White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

| The Augusta Cresceaf of the 2lst says:
"Hay harvest has commenced, and preparations
are being made for putting up large quantities ol
| hay. 1t is expected that great many cattle viii
| be wintercd in the Whitewater and Walnut val
leys."
The Junction City Union of the 22d says:
|. "James b. M0rriss wheat field, on Lyon creek
yielded an average of thirty-six bushels to the
| acre"
The Walnut Valley Times says:
"The most encouraging accounts come in rs to
the prospects of a large corn CROP"
| The Burlington Patriot of the 2lst says:
"Ex-Reprcscntative Mcmahon, from Ottumwa
| informs us that wheat already thrashed will moi
weld more than fifteen to eighteen bushels 1t is
| shrrInk from the rust.
"Tbe corn crop may now be considered made
| 1t has never cared hanfisOmer and the growth oi
stalk is enormous. Southern Kansas will have Il
splendid crop Of corn"
The Tioga Herald of the 22d says:
"Farmers are sowing considerable buckwhcat. y
Tho Frcdonia .Ioxrnaf of the 2lst says:
From the farmers in different portions of the
County we hear the most encouraging reports OF
the prospects of large yield of corn"
The Lyndon Signal of the 10th says:
" "Hay-making is the Prinsipal sinrio,men OF
| our farmers at present."
The Humboldt Union of the Goth says:
FARMERS are making preparations to commence
plOwing for fall wheat. Some of them have really
begun their work"
The WyandOtte Gazette of the Goth says:
"The farmers tell us that all crops throughout
the country will yield very well, with the cxccp-
ton of wheat, which in some localities il light.
1t will average, however, thirteen or fourteen
bushels"
The Paola Spirit of the Goth says:
"A farmer living four miles south of Miami
village has thrashed eight acres of wheat, which
yielded go bushels, average of thirty-li
bushels to the acre. Beat it, somebody"
The EmpOria Necs of the 25th says:
1t is comforting to the large groups of
grain stacks on all the farms this season.
ave visited Charles Iinshaw's fruit farm one
afternoon last week, and took n stroll through the
grounds. He has planted four Thousand
peach trees this year, and intends 10 set out six
thousand next year. Many trees full of
large, bright-colOred peaches, that were nearly
ripe, while of the late varieties the trees full
He will have some five hundred bushels of them.
He had picked upwards Of two bushels of black
berries that day, and the bushes were full of green
and halfripe berries"
The Usage Chronicle of the 9th says:
"A large crop of hay is being put up by our far
mers this fall.
"Reports from all parts of the County arc IA
vOrable for an immense yield of corn this sclson
The Howard County Ledger of the Goth says:
at is gratifying to hear the farmers of Howard
County speak of their prospects for corn crop.
Everybody in Howard County who planted corn
before the LIST of June has fine CROP"
The Usage Chronicle of the Goth says:
'"The wheat crop of Osage has all been harves-
ted; the breadth is fifty per cent. greater than
ever sown before the yield not only abundant, but
magnificent. COrnfelds resemble miniature for
ests of the carboniferous age, potatoes are burs-
ting upon the hills, which can no longer contain
their bulky proportions while grass and other
crops are passing belief
The Abilene Chronicle Of the Goth says:
"Or harvest is about over. Winter wheat is
splcndid spring wheat good, oats heavy, and ail
crops doing well. New potatocs are abundant.
Corn promises q large yield this year,"
Tho Emporia Tribune of the 10Th says:
"The farmers are contracting their wheat. he
ing satisfied that the prices now ruling will iusti-
fy their letting it go. The cat crop is all arves-
ted and is being rapidly thrashct. The yield pro-
misses we'll.
"Charlcs fiinshaw informs us that he will have
nearly thousand bushels of peaches this season.
He has q fine orchard standing on the very highest
Of upland prairie, and he has not fiilcd to raise
some peaches a single year since his orchard be-
gan to bear, five or six years ago. !"
The Spring Hill Enterprise of the 10Th says:
.sWheat aud oats are n1w buying ut very low
figures. Wheat, IS to % cents; oats, y to .
cents.n
The Alma Uaioa ef the % says:
aWhcat thrashing h going ON actively. few
Of the farmers who cngagel their " heat early are
gctting dollar bnslsel for It, while those who
are now offering got but % cents.