The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-31
FARM PROSPECTS.
THE OUTLOOK IMPROVING AS THE
SEASON ADVANCES.
Corn, Wheat, Feedstuffs and Diversified
Farming Alluded to, With Few
Criticisms by Practical
Farmers

During the past week the aspect of
affairs has changed very much for the
better. Early in the month there was a
good many light hogs offered, indicating
that feeders were apprehensive of short
supply Of feed The weather for the past
two weeks has been very favorable for late
corn, the sowing of rye for feed, and pillow
ing for fall wheat. The recent decline in
corn has developed the fact that there is a
large amount of corn still in the hands Of
the farmers. Those holding old corn con-
cede that this years crop will be double
what it promised the 1st of August, and
while some of it will not grade in the
markets, it will answer all the purposes Of
the hog and cattle growers. Conservative
estimates place the corn crop Of Sedgwlck
county at 1900, 900 bushels, which added to
| from 1000 900 to 5000, 600 bushels carried
over last year, with the price
three times higher than it was
last year, would make it worth
twice as much as last years
enormous crop was. The judgment of
most experienced feeders is that, while the
present price of hogs is out of proportion
to the price of corn, that the difference is
bound to be corrected, and it is hard to be-
| lieve it will be otherwise when the crop OF
corn is known to be so short throughout
all the corn-growing states. There isadis-
position among the farmers of this vicinity
to increase their acreage of wheat this fall.
While in many instances, this may be
commendable it can very easily be over
done, when they encroach upon corn
ground, for the reason that the coming
season will, in all probability, be good for
corn, and the light crop this year Will bring
all the reserve into use, and cornis as liable
as wheat to be a remunerative crop next
season. And, while on this subject, nc
one can help thinking that the farmers OF
Kansas too frequently rely upon single
crop which, in case of failure, leaves them
stranded high and dry. 1t is believed
there is no place on earth where
a greater variety of crops can be
successfully produced than right here
in southern Kansas and a diversity oil
crops on every farm would guard against
possibility of failure. The desire to get
rich too quick leads the farmer to rely
upon one crop and he puts in an acreage
that he cannot possibly take care of relying
altogether upon the climate. This plan
| WOTkS very OllCll dllO IAohoeeo - bAAS OhA
place in the world where the season is SC
perfect that a crop can be secured wher
trusted entirely to providence. A system
of general farming will make the farmer
in Kansas absolutely safe and year that
NAV not be the best for corn may be per
feet for wheat or some other crop. The
most successful farms are those that have
been worked for adversely of crops A sue
cessful farmer recently remarked that thu
Kansas farmer would do things and TAXI
risks that if done back east he would have
been regarded as a lunatic. Then at the
close of the season all of the farm nipple
ments and machinery are left TO rust anC
spoil where last used as if he intended Il
die before another season and did not care
h, w the boys managed to get along HI
said he could not understand how thrift.
farmer back east could come to Kansas
and become so shiftless unless it was thai
Providence did so much for the kansa
farmer that he expected Him to do it all
1t is generally conceded by successful
farmers that diversified farming Is tn
only safe plan and in the long run vii
prove the most profitable.