where the recent
rains have made a marked improve
ment. In the northeastern counties
there is considerable complaint of rust
and in few places in the central por-
ton damage by fly continues with
small abatement. In some places the
straw is beginning to turn. With fav-
orable weather conditions harvest will
| begin inside of a week in the south
eastern counties and inside of two
weeks over all the eastern half of the
state.
Alfalfa Growing Rapidly.
A general improvement in the con-
dition of oats is reported but the crop
will only be fair to good from present
prospects Barley is short in all the
western counties. A third of the first
| crop of alfalfa in the northern coun-
ties has not been cut but where the
first cutting has been removed the Sec
ond crop is growing rapidly.
| Pastures and truck crops, especially
potatoes, are uniformly good except in
| the extreme western counties. Digging
| of early potatoes has begun in several
| places.
Strawberries are mostly picked and
cherry picking has begun.
Report From Washington.
Summary of weather and crop con-
| ditions in corn and wheat region for
the week ending June IS, 1916.
| Washington, D. c., June 14.-The
weather during the past week was I'M
/ favorable for corn in most central
and northern states. It's growth was
retarded by low temperatures, and
| cultivation was delayed by rain. Con-
ditions were more favorable in the
south.
Wheat and oats have improved in
the northern states. Winter wheat is
ripening north of the lower Ohio val
| ley There is still some damage by
fly in Kansas and Illinois. Harvest
ing is nearly completed in the south
Rye and barley are generally i'm
proving. Sowing of flax is nearing
| completion.
The weather was favorable for po-
tatoes. truck crops and gardens, ex-
cept in the central and upper Rocky
mountain states. Sugar beets,- mead
ows. pastures, tobacco and most
fruits were favorably affected.