Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-30
y has a bright future, if all our resource.

ty has bright future, if all our resources
are utilized.
Captain WEIGH, in speaking of de-
horning cattle. claimed to have been
the first to practice the art in Treeo
county. He has been highly success
full.
Mr.. Runyon thinks it the best thing
we have ever struck. and urges all
farmers to dehorn their cattle, as stock
So treated can be better fed and cared
for from the time they are dropped
until they are sent to the market.
MI. March, of the banking firm Of
]. II. March & Co., called attention to
the chemical dehOrner now advertised.
Various ones thought that this chem
ical dehorner will be injurious. This
caused quite discussion. Others ia
vored the cutting off of the horns. Nine
out of ten thought the proper method
is to dehOrn by saving.
Mr.. Rich always feeds coarse feed
and then grain. In this way the stock
get the full benefit of what is fed to
them.
Mr.. Rich gave his plan for curing
cane for feed: Lay the cane all one
way in ricks. Have each side sheltered
by stalks, and covered three feet deep
with hay. This keeps it green, and
stock will eat every particle.
Geo. V. York has tried Milo maize
for feed, and claims that his stock will
eat it in preference to cane. He regards
Milo maize very highly as feed, and
urges the farmers to try it.
Commissioner Ridgway, the cham
pion wheat raiser of Trego county,
came to the front and gave his expe-
rience as a wheat raiser, as follows: 1t
is all owing to the season and the
ground as regards the planting of
wheat. The first thing do is to pillow
my ground deep. After that l pulver-
ize it as finely as possible. 1 then, be-
fore planting, run the roller over it,
pack the ground at the top, and plant
about the first of September. Most
farmers make failure in farming be
fore they commence. make better
average of wheat in TregO county than
ever did in Ohio. My average of
wheat in this county since 1 began
has been about twenty-four bushels
per acre. My first wheat crop here was
planted in the fall Of 1880, and 1 have
raised large acreage each year since,
Men who try TO raise stock feed to the
exclusion of wheat, wish the latter
would fail, in my opinion. The lowest
price for wheat l ever sold any wheat
grown in Trego county was fifty-five
cents per bushel. sold my last crop
for eighty-fve cents per buShel. Wheat
that sprouts in the fall, and has two
branches, will stand more frost than
if it was more forward in growth. l
have seen as many as liz stalks of wheat
from one kernel. l SOW from one-half
bushel to five pecks of wheat to the
acre. May wheat gives the best results
by one bushel being sOwn to the
acre. 1 always drill my wheat. The
man who raises wheat to make it a
success must like to do it. l find that
the first three crops of wheat raised on
the same ground are the best If am
to SOW wheat On sod, l cut it
with disc harrow, and then roll it
thoroughly.
w. S. Tilton asked Mr.. Ridgway
whether he had ever tried sowing salt
with wheat.
Mr.. Ridgway answered that he never
had tried it here, because salt is too ex-
pensive; but that had tried it in Ohio
with good success.
The president inquired of Mr.. Ridg-
way if pasturing wheat in the fall does
not result beneficially in keeping it
from freezing.
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Mr.. Ridgway said that south
slope seems preferable for wheat
ground.
Mr.. Runyon, on the subject Of Gen
eral Agriculture, responded as follows:
l have farmed all my life since I was
twelve years old. with the exception of
four years while in the army. / find
that to be successful the farmer must
pillow deep and pulverize his ground
thoroughly. Some of my neighbors
have farmed for many years, and can
say that the buffalo grass is not killed
out yet. Thus there are so many fail
ures. I pillow seven or eight inches
deep for any crop. l prefer fall plow
ing for potatoes. In blowing field, I
drag every evening the ground 1 have
plowed that day. I have raised six
crops of wheat in succession on the
same ground, Nv experience In grow.