The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-07-01
NECESSARY OUTFIT

hundred, the
NECESSARY OUTFIT
for farming on q moderate scale, is first, q
good team of either horses or oxen, for
which comfortable shelter should be pro-
vided for both, summer and winter, and q
two horse wagon then a twelve-inch
breaking plow, and beginning may be
made, a.ld corn may be planted on all
land broke before the tenth of June. By
leaving off the guage wheel and cutter Of
the breaking pillow it is quite as good az
any for the second plowing Of sod in au-
tumn, after which good iron toothed
harrow, stirring plow, and a double
shovel plow are necessary.
With these, and good milk COW, some
poultry and few pigs, a man by industry
and perseverance, may soon own a comfort
able home and become useful and happy,
and be surrounded with most of the ad-
vantages Of civilized society.
WINTER WHEAT
is generally the most profitable crop, here,
because it requires the least labor never
fails, yields from twenty to fifty bushels to
the acre, and sells for not less than one dol
lar per bushel at home.
After plowing deeply, 1t should be plant
ed from the first to the fifteenth of Sept
ember, if sown broadcast, about bushel
and half to the acre, and narrowed thor
oughly but if possible it should be drill
ed, useing about bushel and a peck to
the acre after which 1t requires no more
labor until harvest, which generally begins
in June.
Corn, oats, rye, barley, fax, castor beans,
sugar cane, peanuts, tomatoes, potatoes,
sweet potatoes, melons, squashes, pump
kins, cucumbers, onions, cabbage, and all
other kinds OF vegetables and other fruits
grow well here, and yield large crops.
STOCK RAISING
unless on large scale. should be combined
with farming, the motto should be " not
how many but how good" East Of Kinsley,
Kansas, the country il well adapted tc
farming and stock-raising together, but
west Of this place, stock men seem to have
found it more profitable 10 keep large
herds, without farming yet believe thin
plan WIN Undergo some change, as the
agricultural resources Of this region are
better known, and more developed. Cat
tie alone pay AZ to 30 per cent. with no ex
pense except herding.
This country seems especially adapted tc
sheep raising, which pays from 70 to 12C
per cent. Horses and mules also pay we'll
but have not yet been able to secure exact
figures.
HOW TO SECURE LAND
Any person over twenty one years oI
age, except married women, may home.
stead 160 acres and timber claim 100 By
paying the Land Office fees, which are 81 4
/ in each case, and for homestead, they
must begin a residence on II within six
months after the claim Is made, and con.
tinue FIVE years before deed can be secur-
ed, and to secure . timber claim, the claim
/ oLe uAuot CouSC Onc VI tuC lAuu "
be planted in forest trees during the first
three years after claiming, and cultivate
and keep them in q healthy growing con
dition for eight years before . patent cal
be secured. A timber-claimant may live
either on or of the claim.
| Many persons who wish to seours q
whole section, that is, GAO acres Of land,
homestead and timber claim half section
of government land, in a body, and buy
another adjoining half section Of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fs Railway
Company at from two 10 four dollars pei
acre for cash, or on eleven years credit, a,
their capital will permit, and are thus pos
sessed Of fortune.
The average of winter wheat is the larQ
est ever planted in the valley, and tn,
prospect is the most promising ever known
In some localHies the harvest viii begiI
this week.
All other crops are looking well, and IN,
grazing excellent. Health of the peopl,
very good. = The Reporter, published q
Kinsley, Kansas, says that during six day
! recently over four thousand acres Of gov
ernment land was claimed at the U. s
Land Office located at Larned, abou
twenty-five miles east Of Kinsley.
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