The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-08
AMONG THE FARMERS OF
LYON COUNTY.
HOW THEY ARE PRosPERING.
A Look at Their Crops, Herds,
Orchards, improvements,
Etc, Etc.


creek to where Duck creek leaves the
county, we find two brothers by the
name of Swan, from Illinois, opening
up new farm. They have put up a
small house, and have put in crop of
fall wheat.
Up the creek we find ID. W. Appleby
very comfortably situated on a 400 acre
farm. Has been here number of years,
and by industry and close attention to
business, with the aid of an industrious
and economical wife, has attained po-
sition of comparative independence.
Has so acres under cultivation and en-
closed with hedge, 400 sheep, 40 head
of horses and mules, 60 head of cattle,
and some stock hogs. There is on the
place 400 standard apple trees, 500 peach
trees, large number of dwarf fruit trees,
grape vines, shrubbery, sc. Mr.. APP
pleby has some of the best breeds of
sheep in the State, and has been very
successful with them. Has negotiated
for 400 more, believing that it pays to
raise sheep. \ large number of the
fruit trees are bearing, so they have
considerable fruit for family use. His
entire orchard seems to be well taken
care of, and he, no doubt, begins to feel
repaid for his trouble by the nice fruit
it yields him. The trouble and expense
of raising fruit in Kansas is nothing in
comparison to the pleasure one must
have in gathering fruit from his own
farm, knowing that it is the result of
his own labor. The large, two-story
frame house is surrounded with shade
trees, the yard being grown to blue
grass. We were pleased to find friend
Appleby so pleasantly and comfortably
situated.
A. ID. Stevenson lives Oh Mr.. Apple
by's farm, and is engaged in raising sor-
ghum.
On the prairie, mile east of Apple
by, Thomas Gordon is opening farm.
Has been here two years, and has built
a good house, fenced large field, and
planted large number of trees. Mr..
Gordon is engaged in raising tobacco to
considerable extent, and is very sue
cessful. We saw some very fine leaf
tobacco that he had raised this year.
Continuing up Duck creek a mile we
come to the farm of w. ii. and Arthur
Phillips. They have been cultivating
this place a year, and have 100 acres
fenced and 80 acres of wheat and corn,
which looks as well, if not better, than
the average. They intend to build a
house, hedge the farm, put out an or
chard, and make other improvements.
If they accomplish as much every year
as they have the last they will soon have
farm that they may be proud Of
AT the crossing of the Burlingame
and Emporia road is the farm of Oliver
Phillips, our County Assessor. He has
been here II years, and has 40 acres un-
der cultivation, two miles of hedge two
OF three years old, 300 head of cattle,
300 head of sheep, ard 90 head OF
horses. Crops of every kind are excel
lent here. His orchard consists of 20O
peach trees, mostly bearing, number OF
bearing apple trees and small fruits.
Has 400 grape vines of the Concord, Is
abella and Clinton varieties, which bore
abundantly this season. Mr.. Phillips
has q weeping willow that has grown
IL feet high this year from three inch
sprout, and Lombardy poplar that has
grown 10 feet this year. He has set out
some rows of handsome willows and
poplars. While Mr.. Phillips is getting
somewhat advanced in years and cannot
| haokArxv ha nd lob MI
that he wishes to, he yet has an excel
lent farm and one that will in short
time yield bountiful crops of fruit, be.
sides the usual amount of farm pro.
ducts.
North of the above William Phillips
is farming 80 acres. Has some excel
lent corn and wheat this year. Has pu
in 10 acres of fall wheat.
i In this vicinity William Mann is i'm.
Iproving 40 acre homestead.
i South of the farm of Oliver Phillips
is the neat and substantial stone schoo
house of District No. 4. Miss Jean
nette Luther taught good school herr
during the spring and summer.
The next farm at one time belonged
to Old Foster, of Silurian Bitters noto
toriety. Being a school master, a chem
ist, farmer, a statesman, philosopher
and damphool all at one and the sam,
time, of course Lyon county could no
hold him long. Foster is gone and wit
. him went a good deal of swell-heade'
bigotry. J. n. Graham owns the plac
IooI hoe On aopas ,.11ap o.,If;uo.sor, X
) rods of Usage orange hedge two year
) old, 20 head of cattle and horses. Ha
/ an orchard of $50 trees that produce
almost 20 bushels of apples last veal
and 40 bushels this year. His orchar
: is young but will soon be hard to bea
e Has put out several thousand locus
, trees about the house which are YER
thrifty and have not been injured b
fborers. His house is story and hal
frame of fair proportions. Once in
: great while we find an intelligent far
, mer in the county who does not tax
THE NEWS. Mr.. Graham Is one of them
How he ever got so well fixed and s
comfortably settled in life without tax
, ling The News is a mystery to us, un
less he takes the New York Tribune.
: Above on the prairie is Joseph Ayles
: worth, who has % acres under cultiva
ton, Is head of cattle and five head o
horses. small house, some hedge, ant
good crops.
The next farm above was once tn
; abode of our reverend friend Taylor
but is now owned by Grigg &c gill, Q
Illinois. 1t is not cultivated at all thi
: this year. The farm comprises severa
: hundred acres and has n lar0e fraxn