Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-13
Never Saw The Likes,

Every one who comes to Kansas City
from Kansas these days has his particu-
lar stock of stories about the crops in that
State Among the SuntlOwer pilgrims
who landed in the city recently was Charley
Burnett He had spent four or five days
in Southern Kansas. and his mouth was
going at the rate of five hundred revolu-
tions minute about crops, when he was
tagged by Times man.
Wheat" he exclaimed. You never
saw the like. The farmers down in South
ern Kansas had to rent the public roads
to get room enough to stack the wheat.
Wash t room enough in the fields to hold
the stacks. saw ONE
How about the fruit CROP
Fruit You never saw the like.
Apples as big as cannon balls growing in
clusters as big as hay stacks. | saw one
apple that"
Don't the trees break down.
Trees! You never saw the like The
farmers planted sorghum in the orchard,
and the stalks grew up like telegraph poles
and supported the limbs. | saw one stalk
of sorghum that was two feet"
How is the broom corn crop?
Broom corn! You never saw the like.
There hasn't been cloudy day in South
ern Kansas for month. Can't cloud up.
The broom corn grew so high that it keeps
the clouds swept off the face of the sky as
clean as new floor They will have to
cut the corn down if it gets too dry.
Some of the broom corn stalks are so high
that
How is the corn crop?
Corn, You never saw the like. Down
in the Neosho and Fall river and Arkan-
sas bottom the corn is as high as a house.
They use step ladders to gather the roast
ing years; ~,
Expensive! Well, | should say so; but
that isn't the worst of it. The trouble is
that the children climb up into the corn
stalks to hunt for eagles, nests and some
times fall out and kill themselves. Four
teen funerals in one county last week from
that cause. | attended all OF them. That
is why am so sad. And. mind you. the
corn is not more than half grown. A man
at Arkansas City has invented a machine
which he calls The Solar Corn Harvester
and Child Protector 1t is inflated with
gas like balloon and floats over the corn
tops. and the occupants reach down and
cut off the ears of corn with a cavalry
saber Every Kansas farmer has cavalry
do they make much cider in Kansas"
Cider. You never saw the like! Oceans
of it, Most of the farmers i'll Crowley
county have filled their cisterns with cider.
A proposition was made a few days since
to the water works company of Arkansas
City to supply the town with cider through
the mains, but the company was compelled
to decline because they were afraid the
cider would rust the pipes. They were
sorry, but they said they would have to
continue to furnish water, although it cost
more. | saw one farmer who"
How is the potato crop?"
Potatoes! You never saw the like! A
man in Sedgwick county dug potato the
other day that was so big he used the
cavity it grew in for cellar. saw one
potato that
The people must be happy over their
big crops?"
Happy. You never saw the like! |
knew men in the Arkansas valley who were
too poor this time last year to flag bread
wagon, and now they have pie three times
day. One fellow that -'
But the reporter just at this point had a
nressinp engagement elsewhere