Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-02-19
KANSAS FARMING.
oteworthy Incidents Among the Fsrme RS
of the State.

oteworthy Incidents Among the Farme 70
of the State.
The prospect for fine crop of winter
wheat in Ellis county is said to be very
fialterlng.
The first apple orchard in Kansas, ac-
cording to SECRETARY Bracket, consisted
of $50 apple trees, brought all the way
from Illinois in wagon and planted In
Douglas county in 1856. To-day the
State has twenty millions of fruit trees.
Burlington Patriot: J. B Allen, renter
on the Van Slyck farm across the river,
has in his possession family Bible print
ed in jamestown, in the United States, in
l743, making tn copy 142 years old. 1t
has been in his family for 100 years.
Burlington Patriot: Sunday afternoon
last, George Shaf-r and Edward Conrad
were hunting on R. NJ Evans farm North
of this city, and while walking together,
the gun carried by Conrad was accident
ally discharged, the shot striking Shafer
in the side and inficting a mortal
wound.
Minneapolis Register: Ed. Blades has
counted the grains on five ears of corn
raised on his farm, and found the num-
Der to be as follows: Twelve hundred,
1856, l 300, 1892 and 1911. When we
remember that the best corn back
East" only pans out 1000 to 100 grains
to the ear, you see the superiority of Kan
sas corn.
A Remedy for Blackleg-A. P. Brown
ing, of Brown county, Kansas, presented
| In foil 70 hn
Institute at Hiawatha. 1t was first
recommended to him by Col. A. w. Har
ris Of Linwood, Kansas, a noted Short
horn breeder. 1t is as fDllows: ITO 100
pounds salt add 10 pounds sulphur, 6
pounds coppers, 4 pounds saltpet-r, and
pints Stacked lime. Mix and feed as
salt IS fed.
The attendance at the Farmers Insti-
tute at Winfi ED last week was not large,
yet those " hO did attend were earnest,
energetic farmers The local committee
carried out its part Of the programme
admirably. The Institute voted to per
feet permanent organizations; and We
trust that the farmers of Cowley county
will build up one of the best Farmers
Association in the State; they certainly
have the talent to do it.
Salina Iadppendfnt. Mr.. Chapman. the
farmer near B min, ton, Ottawa county.
who lost an of horses valued at 81 10,
some months ago, has recover. d the team
A young boy. yet in his teens, and who
was employed by Chapman, took the
team, and it was through his arrest that
the necessary information was elicit d
The team had been sold. The " is
under confinemeft in the Salina Jail He
claims to have stolen the horses for re-
venge, because as he said the old man
had cheated him out of seasons wages
Augusta Gazette: Mr. j. C. II. Swami,
of S. dgwick cuntv, a gentleman who
has kept daily record of the weather,
and of each years crop. since 1882, and
who. while visiting our Office in Septem-
her, 1882, said it would not be well for
farmers to cow much wheat that fall, but
that all should reserve their land for
corn in the spring of 1889. as that would
be good corn year, visited US again on
last Thursday, and spent good part of
the day in our Office, where he met a
number of farmers. who discussed with
him the crops and the weather with ref
erence to the future. He predicts an
other good corn crop for this year, with
| light yield of wheat. Mr.. Swami has
published, in book form, the result of his
many years observation of weather and
crops, and we believe it would be well
for every farmer to purchase copy and
be governed by its suggestions.
The first Farmers Inst tute in Franklin
county was held at Pomona January %
and e, in Parkinson Hall, with the CO
operation of President Fairchild and Pro
fessors Failyer, Kellermsn and Nihart of
the St tie Atricuitlral College. ]. < Bal
ley was made chairman of the meeting
and 7. F. Ankeny secretary. The prime
mover in working up the gathering was
Mr.. ]. F. Maxey. to whom, with several
other ent.rprisine citizens. much credit
is due for the excellent attendance and
general interest manifested in the pro-
gramme. The Pomona cornet band at
tended the evening sessions and furnish
ed music. The session lasted two DAYS,
and intense interest and enthusiasm was
manifested throughout the entire pro-
ceedings. The addresses, papers and de-
bates are said to have been very intelli-
Qont and instrucfivA tn thu farmer