The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-22
Mohler Report Shows Pros.
poets 80 Per Cent Yield.
More Than 100000 Acres Are
Under Cultivation.
GERMAN MOUTHS WILL WATER!
Hot Weather of Last Two
Weeks Does Little Damage.
Bumper Potato Crop Also Is
Indicated by j. C. Mohler.


Austrian and German mouths will
water today when Huns read the cable
reports of J. C. Mohler's crop esti-
mates. Following a statement that
the Kansas wheat crop has slumped
slightly because of the June heat, Sec
retary Mohler of the state board of
agriculture. today issued a special re-
port showing that the corn is simply
jumping out of the ground. The state
has 7,064,1 acres in corn. with pros.
poets for 80 per cent of a perfect yield.
The state corn acreage is greater
than the average for the preceding
five-year period 1t is two million
acres below the area of last year, tho,
owing to the enormous acreage sown
to wheat and oats Conditions, tho,
are much better than in 1917. In
June, last year, Secretary Mohler re-
ported a condition of 1874 per cent.
The condition at this time is 1.2 per
in certain counties and necessity OF
replanting because of heavy, dashing
rains. .---. .-.-...t
Heat Has Damaged Little.
Hot weather of the last couple Of
weeks has damaged the Kansas corn
crop but little, If at all, Mohler re.
ports. Cultivation in all sections OF
fields are clean. Forty per cent OF the
entire corn area of the state Is in the
two northern tiers of counties. Jewell
leads the state with ans acreage OF
2S2,707.
Further depressing news for the
Hun alliance is contained in Mohler's S
showing for a bumper potato yield.
Potatoes Are Good.
Kansas will get thru the coming
winter nicely unless there is future
damage to the potato crop. There Will
also be hundreds of thousands of
bushels of potatoes for the allied SOL
diers over seas. ......,4-.... 49, o.. =.
In his report Mohier places the po-
,tato area at 66.416 acres or more
planting of a year ago. The condition
at this time promises 776 per cent OF
a perfect yield. -....-.-- .--.
While the corn acreage is given at
slightly more than seven million acres,
there is a prospect that the present
figures will De greatly Increased with
returns from the county assessors.
Many counties have not sent their as
SCISSORS reports on corn. On the wheat
area. more than 100000 acres were
added to early estimates by official re-
turns.
The Report in Detail.
Following is Mohler's report:
Corn-Kansas planted 1904, 103
acres to corn this year, and the aver
age condition of the crop, based on
100 as representing a good stand and
satisfactory growth and development,
is 80 per cent. The area, altho great
err than the average area for the pre-
cedins five years, is less than that
sown last year by more than two mill
lion acres. These acreage figures are
subject to further revision, as the Of
ficial assessors returns have been re-
ceived from only 73 of the states los
counties. Corn this year is in better
condition than it was in June of last
year. when the condition was only
1874 per cent, and it is but 12 per
cent below the condition of a month
ago. A considerable portion OF the
area had to be replanted, for various
causes. the chief of which were cut
worms, dashing rains washing out the
seed, cold weather in early May, and
poor seed. Cultivation has progressed
nicely and the fields are free from
weeds. Corn has not yet suffered
much from the recent hot. dry
weather.
Nearly 40 per cent of the states
corn acreage Is found in the twenty
two counties constituting the first
two tiers south of the Nebraska line
including Decatur and Sheridan and
east to the Missouri line Another 1C
per cent is found in small group
Reno, Mcpherson. Marion, Sedgwick
Sumner and Butler-in the south-cen-
trail section. The counties having the
largest acreages are Jewell, Smith
Marshall, Granam and Republic. with
232,707. 1S7.015. 167.150. 1884 and
149,816 acres respectively. Five coun-
ties. Jewell, Mitchell, Cloud. Atchison
1 ,1 rnnhiftnn n
per cent, and Clay. Lincoln. Pratt and
Franklin each report a condition OF
SO per cent. The lowest condition
percentages are reported from the
western third.
| The Sorghums-Official returns or
the acres sown to Kafir. milo, feterita
| and cane are not yet sufficiently
complete to warrant publication. The
average conditIon Of these crops. how
ever, is estimated from the reports oi
correspondents as follows: Kafir
| 1871 per cent: milo. 1855 per cent
| feterita, 1876 per cent; and cane" OF
sweet sorghum. s2.5 per cent Tht
from 6h to az points higher than 1
/ was in June, 1917.
| Potatoes Look Good.
Potatoes-The estimated potat
acreage planted in 1918 is 6.416. will
a condition on June Is of 77.6 pc
cent. This is larger than the acreag
planted in 1917 by about 1000. acres
altilo the condition is less by nearl
IL per cent. Commercial growers re
| port that the potato crop is at presen
! in a critical situation. Just when tn
little tubers had set on and started t
grow a wave of intense heat and DIR
weather swept over the state. Thi
has had a serious effect on the cror
! and unless more moderate tempera
lures prevail and needed rain fall
soon the yield will be greatly reduced
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