The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-20
SIS PER CENT CROP
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these counties have been plowed and
will be planted to other crops.
Best Crops IN Southwest.


will be planted to other crops
Best Crops IN Southwest.
Only nine counties report more
than 100000 acres of growing wheat.
All of these counties are in the south
western section of the state. Sumner
county has more than III, 900 acres of
wheat, while Reno has hopes from
159, 500 acres. Other counties in the
100000 acres class are: Harper, Nc
Pherson. Kingman, Sedgwick, Paw
nee, Pratt and STAFFORD.
Extreme dry weather during the
winter months is responsiblessfor the
poor showing of Kansas wheat at this
time, the report states. Hardly any
insect damage is reported. Conditions
in the Southern half of the Kansas
wheat belt are far above those re-
ported from the northern counties.
Nearly five and a half million bush
els of last years crop of wheat is now
in the hands of the farmers. Mothers
correspondents found 5,447, 900 BUSH
els of 1916 wheat in bins in this state
when the reports were compiled a few
days ago. Kansas farmers are also
holding 4.765,000 bushels of last
years corn crop. The 1916 wheat
crop was 9S,977,OO0 bushels. while the
corn crop totalled 62,127,O00 bushels
Labor conditions on Kansas farms
at this time are fair. reports state.
The corn acreage will be between
eight and half and nine million acres
as against 6,965,0OO in 1915.
The state will raise $4,000 acres of
potatoes as against IS, 900 acres last
year. This is an increase of 1927 per
cent for the state. Acreage in the Kaw
valley, tho, is below last year
The following is Mothers report:
Winter Wheat
OF the s,S87,0OO acres of winter
wheat estimated as sown in Kansas
last fall, 4,908,00O acres, or approx
mately So per cent, are reported by
correspondents as worthless or so I'M
promising that It will probably be
abandoned or devoted to other crops"
This abandoned acreage is principally
in the counties comprising the great
wheat belt of Kansas. located in the
west-central part of the state. The
worst condition is found in counties
of the northern part of this belt,
where 10 to SO per cent of the acre
age is a failure. This failure is at
important of which are the extremely
dry weather which prevailed thruout
the winter, and the blowing OF the soil
by the wind. Other causes mentioned
are freezing and late planting.
The percentage condition of the re-
naming 3.979, 900 acres. based on 100
as representing a satisfactory stand
and development, is 60.13. as COM
pared with a condition of S7.36 last
year This is the smallest average to
I
crop since 1897. The poor condition
is attributed to the same causes re-
sponsible for the abandoned acreage
Hardly any insect damage is reported.
Soil conditions. in the half of the state
south of an imaginary line drawn
diagonaily from the southwest corner
| to the northeast corner are uniformly
reported as favorable for vigorous
growth of wheat; while the soil con-
6ition in the half of the state north of
this line are not so good
Only nine counties have 100000
acres or more each of wheat remain
ing Located in the south-central part
| of the state, they are as follows: sum
ner 177,S1s acres remaining, with
condition of 50 percent: Reno, 159, sos
acres So per cent; Harper, 14S, 121
acres 10 per cent; Mcpherson, 1872, 903
lacres, IS per cent; Kingman, 11S, All
acres, Sc per cent; Sedgwick, IL a, $40
acres, so per cent; Pawnee, 109.451
acres, As per cent; Pratt, 10S,379 acres
So per cent; and Stafford, 101, OILS
acres, 54 per cent.
| The Oats Crop.
| OF oats there are estimated to be
| LIT, 500 acres this year, as compared
with ], 461 900 acres in 1916, or an
western half of the state are not yet
up, while in the northern part of the
| east half they are just beginning to
| show up well In the southeastern
corner of the state, where they are up,
the condition is uniformly good, rang
| ing in percentage from rs to SO.
Big Corn Acreage.
Reporters suggest that of corn there
will probably be 100000 to 100000
acres planted this year, as compared
1 with $3.50 acres in 1916.
OF potatoes there Will probably be
| $4,000 acres planted this year as COM
pared with $4,000 acres planted in
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