Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29

/ in five years nearly IS large as the ten
years from 1860 to 1870. The Govern
ment census Of 1880 gave a population
of 995, $3.50. the per cent of increase Tor
the last half of the decade being a little
more than that of the first half. The
number of organized counties had in
creased during this period to so.
The enumeration of inhabitants in
1881 as taken by township trustees and
city. assessors made a population of
1875. GA and an addition of one to the
list of organized counties.
AGRIcULTURE.
The Rvqpheciessef d. years ago, as "a
the ultimete prominence Of Kansas as
an agricultural State, have already
been verified. In 1883, according to
the report of tbs Statistician of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington, the State of Kansas ranked as
seeqnd among the States Of-4l3e Union
in number Of bushels of corn produced
in that year, ard first in the number
Of bushels that were sound and mer-
charitable, and fit for expectation.
The same report places Kansas As one
Of the FIVE leading wheat-producing
States in .l8S3, and in both corn and
wheat.the average yield per acre was
higher in Kansas than in any other
State or Territory, Of equal area. in
the crops named. Both oats and rye
have yielded a high Average each
year, and the minor crops cultivated
have proved. to be both successful and
remunerutive. The season Of 1884 has
been no exception to this general rule
Of agricultural prosperity in kansas.
and there is now every probability
that the final figures of the years farm
operations will show THAI this young
State outrauks all the others in uum
Der of bushels of wheat produced, and
is only exceeded in the amount OF
corn harvested by the States Of Hi
uois and Iowa.
WINTER WHEAT.
The large average yields obtained
from the winter wheat areas of 1882
and 1888 induced an increase in the
area sown in the fall of 1888. over that
of the previous year Of about forty-five
per cent, the increase being uniform in
al sections of the State. The average
yield of winter wheat for the State, as
estimated, is 2169 bushels per acre,
giving total product Of As, 68l ,82I
bushels.
The largest yields per acre this year
are reported from the western and
southeastern counties, although ex-
traordiuary yields are reported from
all sections of the State. From the
small proportion Of threshing that has
been done at this time, the following
individual yields are reported by cor
respondents. AS mentioned before,
what is considered the best wheat is
still in stack, awaiting more favorable
weather for threshing and an advance
in the market The yields given be-
low are reported by reliable men, and
in no case are mere estimates given,
but in each instance the amount of
land and the number of bushels
threshed is a matter of record. The
name and pOst-ofiice address of the /
owner Of each field is also given:
Phillips Co1nty.-T. B. Fulkerson,
Logan, IL bushels per acre. T. b.
Cannon, Phillipsburg, 48 bushels |
per acre.
Osborne County. &C. Heiser, Kill
Greek, 40 bushels per acre. B. Now
rey, Vincent, 40 bushels per acre; va
riety, Turkey. James Clarkton.
40 bushels per acre; variety, /
Turkey.
Rocks county. - Charles Sander, /
So bushels per acre; variety /
Big May.
CORN
The average Of the State, as now 4
Is 4l99 bushels per acre, /
giving a total production Of 100, $40, $50 /
bushels. The quality is two per cent. /
better than the crop of 1888, which in- /
dictates 81 superior grade.