The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-07
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} The ks1 Wheat Harvest Is now pFae-
ticsIIy compisssd. From time to time
during the season. Rshave given express
ton to The hvOrabis antieipations of our
farmers concerning the amount and quail
my of their wheat ercp. The compile
! ton of the harvest enables us to foIn
more dhenits and tangible conclusions.
The overwhelming floods of three weeks
ago. found the wheat IN the bottoms fulIy
'made." and hence the damage was very
much less than was generally fesred.
and was. in fact SO little, as scarcely to
make an impression upon the gland ag-
CRATE of bushels. Ths harvest has more
than realized all antTcipations founded up
on the general appearat c. of Che wheat on
the ground. Every farmer comes from
bis harvest field with larger estimates
than be went 10. The heads are largs.
and well filed. there was a good, even
stand. and all was saved. A few more
days OF fue weather to complete stack
ing and the whole crop is safe beyond
Peradventure.
We hear of many fields estimated at
forty bushels TO the aere-whiIe scarce a
farmer puts his average below thirty.
Mr.. BEtiton, OF the Emporia steam mill,
thinks the average in the county cannot
be less than thirty bushels-more likely
to be over than under. This is large
larger than the average of any part of our
I. country except California and Kansas
: but we are of the opinion that this esti-
: mate is within bounds. Lyon county is
4 undoubtedly one of the Very best wheat
n growing counties in the State, much bet
# ter than any north, and full as good as
p. any of her neighbors, south or west
J. Wheat has always comma nded a fair
e price, and our farmers have devoted much
e attention to its growth. Hence the rare
: failures of wheat aBd generally large
yield.
5 To Tie crop of fall wheat. already Sc
$ cured, is to be add that of spring wheat
> now ready for the sickle, and of which
there is large breadth; and the average
i yield of which viii not fall far short Of
e the fall wheat.
n OF course Lyon county. and in fact
,. most Of the counties of this par: of Kan
o sas-for what We have said will apply
e with good force to Chase, Morris, Mari
: on. Greenwood. Cofey. and Butler-will
It have large surplus of wheat for export,
and for supplying the large emigration
> which the next twelve months will bring
: to our midst. The question of price be-
{ comes, therefore. an important consid-
: GRAFTON. The partial failure of the crop
in the States east of the Mississippi must
: of course be taken into account. Ever
u since the breaking out oft he war, Illinois
: -four has competed with US on our own
soil. The Withdrawal of this oompeti-
: ton viii, of course, make prices better
: than they would otherwise be, unless the
demand should be CORES ondingly light
Our natural market is West, with the
mines and Government Heretofore large
operators and spectators at Leavenworth
and St. Louis have been able to control
the purchases for these markets, owing to
the fact that the -four had to be collected
over a large tract of country in small lots
But RoW there is within our own county,
and in the reach of any one of cur -four
ing mills. wheat enough to fill the largest
4
), single contract that will be offered. 1t is
to our interest that these contracts should
be taken here, BY our own citizens. To
this end. there should be, as near as
possible, uniform price for wheat, which
should he high enough to afford handsome
profit to the farmer. and at the same
. time low enough that our millers NAV
successfully compete with other sections
! of the State in their efforts to get the
" Western contracts. The prosperity and
i interest of the farmers. and of the miIlers.
who stand to them as factors, are one and
: the came. There is room for profit for
: both, and prices should be the mean be-
tween the claims Of both.