Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-09-05
KANSAS FARMING.
Note~ orthy incidents Among The Farmers
of The State.

Note~ orthy incidents Among The Farmers
of The State.
Kansas will have a fine apple crop
this year.
The apple crop in Marshall county is
large this year.
Millett made big crop in Butler
county this year.
There are 100000 acres in corn in
Butler county this year which will yield
5000, 900 bushels.
From 20 to % bushels to the acre is
about what wheat will yield in Russell
county this year.
Sterling Gazette: The best guessers
put the average of the winter wheat crop
in the state at ten bushels per acre.
Downs Times: Corn never looked better
than it does at present. Corn huskers
can make nice thing of it this fall.
Leonardville Monitor: Rain is the one
thing needful now. Crops are suffering
severely already, especially tie early
corn.
Corn in Cove county, with present
prospects, tho Golden Belt remarks, is
estimated at from fifty-five to sixty BUSH
els to the acre.
Wheat in Osborne county made an ex-
cellent yield in great many instances.
One farmer reports yield of from 80 to
S6 bushels to the acre.
Osborne Farmer: Very late corn will
suffer unless rain falls soon. Fortunately
there is no great acreage of corn that is
not already safe for big crop.
Stockton Mesus: The late rains have
insured to Rocks eounty the largest corn
crop in her history, and has prepared
the ground for large acreage Of wheat.
Seneca Courier Democrat: Henry Will
kins has piece of millet that is hard to
beat anywhere. It stands about six feet
tall, with heads that are simply i'm
mense.
ElDorado Republican,: Charles Foster,
whose farm is four miles northeast of
town, has about 200 Light Brahama chick
ems, and to see them together one is re-
minded of q snow storm.
Oswego Democrat: The corn crop in
Labette county this season will be very
large. The early planting has already
mstured and is being fed to stock, while
the late planting is growing rapidly, and
will soon be safe.
Recent rains in Bourbon county assure
q good corn crop. Farmers predict q
much larger crop in this section than it
was last year. They are jubilant and the
people are happy over the outlook for q
good fall trade.
Manhattan Republic: Sheep are COM
ing up in prices as it was easy toforetell.
Wool is staple article, and the light clip
of the past year makes better prices now.
1t will pay our farmers some day to keep
sheep-just as soon as they are fixed to
take care of them.
Wichita Eagle Mr.. E. Concklin has
left in our Office several ears of corn,
monster specimens, which was planted
on the 2lst of May. One ear, the only
one counted, contained twelve hundred
and twenty -four grains.
Fall River Echo: An experienced far
mer of southern Kansas says sorghum is
the best feed that can be found for stock.
He says he drills or sows it thick imme-
diately after harvesting his wheat or oats
and cuts it with q machine after frost, al
lowing it to cure about week.
Atchison Globe: A gentleman from
Doniphan county, says that corn there is
rather poor. The wheat crop averages
from FIVE to ten bushels per acre, and
oats are also light, and of very poor grade.
Potatoes and vegetables are good but the
condition of grain and field crops is dis
couraging to the farmers.
Saratoga Sun: Every thing indicates
that Pratt county will SOW an unusually
large acreage of wheat this fall. The
shortage Of the crop over the United
States viii couse the price to keep up