The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-28
LYON COUNTY.
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EMPoEIA, May 92d, 1873.
EDITORS EMPoRIA NEwS:-Fail wheat
about half plOwed up. That which is
standing will yield half to tWO-thirds of 4
crop. Little spring wheat. Oats, fair
prospect. Corn as good ut present as
ever saw, and the largest crop in the
ground have ever seen here. Few VIM
ter apples; summer apples more plenty,
Fair crop Of peaches and cherries. Dead
loads of Strawberries, if nothing inter
teres. Grasshoppers and chinch bugs do
ing no harm. We are hopeful that we
Will not have another season like last
year, and are determined not to if we
can hcIp IL. ii. Ill. GRAY.
PLYMOUTH, May 18th, 1870.
EDITORS EMPORIA NEWS Fall wheat
half Il crop i'll Pike township. Looks wei.
Corn and oats never looked better. Have
had han time getting good stand of
these crops. Apples almost 4 failure.
My orchard, which has borne four or five
years, and is i'll fine condition, will have
One-thIrd of crop. This, think, above
the average. Peaches full crop. No
nor chinch bugs-at least /
have not heard of them doing any dam
age. Farmers ia good spirits and hope
full. JAS. II. PHENIS.
AMERICUs, May 81, 1870.
Very little winter wheat. An average
amount of spring wheat and oats soWn.
hoppers; no damage. Chinch bugs Will
ing away their leisure hours propagating
their speeies;n damage from chinch bugs;
no effort against the above insects. Very
few apples-a natural consequence from
an over load last season. Peach prospect
good. The farmers have faith in God,
seed time, and harvest, and are resolved
to ''hold onto the plow." Yours,
G. DRAKE.
AGNrs CIrv AIaN, 81 1874
Winter wheat about ope-haif winter
killed; tho other hair 10 oking well. Rye,
spring wheat and oats never looked bet
ter. Corn much better than the most
sanguine could expect, with so much cold
rain. Fruit-There will probably be
half-a crop on heal of Allen creek; very
little in balance of township. Tame cher.
ries Will be plenty. GrasshOppers-We
have not got wagon load, and you need
not look for us down; no damage. Chinch
bugs none. Citizens in best of spirits,
full of confidence, all determined.
ii. +. MCMILLAN.
Calvin Lewis, of Pike township. says
the Hessian fly is working in his fall
wheat, and chinch bugs in his rye. Oats
and corn look well. Timothy wilted, and
things gettiG & dry.
PLYMOUTH, May "A, 1873.
AS regards the growing crops, 1
have resided in Kansas eight years and
have never seen them look better. /
think any person travelling through
the Cottonwood valley at the present
time could not help eXelaiming with
Picrpont, "a lovlier country God new
er made" Very little fall wheat had
to la plnwed up this spriEg. Drilled
wheat looks splendid; that Mhich was
narrowed and plowed in does not
look so well. ! guess after farmers
loose two or three more whole or parts
of crops they will procure drills and
put their wheat in right. Oats and
spring wheat could not look better.
Corn has been looking pHny, but is
growing fine now. Most farmers are
over with the first blowing. There is
q larger acreage of oats and corn than
there ever has been in any one season
before, and they are comparatively
clean of weeds. Farmers are in good
spirits, and are working with q will
and determination to succeed. such a
thing as q loafer or an idler is not
known. Something we could not saw
in the past. ] the grasshoppers have
caused these nuisances to go to work
like men, they certainly have been
blessing in disguise. There will be
plentiful crop of peaches, cherries.
plums, gooseberries, and such fruit,
but small crop of apples. The grass
hoppers are doing no general damage.
THos. N. DIXON.
FREHoNT, May &c, 1875.
Corn needs good deal of replanting,
partly owing to bad planning, but
mostly to poor seed. There are few
chinch bugs and grasshoppers-just
enough to excite comment, but NOT
enough to 90 much damage. Small
grain looks well where the weeds let
it have tair chance. There Is a fair
supply of fruit. Cherries are plenty.
Peach trees are badly killed where
they bore heavily last year. Some
trees are yet In bloom. There will
probably be about an average croD.
Apples bloOmed quite sparinSly, but
the fruit viii be the better. IL Is a
good time now to prune for next years
crop. Grape vines are winter killed |
considerably SO are Faspberries and
There has been cons;d- |
1Table nax sown this spring, and it |
looks we'll. BY the way folks are
" orking this spring il appears that
hey intend TO stay. a