The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
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ripened and the, stalks were no longer
lighter and of poorer quality, is being
gathered by the reapers where harvesting
has been In progress, and the loss from
was feared. Taking the state as whole
the loss of wheat from all causes during
the. past month may be quite accurately
acreyield of POI bushels reported in May
with the probable acre yield of 1913 bushels
by Of 5P abom on to S
exact $40 of a bushel to the acre. and
this applied to the total acreage would
suggest an aggregate loss of approximate
ly 1888, 900 bushels, or about IL per cent.
At the date of this canvass, June 81,
harvest was well under way in all Of the
as Barber. and in all the counties of the
eastern four tiers south of the Kansas
river, excepting only johnson, Usage. Cot,
fey and Lyon, where it will be general
this week. In the other counties east and
south of an imaginary line drawn dag
onally from the southwest corner of Sew
ard county in the-southwest to the north
west corner of Washington, a north-cen-
trail county, cutting began this week.
harvest will begin from June so to July
@. By next week harvest will be in full
swing thruout the main lHi wheat country,
the present week has been favorable for
cutting, and the recent sunshine and
warmth have RAJ Rapidly FiPened Wheat
prospects make it reasonably certain that
there will be adequate labor to harvest this
say yes" for nearly every county In the
eastern half of the state, but they reply
No for the big majority Of the counties
in the western half. From the boards in
format ton it seems that there may be
serious shortage of harvest labor in the
northern twothirds of the western half
Of the state, and in the counties if Hodge
man, Gray and Ford to the south. Har
Teop does SssS mt begin in t ts
counties until next week. and by that time
more labor may be in sight.
spring wheat crop, more than half of which
counties. OF Cheyenne and Sherman, is
44S.o00 bushels, or average of 1876
bushels to the acre.
The Oats Crop.
Based on assessors returns received,
the states acreage of oats is approximate
estimated at 52,416S47 bushels or an aver
age yield per acre of 33.5 bushels. Should
this promised production be realized this
in the history of the state, the outputs of
1ssS, 1910 and 1917 only exceeding it while
the acre yield is higher than for any year
since 1885. Last years oats crop amounted
to 504S2, 4S7 bushels.
The estimated acreage OF rye is 2SI0o0
acres. which will probably yield 5.404 900
bushels, against 2,25T GOO bushels last
year.
| acres. The indicated yield is 16666.300
bushels as compared to 5,TS7 600 bushels
in 1918. This crop. is grown principally
| in the western counties. the chief producers
being in the northwest.
| 1t has been too wet for corn in the prin-
! cipal corn-growing territory, and until
| lately too cool everywhere. 1t was neces-
/ sary to replant probably one-third of the
| corn acreage because of a superabundance
/ of water and to a Lesser extent because
4 of damage from cutworms. Corn is late
| and backward The weather of the past
/ week has brought marked Improvement
/ and cultivation has been pushed On the
| estimated acreage of 4.35S, 600 acres OF
corn the average condition is given as
754 per cent, based on 100 as represent