The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-15

is now a bully one; that is, bull strong.
horse high and pig tight. By thorough
it has grown from eight to
ten feet high this year. He took the
and wound them through each
the fence about five feet
high-so that it is compact and strong,
besides being very beautiful. Not 3
weed Or blade of grass has been allowed
to grow near the fence and the ground
has been thoroughly plowed several
times during the year. Mr.. Safer has
grown hedge in Fulton, Mason, McLain
and Logan counties. in Illinois, and says
that Kansas soil is sc much better adapt
ed to hedge grosciag," than the soil of
Illinois. Mr.. Safer has the best hedge
for the age that we ever saw. In the
meantime the farm has not been neg
lected. He has 20 acres under cultiva-
ton, 20 head of fine cattle, IL head of
horses, so bearing apple trees and 1000
young peach trees, grape vines and
shrubbery in abundance, 20 acres of
good corn, some wheat, and potatoes
and garden vegetables that can't be
beat. Has put in some fall wheat that
looks well. From t,Oo pumpkin seeds
he raised ten pumpkins that weighed
$50 lbs. Mr.. s. has six pens of good
stock hogs, and raises plenty of corn to
feed them. Some of the ears-the corn,
not the hogs ears-measure 112 inches
long.
off little labor, little are our gains:
Mans fortunes are according to his palms."
Joseph NJ. Thomas is cultivating %
acres further up the creek, and has IL
head of cattle, two horses, small house,
a good piece of fall wheat, and small
orchard. Has been here two years.
William T. Safer owns the next farm,
and has 10 acres improved, nine head OF
cattle and horses, four acres of fall wheat
and small orchard.
D. L. Sailor, just above, has 40 acres
under cultivation, q head of cattle and
seven horses. Mr.. Sailor has bought
land on 142 creek, and will remain there
this fall.
Jesse Man settled on the next farm
last spring, and has twenty acres bro.
ken and fenced, two horses and two
cows. Will put out an orchard this
fall. Has several acres of fall wheat.
S. T. Trowbridge has been cultiva'
ting the farm above, but sold it a short
time ago to Mr.. Finley, of Ohio, who is
having 800 tons of hay put up, and is
going into the stock business largely
Mr.. F. intends to purchase several quar-
ter sections in this vicinity for his stock
farm. We know of no better locality
in the Southwest for stock raising. The
range is unlimited, with timber suf1i.
cient for protection during the storms
of winter. There are on this place 8;
acres improved, one and three-fourth!
miles of hedge, bearing orchard, anG
a small house, besides other improve
ments.
On the Shannon farm we found B. F
Huston and James Young cultivatins
30 acres. They had good crops of whea
and oats, and have eight acres of goo(
corn.
The last farm on the creek is owned
by John Leece, who has been farming
here one year, and has five acres i'm
proved. From here we travelled south
west, in the direction of Allen creek
where we found Joseph Frost comfort
ably situated on a prairie farm mill
from Allen creek. He has been farm
| ing here about ten years, but has beer
burned out twice by prairie fires. HI
| is making the third effort TO open anC
| improve farm here. Has so acres un
| der cultivation, six head of cattle, ant
four horses, small bearing orchard,
comfortable house, some hedge, and
number of shade trees about the house
Mr.. Frost is running a cane mill, thi
| fall, and is making some excellent mo
lasses, Notwithstanding his misfortunes
| Mr.. Frost is still ambitious, and is de
| termined to make a farm here. w
hope he may be successful. He former
ly represented the 65th district in tn
Kansas Legislature.
David r. Frost, son of the above, ha
farm adjoining his fathers and has
acres improved, four head of cattle ant
three horses, bearing orchard, som
hedge, and a small house.
West of the above, on Allen creek
NJ. NJ. Frost owns an excellent farm
and judging by appearances, we shoul'
say that he is a good farmer. He ha
80 acres under cultivation, six cattle
and the same number of no. sea, small
orchard, comfortable house, number on
corn, the best sod corn in the county
wheat that yielded % bushels to tn
acre, good fences, and good crops of al
kinds. Has been in Kansas ten years
and says there is no better State in tn
Union for poor man to live in.
Further up the creek, Henry Sotov
has so acres under cultivation, % hea,
of cattle, eight horses, go rods of hedg
fence, small orchard, good wheat an,
corn, and number of stock hogs. Nj
Sotow has been on Allen creek fou
years, during which time he has beef
steadily improving his farm, and bid
fair to have one of the best farms in tn
neighborhood.
NJ. j. Williams settled on the mex
farm six months ago. Has % acre
broken and fenced, II head of cattle
five horses. 10 acres of fall wheat, an,
commodious hewed log house. vii
put out an orchard in the spring-
! John M. Shuts is also a new come
to this county, having been here bu
five months. Between ague shakes an,
rain storms he has succeeded in break
ing II acres of ground and building
comfortable frame house in which t,
live. In making an excavation for
milk-house on the bluff close to hi