The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-08-13

- ne lOHOWing interesting extracts from a
letter from Mr.. w. w. Bloom, formerly of
this city, to a friend, have been handed to us
for publication
Russell, Kansas, July Goth, '79.
y promised to write
you how farming is here, &c. In the first
place on the east of the town limits lives Mr.
Lewis, who owns 100 acres of very rich land
and has it most all in cultivation. He tells
me he had good harvest, considering the
season. He has fruit of all kinds, and a grape
arbor about 600 yards long and the vines look
very promising, and everything neat around
him. Next to him on the right lives A. M.
Tusten. He has 100 acres--a splendid farm
He has hedge fence all around his farm and it
looks handsome. On the South east is Mr.
Goudy's tract of 800 acres, or, rather, $50
acres. He gave 90 acres for cemetery, and
that they have enclosed with q stone wall
Mr.. Goudy's section and quarter is splendid.
He can see all over his land. He is threshing
today with two steamers and hauling wheat
to the depot with three teams. He ships his
wheat direct to Kansas City. rode out with
him this forenoon to see them thresh. His
threshers clean the grain at the same time,
and each machine keeps two men busy meas
uring up and three teams hauling to the de-
pot. Mr.. Cloudy tells me that when the wheat
is good, one machine win thresh 1000 bushels
of wheat per day. He had in with wheat 500
acres, and it will average this year about 20
bushels per acre, which will be 10000 bushels
of wheat he will have this year. He has plow-
ed up part of his wheat stubble aud put it in
withscorn, and must say 1t looks splendid
and cannot help but make good corn--better
think than some of the early planting. We
have had some fine rains in the last two weeks,
and it is growing very fast. Mr.. Cloudy in
formed me to-day that he was going to put in
with wheat this Fall 700 acres, which will be
a large crop for one man. / wish you were
here day to ride over his farm, think
you would say you never saw such land in
your life, it is 50 nice and mellow after it is
broken up--not stone to be seen only whore
they dig them up.
It seems very singular the stone in this
section are from 10 inches to 2 #. deep and
after you take them out you can't find any
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