Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-19
STOCK AND FARM.

STOCK AND FARM.
Atwood Democrat: Thousands of
acres OF RaWlins county soil yielded
this year net profit of from twenty to
forty dollars per acre
From Hanover: Matt Oswald. one
of the substantial farmers OF Washing
ton county, residing near Hanover, was
recently offered $4,000 for his 1000
acre farm near that place. OF course
he refused it.
Milan Press: G. n. Chism had 1914
acres in wheat this year which yielded
him 3,503 bushels, or an average of
nearly twenty-nine bushels per acre.
The ground was. seeded with J20 BUSH
els. or fraction less than bushel to
the acre.
Beloit Call: The queen lady farmer
of Mitchell county is theeWife of T. s.
johnson, professor of the Glen Elder
schools Mrs. johnson has prepared
eighty acres of ground and sOWed it to
wheat. She did the most of the plow-
ing herself and drilled every acre.
Burlington Nonpareil: Mrs Ellen
Casey, of Otter creek, widow, and her
two sons, about a month ago finished
paying of an indebtedness OF 5000 in
doctors bills and funeral expenses by
her success in hog raising. She still
has upward of seventy-fiy head of hogs
and pigs on hand.
Manhattan Republic: Among farm
ers in this section, the present has
been the busiest season for years.
The late spring rains first delayed
their work. since which the harveets,
threshing, haying, fall seeding, etc,
ETC., have all crowded upon them in
such way as to overwhelm them with
work
Harper Advocate: E. P Raymond,
who owns a 2,000-acre ranch in West
Lake township, will soon begin the
erection of house 20x28 and a wing
1926, both two stories high, on, his
place; also a barn 34x4S, thirteen
feet in height, and cattle sheds 24x3O0
feet. A de-horning stall will also be
erected. He has 600 head OF cattle now
on the ranch There are 800 acres Of
wheat planted on this place.
Moran Herald: l. D. Buck is ship
ping quir css to Kansas City, and thinks
them more profitable than peaches. He
gets about SO bushel, and tree oecu-
pies about one square rod OF ground.
He has seven trees, about nine years
old, and has sold nine bushels besides
what he has used himself at this rate
an acre of ground wonld produce over
$500 worth of fruit. We were under
the impression that ounces did not do
well in Kansas, but Mr.. Buck showed
us as fine ones as We ever saw in the
east.
ElDorado Republican: j. B. Tenn
Pleton. on Coal creek, is running one
OF the biggest cattle ranches in the
county. He has two or three thousand
acres of land under his control, and las.
year he handled twelve or thirteen hun
dred head of cattle, full feeding several
hundred head of them. His place is
favorably located, and it certainly looks
homelike in every respect. He is full
feeding at this time several hundred
head of steers. which provides market
! for the corn in the neighborhood. Mr..
Templeton feeds bran with the corn,
and is of the opinion that it is adVan-
tageous.
DeGraff item in ElDorado Republic
can: John Hopkins is shipping hay
from here by the carload daily, and it
was reported that he mas a contract for
5000 tons. The only trouble is that
he can't get cars fast enough. The hay
business will bring in lots of money. It
was said. ten or fifteen years ago, that
if we only had stock enough to eat up
/ all the prairie grass, we would get rich.
Well, that time has come, and all the
prairie grass in the county is practical
| IL being utilized. Mr.. WILDER, of Au-
gusta, has pastured 10000 sheep in
that township the past summer, and
the few that were left on the range
looked we'll
Wichita Eagle: From various farm
ers from different portions of the coun-
ty, it is learned that every portion of
Sedgwick county is a vast acreage of
fall wheat. The ground is in an excel
lent condition, just right as to moisture,
| plows nicely, and the farmers are i'm
/ proving the elegant weather to pat in
| the largest acreage for years. Much of
the fall soWn wheat is well out of the
| ground, and presents a most pleasing
and attractive sight. Fall wheat sow-
| ing will continue we'll until Thanksgiv
ing day. It is said the wheat acreage
/ in this portion of Kansas for next yesI
will be fully one third greater than Of
the present season.