The Kanzas news., 1858-07-24
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4ae GropS
Now that the wheat has been gathered. |
a correct estimate of the crops can be form
ed. The yield Is not so large by consider
able. as was anticipated three weeks before
harvest. This was mainly owing TO the
rust produced by the incessant rains of the
few weeks previous to the harvest; and
partly to the late frost, which had much
more serious effect than was at first believ-
ed Notwithstanding these things, howey-
er, the yield is above the average, and is
amply sufficient to supply the home de-
mand The winter wheat proves to be-
much the best 1t suffered more from the
frost but less from the rust than the spring
wheat. Most of the farmers with whom
we have talked agree that the climate is
better adapted to the growth of winter than
spring wheat Winter wheat also possess
es much greater market value than spring
wheat
The oats looked finely until after the vi
olent storms which preceded the flood
These beat down and destroyed large guam
titles. Those that remained uninjuree
will prove large yield. We believe the
number of acres sown was not very large,
and oats will probably command a proper
tionately higher figure than any other
kind of grain, except, perhaps. buckwheat-
The corn is doing well. and is very for
ward. The season has been very faEora-
bic, and the e-yield per acre will be very large.
The number of acres planted was enor-
nous, aud prices win be correspondingly
low Many fields will yield one hundred
bushels to the acre. Said one of our most
enterprising farmers to US the other day.:
Ell shall have about four hundred bushels
of corn to sell, which I am willing to con-
tract now for taOenty cents busEel. deiiv-
cred in the crib; and can make money at
that Look at that field of corn. 1t will
yield eighty bushels to the acre. certain.
and perhaps hundred. There has not
been hoe OF plow in it since it was plant
ed'' We did look at it. There was field
of about twenty-five acres of as nice corn
as we ever saw, and perfectly clean of weeds
and grass; and there are hundred such
within half-a-dozen miles of Emporia.-
Corn at twenty cents is cheap enough and
nothing would be risked in buying at that
price.
We are not aware of the amount of Buck
wheat that has been or will be sowed, but
prscume it will be small. Last season the
crop suffered severely from grasshoppers,
and but little was raised. We hope our
farmers will pay proper attention to the eul-
tivation of this crop. On the outside We
publish some hints in regard to the time
and manner of sowing and gathering it,
which we recommend to the attention of the
farmers.
The Potatoe crop will be large A great
deal of ground was planted, and the season
thus far has been very favorable. They
are now selling at one dollar per bushel;
but when the crop is gathered they viii
probably be at least two-thirds cheaper.
Taking it all together, the people of Kan
zas are pretty well prepared to liVe, and will
in the future be relieved from dependence
on Missouri for their breadstuffs, and will
regulate their own prices. 1t will serve to
keep the money at home that we already
have, and assist to bring more in. From
this harvest the people of Southern Kan
zas can date their-wealth and perfect inde-
pendence.