Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-10-01
STOCK AND FARM.

Harper Sentinel: j. w. Jones, re-
siding near the city, brought us sam
pie of the big Illinois white corn. He
has eight acres, part OF which he has
husked, and it yields about eighty bu-
shells to the acre.
Lindsborg Herald: Uncle Davis
Wilson has lots of corn that will make
forty bushels to the acre. He has al
ready commenced feeding it. Sam Hind
also has some fine corn that will run
forty to fifty bushels.
Brookville Earth: Sam Parsons
planted 40 acres of corn on wheat stub
Bile in July, it has done fine and is now
roasting ear, and will make good crop.
Mr.. Parsons is an enterprising farmer
and will make $4,000 this year on his
farm of 160 acres.
The Bird City News mentions several
pieces of spring wheat in it's neighbor-
hood that turned out from 81 to 50
bushels an acre. 1t mentions that the
buyers of that town took in upwards
of 5000 bushels in three days. Good
for Cheyenne county.
Paola Republican: S. B. Weed, of
Stanton township, Tuesday brought
the first load Of new corn to Paols. He
sold two loads in OsaWatomie last week,
receiving fifty cents a bushsl for it.
He thinks his early corn will average
sixty-fVe or seventy bushels per acre.
Cherryvale Republican: NJ D. Os-
born, one of Montgomery county's old
est farmers, being 70 years old, has ac-
complished very fine piece of farming.
About the first of March he planted six
pounds of onion seed on II acres from
which he received $50 bushels of onions.
Wetmore Spectator: A queer sort of
disease has attacked the cattle in the
neighborhood of Granada. The tongue
of the animal affected swelIs until it
protrudes out the mouth. The disease
is contagious and is spreading rapidly
in that vicinity. In some instances it
has proven fatal.
Lyons Republican: One of our farm
ers estimated his wheat at fifteen bu-
shells to the acre, and looked, as he said
it, half afraid that he was exaggerating.
He threshed it and it turned out twen-
ty-three bushels to an acre. He bears
his disappointment as we'll as could be
expected under the circumstances
Columbus Advocate: Mr.. Mclean,
living six miles east of this city, is en-
titled to the banner for big crops on
small ground. He has this year raised
on a patch about two rods square 100
pounds of tobacco, a wagon-load of
squashes, a wagon-load of turnips, ten
bushels of onions and a lot OF tomatoes
and cucumbers.
Ashland Journals: From ten acres OF
wheat land Barley Cane threshed 2814
bushels, an average of 285 bushels per
acre. 1t is estimated that it costs SO
to produce an acre of Gheat, and at this
rate Mr.. Cane has profit of $1,000 per
acre. The estimate, however, is too
high for this country, as the cost will
not reach so an acre. Does farming
in Kansas pay?
Ashland Journal: -. W. Medinimy
came to this country without a dollar,
and stuck to it through thick and thin.
This year he harvested 100 acres of
wheat from which he threshed 3,112
bushels. A few days ago he sold 1900
bushels at IA cents, receiving therefore
81, lilo. If he had sold all his crop at
this price he would have received g.
3O2.68, or S14.38 per acre. Mr.. Nc
Minimy thinks Clark county a good
place to tie to.
Anthony letter: @. Il. Cowles, of
Peoria, Ill, has some landed interests
here in this county. near Crystal
Springs, and saw the printed reports
of the calamity howlers in an eastern
paper and came here with the intention
of selling out and getting his money
out of Kansas. After several weeks Of
investigation Mr.. Cowles decided to re-
fuse $4,000 cash for his farm of 800
acres and to-day has several teams at
work blowing for 100 acres of wheat.
He has aprlcOts, peaches, pears and a
great variety of fruit and farm products
and returns home loaded with samples
and intends giving the Peoria Tran
script a full account of his trip and his
impression of Kansas. Mr.. Cowles has
owned this farm eight years and has
never failed raising good crop Of corn
This year he soBed oats on sod and Sc
cured a crop of splendid seed which
went nearly sixty bushels to the acre.