Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-26
KANSAS FAREILNG

Marion Record: Wheat sowing is IN
usually late in Marion county this fall;
indeed, there is comparatively little
sOWn, as yet, though the season is suf1-
GENTLY advanced for most of the seed to
be in the ground. The dry weather of
the past month rendered plOughing al
most an impOssibility, but the heavy
rains of the fore part of this week have
put the ground in excellent condition,
and sowing will doubtless proceed with
much VigOr. though we think the acreage
will be greatly less than that soWn last
gear. The price of wheat for two years
has been rUinOusiy low, and the crop this
year, wac the poorest ever raised in Kan
sas, and these things have discouraged
farmers so that many will quit so wing
wheat, and turn their attention to some
thing more profitable.
Smith Center Bulletin: One of the
cases before the District court at its last
session in this county, was a suit for
damage done by cattle to growing corn.
Taking young stalks Of corn and dissect-
ing them, we found that the tassel starts
first from the grain; that all the Joints
of the stalk are formed Immediately IN
der, the tassel on top of the first joint,
and is pushed forward by the growing
stalk until it comes to maturity. Now,
the question is, will the stalk produce an
ear of corn after the tassel is destroyed?
Some Of the witnesses gave it as their
opinion that it would not injure corn
that was two feet high, if it were bitten
off more than half way down. But if it
were bitten or broken off below the
tassel, would it not prove to be barren2
| Augusta Gazette: Never before at this
season of the year has the earth been so
thoroughly saturated as it is now, and
the impression has grown into positive
belief that ground seeded to wheat this
| year will yield largely next year. The
| pasture is magnificent, the grass being
as green, fresh and tender as in June.
While the corn required no more mOis-
ture to insure the largest yield ever
known, the rains have still benefited
/ 1t, and 1t will average a bushel or two
more to the acre than if it had not
Tained. Some fields in the valleys will
| yield nearly loo bushels to the acre, and
some upland fields will average sixty
| five bushels, while the total yield for
the county will be 100000 bushels.
The Meriden Report has been told
/ by a farmer Of this county and by one
/ from Douglas, that the corn cara are not
/ we'll filed, in many fields, at least; and
/ instead of eighty bushels the yield viii
not be above thirty-five in certain To-
/ calities. They say the stalks have tried
/ to produce too many ears, and haven't
/ filed out even one as it'should be.
Pomona Enterprise: AS an instance OF
/ the way in which some varieties Of the
willow will hunt water, Dr.. Topping ex-
hibits nearly a bushel Of in6ntisme
roots sent into his CisteTn from g tree
/ of that species, Whsch is standing thirty
! feet distant with the house between.
Glasco Sun: This has been a very
/ good season for shrubs and trees, and Of
/ the thousands Of dollars worth set out
| in the spring by our farmers, We have
heard no complaints Of loss.
Fredonia Citissn: A large amount Of
millet and prairie hay, both in the stack
and in the shock and WinroW, has been
ruined or damaged by the extreme
rains.
Morris county has been blessed with
+ abundance Of rain to fit the ground fOl
fall blowing, so there viii be put IN an
unusually large acreage of wheat
In some fields In Montgomery county
in spite Of all the bad weather and at
/ tendanf injuries the corn viii yield
sizty-fVe bushels to the acre.
Troy Cbif. Frank Kinsey has OBJ
tanned 1l7 dozen eggs, from twelve
Broan Leghorn hens, In six months
Who can beat it2
/ About twelve bushels per acre is the
best yield Of wheat yet reported In Da
Wis county.
/ Recent rains have had q demoraiizinf
effect On the hay crop in McPhersou
county.
A large quantity Of grapes we're pro
duced in Nemahs county this year
A large and excellent crop Of pear.
was raised in Morris county this year.
School Iand has gone up TO 1925 pc
acre in Sheridan county