The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-20
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Judge J !. N. Mcfarland, stare starts I
ticsl agent for The department .:f agra
culuire At Was'li, on, ID q, las sent |
OUT The f',!lu.si..g rrtsast:
Hoa Ges.s;. Ls-rfHr. tnrnmi.s IoDcr 81 A ri
culture. y asnls-t tor, D. q
SIR: la ia, Nestfs portion OF the
-iAi w'ssre assIis-u.trge as. Dee almost
81 ! fail'if. I.af several s;,c cessivs, sen
:. as. f':i'-Es al CS:t ais nave s,'tsiasd a
iziit H. are, bllt IN iLaI pssItlcn AaI, .e
= cTe havr been abundant crops for the
pas tWoyears. prices are much lower.
I'tt. i,"lswlRg- siatemebt shows the
psfvcs az l;.c various crops named, ON
Dsctmil,f l, 1883, as retnrned by my
c, uniy cs,Fr's pnnut mis-: Corn, per bush
q, 2ja "ais. zoe; barley. 3Sc; buck heat,
az Irish POTATOES, J3c; sweet potatoes,
Sc; ul,acco. per puund, Zoe; hay. per
ton, 1919. mUlasses. per gallon, 45c.
The eastern twc-thirds OF the state, in
s5Ich tbfee-t"uTths Of the corn crop
hos been produced This year, is In the
main withholding The crop from the
| market. Tie only corR that Is being
Sold Is lha, which is called rent corn'
or that which is produced by farmers
upnn rented land and ~hich must be
=. III n 5000 rs il is m. There is we'll
grOu lded hope amoag farmers that the
price will snol advance. II has been
sail ikat the OaIy export for corn grown
| this year in the United States comes
from Kansas, and this having been pro-
u.nleaIed among farmers has had the
elf c: of STRENGTHENING the hopeful feeling
above referred 10. The past two sea
sons of plenty placed the farmers on q
much better financial footing than they
have hadhefOre in this stale and they are
now either able In hold their products
for an advance, or purchase stock and
/ feed il upon their own farms. The
numbers OF both cattle and hogs nave
4 advanced over the previous year, and a
large per cent. OF the crop will be fed
in the state, without reference To any
advance in price that may be maale.
But comparatively little tame hay has
ever been grown in Kansas The small
area devoted to its culture is confined TO
tine eastern part of the state. The great
bulk of the hay crop is the native grass
experimenting with tame grasses, but
none none of the standard kinds have IS
yet attained large area.
Sorghum mOlAsses has n very uniform
price in all sections, for the reason that
the product of each locality is generally
disposed of in the immediate neighbor-
thoOd, and but very small portion ii
manufactured for export.
II WAS supposed that the area OF both
winter wheat and rye would be largely
extended the past fall, owing to the com
paratIvelV prosperous season just passed
The weather of the months III Septem
her and October proved 10 he favorable
To plOwIBg and sowing While tho
western and central counties have in
creased the area of last year, the eastern
portion and especially the southeastern
have put in the smallest area of wheat
and rye that they have for seveFa
years.
A territory lying in the southeastern
corner, comprising about eight counties
harvested less than seven bushels q
, wheat to the acre last harvest, and thu
result is a great loss of interest in Tia
crop and heavy decrease in the are'
sown. The area of winter wheat for thu
state has increased as compared will
} last year ten per cent, and the area o
rye has increased four per cent. TIT
condition OF wheat as compared Will
: any average year Is 10l, and rye 1861
AS the state advances in age and eX
} perience areas Will become more stable
and will not fluctuate from extreme TO ex
treme as heretofore. The changes brinl
only The natural Increase as additional
: ground Is put into cultivation.
: Very Respectfully,
J. NJ. MCFARLAND.
S. S. Agent for Kansas.