Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-03
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Sabetha Herald: The corn crop
through this part Of the county is mostly
matured. The weather this week has
been delightful. Farmers are again COM
pairing the two methods of corn planting,
surface and listing. 1t is a little anus
ing to watch the ebb and flow Of Opin-
through the same changes. The mid
die of June finds the lister in sad re-
pute, where it stays for a month. The
fields planted with it look badly, and
the urface-planted is larger and more
vigorous. This time Of the year the
lister corn comes to the front. 1t is still
green, while that surface-planted is ripe
Chat is my objection to a lister" said
farmer to US, "if we should have an
early frost" 'But as a fact does Kansas
have early frOsts?' We venture to inquire.
mo, was the reply; 1 have never known
one. And the corn is much better for
maturing more slowly" Certainly,
much better" and this seems to be the
general verdict.
Council Grove Cosmos: Now that the
wheat crop of the country is moving
market wards, the "bulls" are somewhat
amazed why prices viii not advance at
their bidding and manipulate the mar
ket as they may. The fact is that there
is no such shrinkage in the wheat crop
of the country as. has been generally re-
ported. Then again there was a much
larger amount Of the old crop in the
hands of farmers than was generally es-
timated and as a large per cent of this
old wheat is in bad condition, with the
new crop below the average, prices were
ruling much lower than were expected.
That the market will appreciate within
the next few weeks, there Is no doubt,
yet, the policy of holding for an advance
as many did last year to their adVan-
tage, is q question for our farmers to dis
Cuss.
Wichita Eagle: Never in any pre-
vious season in Kansas was there such
vast amounts of hay cut, cured and
stacked as this year shows. The price
at which prairie hay has been ruling for
some months may account for the extra
! eXertiOns put forth in this direction. In
! SedgWick and all the neighbOTing COun-
| ties thousands Of acres have been cut
/ where hundreds were cut formerly. The
/ sixteen or eighteen newly settled cOun-
| ties viii undoubtedly demand much of
! the extra curing, but much of it will 60
/ south and east.
The KattsGs Farmer in a lengthy arti-
| Gle discussing the best time to SOW wheat
says: owe have observed this matter
very closely, and almost invariably the
/ largest crops of wheat grew from seed
soWn in the first half of September.
/ We have seen good wheat from August
sowing; so also, Of October and NOVem-
/ Der, and in one instance in January,
| when the seed did not sprOut until
| spring; but generally the good crops
/ come from seed sOWn IN the regular
time"
A farmer in Labette county has devel-
/ oDed by q series of experiments with DIFF
ferent varieties the novel result,-a red
pear-a very fine large specimen, full
I twelve inches in Circum fsrencs.O or rather
/ o5long shape, and slightly fattened at
/ the stem end. The specimen is nearly
/ blood red and has the smooth surface o
/ the ordinary pear, which is almost trans
/ parent. Many theories are advanced by
[ our best exp 5rts In horticulture to eX-
/ plain the strange phenomenon and what
! it BODIES for pear culture In Kansas.
sabetha Herald: The grape crop in
/ Kansas is not quite as full as usual this
year, but it has to be a poor year indeed
when Kansas IBnOt supplied with grapes
+ No fruit yields so abundantly with so
/ little care. A few vines, and a treIlis
/ for them to run over, q little care for a
/ year viii give any family all 1t needs for
home use, and perhaps some to sell to
/ the unfortunate.
/ 81 Dorado Times: John Karnahsn, of
/ Karnahan's ranch, north of town, grew,
I and ground into meal, corn Of 1885 on
/ September 9th. Thus the idea that our
/ summers were so long that corn did not
i mature until November LIST, has received
/ another baCks5t. Mr.. KarnRhan ground
the meal IN his own mil run by 2 wind
engine.
Turnips are a rare thing to be seG4 in
i PaWnee county. The soil Of that county
seems to lack certain qualities which are
necessary 20 their successful production.
j One man planted two acres and has Just
four plants left. A plant to every hall
acre. Those four plants have plenty Ot
Il room TO grow and spread themselves.
Atchis0n Globe Andy Colson had
$50 acres Of wheat this year, from which
be harvested less than loo bushels
Notwithstanding this bad lucE he VII
put IN $50 acres this fan, although the
Hessisn flies are sin quite numerous
and may be seen hopping about ID.
stubbie any evening.
Larned Optic rains hsve placed la