Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-02-22
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has just been issued. we find the iol
lowing interesting information regard
Ing our county:
The population of the county II
given at 27,349. During the year 1881
lO,16l acres were sown in winter
wheat, which yielded 1868 bushels
and the value of which was $l2O,O92.'
76. In corn SS,963 acres were planted
yielding 2,4O2,OO1 bushels, valued al
$52S,44O.22; oats, 26,46S acres sown
yielding 367,l1S bushels valued al
$66,OSl.24; rye, 40 acres, yield $500
bushels, value 1850; barley 20 acres,
yield 500 bushels, value 1925; buck
wheat, 132 acres, yield 2,376 bushels,
value $l,425.60; Irish potatoes, 1,23O
acres yielding o., $50 bushels valued al
$42,435; sweet potatoes, 235 acres,
yield $500 bushels, value $l5,57O;
castor beans, .623 acres, yield 1887
bushels valued at sl6,57l.SO; of sor-
ghum there were 400 acres planted OF
which 1922 acres were manufactured
yielding $4,000 gallons of syrup val
ued at $l2,SSO; l3S acres were used
for forage valued at $3.50. In cotton
we had II acres producing 5000
pounds valued at $2SS; fax, 2,5l7
acres yielding 25,l70 bushels valued
at S25,l7O; tobacco, acres, yield LOO
pounds, value $l20; broom corn, "A
acres, yielding l4,4OO pounds and val
ued at 1904; millet and Hungarian,
$3.50 acres, yield 7,34O tons valued at
500, 800; in tame grasses we had OF
timothy 1888, clover 527, orchard
grass Ito, blue grass 1,472 and other
tame grasses 2,759 acres; in 1883 $3.50
tons we're cut valued at $27,596; OF
prairie hay there were 34,629 tons cut
in 1883 valued at $lO3,ss7; the area of
prairie under fence in this county last
year was 1895 acres.
The live stock interests give an
good showing, as evidenced
by the following statement of num-
bers and value in the county for 1889:
Horses S,36s, value $669,440 mules
and asses l,7l6. value $154,44O; mich
cows, $3.50, value $l47,4O2; other cat
tie 1854, value $263,0l0; sheep, ISL,
value $l,459.5O; swine 1859, value
$94, $3.50. The value Of animals
slaug entered and sold for slaughter in
this county last year was $260,Sl7
wool clip of 1883 2,723 pounds, value
$49O.l4; cheese product 1886 pounds,
value $2,396.5O; butter product $685.
629 pounds, value 6l,OS5.4S. The
value of milk cold other than that
sold for butter aud cheese was 81, 1872 {;
value of poultry and eggs $24O2l.
The number of fruit trees in bear"
ing in this county last year was as
follows: Apple ls5,126, pear 1926,
peach 1851, plum 1926, cherry 3d.
OF; trees not in bearing: Apple 96,-
O0S, pear 3,l15, peach 1925, plum
&, 1890, cherry S,977; acres in nurseries
S26; value of horticultural products
marketed $25,07S; acres of small
fruits: Blackberries 20, raspberries
I'll, straw berries ll6; value Of garden
products marketed $15,s56; stands Of
bees 1889. producing 22,6A pounds Of
honey and 81 of wax in 1888, valued
at $4,OS3.SO.
The report Is full and complete, con.
tanning valuable information concern
ing the sorghum sugar industry and
an explanation Of the Adanson roast
ing process, the agricultural conditions
and possibilities Of western Kansas,
smut in oats, the silk industry, the
salt industry, together with papers OIL
experiments with pig feeding and q
scheme for irrigation In western
Kansas.
Though the report shows a loss in
tho population Of Kansas Of 53,6SS
for the year ending March l, 1889, it
Is gratifying to note that the state has
steadily advanced in the area cultivat-
cd to crops the last two years, and the
loss Of the agricultural population.
amounts practically to nothing.
The aggregate area devoted to field
crops IN 1887 was Is, l960S6 acres, for
1883, Is, 466,597, while for 1889 1t was