Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-03-14
KANSAS FARMING.
Noteworthy Incidents Among the Farmers
OF the State.

Noteworthy Incidents Among the Farmers
OF the State.
A farmer near Independence gives his
experience in growing fodder as follows:
/ Two years ago had about 800 sheep.
! To make a good fodder for them I drill
| ed sweet corn thick in rows, so it could
/ be cultivated, and put in shocks. At the
same time I planted about an acre of
| pop corn, of a large stOcky kind. This
/ latter gave more fodder and cared better
| and all the stock ate 1t better than the
| sweet corn. This year 1 planted four
| acres Of POP corn with better results than
! before. It gave me at least four good
| loads to the acre. L planted with a drill
| planter at the rate of ten quarts to the
| acre. 1t grew tall and what came up in
! good time cared out well and ripened
and still retained the leaves down to the
! ground. We cut it close to the ground,
put it in shocks and when a damp time
! came took slough grass and bound it in
| bundles and set it up again. The horses
eat 1t clean except the very butts, and
COWS and calves do well on it. It yields
| double the quantity of fodder that field
corn does and not half the waste. I am
so well pleased with the experiment
/ that intend to plant ten acres of it next
! season, and when it is well cured fill up
my barn to the roof with it. 1t is strong
feed without any grain for store stock.
From Wichita: The gentleman who
! took the gold medal at the Cincinnati
! Exposition last Fall with a display of
/ Sedgwick county fruits, and who is an
! acknowledged authority, informs the
press agent of this city to-day that not
| even the most tender varieties Of budded
fruits have been hurt by the Winter,
and that never before was the prospect
more hattering for an immence yield of
all kinds Offruits, including small fruits,
/ berries and grapes. So say many other
! expert fruit men. The truth Is that
] Eastern and Northern Kansas differ
greatly in soil and climate from the
/ great Arkansas valley, and it is never
safe to judge the production of one by
/ the other. Northern and Eastern Kan
! sas belong to the upper Missouri valley,
! while this section is but an extension of
! the Mississippi river valley, and fruit
! crop failures are things unknown since
| the earlier settlements.
! A correspondence of the LaCygne Jour
nal tells of Mr.. Fletcher, a farmer of
/ Liberty township, who was carrying
home a Jug of whisky and let it fall and
/ broke the Jug, Whereupon he got a club
and pounded himself over the head IN
/ til life was nearly extinct, and a few
days he was sick and called his son to
! his bedside and belabOred him over the
head with a club, and then called mis-
/ daughter and pulled her hair. When
/ she got away he called his good wife and
! told her she did not love him, and
/ pounced upon her. She got away. He
! then attempted suicide by trying to
choke himself to death with his hands.
! Avilla Citizen: Farmers are making all
/ the preparations possible for putting in
in a crop the coming season, and 1t is
understood the cattle men viii remove
their stock to the territory. This is
/ good enough, as far as it goes and it only
remains now for the farmers to look after
/ their own stock and see that they do not
! trespass upon their neighbOrs. In this
way there need be no trouble In our
people becoming self-sustaining and
really independent.
Walnut City Herald: News has lust
reached US of q narrow escape of q little
| boy while herding cattle near Alexander,
/ from being eaten by gray wolves. He
was attacked by three of the ravenous
/ beasts and escaped death only by the
timely arrival Of his faithful dog, that