, 1877-07-10
THE CROPS.
A New System Of Farming in
Centra! Kansas.
Wheat Tields of Four Thousand Acres
Worked on Contract.

" HbAksG A6lQ3 u LuuI Au04aaAN 6ANAG1
Worked on Contract.
Reports from the Wheat and Cora
Fields Of the Northwest
KANSAS.
TO ths Editor Of The Tribune.
Ah'IEtE. Ksn.. July T.-The readers Of THs
TnInHsE will doubtlcrs he aurprtscd At the atatc'
n.ent that thero Is 4 piaco In tho United statea
wcrs farming ia done Oh tho sa1na pisn A. hero IN
Dickinson County, kAn., and whcrt, except IN
California, It ~ dnno on 80 large scalo'
The popularity Of the country consthth ID ~hAt II
called tho "contract sJsem, that ia, whcru tho
owner Of tho lnnd hires all his wutk done NJ tho
ecee, the man who does the work furnishing his
own teams and Implements. Tho plan ~as hrst
tried Gy Ait. r. G. 1icury In 1878, when ho had
600 acres Of pEarfo broke and put In fall whest II
was scApcd In 1874, yielding nineteen bushels per
aero. The same land, with 100 acres more, was
eown In shs fall Of ~, making tho great l. 200
mere fenccesa vhest-h that was eo much written
anu talked about at that time being, bcltevc, tho
largest feid Of wheat fated anywhere east OF tho
Rocky Mountains up to thnt time. Thf0 year Mr..
II. has la about 4. oOO acres, all OF Which
waA done on tho samo plan. Mhny other8
have gone to we1k or tlo rame s,.ten', farming 10
raieiy viii iis mucl, ihs hest Yield and much tho
hns Il. q being @
fali seeding indicates that The acresgs next ye*r
Many Of the readc,s Of TnE Tntnuxs would like
| viii sivc i. q nearly ~ can. We viii taee tho
get u plowcl tho arrt time; my $l.25 los seed,
al! 81 for narrowing three tmrs. which would
sae sos aas e Ssse. Se bfssh
ana market 1t. or taJ - per aero for all the e1-
Psaso son,,este; !a,, Wit, sss esor'-s,.-
pfiea 81 pef baslei, AID your real Investment is
Ths hafyess'iae,. thre:h!nE, aad msrkotinz ean g
patd out Of the crop itaelg. This IL certainly
Dat the contract system has other advantages, =
5alisa q iiSS .a aa ss sma
sasy /. I, tt bene to tic smaller snd
owners and poorer faEn,efs i glves them chance
TO Do SONG cash work Cs:h "a ths thing thGy need.
own @ mali efois, shs, can tske e.stssss from, the
contract farntrs, and thus thcru !. mutual si.sn'
q e. 1s;y eoa hs, ssss no
money, and tiil they ral.e crop they hare hard
tSy q H. tsl2 sSs s1sn fa5 ,
jnns prairie !. 10 bo brsken aad corn planted .nl
blowing for fall WHEAT drilling, narrowing, etc,
all Of which IL cash work. and ! Godtcud 10 hun.
When va censider liz quality of tic land In Cen
ttal Kansas, tue price aud tcrma on which It can bo
bought. the expense It which It snn ba worked.
cuuutry tl,at offers ths samo Inducements to eihee
rich OF poor people whu think Of changing their
eleven ycafa' tu,e II desired At from 81 to per
aero. accorilngto 4lstance fUn, rallroad 0u
! the whoio section ean Ra broke and seeded 10
l 1f n n IL will ttan
pay for both tho labor aud thu tanl tho arst rear.
n nny ca.t. ~. @ na. eern a9se ,2: man ha'tnE
q secton On the contract system. b4t u b. takes
quarter Or half section. and instead Of having Il
eoss w. snd put. hs aonoy In ess a
chEncry. ETC.. he will mako SLOW progress con,:
pared With Tho u,an who owns nothing 6ut lls land
Oa s.ta'ns nu' - Ito very ' much facilitated the s
law. Farm. io POI need 70 be fenced here The
Ind part Of his responsibility i to kasp i on hls
nclghbors erops; Tn!A isa great advantage to ner
AZ Az 6 S b. s I'd ' ea a now s ID
4cvuted 10 buying more lant and In cultivation.
And /. costs 1or icrdlng but tiso o. What fencing
not worth what It would taka to fence the crops
that use now growing without an attempt st .
many man thoasands oi dollars to fenea il. it costa
w r., o
boays esops;; At night The stock n'ast oo cor
foSn WI. Z tlo nt brief r..nee At what IL growing
popular, md new system Of agricultural industfy
n ,hs county, md ons thst s sure merits = tas
~ pea, sna sss
Iut where money. n ths nature 81 The ea.s, + VI
scarce. but where it may By ..ads veg fs.t With
nsf!ps' asf no. sa.astaxss a.' i a"i % pssas.
D. ssuas .ss III hs.e
great plains, which, n.tead Of botng Tie basrer
tsy hsvs snF esf e II
lnr lands In tls country, aaa ~Lieh iu fcw year,
win change ths hou,e at the huisa!o. anteiope aud
eas "a Ps s sssas' psds p ;bs t.
conditions a hcre tor inst that state OF thing"
II S 81 4,ps se 81 h.
Thore ars n.any t,l,sgs that stand eonely rsl.tcd
want wants ,pecIsl c.plansto"s. I'D viii .dire.s ii
ia7l information in f*pi; d such iaaai1!ss: -
6t.<ctas nt,patcA Ia m 1stesna.
! LAc1nrk, l.inn o., Ran, July D,-co.n nsvc
e." s'.si ,Gsss ss ~ S;s ne as'e
s vii % .a sss saeasy Isa g
T,moshy and clovas sts excellent. No grass
GinAnp. Crawford Co., Kau,., July 0.-Wsashe
sas'nldsr hugh; iatot rlantsa ~ l,eiRha down !.
ILLINOIS.
Special INapafests to T1s 7t.Awns.
MArToox, lii. duly 0.-Ihe favorable wesths
for ybors tins past Il rapidly bringing out lat
pluntsd cu1n In thls vicinity and lhs prospect for
good Ylsa bsishtsptpy every day. Wheat u beln
cut and will be Al unusually ane ylald. In SOM
pustsons Ut tdc countlsd OF shelby, chrst,sn+ an
Montgomery tl,e corn crop IL badly ruined BY *
ces4ays r.!ns, and from present Indications Will