The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
Second Largest Crop in States
History Is Forecast.
Kansas Looks Good for 147
MiIIic- Bushels Now.
UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
Average Yield 1916 Per Acre
Harvest Nearly Over.
Kansas to Produce Million
Bushels More Corn Than 1919.

Kansas. which in June promised A
1I0-million bushel wheat crop. now
looks good for yield of 147,030,665
bushels. That is the opinion of J. c.
Mohler. secretary of the state board
of agriculture, based on reports from
1000 crop correspondents. The fore
cast yield is the second largest in the
history of the state.
Unusual weather conditions for rim
ening of the grain have materially in
creased early estimates as to produc-
ton and quality The bulk of the crop
Will grade No. 1 or No. with but
little No. new wheat in the state
This situation is contrary to that of
year ago when unfavorable weather
greatly reduced production and quail
ity.
Average 1916 Blu. Per Acre.
The average yield is estimated at
1916 bushels an acre. A total of
S,94S,G9S acres of growing grain is to
be threshed. Most of the harvest is
ended and at least seven million bush
els of wheat was threshed at the time
of cutting.
Fifty northern Kansas counties are
expected to produce S7,577.429 bush
els. or an average of 1914 bushels an
acre. Fifty-five southern counties will
produce 59.453. 236 bushels, an average
of 1873 bushels an acre. The average
yield for the state has been exceeded
1899. 1892. The previous high record
for state yield was in 1914. when Kan
sas produced $50 million bushels of
wheat
Nine counties in the state will each
produce more than three million bush
els of grain. Barton leads with an es-
timated production of 4,638,0O0 bush
els. Rocks is second with $3.50. 900
and Thomas third with 1927. 900 bush
els. Other three million bushel coun-
ties are: Decatur. Ellis, Graham.
Rush, Sumner and Trego.
Corn Conditions Jump.
Corn conditions jumped to SOL per
cent this month The state has 5,157,-
rs acres of corn under cultivation.
This is about million acres more
than a year ago and nearly a million
under the five year average.
Corn acreages for the state are
given as the third smallest since 1854.
Prospects. tho. are uniformly good. A
majority of the counties in the eastern
portion of the state show conditions
of 90 or better. Northern tier coun-
ties, which usually produce the big
corn crops, show conditions ranging
from so to 80.
Spring wheat yields are estimated
at 100000 to 100000 bushels.
Kansas Doing Her Share.
In spite of labor shortage and high
pIICes' hdllSdS 1e.l mel q : N-S -
full part to feed the hungry world
Moh1er reports that crop acreages for
this season are more than a million
in excess of a year ago. Last year
the total acreage under crops was
23.0S4,052. This year the acreage for
the three principal crops. wheat. corn
and oats totals 1882, 900 as against
1881, 600 last year.
The second cutting of alfalfa
amounts to s09,64S tons, or about
two-thirds Of a ton to the acre.
Except for Washington. Geary and
Republic counties. all in the Fifth dis
trict, adequate pasturage facilities are
reported.
Secretary Mothers report of prob
able wheat yields and corn conditions
by counties follows: