Thomas County cat., 1890-09-11
STOCK AND FARM.

STOCK AND FARM.
The Oxford Mocking Bird states that
some of the late fields of corn will make
more corn than the farmers had any
idea they would.
La Crosse Chieftain: The ruin OF
the Ness City sugar mill is complete.
| A high wind on Monday night blew
the standing walls over onto the en-
gine house, destroying all the fire had
left.
Troy Times: There are great many
fields of corn in this county that will
average forty to fifty bushels per acre,
wheat has turned out far letter than
was expected, and our fruit crop is i'm
mense.
Jewell City Republican: The corn
prospects in Jewell county are one-half
better then they were two weeks ago.
In some fields, though, the tassel was
dead before the ear came out. The re-
suit in such cases is fine large cob,
with here and there a kernel of corn.
| Manhattan Industrialist: Eighty
five varieties of oats we're grown this
season on the college farm, of which
both the earlier and later kinds were
partial failures. The medium sorts
made fair crop. AS means of COM
parison OF varieties the experiments
have been successful.
Arkansas City Traveller: F. NJ.
Tuckett, the distinguished heavy horse
breeder and importer has just returned
from flying visit to Dallas and south.
eastern Texas, where he has just con-
summated trade o. 100000 feet of
lumber. All of that timber goes into
buildings necessary on his farms.
Arkansas City Traveller: The Arkan-
sas City cattle company sold 900 head
of cattle last week. The manager,
Captain Burt, says the cattlemen are
making all possible efforts to get their
cattle from the strip on time. Some of
them would not be able to do it. Tom
Hill had three gangs OF men assisting
him, and still he would not be able to
get his cattle on the market.
Concorda Daylight: About all the
young cattle are now cleaned out of
northwestern Kansas. For the past two
months, the Central Branch has hauled
on an average $50 cars of steers per
week to the Big Muddy, and it is safe
to presume other roads have secured
an equal portion OF shipments. This
means that $4,000 head of steers will
be wanted to faten upon next years
crop.
Santa Fe Monitor: w. F. Doughty,
living Just across the Haskell county
line, in Grant county, thrashed 157
bushels of wheat and 37a bushels
of rye, this summer, and didn't SOW
a grain OF seed or give it any attention,
it being all volunteer growth. The
wheat averaged little over six bushels
to the acre.
jamestown Kansan: The alfalfa seed
crop Of this vicinity will cut quite a
figure in the resources OF the farmers
who are lucky enough to have fields OF
this dry weather clover. w. r. Ans
dell threshed over forty bushels OF
splendid seed from five acres, and many
others have threshed with equally good
results The total amount in this vicin-
ity will go up into the thousands Of
bushels.
From Lincoln: A great many cattle
in Lincoln county have been attacked
with strange disease of the eve. After
suffering from the aflic.ion for few
days. they become totally blind. It is
a disease entirely new to the stock
men of this section. Some attribute it
to the eating of poison weed, others
to a contagious disease or epidemic
similar to pink-eye among horses, but
of more violent character
Bluff City Herald: Among the i'm
provements we hear of is new dwell
ing house on the farm of A. NJ. Stat
ford. Mr. Stafford has half-section
farm OF splendid land, extensively
planted with timber and fruit trees, and
when he gets his new house completed
will have one of the most valuable farms
in the county, and what is better, owns
it free of encumbrance, with nothing on
earth to prevent his enjoying the fat
Of the land and living to patriarchal
age.