Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1897 — KANSAS CORN CROP POOR. [ARTICLE]

KANSAS CORN CROP POOR.

Serious Damage Results JFrom Hot Winds of Past Week. An official estimate of the corn crop of Kansas was issuetFby the State Board of Agriculture, in the form of a compilation of estimates by farmers throughout the State. The average yield is placed at twenty bushels per acre and the total crop at 165,(577,280 bushels, as against 221,000,000 bustes last year and 201,000,000 in 1895. The dry, hot winds of the past week have caused serious damage to the crop, the average condition during the week falling from 60 per cent, to 55 percent. The reports as a whole indicate that the crop is poor, not only as to yield, but as to weight and quality. Though the crop is disappointing, it is a noteworthy fact that the State has raised but seven bigger corn crops. This is accounted for by the fact that the acreage, which 8,283,000, is the greatest in the history of the State.