The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
OUr IN THE COUNTRY.
How the Crops EooI..
FiCfy Fields OF Corn Yield FEG.
~ Bushels per Acre.
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4 O4d you ever ItEFSl any IL you
have not in the last twenty years,
stir yourself. Come and look at
the great wcst-the far west-the
land of your youthful dreams.
Hero you can enjoy life, and live
at your ease with less exertion than
in the far East. IT'S said here we
are chinehbugged, drouthed and
grasshoppered to death. Come and
see. We do have all these in their
worst form. Tis OF these misfor-
tunes we listen, and sometimes
talk, and you of the far east can
ride down In two or three days and
sec us. What could we show you,
in this-you would have it-God
forSaken country? | can tell you,
bubbiing streams and running riy-
ers hundreds, yea, thousands of
hanGsom cattle with smooth glossy
hides as they raInblo over their ne
tive hills and such hillsl why sir,
beautiful and fruitful. You can
drive carriage almost any where
over them and they are covered
with luxuriant growth of pasture.
We have seen many acres Of native
grass that PANIED out two and half
tons of nice bright hay per OGRE,
and often more, while in this coun-
ty thousands of tons of hay could
be had for the cutting. "WcD, but
why don't you put up more hay
yourselves, and not let your stock
die?" ''Why, my dear sir, for
years many have only put MP balfa
ton of hay per head for stock, and
they have grown rich watching
their stock grow, and have got too
lazy TO count right. Last fall 10000
tons of grass was burned in this
county, alone, aa ii was supposed
there would be 10 demand for It.
Pure cariessness, sir, nothing else;
but this year there will be a sur
plus Of 5000 tons of hay 10 sell or
feed"
''Bnt you corn-w;iat of that? I
hear there is mono in the ceuntry."
"We ell, as to that, you hear wrong.
Kansas is not % corn country. l
mean corn is not king here. Bat,
sir, even this desperate hard season,
can show you fifty fields OF corn
right in this county which will
yield fifty bu. per acre, and some
that l know is as good as I ever
husked anywhere, and 1 have
raised, myself, corn THAI measured
so Blu. per acre. True, there are ex-
captions and so is the season, as Is
years experience i'll Kansas certain
ly ought to demonstrate. ayes, but
your fall wheat, rye and potatoes,
how arc they ?" "WclI, pretty well
thank you, how'5 your? I have
myself seen, this season, fall wheat
that yielded 35 bu. per acre, and hun
dreds o. acres that made so bushels
per acre, while the yield of this
county will not fall short OILS bush
els. The best rye 1 have seen
made but % bu per acre although it
has yielded moro in other seasons.
l hayc threshed for others rye that
made 45 bushels per acre. Potatoes
are only worth LOO per bushel in
Emporia, for as good Early Rose as
you ever etc, but not near SO many
were planted as usual. But they |
do grow here as well as anywhere. |
Mr.. Harden Ga friend OF mine) will |
raise 100 bushels per acre OF Early |
Rose this season, and no informs |
me he has raised 225 bu. of Purlcss |
on less than Z acre of ground"
''But fruit; see by your papers
this is n great fruit country. Idon't
see it." 'You don't, eh? Where arc
your eyes? You see those grape
vines? they are only three years
old. Did you ever sec any vines so
loaded? The Concord is our best
grape; it has not dried mp nor
scalded. The wine business viii be
a big thing here some day"
"Bnt your peaches are small.n
Oh yes; they arc the small kind,
though two years ago we did aston
ish everybody who was at the State
Fair at Topeka, by some fac seed
ling peaches u inches in circumfcr
ence, and as juicy as budded fruit.
But, conlideatialiy, now, don't you
think those peaches email out of
sympathy? Yes, pure sympathy
"Why, how's that?" "WeIl, you see.
the chinchbugs aud grasshoppers
were so thick and trimmed the
leaves off so they could all see they
would be eaten mp too when they
got ripe. Mr. David YanGnndy
has some very fine budded peaches
this year, and has now on exhibit
ton at our Lyon County Fair some
peaches ten inches IN cirGum ference
and of fine quality. But do you see
those apples those trees are only
Z years old. They are tho winesap.
They will yield seven bushels to
the tree. Now, did yon over see
apple trees loaded down to the
ground at that age? Just looki
those limbs touch the ground all
around the tree, and more than q
bushel of those apples rest on moth :
er earth. Just so with these Vel
low Bellfiowers and Genets, and
these Rhode Island Greetings. 1
knew could astonish YOU" ''But !.
don't you think the sun viii scald :
those with the leaves OFF," "Well, :
yes, it looks as though it would,
but the nights are cool here and the /,
hot days are almost always over by
the middle of August; then see
those apples that are red when ripe !
are taking their natural color and /
believe viii come out all right if the
grasshoppers do not return and
pay US another visit. But take it
all together L believe we will do as
well in Kansas, and especially can l !.
speak for Lyon county, as any place
in the west. 1874.
John Francis, who was nomin-
ated for State Treasurer by the I
Reform State Central Committee,
a few days ago, declines the honor,
and says ne is a Republican and
exDects to remain one. Of course