The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-09-11
KAreAs EorRs

Kansas 10 the result OF o big REQ
pepper crop In New Mexico.
Chase Record: The stories about
the scarcity and high price Of peta-
toes are not all rot this year.
Ellsworth Republican: Cowley
county is fortunate. Her farmers
have Q million bushels OF old corn
en- hand.
Logan Republican: There are
just thirty-fOur families now living
within the lImlts Of Seward county,
KanRas.
Clifton Local Netrs: Hard times
has been the cry for the past three
months, aud the louder people cry
the more they are going TO be scared.
Chase Record: Kansas is Just be-
ginning TO realize that the water
melon crop IL . valuable one, and lie
this year exporting large quantities
Of them.
waterville Tslsgrash: Fer the
hrsI time In the history Of the state
there IL q teachers institute being
held this year In each Of the lOs
counties Of Kansas.
Gaylord Hsrdid: Everybody
sOwed turnips after the rain, and the
demand for seed -Oon exhausted the
supply. We hear OF one farmer
who sOwed ten acres.
Parsons Cirr;0n: There 10 not
going to he near the shortage Of
crops anticipated some weeks ago.
SeasOnable rains have done wonders
In restoring vegetation.
BelOit DCmDcrmi: business OF all
kinds IL rather quiet hereabOuIs 81
present, but In q few days thiBgS
win be humming again. Ipdica-
tions point 10 = lively trade this
fall.
Sterling BHEs'm: VIII there he
much wheat planted this fall, might
be answered by the implement
dealers who say that nearly flfty
new grain drills have already been
sold 10y them.
Kirwin Chicf: Owing 10 hard
times and universal failure Of crops,
the length Of school terms and
salaries OF teachers have been cut
down In many counties In nortk-
western Kansas.
Garnett E0gL: " any Que has
bSsn dsluded with tine idea that
there IL no crop this year he will
receive . shocking surprise 10 he
will look at some specimens now on
exhibition al the fair grounds.
Rirwin chief: a little irrigation
this year would not be bad thing.
With potatoes at tl.sO a busheI,
cabbage at y cents . piece and other
vegetables in proportion, = good
garden would bring them q small
fortune.
KiugmAn LSurisr- Courier: Lost
ut Pratt, on August 18th, 1870, one
full grown Democratic party, with
red nose and other distinctive ear
marks. Finder will he rewarded by
. post OfIlne when Cleveland IL re-
elected president.
Linn County CTdriOn: An old
friend said TO us yesterday that =
dry season was ~ beneficial TO the
soil ~ the deep frost OF q hard
winter, and for the same reason
that II produced . loose, mellow
condition to the surface.
Ness County NeTs: An increased
acreage Of wheat will be sown In
NesS county this fall IL We may
judge from present indications. |
There 10 little doubt that small grain
ear he Profitably grown one year
with another In western Kansas.
NIekerson Register: The farmers
Of Reno county Should SOW more
wheat and they will benefit thereby.
Those who had thirty or forty acres
Of wheat this year can easily stand
the shortage in the corn crop, aud
come out the winner in the end.
Marion Scimefur: Who said
marion had q failure" this year:
90 and look at S5.0OG worth Of wheat
stacked on II. Peers place aud corn
that will make 90 bushels per aero, |
and then when yon say "crops have |
been = total failure" please lust
whisper IL.
lACygne JO"rnnl: The farmers
In this part uf Linn county will dur |
Ing the coming fall SOW an unusual |
amount Of winter wheat. Flowing
Cor the crop has been going on In
dustrIOusly for some time. ChIneh
bugs having disappeared altogether
the outlook l. excellent for the rails
ing Of wheat As . profitable crop.
Mcpherson democrat: Word /
comes that the Mcpherson colony,
which settled In Washington during
the past year, with but few sxcsP-
lions contemplate an early return.
When II comes to finding n better
country than Kansas, anu this sec.
ton Of Il In particular, Q man has q
pretty big undertaking on hand