The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-28
AGNES Cry. NAV DC. 49,.

AGNES CITY, May PC, 1879.
All the crops that stood the winter
look fine. Grasshoppers are doing no
damage. Corn came up well and new
er looked better. Never was better
prospect for crops. J. z. JONES.
AaERIcUs Twp, May D, 1879.
The crops look good here. have
out y acres of fall wheat that will
yield 30 bushels per acre; 20 acres OF
oats and 40 of corn that are free from
bugs or grasshOppers, and not any
around that i can see. / live on r. NJ.
Ruggies' farm. If 1 was a better PEN
man L would tell the farmers what is
the reason they cannot raise better
crops in Kansas. They don't work at
the right time. 1t is of no use to go to
any other place. Work is the thing
that kills the pests and brings crop
in the fall. have lived in five differ
ent states, and find Kansas is the best
yet, and most healthy of all.
ADAM WISE.
ALLEN, May %, 1879.
The condition of crops in our town
ship so far As l know is generally good.
There was but little wheat sown.
What there is looks well. Oats usual
ly looks we'll; not much sown on ac-
count OF the scarcity of seed. A large
area of corn planted. 1t geneI ally
looks well for this time of year. Some
of it rotted in the ground after plant
ing, buE people generally have replant-
ed. The fruit crop, so far as know,
will be light in Agnes City township.
There are no grasshoppers in this To-
calIty, and consequently no damage by
them. There are good many chinch
bugs, but they are doing little if any
harm. Farmers generally are looking
for good crops. GILBERT SWEET.
HARTFORD, May &c, 1879.
The extent of wheat is One-third OF
a crop; in good condition. Corn and
oats larger area planted than usual.
Prospect good for peaches very few
apples. Grasshoppers plenty, and they
have destroyed nearly all the gardens,
eating corn on some farms. They have
started westward. Chinch bugs are
plenty; doing no great damage. Farm
ers are generally hopeful and determ-
ined. w. B. III.
JACKSON TWP, May, 1875.
The acreage OF corn is very large.
Every farmer realizes the necessity of
putting forth his best efforts to pro-
duce an abundant crop, and the pros
pect ut this time was never better. No
damage by grasshoppers or chinch
bugs. Early sown wheat looks very
fine, and promises a fine yield. The
late sown was generally winter killed ;
Will probably be half crop. OF rye
there was fair crop put in, which is
Splendid success. A pretty large
acreage of oats is sown, and generally
looks well; yet in some localities, on
account OF the dry weather in March
and defective seed, the weeds got fine
start, which they will probably keep.
OF small fruit and peaches there will
be fair crop, but very few apples.
On my farm and in the immediate
neighborhood there have been no
grasshOppers. Yet, along the railroad,
one-half mile distant, millions were
Matched out, but confined themselves
to that locality. A very few old
chinch bugs are seen; doing no dam
age. The damage from grasshoppers
and chinch bugs, so far as have been
able to learn, is simply nothing. The
farmers are cheerful-not discouraged
and fully expect an abundant reward
for their labor w. L. TRAYLoR.
A number of answers, received this
morning, are unaVoidably left out until
next week. They are good ones, and
will help to make the NEWS the best
Farmers Paper in the State.