The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-25
FRUIT is SCARCE
Short Pastures Cause Many
Farmers To Ship Cattle.
Corn TasseIing I'm ManyIParts
of the State.

Temperatures ranged fairly close to
normal over Kansas this week and
local rains, totaIling from half an inch
to an inch, fell in many southern
counties. with some excessively heavy
rains IN the southeast, but the state
as whole is still badly in need Of
general and soaking rain. the Topeka
office of the United States weather
bureau announ, es in its weekly bull
letin. Very few counties in the north
ern half had enough moisture to give
even temporary relief fram the drouth
and warm winds rapidly dried out the
ground where the heavy rains fell so
that the benefit from them was not
as great as might have been expected
Corn is generally tasseling in the
south central and southeastern coun-
ties and is beginning to tassel in prac-
ticalIy all other parts Of the state II
is somewhat short but it has good
color and is still making a slow
growth in most of the counties in the
northern two-thirds of the state
However it has reached the stage
where it must have rain soon OF it
will be seriously damaged In the
extreme southern counties and a few
localities in the northwest it has al
ready been greatly hurt by the con-
tinued drouth and can make but little
grain even with favorable weather
Grain sorghums have Jared better
and while their growth has been
checked, they are not yet in much
danger.
Broom corn Is reported to be doing
fairly well in the southwest with
prospect OF an early harvest
Thrashing General.
Wheat and oats harvest is finished
except in a few extreme western
L - ~
the eastern half of the state with
ideal weather conditions and excellent
yields of both wheat and oats in the
south central and extreme eastern
portions \ great deal of wheat has
been stacked and in the south central
and southeastern counties most of the
shock thrashing is finished
Pasture is becoming short in all
localities and in the northern coun-
ties cattle are being extensively ship
ped out The third crop of alfalfa is
making very slow growth but the crop
left for seed is doing fairly well
Prairie hay is also light
All fruits and vegetables are be-
coming scarce, except early apples,
which are coming on the market in
small quantities.
Fall blowing has begun in the
southern counties. but the ground is
too hard for good Roadway to be
made.
General Crop Conditions.
Washington, D. c, July 25.-For
the past week temperatures were be-
low normal from the central Missis-
! sippi and Ohio valleys southwark, be-
! ing above normal in the North and
West
Well distributed rains in the South
were sufficient for growing crops from
the central Mississippi Valley and
eastward but rain is badly needed in
the central Missouri Valley and west
ward.
Corn has improved in all the cen
trail and eastern districts but il needs
more rain badly in Kansas. Rain is
too late for most corn in Oklahoma
and Texas Corn is tasselfns north TO
I the upper Ohio and central Missouri
valleys Frequent rains caused some
delay in haying, harvesting and thresh-
/ ing in the eastern districts but work
| progressed satisfactorily in the GEN.
1 trail and western portions. Spring
wheat has improved in Minnesota,
South Dakota and eastern North Da-
kota but has greatly deteriorated in
Z Montana and westward.