, 1880-12-28
Hot Affected by Drought-A Crop
Grown Without q Particle of
Rain for Year.
Comparative Chemical Annlyses-25, 005
Acres OF lsicc.Corn III the State
III 1880.
L Will Be Raised Extensively In Western
Kansas During the Coming
Year.


tic brea,tlt, Without however, making any
particular observation Of Its productive quail
ity or Its ecorDmic yaluc. Tllo crop was gcn
orally assigned n plnce III tho fnrnl-eurtlcn;
anil, of the nlno'llt r,lscd, wlsnt was not re-
served for s..cI the following ye0r was itslial-
ly fed to the clickens,-it being noticed that
they preferred 1t nilOye n1ly other fout. In
fact, many raised It especially for poultry.
,rllrco years ago, /, farmer IN lawneo Colui-
ty, n thrifty EnglishlnAll, decided 10 cultt-
vatc the nrt!cle upon n more extended scale,
and sn0n became convinced that It was ues-
tined to be
A n:s11iApLf: CNop IN MANY PARTICULARS,
the Yield being farge, and tho corn entirely
satisfactory for st0el1-fcct1tng purposes. SO
liz 1870 MI Increased acrcagu was planted, and
the experiment tricsl In various other coull-
ties of the State, with almost uniform sue
cess. These several trials demonstrated II to
be not only useful, but profitable, crop
far kansNs, md especially for tho western
counties Of tho State, where drought pre-
wills during summer, and rnin cannot bo de-
pended upon for the cultivation Of IlitlinM
corn, or ordinary agricultural pursuits.
Reports concerning this new grain wcro re-
ceivetl by tho State l30Artl Nf Agriculture from
twcuty-thrce i'll 1871, all of ttoc0rrc-
Eponttcnts agreeing upon It's chief cl,aracteris-
ties. 1t grew rank. yielded abunslnntly md
witt, little labor, and perfected ttsseel despite
the dry weather. Thefollowing extracts from
letters written by the regular correspondents
Of tic Stntu Agricultural Doaul-alI of them
practical fnrrners-sllow the extent and mt
urc Of the crop. mode Of cultIynttNr. u,,tl the
effect OF drought Upon 1t as compared with
other cr0i,s:
$. W. Boynton, writing from Kfnslcy, Ed
wards County. saws: "Last s,,rtng 'piantcd
ali tho ricu.corn could got in the local mar-
,So,,,ar n cn"r.h".four fect M fortw oercs nf
p1!''te'' i""l"ps 'u..l tves' w tut s'I.ee y,
sm''-a 11g'lt sahdy soi1' gophets destroyed
abnns llnlf Of 1t. 1t received no further Nt-
ortnarv ] % n,ii.co,n-tho hca,js cut otf md md
,...au.5 ~ ,',...,',,, ''s4' WV VA ''''>'
ar% v,rInS,, y. A1rnnIr,ttn ru oyrn , n,,sr,r1s
pumpkins, and s.,unshcs planted by the side
nf lhjs cnrn. failed nlmnst entfroIv. on mr.
.a,mt ~ th,, ayt,o,no .,r"ncht II,,,er st,n.
Iinr ctr,,,m atn,ros Tnlian cnrn wcnf,l mt
have produced .nunbin.' After cutting, a
90 new, rank growth sprung up from the roots,
and, II tue season had given lis an
avc4nsu rainfall, l could I.ava harvested
Two good crops from tho same planting.
common corn, I believe It would produce
Gfty bushels Dcr ncrc. [ ltnyo fel tic EgyI,-
tian corn 70 ii kinds Of stock aud believe It
TO 10 us good as Indian corn. For iah'e nse,
boiled and eaten with milk, or ground n!1a
1,.u,,,.t ~ t.,,.a,o,, .,,.,. - n,,,.o,1
it, f. iaa.et' ~, " Ms.s'oy' sn,,. n,y9, w.. ..1.t
es1 tfss Of "oa sy n e,hor
i,
eros "y .'S 1Isa tlu vSu,
S" ,sr I"'' a t"usirr ,u @ II @ Better thaM Indian
Gnrles L. Wil'ets, nlso Of kl,s'ey, Wrl!cs: :.
All respse1s ' ss 1hiiaa corn: Was MY !lry
wnf w!at e ia $si te ss ess y 10 % stoe& e eS I'll
calne u wttii aHitlll% Iao nst @ seast'il M W, wns
excessively sry \. t'lis sSetiol, btt III rce.
cor!! ilelus SielueM liMfE osltor tIlAm nlll
wheat1 1tona1r, 1t makes most excellent bread.
cohs'acr II
TIE MOST VALUABLE onA1N
j. W. Edwards. Of Otfcrle, 8ntes III Ills
report ~ planted -four Aeres in May, on
p!nl,!tl'ls, nAl must OF IL Mil not come up
@ Mnts1 as ,e aS MsI & o. J.l.e. Ilo o wea11eT ns s
tember; + bnt, When other crops lhega, Ia ta
corn ses'Hgu - grnW nll tno more inpittly'
a.l continues to qnti! tho Inst Of SoptelgnneT
Whsn enria ,aFvvsse. s Go,y goon ero ase ISu \
Eeenl 10 Ieias'' II Mla 70 tnTlvH III Mell as OF
ln!liaii corn. aly opinion ls. 1t will prove
yyalao1 ctop III 70 ,ncoa Ic wesStor'i Sn part q te
In Pawneo County. says ono yri,ort. ~
Great Gtnl WV ralssn; ~ Woll-c!,ltlyatcN