The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-04-09
ann AnrERTCuIs LErrER.
model raur-nzaa s what hss been done by one
Man In the way or Farming.


hAEAS4CO63 n HEll Os-AO0S.
great deal has been said and written to
convince the people Of the elder States that
Kansas is good country for the farmer. The
day has now come that she can show substan-
tial proofs Of this. Andf don't know OF bet
ter or more complete illustration of this fact,
any where in this section Of country, than is
to be seen upon the farm 81 Robert Best, on Hill
creek, four miles above Waterloo. ''Old Bob
by' is very much averse to seeing his name in
the newspapers, and did not call upon him
yesterday for that purpose; but his light will
be Of much more use in the eandle-stick than
under the busheI Mr.. b. came TO this coun-
try and settled upon his present farm in the
spring Of 1856, with but q few dollars. in his
pocket Now he has one Of the most valuable
farms in this county, and much larger per-
sonal property. think 1t doubtful about his
being able 20 give the number Of cattle he owns.
He mentioned ffty head Of mich COWS upon
his place, besides his ''yOung stock" He has
also q large number of horses. Some of his
rules for ..making the farm pay'' are worth
passing around. He never sells any corn, and
very seldom any wheat or other grain. There
are now in his barn some 500 bushels Of corn
that was grown three years ago. Thu he is
always prepared for a scarcity of grain. He
grinds all his feed-corn, wheat and oats-and
says il is one Of the chief items in making
stock-raising profitable. a flock of sheep for
merly owned by him produced double the
amount OF wool PEE head under such feeding
that they since have under different manage
ment. He feeds all his grain to his stock
grinds corn and oats, and corn and wheat to-
gether.
His motto in farming Is to push things"
He already has one field Of corn planted, and
was preparing to plant the balance Of his crop
this week-the HnrSt week In April. He told
me his corn crop two years ago amounted to
seventy-ive bushels per acre, all around.
Mr.. Best commenced planting an orchard ten
years ago. He has now upwards Of one hun
bred bearing apple trees, and five hundred
large peach trees, besides an abundance Of
pear, ounce, grape, etc. His orchard now fur
nishes all the fruit needed in the family. Says
he never had any doubt but that Kansas was
a No. fruit country. ALI his apples were
very large and of excellent quality. I was
shown one tree, ten years old, and full nine
inches through the trunk, from which over ten
bushels OF apples were gathered last fall. Said
his yellow bellcflower and Maiden Blush apples
were larce and very fine. He has four acres
OF ground planted with peach trees for another
orchard.
Such u farm such an orchard and fruit gar
den, and such herd Of stock as Mr. Best's, 1
repeat, are worth more to demonstrate the adj
vantages Of our young State, than ali the scrib-
bling imaginable.
Mrs. Best was just receiving SIS worth of
flower seeds and bulbs from Vick's Rochester
Garden, and was fitting up nice garden.
But must get back into town and see what
Is going ON there.
ID. A. Stahl has got his goods on, and opened
up in Goddard's store room, and exhibits as
select a stock rs is to be found in these parts.
Though a stranger in our place, he bears the
impress OF Il business man, and we predict for
him success.
DR.. g. w. Sutton, from Indiana, has paid cur
town u visit, and decided to locate among us
for the purpose Of practieing medicine. The
doctor is thorough graduate, and will satisfy
a want long felt here-the want Of a good ply
stefan.
NrJ. q. Gray, from New York, came in Sat
urday and purchased the farm Of S. A. 10y, half
8 mile from town, paying SIS per acre. This is
OF the best farms in this vicinity, and W lille
we thus lose, ut present, one Of our best farm
ers, we assured we gain an estiInable citi-
zen and sound business man, in the person of
Mr.. Gray. But we have reason to hope that,
like his brother Nicholas, Sam. 10y viii again
buy in this vicinity.
At the election here to-day, J. D. Jaquith
was chosen as Trustee; w. w. kits and r. w.
Randall, Justices; E. MOrehead and Wesley
Floyd, Constables; J. d. Gibson, Township
Archer and Thomas White, Road Overseers.