Western Kansas world., 1888-09-15

NSPssscA Log c1blrs are neither
% ia fashionable nor in de-
lsTAME raand, bat they were more
1{el@3aaj comfortable and more
" sI healthy than are many
<sEsST modern dwellings,. War
ner's Log Cabin Hops & Buchu is re-
production Of one OF the bss. of the sim.
lle remedies with which Log Cabin
dwellers OF old dsys kept themt elves
we'll Did you ever try "Hppscanoe?'
Rocks Record: Mr. L II. Pepper has
demonstrated that wheat raising can be
mae profitable in Kansas. This year
Mr.. Pepper had two pieces from which
he has raised profitable crops. From his
new ground he threshed 1869 bushels
and from his thirty acres of old ground
$50. All the expense of plowing, SOW
ing, seed, cutting, etc, was paid in cash,
not having done astroke of work himself.
The net cost OF the wheat from new
ground was 25 cents per hushel; that
from old ground, the grain being sown
in cornstalks, Yves 16 cents per bushel.
Certainly farmer ought to make money
when wheat brings from 65 to 20 cents
per bushel and he docs the work him
self.
Usage City Free Press: It is not too
early to commence talking sb out next
years work. The Free Press has kept q
pretty close eye on farm matters for sew
eral years. The last four years have
been full of lessons. One Of these lessons
is this: Kansas farmers must make up
their minds to plant their corn earl "
earlier than ever heretofore. In order to
do this, they must begin work in the fall
and winter and get everything ready, SO
that when spring opens they csn take
advantage of it. Farmers who can do
so, should plant every foot of their land
in the fall and winter, and, if the season
is favorable. commence planting their
coID the latter part of March. BY the
middle of April, every hill should be
planted, unless the season is unusually
backward. C:re in the selection of seed
and early planting will insure q crop
every year. Seed should be selected
that will mature as early in the season
as possible. Corn plented by the fist
Ct April that will mature by The middle
OF July can always be depended on to
make fair crop.
Clay Csnter Times: The following
is little old bat is nevertheless a good
one: Tie farmers are more to blame
thnn the weather, says W. P. Higin-
botham, one of Riley oounty's prominent
sgriculturists, for any failure in corn
raising. Tne thing to do is to plant in
April, use seed from the north, thorough
ly cultivate and don't plant too thick,
and you can raiss good crop every
year. The land should be plowed in
the fall. I should subsoil it, list in
April, and after you think you are
through cultivating go through it once
more, with the hoe if you can't set
through with the cultivator. During
the last thirty years there has bssn but
one year, 1860, WHEN good crop could
rot have been raised by following these
iu!es. We always get hot spell in
July, and it will not do to pant late.
Those who planted early this season
have good yields. Another thing, said
Mr.. Higinbothan, as to chinch bugs
Plow your stubble land after cutting
your wheat or oate, snd next year there
will be no bugs to bother. There was
not bag in our 160 acres of wheat this
season, reports n. a. Coe, as good a
farmer ae there is in Kansas, who is now
plowing for another wheat sowing. As
for old land, alternate after wheat or
oats, with corn, and keep up the rota-
tion, MIR. Higinbotham Laws special stress
on plantidg ccrn early, better when there
is snow on the ground, than the last of
May or June. Cultivate, and don't
plant too thick.