Wichita eagle., 1889-02-14
FARM NOTES.

Northern grown corn should be plant
ed this year. What is wanted is corn
that will tassel and silk at the same
time, thus avoiding the drought that oc-
ours between the two periods almost ev-
cry year. Farmers should look to see
that every precaution IS taken. a large
crop is going to be planted this year and
no one can afford to make the mistake
of putting in the wrong kind of corn.
Deep blowing and good cultivation is
what experience teaches Us. Do not do
your breaking, plant your crops, turn
your team out. loaf around town and ex-
pect to get rich. 1t won't win in any
country. Good hard work is the only
way to make success of farming, and
it will win in this country. Don't try to
argue the question, but try it.-Coldwater
Review.
Prof. Blake says that Kansas will
raise about 60, 900, 000 bushels of wheat
in 1889, and it will bring 81 ZOO, 900, 900.
or nearly $3.50 per bushel. The total
acreage is five times that of last year and
the warm weather of fall and winter has
been conducive of an excellent stand.
kansas" says he, Twill raise more
crops and get more money for them in
1899 than any previous year of her his
tory" He predicts a wet season and a
bountiful crop Of corn and oats in addi-
ton to an immense yield of wheat.
Clearwater Sun: Jake Tjaden, who, by
the way, is one of the best and most sue
cessful farmers in this valley, informs
us that after harvesting eighteen bushels
of wheat per acre he planted eight acres
of the stubble to sorghum and raised, as
the second crop, fourteen bushels of cane
seed and sixty-five gallons of molaSses to
each acre. How is this for one piece of
ground?
Cedarvale Star: John S. Edwards,
Caney, raised five and three-fourths
him when sold at the gin at Nioata
1882. 80, or S31.74 an acre, three times
what the same acreage of the best corn
would have brought. 1t was raised on
the poorest land on the farm and all the
work was done by his children except
blowing, planting, the once cultiyaGng
and hauling TO the gin.
Many farmers of western Kansas are
thinking of trying peanut crop. So
far as tried it has been very successful.
A gentleman of Finney county had four
acres of peanuts on high, sandy ground
and produced forty bushels per acre
where corn was failure. He received
81 per bushel for the crop and intends
going into the business more extensively
this year. He thinks by using a bur
nishIng machine, which prepares the
crop fully for market, that S9I per acre
can be realized and sure crop obtained.
In regard to hogs correspondent, evil
IDENTIFY well posted on the situation,
writes the Chicago Daily Business that
''as far as receipts of hogs are concerned
they have been disappointment all win
ter In November we were promised
very good receipts, but they did not
come in; the same song was sung in De
cember, and in January there was no
change. That there is 2 big shortage
now in the crop of hogs no one can any
longer doubt The situation today Is
| fairly traceable to the ravages of hog
cholera in 1885 and SIS. the drouth and
shortness of feed during the summer Of
1887. which drove immense numbers of
hogs into market before they were ready.
| The failure of the corn crop of
1887, followed by an advance in
the hog market, the very high
prices of corn stimulated the farmers