Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-01-15
KANSAS FARMING.

Notes and Incidents Among the Farmers Of
Tho State.
Farmers complain of the tresspasses
on their land by men and boys who are
hunting quail.
The fifty ears of corn that took the
prize of Gold Coin cook stove, at Smith
Center the other day, weighed sixty
pounds.
1t is estimated that there are 10000, 900
fruit trees in Kansas that have been
planted since 1854, not including the
dead stick.
The broomcorn shipped from Linds-
| borg the past fall is estimated to have
realized to the producers over two hun
dred dollars.
| School lands to the amount of ten
thousand acres were recently sold in
Graham county. The principal pur
chaser was man by the name of Leroy
s. Winters.
Alexander Gibboney, a well-to-do far
mer, near Cuba, Republic county, wound
up his holiday spree by taking laudanum
| in the presence of his wife, which caused
his death.
Troy Chief: The sale of Mr.. Yves.
Lows farm property, on the 26th, was
well attended, and every thingsold we'll
Cows, $50; yearling calves, $50 and over;
and one mule brought $176.
| The first Kansas orchard was planted
near Lawrence in 1856, the second in
Leavenworth county the next year.
Kansas has made record as fruit
State that adds to her popularity. No
| other State is better adapted to fruit cul-
| ture.
Alma Enterprise: A few mornings ago,
| the house of d. P. Greenleaf, farmer,
! who lives two and half miles north OF
this city, caught fire from a stove pipe
and burned to the ground together with
nearly all its contents consisting of fur
niture and household goods.
LaCygne Journal: The following ship
ments of freight in car load lots have
been forwarded from LsCygne over the
Gulf road the past two weeks: Ben
Shinkle. of hogs; G. ]. Miller, 3 OF
| wood; Baker 4 Co., of corn, going to
Augusta, Ga; Shaffer & Hymer, l OF
hogs; w. A. Chick of apples; G.. E
Jones, of wood; Wilson & Stewart, 2 O.
hogs; John McCoach, of cattle; 7. N.
Marshall, l of hogs.
Oscaloosa Independent: The farmers
west of town who, last week, published
a notice in our columns forbidding hunt
ing on their premises, explain that MIR
w. e. Brunton has lost both q steer and
colt this season by their being shot,
and that much stone fence has been torn
down in search of rabbits. The regular
sportsmen shoot such fine shot that it
wouldn't hurt a steer unless at a very
short range, and they never take the
trouble to dig rabbit out. But when
such work as the above it done, the in
nocent must suffer with the guilty, and
we don't blame the farmers for shutting
down. We would do the same thing.
Garden City Sentinel: If we had suffi-
Gent space it would be pleasure for us
to give each of our enterprising farmers
an individual notice; but there being SO
many we could not intelligently reach
them all in one issue of this paper.
With but few, very few exceptions, this
class of men in our county are credit
to this country, and are, as rule, intel
ligent, progressive, and withal a happy
people. Most of them have either AGAR
riage or light wagon, and good span Of
horses, and to drive to town, let it be ten
or dozen miles, is but few minutes
pleasant occupation. Our best farmers
began here with nothing, so to speak,
most of them took claims, and by work
and energy have become indendent in
few years.