The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-26
HOW THE CROPS LOOK.
THE FRUIT PROSPECT.
improvements and New Settlements.

the crops, fruit prospects, ETC., and de-
cided to go directly to the farmers, get
their statements and publish them, SO
that we might not be accused of manu-
featuring stories in favor of the coun-
| try, out of whole cloth. The following
notes should have appeared last week,
but we did not return in time to publish
them in that issue. When we speak Of
the hight of the corn or the size of the
crops it must be borne III mind that
these facts and statistics were gathered
the first four days of last week.
We are always glad to get into the
country, especially at this season of the
year. 1t gives one enlarged ideas, to
get out of a little Office, where he is
cooped three-fourths of his time, and
look about-to behold what little EN-
pire our county is to become one of
these days not very far of. We like to
behold the beautiful foliage, the flow
ers, the golden grain fields, the big corn,
the cattle upon the thousand hills, and
all such things. We enjoy drinking
from "the old oaken buckets" which
rise dripping from the fountains of the
earth, and to get little honest sun
burn on our hands and face. In fact we
were out SO long talking with and mix
ing among the farmers that we almost
came TO the conclusion that we were
honest.
/ AS little has been said in our paper of
late about Jackson township, we re-
snltyn1 10 Welt thaf locality first NJ a
concluded to go down the north side OF
the Neosho river to Neosho Rapids and
return on the other side, leaving the
farms along the Cottonwo God for anOth-
er trip.
F Between town and Rinker's ford we
noticed that Mr.. Goodrich and Mrs
Burns have put up new houses on theil
: places. Mrs. BIS place is being famned
quite extensively, and the crops art
. looking well.
. Seeing Max Fawcett blowing in hi
/ Nursery we could not resist the tempt
l alton to stop and make note of hi
progress. He is making a speciality o
> ornamental and forest trees, shrubs ant
flowers He has now i'll the grounC
: $4,000 naples two years old, $4,000 seed
! lings, 10000 White Spruce, 5000 Arbo
/ Vitae, 5000 Hemlock, 5000 White Pine
: 5000 Balsam Fir, 5000 English Oak
5000 Box Elder, and 5000 Larch. Som
of the two-year old Naples are ten fee
j high, and all his trees look well excep
d some of the Spruce and Arbor Vita
The English Oaks look very thrifty
> and give evidence that they will thrlv
v well on Kansas soil. The Box Elder
# make a beautiful shade and are of raj
J id growth. Some of them hav
- already grown two feet this season.
is wonder they are not more genera
= ly planted. The Larch seems MOI
81 thrifty than any other of the importe
y trees. 1t grows rapidly, and Mr.. Fay
p cett thinks it will prove a good tree fl
~ Kansas growth. Two years ago Ma
set out 1900 cranberry plants as an c,
D. pertinent. They all lived but fe
that were killed by moles, and he is'cl
couraged to believe they will prov
" successful III Kansas. He shaded Il
a plants by setting them among the cor
in They bore some last year, and the plan
i are starting out well for this scaso
al This is the only successful attempt v
NC have heard of in Kansas of makil
cranberries live over one season. NJ;
an is planting his evergreens i'll corn i
to stead of mulching-thinks it bett
is way to protect them from heat al
ce drouth than mulching. On the FAY
for - Inn au aNRalla
no state of cultivation, of which 40 acr
Cd are in wheat and oats, 40 in corn, pot
toes, ETC., all looking Matchmaking t
~. best growth had in residence of Gle
lac en- years in Kansas Peach trees a
w loaded with fruit. Mr.. Fawcett is al
w. going into honey-raising. He start
IT with one stand year ago, which h
w increased to eleven stands-all from t
,al one stand. His testimony is that tn
,ra do better in Kansas than he ever sa
Of them do in the East. Mr.. F. has CO
We siderable quantity of hedge growi
all finely on his place. The Fawcett faI
,st is destiNed to be one of the most val
,oI able and productive on the Neosho. L
an walls of his residence are bountiful
rn- Win VI -bdIAOuS otN u
~ among which are some of Prangs CHI
he land in the sitting room is a Mason
Hamlin cabinet organ, showing col
.be mendable degree of cultivation and !
~ fnement. We shall not soon forget
ON pleasant hour spent at the Fawcett pla
nu Crossing the river, we came int
fine farming neighborhOod. 1t is 1
at our purpose to notice these farms no
ex- We hope to give them closer insp
to ton soon. We observed to the left
rs the road half mile, William Hollini
wv. wOrth's new commodiOus residen
BOD 1t will be one of the best houses in t
inc part. of the country when complet
the The farms of Messrs. Rinker, Cowl
Hollignsw Orth, Plumb and Gibson Sc
his to be in excellent condition. The gro
If ing fruit. trees and the big corn a
let grain fields give them the appearal
der of an old farming community. HI
re- Emma Hunt, Normalite, is teachin
mn summer school in the fine stone sch
veil house in this neighborhood. After lie
fu- ing the Lawrence road we soon came
ate the new farms of Messrs. Harmon,
sometimes called honest John in a il
Gu Bishop and Osgood. The impro
ments here have nearly all been m.
- within the last year, and mostly {
-" season. Over 400 acres of new groU