Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-18

ly every wagon bridge throughout that
section was swept away.
| KANSAS FARMING.
Note~ orthy incidents Among The Farmers
| of The State.
The web worm has been doing con.
siderable damage to corn in Lyons coun-
ty lately.
The wheat crop of jefferson county
this year will reach several thousand
| bushels. At one time it was thought 1t
would no: produce 10 bushels, but time
improved the crop.
Winfield Courier: We will receive for
our wheat crop this year $S04, 628, OF
about $27 for every man, woman and
child in the county. And this wheat
| will all have ready market at home
none of it need be shipped away.
There was 1886 acres sown to millet
| in Bourbon county this year, to rye sos;
to corn 8S, Sl4; to oats, IL, 546; to potatoes,
| 1.O55; to castor beans, 1912; to fax, 8,076;
to broom corn, 60. And 6,645 acres
sown to tame grasses. There was Az
$50 pounds of butter made in the county.
during the year just past.
Usage City Democrat This part of Kan
sas is being overrun with rats. Some
idea may be formed of the extent of
their numbers from the statement that
Mr.. John Borst, farmer living a few
miles southeast of this city, has killed
this season over 800 of these destructive
pests, and he says they are still very
numerous on his farm.
An unknown man hung himself with
a bridal rein in stable near Benning-
| ton, Ottawa county, last week. The
suicide was about twenty-five years old,
| five feet eight inches in height, light
complexioned, with heavy, light colored
mustache and hair, and blue eyes. He
was dressed in a coarse shirt and over
alls and shoes, no hat, coat, vest or other
clothing being found anywhere about.
He had the appearance of being labor
ing man, and was probably American.
Lawrence Journal; A case was on
trial in the district court reminds us of
an incident occurring in the practice of
Mr.. T. P. Fenlon, of Leavenworth. He
had sued a railroad company for an in
jury to the foot of an Irishman. Before
the trial Mr.. Fenlon told his client that
he would have him exhibit the injured
foot to the jury and requested him to
have it in presentable shape. On the
trial at the proper time he accordingly
requested Mr.. Shaunesy to take off his
shoe and sock and show his foot to the
jury. To his surprise and disgust the
man had not followed his instructions.
| After the trial Mr.. Fenlon gave his
client good talking to for coming to
court with dirty foot, to which Mr..
Shaunesy replied: "Mr. Fenlon, I did
wash my foot, but made a mishtake
and washed the wrong foot"
A correspondent of the Fort Scott Mon
itor, speaking with reference to the
planting of sweet potatoes, says: Early
planting, as rule, has many enemies to
contend with. Cold ground, frost, cut
worms, groundfeesa and other insects, too
frequently destroy large per cent Of
early planting. While late planting is
generally supposed not to yield SO we'll
Two years ago H. K. Reeder, (colored) of
northeast Fl. Scott, planted some yellow
yam or early golden on the 18th of July,
which produced potatoes weighing four
pounds each. Last year Mr.. Reeder
planted some red bermauda's early in
the season, and then planted the same
variety on the 18th of July. The last
planting made the largest and smoothest
potatoes. AS rule, late varieties, such
as the Nansemonds and Jerseys should
always be planted by the LIST of July.
While early varieties such as early gold
en- yellow yam and red bermauda may be
planted with success as late as the 10th
or 18th of July. Plant in hills or ridges,
in naturally dry ground, keep clean, and
you will seldom fail raising a successful
crop. ~
A correspondent of the Manhattan
Nationalist Gays: A common expression
among farmers this spring is Il don't
know where will cut hay this summer.
All the open prairie is being ahut up and
my field that NOW is not very good; it
seems kind of run out" And it is fact,
but some farmers have foreseen this, and
have cast their seed to the wind with
most gratifying results. I have seen
fields of red clover, timothy, orchard
grass, red top and blue grass right in this
vicinity, that are as good as can be
raised anywhere in the United States
One farmer who has thoroughly tested
tame grasses. has on his farm patches of
tame grass that have sprung from seed
thrown upon unbroken sod covered with
wild grass, and last winter, when feed
ing his cattle, he drove as high upon the
hills as wagon could be driven, and
threw out orchard grass on the rocks for
the cattle to eat. The result is q good
stand of orchard grass on the rocky hills
wherever he fed. Ieaw few days ago,
on farm in Pottawatomie county, q
strip of timothy that was looking fine,
and was growing on prairie sod seeming
ly holding its own even though growing
on raw prairie. Twill close BY saving to
farmers, you must SOW more tame grass