Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-04-03
KANSAS FARMING.

Jewell county is going to raise more
broom corn than ever.
Wheat is all right in Butler county.
Peach buds are killed.
Twenty-four hours of rain at Newton
brightens the wheat prospect.
Fall River Echo: 1t is pretty generally
accepted that the peach crop will be light
Farmers who thought the wheat was
damaged are in good spirits, reporting
that the rain has already brought out the
wheat nice and green.
Manhattan Republic: The fine rain of
Monday was just what was wanted. The
ground is in good shape, wheat looks
well and the outlook is clear.
Haddam Cgepper: The farmers in this
vicinity inform us that all kinds of Fall
grain are looking splendid and the pros
pect for bOuntiful harvest was never
more promising.
Yates Center NeqO8.: The fruit buds of
this and other southern counties are pro-
nOunced by competent judges all right so
far, with the exception of peaches, most
IF which are already dead.
Halstead Independent: That shower of
rain Summary night and the succeeding
warm weather has made the wheat fields
show up in good shape. Wheat never
came through Winter in better condi-
ton.
Haddam Clipper: There is nothing like
blooming Kansas; new potatoes the 18th
of March. Mr.. Robt. Ramsey brought us
in Saturday the first new potatoes of the
season. They were good sized and very
palatable.
Salina Herald: Already the wheat
shows a rich verdure as the effect of the
late rain. The Spring opens favorable
Tor the cereal, and a month of warm
weather will almost assure an immense
yield.
independence Tribune: The acreage OF
early planting will be immense. Every
farmer is taking time by the foretop in
getting out especially oats and
garden truck The soil is in a splendid
condition and teams are fat.
Walnut Valley Times: The little orchard
on the Edwards farm south of town, pro.
! duced 125 bushels of apples last year. Mr.
| Moses Harshman marketed them this
week, Story & Mercer paying $1.60 pei
! bushel for them.
Manhattan Nationalist: The rain Mon
day filed every one with delight. 1t is
| true that nothing was suffering for want
! of it, but it will nevertheless give vege
tatiOn fine start and put the ground II
good condition for working. Thus fal
the outlook for the present year is very
fine.
Wamego Reporter: We have had
. | oil roiyI aI1I KonCoC &c
with the prospect Of a good crop of wheat
We are told that it is very muddy out IL
the country, but owing to the fine condi
ton of our streets everything is delight
full in the city.
!, Lincoln Banner: J. D. Cline, of Shady
Bend, raised forty-fve acres of Whea
bushels per acre, and this year he bal
sixty-fve acres that looks better thar
his crop has at this season of the yea
since he came to Kansas.
McLouth item in Oskaloosa Indepen
dent: We had an excellent rain last Sun
day night and Monday, which make
our farmers rejoice at the Frightening
prospects of good wheat crop. Man
who thought their wheat nearly dead
f find that it now makes a good showing
Great Bend Register: In School Dis
triCt No. 81 containing only six section
. of land there is ], $50 acres of wheat an
| 13l acres of rye, all in splendid con
ditiOn owned by eleven resident farmer
Never did the wheat prospects look be-
ter, nor ever were the farmers NOR
; hopeful and bouyant than this year.
Sterling Gozette A heavy rain fe
, on Monday with beneficial results. E.
erything now seems to point to a pro-
l. porous year for all, and if nothing
: the way of damaging hailstorms or hC
winds occur, we may look for one of tL
s largest and best wheat crops ever ha
d vested in the State.
/ Usage Mission Journal: Alex. Scot
who is working P Lakes farm in CeI
d terville township, four miles west fro
l. town, had some thirty or forty aCr
is plowed last week, and will plant his COZ
Ie as soon as the ground is dry enough
permit it. That's the way to farm
and we'll warrant Mr.. Scott will raj
- an immense crop this season, as he d
- asst.
D. Arkansas City Democrat: Farmers a
lie crowded with their Spring work, al
blowing is the order of the day. Ear
planting in Kansas, as a rule, is the mo
I successful, while a thorough prepar
= ton of the ground saves much lab
y in the subsequent cultivation of Il
- crop, and is always rewarded by an
ho creased yield. 1t is just about as easy
tend two acres of corn where the groul
10 has been properly prepared as it is 10 tel
Of one where the ground was half prepare
Sc while the yield is always much great
IS, proportionately from the ground that b
rs been well prepared.
Il Winfield Courier Mr.. Simon Vanno
a wick, of East Fairview has an OK of We
deriul power and tactability. For 81
On eral years he has been farming with t
hit OK alone eighty acres of land besiC
OF hauling of all the crops and doing otf