Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-08-28
STOCK AND FARMING.

Corn IN Hamilton county viii make
very fair crop this year.
The castor bean crop is unusually
heavy in NeOshO county.
a very good crop Of corn VIII be
raised IN Linn county, this year.
Wheat in Wilson county averaged
about thirty bushels to the acre.
Some fields in Butler county viii yield
eighty bushels Of corn to the acre.
Robert Rogers, of Harvey county, is
Smelling his crop Of $4,000 bushels OF
corn.
a great deal Of ground in Rawlins
county Is being prepared for the fall
season.
A great deal Of corn in Edwards
county viii run up to fifty bushels to
the acre.
Butler county people are excited over
petroleum floating on the surface Of the
West Branch.
pride OF the North a new variety Of
corn, has matured IN Chase county in
ninety-6ve days.
The fax yield in Linn county Melted
the farmers who raised that product this
/ year very neat sum.
A few quails survived the cold OF last
winter, and the Mcpherson Freeman calls
for their preservation.
Some fields Of oats are reported in
Washington county as having turned out
| eighty bushels to the acre.
Wheat stocks in some sections Of But
Ter county, were nearly ruined the other
day by an overflow Of the Walnut river.
Beloit Gazette: Farmers report the
prairie grass thickening up finely and
that fair crop Of wild hay viii yet be
cut.
Lawrence Journal: The early potato
crop in yield, and especially in quality,
was never quite so good in this section
as this year.
Louisville Republican. In spite Of
the dry spell several weeks ago the Pota-
to crop is very large, splendid IN quality
and finds a ready sale at fair prices.
Holton Signal: There is no use deny
ing the fact that the corn crop viii be
short, but Jackson county Will produce
more than enough to carry her through.
Horse-Ay time is fully come. and
every man who owns a team should pro
tect it with good netting. Flies can
knock flesh of Of horses faster than hard
work.
Sedan Journal: The threshers are busy
throughout the county. They report
that in numerous cases the yield of wheat
Is five bushels or better than was ex-
| pected- The quality is frat-class-but
the prices, they are perfectly horrible
Kansas Farmer: Hon. Martin 0Iohler,
Of Downs, Osborne county, is well known
as one of the most intelligent and success
ful wheat-growers Of Kansas. He has
experimental considerably with tue
various new varieties in order to find
some reliable variety that he could re-
commend to other farmers Of the state.
/ The Mediterranean Hybrid winter
wheat is the variety that has given him
the best results for the past three years.
Kansas City Lire-StocE Indicator: A
good farmer living not far from Kansas
City informed the Indicator that he has
found, this year, from actual experiment
that In curing heavy clover, a hay teddsr
viii pay its cost in about one day. This
is an implement common enough and
considered almost Indispensable In east
ern hay fields, but practically unknown
to western people. Our friends who
has fat land and heavy hay crops, says
he has made no similar investment-less
than S4O-that pleased him better than
the buying Of his tedder, which performs
work that ten men could not do in the
same length Of time.
Kansas City LiUe-StocE Indicator:
Our cattle feeding friends VIII notice
with considerable interest the statement
by ex-Gov. Elder, in which he says:
My experience has led me to believe
that sheljed corn viii put on as many
pounds Of beef In 40 days as ear corn
VIII In 10 days, requiring less hogs,
less labor and less care; so I advise
feeders to shell their COMMAND burn their
oObs. He has no faith in the value Of
cobs or cob meal for food. Gov. Elder
may not be an oracle ia these matters,
{ but he IS one OF our oldest and best
/ feeders, and nsFsr feeds cattle for fun,