The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-07-23
CROPS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC.

EDITOR EMPoRIA NEWS: Having
been very busy last week, helping the
| farmers to save their grain, was un-
able to meet my promise made in the
last letter wrote to you; but will at
tempt, at this late date, to make a few
more notes from this section (Lower
Pike of the county.
The growing wheat is riDening very
| fast. and is now changing its emerald
for gold. Farmers are very busy, and
have cleared the deck for actiOn"-llar-
vesting. At the close of this week, if
| the weather be favorable, there will not
be a stalk of wheat or oats left stand
ing OIL the ground.
Some of our farmers complain of tOO
much rain for corn, but ii is hoped it
will not seriously njurc it q think a
shower now would do u great deal of
gOod) though it is not far emOuglI adj
sion as to how it may be.
The wheat looks well. and promises
q good yield. Oats. from personal OBJ
scrvations. never locked better, and
promises large crop; the corn, also,
with one exception in this neighbor-
hood. looks remarkably well. and small
fruit, with the exception of peaches,
are in abundance.
i will now give you an account of the
yield of wheat here generally: Mr.. j.
Phenis. % bushels per acre; (sOme of
the old farmers say that Mr.. Phenis'
| heat will average 30 and 35 bushels
per acre. but wish to put it below the
mark, rather than abOve) Mr.. Manning.
23 bushels per acre Mr.. J. Clayton 20.
Mr.. Newton %. Mr.. ii. kcrby %. MIR.
4. g. Pickett 20. Mr.. Geo. Harvey %,
Messrs Williams & FOuts 20. Mr.. Whit
craft 23 and some 30. Mr.. L. Hail 10.
Mr.. L. HOlderman %. Mr.. T. Halls
wheat, or the most of it. was sown in
the bottom, which is badly drained.
After the heavy rains the water stood
on the ground and injured the wheat
very much. learn. out of 20 acres, he
las only been able to cut5 acres of it
OH account of the ground being too wet.
will now note n few of the most
substantial improvements in our garden
of Eden, by stating that MIR. Locker
man has good Os;Ige hedge fence
around his entire farm. also, through it
will soon l1c able to collect the bOun-
| ty specified by an act of the legislature.
! Mr.. LOckcrmaD says that farming pays
in Kansas when it is carried OH In a
systematic manner" Gas it should bc).
You will, no doubt, agree with him.
! tIC 10 Viz VI DlOuCcISs anu
! to know. On his farn is a barn erect
cd two and half stories high, Fix 4S.
and is the largest and most convenient
barn on the Cottonwood for many Il
mile. Here to is situated the MILL. that
| helps to make ''tIat tOwm"-work sus-
pendetl-luinbcr yard crowded-hauI-
| ing away. and in a few days will be in
operation again.
Mr.. En6s Hiatt has enclosed large
wild tract of land this summer with n
good substantial plank fence also, has
! done some breaking.
Mr.. r. Hall has enclosed large tract
of land this past spring and summer
with good plank fence and broke ~
acres.
! MIR. l.. Holderman has improved his
| farm very much. and especially his res
idence. A Wall street millionaire
might be proud of such homestead.
| yet in spite of high eaters. low price
of groceries and calico, he dare not take
unto himself his equal, or better half"
| ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. Our young
| friend. Mr.. j. FOuts. together with Miss
5. Coates. ca met with IA sad, or rather
almost a sad accident, on July 10th at
the Baker ford on the Cottonwood. 1t
appears that during the afternoon serY-
ices of a Basket meeting held at the
| above named ford that, MIR. FOuts, ac-
eOmpanied by Miss S. Coates, % cross
ed over the river in Mr.. lis buggy to
take a look ut tile coumtry-they did it,
| too-came back and attempted to cross
| TO the north side. As they were about
midway the horse stopped and refused
| to go farther. Johnny jumps out OF
! the buggy and onto the horses back.
still the horse refused to obey his mas
ter and mistress to their great astOnisi-
nent. but finally the horse threw John
NY off and landed him in the middle of
JOrdan--nO, Cottonwood. He held OH
to something, and mounted the horse
again, but all in vain. He was again
thrown off. at this time nothing much
could be seen of him except his "big
ears" (Which kept him afioaD and his
plug hat. At this critical jpncture a
large number had gathered on the banks
of the river. A spry young man. Mr..
NJ, secured skiff to go to his assist
aRce, but the current took him and skiff
down the rushing tide; finally, both
SollAny and horse were coaxed ont on
the shore. understand that some of
the fair sex dropped the farewell tear
suppOsing he was ''gOner." Mr.. Fouts