The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-02-17
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,orn. OF Pampas rice, more commonly
,pokcu of as rice-corn. has been grown
10 some extent in Kansas for the last
len vcars-the farmers at first deyoting
only small patches Of ground to its cui-
tiva.ion, and gradually increasing the
breadth, without, however, making any
observation of its productive
qualities, on its economic value. The
crop was generally assigned . place in
the farm-garden and; Of the amount
raised, what was not reserved for seed
the following year, was usually fed to
the chickens, it being noticed that they |
preferred it especially for poultry.
Three years ago, farmer in Pawnee
County, a thrifty Englishman, decided
to cultivated the artificial upon more
extended scale, and soon became con.
WINGED that it was destined to be
A DESIRABLE CROP IN MANY PARTIcU-
LARS,
the Weld being large, and the corn en-
tircly satisfactory, for. stock-fceding
purposes. So, in 1879, an Increased
acreage was planted, and tie expert
mcnt tried in various other counties OF
the State, with almost uniform success.
These several trials demonstrated it to
be not only useful but profitable
crop for Kansas, and especially for the
western counties of the State, where
drought prevails during summer, and
rain canno, be depended upon for the
cultivation of Indian corn, or ordinary
agricultural pursuits.
Reports concerning this new grain
were received ut the State Board OF
Agriculture from twenty three counties
in 1s79-all ofthe correspondents agree
irg upon its chief Characteristic. 1t
grew rank, yielded abundantly, and
with little labor, and perfected its seed,
despite the dry weather. The follow
ing extracts from letters written by the
regular correspondents of the State
Agricultural Board all of them practical
farmers-show the extent and nature OF
The crop, mode of cultivating, and the
effect of drought uponit, as compared
with other crops:
S. w. Boynton, writing from Kinsley
Edwards county, says: ''Last spring l
planted all the rice corn could get in
the local market; planted with common
hand corn planter, AKA feet, on 40 acres
f Of soda light, sandy soil gophers de-
stroyed about half of it. 1t received nc
, further attention until harvest, when il
; was cut up like ordinary field corn-the
, heads cut Off and thrashcd in ma
chine,
WELDING ALToG ETHER OVER 800 BUSH
n ELS.
Millct, Irish and sweet potatoes, me-
ons, pumpkins and squashes, PLANTED
by the side of this corn, failed, almos
. entirely, on account of the cxtrem'
drought. Under similar circumstance
q Indian corn would not have produced
!. a .nubbin.' After cutting, new ranl
n growth sprang up from the roots, and
!. if the season had given us an averag
q rainfall, l could have harvested tw'
O good crops from the same planting
- Should it receive the same cultivation
as common corn, believe it would pro
+ duce fifty bushels per acre. Ihavc fe'
! the Egyptian corn to all kinds Of stocl
:. and believe it to be as good as lndia'
\ corn. For table use, boiled and cater
= with milk, or ground, and made int
= bread, it is, in my Judgment, far supe
rior TO the common corn"
n 4. Bartlett, of Kinsiey, says: "Plan'
r. cd eight acres of rice-corn, about Ma
5 cultivated it only once season SO dr.
4 that other crops totally failed harvest
. ed a little over twenty bushels per acre
- Use it for horse and hog feed, and con
n slider it better than Indian corn.
70 stands drought equal to sorghum"
;, Charles L. Willcts, also Of kinsle!
,r writes:
"Ricc-corn was planted june IL
treated in all respects as Indian corr
Fed the heads to stock, all eating
=. with ayidity. The past season was c.
cessivcly dry, in this section, but a
=, rice corn fields yielded much bett'
:, than any other grain. If mixed with
equal part of wheat flour, it max
:, most excellent bread.
consider it
;, THE MOST VALUABLE GRAIN
- vet introduced from n dry climate"
:, J. w. Edwards. of Offerlc, states
his report;
81 planted four acres in May ON fire.
. broken sod. Part came up soon aft
=, planting, but most of it did not con
- up until the last of June. The wealth
- was very hot during August al
September: but when other crops beg'
:. to wither and die, to my surprise 4
-. Egyptian corn seemed 10 grow all 4
:. more rapidly, and continued to un
!. the last of September when | harvest
:. a good crop. have fed it TO hOrs'
hogs, cows and chickens and all see
to relish il and to thrive as well as I
~ Indian corn. My opinion is, it "
:. prove valuable crop TO the wcstc
!" part of the State, and to all places til
are subject to drought. The hot win
>. did not affect it,
:, In Pawnec county says one rcpo
=, a great deal was raised. On W
:, cultivated ground, il threshed out for
~ bushels on sod, and poorly cultivat
80 ground. ten to twenty bushels.
- stood drought cfectualIy and ma
So fair crop where Indian corn "
49, burned up" Nearly every farm
= had a small field Of Egyptian corn.
:. Yielded about twenty five bushels
~ acre, and stood the drought much b
ter than any other grain" Still ano
~ or writes: Il have raised Egypti
=, corn for the past three years. 1t
very prolific. hardy as sorghum, a
stands the drought season well"
The Hon. d. II. Waite writes FRI
= Larncd
-, Il have raised the Egyptian rice-co