The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-11-12
AMONG THE FARMERS OF
LYON COUNTY.
HOW THEY ARE PROSPERING
A Look at Their Crops, Herds.
Orchards, improvements,
ETC.. Etc.

On the south side of the COTTONWOOD
below the mouth of Coal creek, is the
farm of c. III. Pratt. Has 100 acres i'm
proved, 60 head of cattle, 20 horses, one
mile of hedge fence, small bearing peach
orchard, a number of small fruit trees,
raised 20 acres of wheat, Is acres of
oats, and % acres of corn, this year. Mr..
Pratt has lived on this place nine years.
Deals considerably in stock. Has COM
Portable house and good outbuildings.
This farm contains 60 acres of timber,
the balance first quality bottom land.
Further east is the farm of Daniel
Main. Has 20 acres under cultivation,
cattle, horses, sheep and other stock.
Has good barn, small orchard, some
Usage orange, and raised good crops
when we called.
The river bottoms in this vicinity are
about three miles wide, and has been
proved to be the best corn land in this
part of the country. Several of the
farmers in this neighborhood raise corn
almost exclusively.
Winslow Davis, resident of Empo-
ria, owns one of the finest pieces of land
there is in this bottom. Has house and
considerable Improvement on it. Daniel
Myers is cultivating the land.
Nathan Davis has 60 acres under Gull
tivation, % head of cattle, 6 horses, a
first rate residence, good orchard, and
excellent crops. The Valley railroad
crosses the Cottonwood. river near Mr..
Davis's house. Has fine field of fall
wheat.
Jacob Shafer has 60 acres in cultiva-
ton, 45 head of cattle, Z horses, 16 hogs,
three quarters of II mile of hedge, 100
fruit trees, 80 acres of corn, and raised
$50 bushels of wheat. Has ii acres of
fall wheat that is very nice; was sown
in August. Mr.. Sh@fer has the mate
rails on the ground for new house,
which is to be put up soon. This is a
first-class farm, and is we'll cultivated.
1t lies on both sides of the river, and
takes III large body of timber.
Warner Davis has so acres improved,
hogs, half mile of hedge that is stock
proof, and excellent orchard nine years
old, good house, 25 acres of corn, 6 acres
of oats, acres of rye, and other crops.
Mr.. Davis has some nice shade trees
about his house. Has several catawba
Carolina. His orchard produced be-
tween twenty-five and thirty bushels OF
apples this year.
J. II. Davis, of Emporia, has so acres
under cultivation adjoining his father,
and has small orchard, 60 rods OF
hedge, so acres of corn, Is of oats, and
II of wheat.
j. @. Henley, farther east, has sc
acres improved, 90 head of cattle four
horses, 8 hogs, 90 sheep, one and one
fourth miles Of hedge, 100 apple and DOC
peach trees, some cherries, pears and
other fruits, small barn, granary, small
house, blue grass yard, numerous shade
trees, Is acres of corn, 10 acres of wheat,
oats and garden vegetables. Mr.. Henley
is Justice of the Peace. Intends to
Uu1lu large nOuSe SOOH.
North of the last two is the large farm
of Miles r. Brown. Has I'll acres in
all, with so acres under cultivation, 12C
rods of hedge, 100 apple trees, five years
old, a number of bearing peach trees, 81
acres of corn that will average 60 bush
els to the acre, some wheat, 15 acres OF
oats, large barn, large stable, 10 head OF
cattle, nine horses, and so head of hogs
Mr.. Brown is building large addition
to his house. Has been here eight years
Mr.. Brown was little dissatisfied with
his farm a short time ago, and started
out with the determination of finding q
better one. He went down into South
eastern Kansas, through Missouri, into
Indiana and Illinois, but came home
feeling that he had the best farm in the
West. We are sure that he has one OF
the most productive farms in the county
and are glad to learn that Mr.. Brown is
going to remain in our county.
susanna Ogden, farther east, has 12(
acres improved, 45 head of cattle, some
horses, 5000 hedge plants, small orchard
f eleven years old, IS acres of corn, IL
acres of wheat, 20 acres of oats, large
barn, and other improvements. Mrs
Ogden has some of the largest cherry
trees that we have seen. This is also {
No. farm.
The next farm belongs to Abram
Overly, an extensive cattle dealer. Ha.
100 acres under cultivation, two miles O.
hedge, large orchard, four years old, 81
head of cattle, Ii horses, GO sheep, Al
hogs, nine stands of bees, 81 acres o.
: corn, % acres of wheat, u acres of oats
and other crops. His nine stands O
bees produced $50 lbs. of honey THU
season. Has one of the largest and bes
, finished houses in the county. His barr
is a eommodious one. Has 10 acres O
fall wheat in the ground. Mr.. Overly
has splendid farm-in fact we have
not seen better or more substantial i'm
provements, nor have we seen better
, crops, anywhere. He has lived in Kan
sas a number of years, and has undoubt
edly been successful. Two hundred
head of cattle were sold this fall by Mr.
Overly, to Eastern buyers. To the
Misses Overly and the boys we wish te
return thanks for the Inequalities of tn,
house, Mr.. Overly and wife being on /.
visit to their friends East.
North of the above David Vangund,
owns farm of 24O acres. Has 10 acre
improved, 40 rods of hedge, 80 appl,
trees, four years old, so large peacl
trees, besides number of small trees
IL acres of corn q acres of wheat am