The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-26

able one when he gets it under cultiva-
ton.
After passing the above places we
soon came upon the Plumb farm. This
place is now owned by Col. P. B. Plumb,
and is being run by his brother George.
1t was settled. by his father, David
Plumb, early in the spring of 1857. a
good deal of hard work has been done
on this place. There is a good COM
Portable stone house on it, surrounded |
by shade trees. There are 100 acres in
cultivation. Folks who settled farms
in the woods of Ohio and Indiana
would be surprised to see a farm with
! hundred acres of land i'll cultivation
! in ten years time. There are plenty of
them in Lyon county. George has 10
acres in wheat, 16 in oats, % acres of
corn-1O of it sod-and 10 acres III hun
garian-an looking very well. There
is OH the place 60 peach trees six years
old as full of fruit as they can hold, 90
cherry trees, which are not bearing
much yet, and a fine lot of young apple
trees also 200 rods of hedge, which is
thriving first-rate, considering it was
injured somewhat by rabbits last Win
! ter. The Colonel and George have been
engaged considerably in the stock bust
ness, and now have 20 head of cattle,
and 300 head of sheep.
i After leaving the Plumb farm we
crossed big prairie, which affords one
of the finest stock ranges we know of
anywhere. The next farm we ran
upon was that owned by the Kelleys,
formerly Osgood's) and adjoining it is
Mr.. Barker's. VIM. Ray is running
portion of the Kelley place, and we
were told had about the largest corn in
the neighborhood. Mr.. N. Ii. Kelley
informed us that he has about eighty
acres in corn, and from present prospects
he thought he should raise from 5000 to
1000 bushels of corn. Mr.. Barker has
made some substantial improvements,
and has fine prospects for good crops.
L. II. Ludy we found in the bend
, below the above farms, on the old
Holt farm. 1t was settled in 1857, and
f for valuable location and productive
soil has few equals. 100 acres of this
, place is first class timber land. Mr..
f 1udy has purchased an additional 10
acres of prairie, which gives him plenty
2 of farming land. He has ID acres in
= corn, 10 i'll spring wheat and oats, with
a good lot of Hungarian, potatoes, veg
e etables, etc. Mr. Ludy claims to have
. the best corn in that locality. We
+ were disposed to give him credit fol-
/ first best until we saw Mr.. Jones corn.
e on Mr.. Payne's farm, and the field OF
David Van Gundy. 1t would be q
g hard matter for us to decide which Of
: these three is the best, so we will lei
s them fight it out till the end of the
# season and report i'll the fall to these
Il headquarters. Mr.. Ludy's spring
4 wheat, we believe, surpasses any field
we have seen unless il be that OH Mr.
~ Duguid's farm on the NeoshO between
e. here and Americas. There is on
(. thing worthy of imitation in thes'
70 fields The weeds have injured tn
It wheat to a large extent this season. On
# these two brag fields the wheat wa
p soWn so thick as to choke the weed
v. out, The wheat is very clean. w
70 put our guess at 80 bushels per acre TO
rs Ludy's field. On the place is 40 cherr.
~ trees, which have commenced bearing
ye 80 apple trees, ten of the oldest bear
IT ing some. and 40 or so bearing peac
J. trees. He has 500 young peach trees t
70 transplant next season, and intends t
ID set out l 900 apple trees. He has Osag
" hedge plants growing sufficient to fenc
M his entire place. and intends 10 do s
,x next spring. Mr.. Ludy has not engag
X ed much in stock raising-has min
w head of horses and 90 head of cattle
H. This is one of the most desirable farm
vc on the NeoSho. In 1854 Mr. Ludy CAV
he $4,000 for it. We venture the assertio
n. that it would take. three times tn;
Ms amount to buy it now. 1t is not &c
IN. sale on any terms.
we Mr.. Ludy's farm is situated at I'll
nn mouth of Badger creek, and after leavln
. him we concluded to reconnoiter tn;
"a nice little stream. The first farm W
N ran across was that of Thomas lice
ter owned until within few days by b
nd father, Uriah TIGER. Thomas had ju
-, bought it. aud is going into wheat raj
ing on a big scale. He is now engage
mt in breaking a fifty acre field to be SOW
res to fall wheat. Mr.. T. has 80 acr,
ia in cultivation, Is of which is corn, II
bo wheat and the balance i'll potatoes, ves
etables. etc. Mr.. TIGER says he nev'
" saw better crop prospect, and he h;
ire been here for several years.
lso The Roe farm, the next on Badge
ed creek. is being cultivated this season
~. Peter Huffstader. This is yaluab
,' place, mostly bottom land, with fiji
ne building spot on upland. The crol
ey Oh it look splendidly, and it has GOO
lw supply of shade and fruit trees. Th
m place is offered for sale by Z. p. Bal
croft and whoever gets it will draw
hS prize. 1t is in q good state of GUILTY.;
RIM ton, considerable timber, good fence
lu- and so OH.
he Just at sundown we refined up in frol
llv ofthe Hunter brothers-David and Joh
- two of the biggest hearted men v
0e' know of anywhere, and accepted the
ro- invitation to tarry for the night. INT
4 s. recently they have been ''baching," b.
M now have the family of Mr.. Beatty Ii
- ing with them. They are intelligeT
:, Woodworking and enterprising men, al
the it is strange to us that they have new
zee. been captured by the arrows of cupi'
o a before now. The Hunters have bea
o,t tiful location, and a valuable farm. Th'
have under cultivation 60 acres
W. ground-I2 acres corn, IA acres ii
ec- wheat, most of which looks well. Th'
of also have eight acres of oats, and
os- acres of Hungarian, both of which a
the finest we saw on the trip. {
ice. tho Dloca 10 something over Il