The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-03


lie has, on the place, 80 head of cattle, +
3 horses, and % head of sheep. Has b
lone considerable business every year Q
n the way of marketing-generally l
selling $500 to $3.50 worth of butter, :
Eggs and chickens every year, mostly {
It Lawrence. We were pleased TO see S
agricultural machines OH many farms.
Dir. Schwartz has mower and reaper,
q wheat drill and buggy cultivator.
A few rods east of Mr.. S. lives his Il
son, John Schwartz. He is thrifty,
industrious young man. He is putting
up new frame residence l5x30; has in
20 acres of corn, II acres of oats, Is
acres of wheat, which had been grass
hoppered some, but otherwise looked
well.
We next called on Peter Elford, who /
has commenced a new farm just east of |
the Rapids. He has good frame house, |
30 acres fenced, and in crops, which suf-
fered some i'll the spring from grass
hOppers, go young peach trees, lot of
young naples, etc. Peter promised us
if we would call in few years he
would show US place that it would do
us good to look upon.
The next place we visited was, that of
Squire Daniel Hendricks. He was alb
sent. He has a small farm, with good
looking crops, and some young fruit
trees growing nicely.
Here the setting sun admonished us
| that we had better seek quarters for the
night, and it was not long until ''tired
natures sweet restOrer, balmy Sleep"
had us i'll one of Semans' best beds.
Next morning we started toward
home, being compelled TO leave several
of the best farms on the Neosho, below
the Rapids, without visit. They may
look for us soon again.
| Leaving the Rapids i'll the morning
we called at Geo. S. Saxtons place on
the east bank of the Neosho, above
town. He was not at home, and we did
not stop. lie has very desirable To-
cation, and we were glad TO see plenty
of evidences of thrift shout the place.
He has fine lot of peach trees about
his premises
Crossing the creek below the Neosho
Rapids mill we found Overseer, jesse
BransOn hard at work with his forces
digging down the hill, which will be
an acceptable improvement to all tray
eIers and haulers. First we ran upon
our old friend Jacob Rector. lie was
busy laying the foundation for a new
frame house, which he proposes to
erect Immediately. 1t is 1Sx30 on the
ground, and IL stories high. The
building place is surrounded by a nice
grove of young walnuts, making it &
very desirable location; fOF~w hat look:
worse or more uncomfortable than &
residence standing out OH the prairie
without a tree in sight. Mr.. r. is cul
tivating % acres of corn, 10 acres o.
wheat and oats, which promise fail
crops. This place has been grasshop
pered little of late. but Mr.. II. die
not seem to feel badly about it, and We
concluded that not much damage hat
been done.
We next came to the Pherson farm
which is being run by w. d. Anterior
This is good place, at least the grass.
hOppers think so, for they have used tho
crops pretty badly, yet there will be {
: good yield. There is on the place 2;
acres of corn, 10 acres of wheat, and
: some nice grape vines full of fruit
Here we met a couple of Ohio men who
had just come into the country. They
like it, and say if a man can't live here
he hadn't ought to live anywhere.
Here we turned off TO the right, re
: solved to visit our old friend David Van
Gundy. On the way we passed the old
j. &. Bunch place. This is now owned
, by Samuel McCaw, late from Iowa, and
is being farmed by Geo. w. White
This is one of the oldest settled and best
farms on the Neosho. There is in cuI-
tivafion 105 acres of first quality bottom
land, 70 of which are in corn, IL acres
in spring wheat-which has been grass
hOppered a little but will be good
yieId-l7 acres of oats and Ia acres o.
potatoes. On the place is hall mile o.
f hedge which is six or seven years old
Aside from neglect it looks pretty well
Here is the best looking orchard we have
seen. 1t was badly neglected, but Mr.
McCaw is improving it as fast as posi-
| bic. 1t turned off I20 bushels of apples
: last year. Tie frost in early April this
|, wear caught the buds which had been
brought forward by the previous warm
: W weather, and the trees will not yield sc
} well as they did last season. There will
probably be in the neighborhood of q
bushels of fruit this season. 30 peach
trees are tOlcrabIy full of fruit-havo
borne well for three or four years. In
the yard is Ii cherry trees, and the sight
5 thereof made our mouth water. Oui
! from among the leaves the red cherries
smiled Oh us 1emptingly. Mr.. White
said these trees bore ID bushels OF cher.
, ries last year, and they are certainly ful
now. or were when we called. We ven
ture that Mr.. McCaw is satisfied he die
4 good thing when nc bought this place
containing 200 acres, nearly half o.
which must be excellent tim Der, and two
houses one on each side OF the river
Tor S3.20O.
A little before dinner we alighted III
front OF Mr.. Van Gundy's. lie is an
old settler having pitched his tent here
i'll 1855. He is only cultivating about
10 acres of land, 10 acres of his place
being the best OF timber land. lie il
Iow Offering 10 sell 80 acres OF this tim
her Iand. Whoever gets il will do well
On the place is 20 acres of cora-o: e
ui the three brag tIelds mentioned for
merly In these Dotes-10 acres of good
wheat, eight acres Of oats, two acres OF
potatoes. Mr.. Vangundy's farm is a
very valuable one, and he fully appre-
ciates this TACT. He usually raises good
crops. lie has farmed in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri and Texas, and says.