The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-20
FARM NOTES.

1t is confidently asserted that the potato
crop in Kansas this year will be simply
immense.
The wheat crop in Ray County, Mo-, is
an unusually heavy one and the weather
for gathering it has been all that could lie
desired. ~ "a
The Kearney tNeb.l creamery employs
t~wenty-six men and sixteen Teams gather
ing milk, and pays out 5000 a mouth to
farmers. --
Corn in Kansas is jumping h~eavenward
al the rate Of several good inches per day.
and farmers for the most part wear a
heavenly smile. The wheat il safe anu
yield good. ,.G .'..,s - .a-
p With the rains already had thus far
small grain is assured. even if we get no
more, and aorn viii. be more than half a
crop, but if the rain Continues to fall until
August the corn harvest will be immense
and our farmers will have to build greater
cribs to hold it.-Nfeln (Neh.J PRESS. .r
A heavy rain fell here Sunday night,
drenching the ground thoroughly. 1t APP
qeared to be general and extended all over
this part Of the State. 1t came in good
time for the corn and other summer crops,
which were much refreshed and invigor-
.ated thereby.-Larsed Hon. Eoede- Optic.
Rye will make ~ bushels to the acre,
wheat ~, corn a., onions Nv, potatoes :pV.
Say. yeu cIOakers back East, come out and
see what a good crop looks like. and when
you come bring money enough to stay, for
We know that after yon get here that You
will want to stay; so come prepared and
don't think you can buy land for three or
four dollars per acre, for that time has
past.-Sheriddh county (Eda.) DemOcrdt.
John Carnahan 4 Sons. the great berry
~raisers. realized SSH from two acres of
strawberries this spring. In this vicin-
ity several acres of small fruits have
been planted. and nA.xt season Sa-cOxie
will be known. as it Is now, the great fruit
center. The immense oat crop. with the
''wOrld- b-ater'' hay crop, this year is go
ing to allow our farmers q chance to put
their corn int hogs and realize what it is
wOrth.-SdscO5ie C.IO.) IIndicn!"r.
Kansas in all its history never had a
grander crop prospect than it has now.
The rains h past ten days We're impartial
SO far as we can learn. All the neighbor-
ing counties seem to have been blessed
with the welcome. showers. The naturally
suspicious disposition Of the Kansas
growlc Ter was aroused: Tut the timely rains
came. and all are jubilant. The sign still
hangs out that Kansas will this year reap
an abundant harvest. The small grain is
already sure, while every other production
is on the high road to abundance Topeka
.NpH. q. e.. 80" .. p c.
Nothing thus far has in .he least checked
the growth Of the largest Acreage of corn
ever planted in the State. The indication.
all point to an unprecedented yield. Wheat
is nearly all harvested and considerable
has already been threshed. The yield is
very large, ranging all the way from ff-
teen to thirty five bushels per acre. Sew
erui reports have come in Of yielding up
wards " forty bushels. The harvest Of
oats is enormous. In some parts VI the
country q yield Of seventy five bushels per
acre is claimed. 1t is q repetition Of the
famous crop of four years ago when num-
hers Of farmers reported from 80 to IO0
bushels per acre. ichitG (kdn.) Com.
Nxerridl.