The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
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NonLluueu on Fdke 1WO.b
hinder the corn crop. Thru the CEN
failure. Some counties in the north
east have fair crop and some in
the northwest a very good crop. Prac-
ticaIly all the crop is wen matured tho
light in those sections of the state
where the summer drouth was very
severe and long continued.
Oats Yield.
Preliminary estimate shows an aver.
age yield of % bushels of oats this
year as compared with % bushels in
1918 and 81 bushels in 1917. The
1919 production will amount to a.
072.000 bushels as compared with ST.
23S.000 bushels in 1918. 70,S04,000 in
1917, and 45,524,000 bushels the ten
year average. The ten year average
yield has been 26 bushels per acre.
The quality of this years crop is very
fair, being rated at $3.50; 1909 repre-
senting q high medium grade. Oats
are much lighter in the eastern third
of the state than elsewhere.
To this years crop of 144,S07,000
bushels of Kansas winter wheat a to-
tai of $4,000 bushels of spring wheat
is to be added. This spring wheat rep
reSentS an average yield OF 8. bushels
per acre on $4,000 acres grown largely
in the northwest altho a scattering
acreage is found thruout the state. No
estimate as to the acreage of winter
wheat to be seeded this fall will be
taken until December list after drilling
is completed. From present outlook a
much reduced acreage is to be antici-
pated. In the rectangle formed in
the southern part of Kansas by north
and south line thru Dodge City and an
east and west line thru Mcpherson, it
is quite generally too dry to permit of
seeding and preparation for seeding.
There is some exception in the north
western portion of this rectangIe.
Elsewhere in the state moisture ranges
from ample to abundant and seeding
is being pushed to the maximum altho
the average seeding date is very late.
1t looks as tho the state would seed at
least $3.50 less than last years phe-
nomenal record acreage. Some coun-
ties will not seed half so much as in
1918.
Kansas this year broke all her past
record in barley production. Altho
the acreage was less than in either
1917 or 1918, the yield per acre is
estimated at 81 bushels this year,
which is the largest yield per acre
recorded in the past is years with the
exception of 1915 when the yield was
81 bushels. This years yield is almost
double the ten year average yield of
14.1 bushels. and the 1919 production
of 14.499,0 900 bushels is three times
the ten year average production of
Sorghum Crops.
Kafir, milo and feterita came up to
harvest with a promise of 80 per cent
of normal crop. The sorghum crops,
both grain and saccharine, have sell
dom reached as generally satisfactory
maturity in the state. Even in the
extreme northwest counties nearly
every variety has matured grain with
out frost damage. A crop of 27,514,-
600 bushels is forecasted this year.
The average production of the last
four years has been 21,490.000 BUSH
els. The record. grain sorghum year
in Kansas was 1915 with 35,1O0,00O
bushels. Harvest has been pushed in
the past two weeks and an earlier COM
pletion is promised than for several
years
This year 10000 acres was devoted
10 broom corn which supplied a yield
OF 334 lbs per acre with a total pro-
duction of 3.340 tons. The year 1917
produced the record crop of $500 tons
on $1,000 acres. In 1918, $1,000 acres
produced $500 tons. but the broom
corn market broke and the spring of
1919 saw a big carry over still on
farms with few buyers because the
crop was only mediocre in quality. A
66 per cent reduction in acreage was
the result this year. This years crop
shows a better quality of brush with
a larger per cent of hurl than last
year.
An Excellent Appetizer.