The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-09
PAXTON PLACES
Wheat YIELD AT
1S1,647,OOO BU.
Damage to Kansas Crop Not So
Great as Feared.
Head of Crop Bureau Here Is
sues June / Report.
RUST AND SMUT ARE FOUND
Injury, However, Less Than
Many Farmers Feared.
1,77O,0O0 Acres of Oats SOwn
in State.
YIELD 1926, OOO, ,OOO BUS
1,77O,O0O Acres of Oats SOwn
in State.
YIELD 1,236,OOO, BUS.
Winter Wheat Yield "Guessed''
at S93,OOO,OOO Bushels.
Nations Spring Wheat Will Be
343,OOO,OOO, Forecast Says.


When the Kansas victory wheat ship |
takes the Jump off on the "Transat- |
lantic Flight" it ought to carry a car |
go of 191. .647.0O bushels, according
to the forecast of the bureau of crop
estimates issued by Edward c. Pax
ton today. This forecast is based on
a June 1 condition of SO per cent, |
which is ten points lower than
month ago An average yield of 17.2
bushels is promised on 11,139,000 acres
of growing wheat. In spite of unfa-
vorable weather conditions during
most of May it is still the largest crop
ever forecasted in the state.
The last day Of May saw the most
manificent crop of wheat that ever
graced the Kansas prairies lodging In
a vast. wet wilderness. Red or orange
rust was present everywhere from bor-
der to border of the state but its dam
age was more apparent than real
There was enough smut to cause seri-
Gus concern in many counties and re-
duce the quality if not the yield. June
! found plenty of keynotes for the
pessimistic keynoters. A large orches-
ira Of them began to tune up for the
swan song of the wheat and mortgaGed
the future with direful prophetic vi
sion But the pessimist. like the
grounding, fears his own shadow and
when he saw a million dollar lining
on the June clouds he hied away to a
deep. d
venient season and a more receptive
audience.
Western Yield a Record
AItho the outlook is not near so
good as it was a month ago. the Kan
sas wheat is far from calamitous
failure. The counties of the western
third of the state will probably see
record yield and production. Some of
the counties in the south center and
eastern third of the state that have
been so highly favored the past two
years may not show so large yields as
general appearance indicates. Scat
tered localities have suffered severe
hail losses. Wheat on rich bottom
land all over the eastern half of Kan
sas is in a precarious situation but
most of the upland wheat that lodged
under the recent rains is coming back
up. Neither fly nor chinch bug is
giving much cause for worry. A nu-
merous progeny or graSshopperS
awaits a dinner OF bran masn ana
Paris green but will probably not be
troublesome till after the wheat is
made Because of cool. wet weather
harvest in general promises to be
wecl; later than earlier expectations.
Preliminary estimate indicates l.
10000 acres of oats have been sown
in Kansas this year as compared with
2239, 600 a year ago and 2,2S4,OOO
acres in 1917. This decrease of 249o
is largely due to the fact that in the
of acres of oats have been sown on
abandoned wheat land. This spring
saw little abandonment from winter
killing of wheat and consequently no
REIMBURSEMENT Of general farm plans.
In eastern Kansas most of the acreage
in oats last year was sown to winter
wheat and the wet spring interfered
with the seeding on corn stubble was
originally planned by the farmers.
Oats were generally sown later than
pGfF ~ Ia nd he rf-fNNHr rir1fs
condition is rated at 92fo of normal,
forecasting a yield of 30.S2 bushels
per scre and 9 total production of 54,-
$4,000 bushels. The 1918 production
was 1928 600 bushels and 1917 saw
the Kansas record crop of 70,S04,0o
bushels.
Barley Is Normal
on June first barley was rated al
9TCo of normal cond ton in growth
a yield of PISA bushels per acre and
a production of 14.170,0O0 bushels is
forecasted on the 664, 900 acres esti-
mated to have been sown which i:
1870 larger than the 1918 acreage. Ir
1918 the production on $4,000 acre:
500, 600 bushels and in 1911
only 6.00O.0 600 bushels were produced
on 1900 acres. Altho the bulk o.
the barley is produced in the north
western counties with 1000 of the acre
age in the western third of the state
its popularity is increasing in the cen
trail and eastern counties where man,
farmers have tried 1t out successful,
the past two years on small acreages
Harvesting of the first cut of alfalfa
has been greatly retarded by we
weather and lack of sunshine Com
pletion of harvest is now progressin,
rapidly under more favora BILE condi
tions. The yields have been excep
tionally good but much of the earl,
cutting was discolored in the swat
and windrow by rain. The wild ha,
sections south of the kaw in the east
ern third Of the state, promise the bes
wild hay crop in several years. Will
hay harvest from present outlook vii
be early. The general condition of al
hay is rated at s per cent with alfalf
showing 10l per cent and clover 9
per cent of normal. The clover acre
age is only two-thirds as large as la s
year because of the two drought
summers. a production of 5.675,OO
tons of hay is forecasted this yeal
Last years crop was 3,S34,OOO ton.
Pastures are l per cent above norma
Kansas Apple Crop
Kansas apples promised 64 per cen
OF full crop on June first. The we
spring has been a boon to a~0le tire
diseases. There is lots of scab in ur
sprayed orchards and more than com