The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-27
OUR AGRICULTURAL INTER


While Kansas. in common with
very large number of her sis
ter states in other parts of |
the Union, suffered severely during
the past season from drouth, her condi-
ton to-day IS fairly satisfactory, and |
upon the whole better than il WIS last |
year at this time The effect of the dry
weather was felt principally in connec-
ton with the corn crop. which was not |
much over One-lalf as good as the pros
peet in the early part of the season led
our farmers TO believe il would be.
There is, however, pretty fair yield in
the bottoms, and such as took the wise
precaltion to plant early and thus Sc
cure the opportunity of working their
fields thoroughly before the drouth
came have been repaid with an average
yield, In not few cases, of from sixty
to seventy bushels per acre.
There is no question that as much de-
ponds, in this country, upon the meth
DDS of husbandry as upon the climate.
The farmers who prepare their soil in the
fall, stir it in the spring, and plant with
their gloves and overcoats on, are the
happy personages who furnish the tall
stalks and mammoth ears Of corn
with which TO GaSuish the sanctums of
newspaper oflc,, iSN1he fall. This rule,
rigidly adhered "a. wins nine times out
of ten, and shoald become general all
over Kansas.
As TO wheat, we are Tree % say that,
In our judgment, the less thatis planted
in this section OF the state. the better.
The experience of farmers who have
manifested reluctance 70 reknquish
the cultivation of this cereal in Lyon
county has been anything but
satisfactory, and their neighbors Wte
have accepted the conditions of nBe
ture and depended upon corn and grass
as the surest and most remuncrative
products of the soil in this vicinity, have
saved both money and patience by the
experiment. Lyon county is especially
adapted to the rearingOi cattle, sheep and
hogs, and the fact that this is becoming
generally recognized by our husband
LllcA1 WhEEuuI VI hCA SOn
tinued prosperity and future wealth.
The present status of our agricultural
interests is quite encouraging, The
shortage in the crops has been fully if
not more than compensated for by the
material advance in quotations over those
of last year, all classes of produce COM
handing a ready market at nearly
double the prices of last season. The
hay crop was more abundant this
summer than it has been for
years and thrifty farmers not only cured
enough free grass to keep their stock
through the winter but will have large
quantities To sell at remunerative figures.
The late cOPious rains have in
duced luxurious growth of
fresh pasturage which will sup
plement the general supply of cured
teed, and send all classes of stock into
winter quarters in prime condition. In
addition to all this there is now an
abundance of stock water on all the
ranges and should winter set in early or
late it will find good stage of water in
the "hOles" and wells, IN item of no
small importance to the stock grower.
The outlook, taking it all in all, is quite
satisfactory, and if our farmers but heed
the lessons of the past and begin
now to place themselves in shape
for an early campaign in the spring,
they will be able to overcome in q very
large degree those untoward conditions
which initiate against the success of
those who refuse to profit by the dearly
bought experience of former years.