Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-18
KANSAS FARMING.
Notes a. Incidents Among the Farmers Of

Notes a.. Incidents Among the Farmers Of
the State.
Cheyenne Journal: There are some
fields of wheat that have been considered
worthless and damaged beyond all hope
Of making a crop that it would pay to
harvest. Some of these have already
been ploWed up and will be used for
other crops. 1t seems to the Journal,
and it is also the opinion of many ex-
perienced wheat growers, that such a
course ought not to be followed. 1t is
well known to all who have lived in
Kansas any length of time that the
wheat will yield more and make 8 better
harvest with less encouraging prospects
and poor chances than IN any other State
in the Union. 1t seems only the duty
of the farmers to let their wheat stand
until it is known beyond a doubt that il
is good for nothing. Mr.. L. d. Dewey,
from observations of a field near Cheney,
finds new blades coming IN the place Of
those apparently dead and the field from
which there was no reason a few days
ago to expect anything, will, with Ordi-
nary chances from now forward, yield
good crop. At any rate next month will
be time enough to use the ground for
millet or hungarian. Give the wheat
chance. 1t will do better than its ap-
pearances now indicate.
Walnut City Herald: Numerous COM
plants have reached US through our far
meTs about the carelessness with which
people put out fires during this windy
season. A great deal of damage has al
ready been done to farming and stock
interests and it is time something was
done to regulate the firing Of stubble
fields and weed patches: Our farmers
should make an organized effort to in
duce our legislature to make laws to
govern the burning of fields and IN that
way protect their interests; if 1t can not
be stopped by the terrible experiences !
of the past four or five years the law
should provide for a way in which to
eradicate the evil.
Lately a farmer near Clifton, by the !
name OfAvery, punished his fifteen year
old son very severely. He has the repu- |
tatiOn of being very severe with his
family. The boy went and took a dose !
of strychnine, from the effects of which
he died in forty minutes. Before he |
died he stated that he had taken enough !
to kill himself, but he wanted to fright |
en- his father so he would not abuse him !
so much IN the future.
Walnut Journal. The wheat prospect
in this part of Kansas is undeniably /
very poor. Fields sloping toward the |
north, or in fact any direction except |
south, are almost entirely killed, and /
what is left will be so thin and puny as /
to invite the ravages of chinch bugs. /
Many farmers are blowing up their /
wheat and planting corn; and all had /
better do so, if by that method the /
chinch bugs Will be kept out of the |
spring crops.
A correspondent from Woodland |
writes: Our wheat is nearly an entire |
failure. In some of the timber valleys
that was late sOWn there may be a fair .
crop, but as far as have seen 1 think |
there will not be ten per cent, Of a full /
crop IN the township. With no wheat /
and no peaches the farmers feel badly. /
1t is thought now that apples and most /
Of the small fruits are in coed condition. |
Wellington Standard: Sunday even
ing barn. a span OF mules, 200 bushels |
Of corn, q quantity of hay and other val |
uables belonging to Jonas Burget, who /
lives three miles from Corbin, was /
consumed by fire. The total loss foOts
up to about 5000; no insurance. Mr.. B. /
is lately from Paris, Ill, and the loss /
falls heavily upon him.
Mr.. Ira Smith, who lives on the Rat
tie snake tWenty-six miles south of Lar
ned, last year raised seven hundred /
bushels of ears of corn on seven. acres of
land, and two hundred and seventy-fiVe |
DublClS u pOIdtOGS Oh TWO anu JuLSC- i
fourth acres.
The farmers living in the southeast
part of Sumner county have a genuine |
mad dog scare. Several dogs have been /
killed and some cattle that were bitten /
by the rabbid dogs have died in a fit of |
hydrOphObia.
Manhattan Republic: II. G. Dennedy, !
of Grant, P. o., has Is acres of extra fine /
wheat. This was cultivated in between |
the corn rows, the stalks giving the |
plants some protection.
Friday afternoon, as G. w. Miller, |
living a few miles from Peabody, was
trying to stop a runaway team, when he |
was so severely injured that he died a |
few days subsequently.
Empire: More good, substantial farm /
houses will be built in Cloud county |
this spring than any past season since
the county was organized.
Corn is king of crops in Riley county.
Better be looking up your seed corn.
Potatoes are being planted.
Enrich your orchard.