Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-12
KANSAS FARMING.
NOtev Orthy Incidents Among The Farmers
OF The State.

EOtsN Orthy incidents Among The Farmers
OF The State.
Wichita Eagle: A prominent SedgWick
county farmer thus sums up the crop
yield: Wheat, largely a failure; oats, a big
crop; early corn, thirty-fiVe to forty bush
els per acre; late corn, badly cut, yield
about twenty-five bushels per acre. If
this estimate Is correct the prospect is
worse than any one has anticipated, as
most of the corn was planted late in this
county. We are not inclined to accept
this estimate because unless the last ten
days have produced a big change in the
appearance of corn the yield will at least
be double that of his estimate, both in
early and late corn.
Oskaloosa Independent: Mr.. A. 3. Pat
tersOn brought in a Mirror carp for his
father last Saturday, which measured
fourteen inches in length and weighed
two pounds, dressed. It was taken from
pond in Ohio on the 14th Of last Sep
TENDER, along with 125 others, varying
IN length from one to two inches. His
pond is full of fish of all sizes, and he is
going to construct another of about an
ere in extent.
Seneca Tribune: Jay Nichols put in
24O acres of wheat last fall, which he
tells US will yield an average of "A
bushels to the acre, making total of
1890 bushels. This, with wheat worth
20 cents per bushel would figure out So
352. To break the ground, SOW, harvest
and thresh the grain would cost about
ST. SOP leaving a net profit of 1852 on $50
acres of ground, or about $40 per acre,
which would be about 10 per cent. inter
est allowing the land to be worth $50 per
acre.
Abilene Gazstts: Lower Chapman
comes to the front with encouraging re
ports of the n heat yield of that section
of the county. Some farmers of that
vicinity have threshed from eighteen to
twenty bushels per acre from their farms
this season. This is the largest yield
which has yet been reported from any
Kansas Farmer: A mixture Of one
pound of sugar, one pound arsenic and
five pound bran, mixed dry and stirred
up with sufficient water to make a thick
mush, has been used with good results
in the present grasshOpper raid in Cali
fOrnia. The hOppers eat it readily and
it kills them by wholesale.
Lawrence Journal VIM. Miller, has
had eighty-fVe out of 140 hogs who died
with a peculiar disease. What it is, is
not known, but it, in some respects, re-
sembles hog cholera. It seems to be an
the neighbOrhOod are becoming afflicted
and dying rapidly.
OsWegO Democrat: Notwithstanding all
draw backs, Labette county will come
grandly to the front this year, with over
four million bushels of corn, while other
crops are correspOndingly good. No 9TH
er country on Gods green earth can ma
ture crops in less time, than the great
sunflOWer state of the west!
Lindsborg Means: The broomcorn har-
vest in this section has been delayed on
account Of the sloWness of maturing
something unusual, as heretofore pro-
ducers were compelled to employ large
forces in order TO complete harvesting
before the crop became too ripe.
Several cases of CHAMBERS have existed
among the horses of Great Bend for
several weeks past, which have been
under the observation Of DR.. HOlCOmbC
the state veterinary surgeon.
Dodge City Globe: The sweet potato
crop is very small in the county, with
the demand large at q high price. There
is no part of the state where sweet pOta-
toes will grow better than right here,
any year that is at all favorable.
Wellington Press: The peach crop
which promised so well in this county
some weeks ago has dWindled almost to
nothing. Peaches are scarce and Of q
poor quality. The earlier varieties did
better than the late ones.
ASlrOught is complained Of ct ATkan-
sss City. The country few miles out Of
the city seeIns to have plenty of rain but
the city itself is suffering for want Of 1t.
A Davis county farmer who has not
lost during the season from d1ty to 100
hogs is not much of fellow.
Chanute Tines. The fax crop has prov
ed such q poor one this year that farmer
generally are not inclined to SOW any
more.
When any farm crop commands pay
ing price is is folly for the farmer to turn
Spectator and 10 hold for q possible
rise.
A farmer near BrookviIle, Saline coun-
", has sold his farm consisting Of 1880
acres to an Indianian for $4,000 cash.