The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-05-20
~wMeAr As Is WHEAT
det,s in the Burlington Hsvkcye.

Eurdeffs in the Burlington Hsvkcye.
''The wheat never locked better, IRE
marked the sad passenger, gazing out
of the window.
where is there any wheat ." asked
! the fat passenger.
Il don't know" was the calm re-
ply, II dor't really know that there is
t any wheat in Wyandotfe county, but
everybody always talks about the
wheat looking finely at this time %!
the year, and I know that il must be
the proper thing to say"
THAT is wheat in the field oh our
right" said the man on the wood box.
THAT green stuff:' echoed all the
other passengers, rushing to the win
dow.
YES" he replied, that bright, dark
green stuff"
why" they chorused again, in dis
| appointed tones, ''it looks like grass
IL thought wheat was yellow" said
the passenger with the sandy gOatee !;
don't they always talk about the yell
low fields and the golden grain AZ
That's when il is ripe" exclaimed
the man on the wood box"
wheat yellow when it's ripe ."
incre,lulously cried the sad passenger.
Il guess you're thinking of corn meal.
How could they make white bread out
of yellow wheat ."
There are two kinds Of wheat aren't
there asked The tall thin passenger.
YES" said the man on the wood
box, spring AMI winter"
''How do they differ:''
well" the man ON the wood box
said Spring wheat is planted i'm the
spring, and winter wheat is planted in
the WINTER"
II have heard farmers talk of fsl.
wheat" the fat passenger said.
Yes" the man on the wood box as
scented. And then, in answer to their
looks Of inquiry, he added, lit splant
ed in the fall
II thought" the passenger with the
sandy goatee remarked, that spring
wheat was planted in the fall and har-
vested in the spring ~
The man ON the wood box said:
"Yes, he believed. come to think of il,
that was the way of it,"
"And winter wheat. them" the sal
passenger suggested, is planted in the
spring and harvested in the winter ."
The man OH the wood box shifted
uneasily in his seat and looked ner
vOtlsly up and down the car.
well, yes" lac said, ''he guessed it
was that way"
Then fall wheat: >" asked the fat
passenger, earnestly.
And the man on the wood box, bit
oil the end of match, took Oft his hat
and looked into il, and finally said he
believed il wasn't planted until next
fall.
Then you gel three crops of wheat,
said the sad passenger, ''off the same
field in one year."
The man ON the wood box said YES"
but 80 family, that he had 20 repeat il
twice before they could all hear him.
(Which is the best wheat =" asked
the tall thin passenger.
The Enan on the wood box was heard
by "A Strange passenger Ia whisper To
the stove pipe that he wished lac was
dead" but hc rallied u little and said:
For bread >"
"Ies, for bread"
The man on the wood box opened
his mouth To reply, when he caught
the eye Of the WOMAN who talks bass
fixed upon him with = strange, Intense
expression. He got oil his perch,
walked down the aisle to the disused
and abandoned water tank, looked
around for the long lost tin cup, drew
some hypothetical water into it out of
the empty tank, took long drink of
nothing out of it, and rs he came back
to his seat, the subdued c-oak of the
woman who talks bass, and the COM
posed countenances Of the other pass
engers convinced him they had been
laughing about something. But lie
didn't seem To care what il was about,
for he didn't ask, and presently he
drew his hat down over his eyes and
dissembled sleep.