Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-07-07

a deplorable scarcity even at tnat-
Shawnee county has over 1000 acres
planted to Irish potatoes, 300 acres
planted to sweet potatoes, 1000 acres in
broom corn, and 81 acres Of sorghum
The Linn county farmers report great
improvement in the condition of the
crops. The corn and oats are growing
rapidly, fax is in perfect condition,
wheat promises fully as large a yield as
indicated this spring.
Hiawatha World: Everybody knows
Kansas is a great corn state, but from
present prospects Kansas has a surprise
in store for the country. 1t is likely to
produce more wheat this year than any
other state in the union.
Clyde Argus: Dorse Warburton sold
the product of eighteen acres OF wheat
which brought him an average OF 81
per acre. It stood in the stack all WIN
ter and threshed out 476 bushels-an
average of over twenty-six bushels per
acre.
A Chautauqua county farmer, Mr..
Christian, says that last fall he sowed
two kinds of wheat, Little May and Full
caster, side by side, on the same kind
Of land, one Immediately after the other,
and now Little May is twice as good as
the Fulcaster.
Independence Reporter: E. p. Gott-
lieb, of Montgomery county, says that
thousands of acres Of wheat in the Ca
ney bottoms have been ruined by The
foods. On the uplands, where people
were considered crazy last fall for SOW
ing, the prospect is good.
It is estimated that the fifteen coun-
ties composed of Wallace, Logan, Cove,
Trego, Ellis, Rocks, Graham, Sheridan,
Thomas, Sherman, Cheyenne, Rawlins,
Decatur, Norton and Phillips, all in the
northwest, will produce twenty million
bushels of wheat alone this year.
Sample item: Every man who has
strength to sit upon a machine and
drive, and all the boys big enough to
ride horse are out helping to harvest,
the women come to town to get supplies
Of groceries, etc, and nothing is allowed
to interfere with the taking care of our
immense wheat crop.
Lincoln Republican: Lon Busic, o
Lincoln county, if appearances are NO
deceitful, will have enough corn THU
fall to provide corn pone and mush TO
all the candidates for congress in thu
district. He has 500 acres growing, anC
six teams with cultivatOrs attached
coaxing it to do its best.
Wellington Mail: Considerable o.
the corn on the low lands in Sumner
i L -.
wet weather Mr.. Carson's folks re-
planted sixty acres of theirs, many more
will be compelled to plant portion o
their crop over. The wheat is ripenine
fast and will yield fair crop.
Neal Pickett, of Cowley county, il
harvesting. He estimates that he vii
have 10000 bushels of wheat this year
and plenty of oats, corn and barley
April 1, Mr.. Pickett thought his whea
crop would amount to nothing, it ap
peared SO poor, but it has come on
wonderfully. He thinks it will maxi
twenty-five bushels to the acre.
ElDorado Republican: The fine trac
of Butler county bottom land known a
the Osborne bottom is one sea of ran
wheat this year. From the hill south c
II. d. Lambs residence the observe
can look over thousands of acres {
waving grain that promises an excellen
harvest. A few fields of corn give
little variety to the grand expanse {
wheat fields.
Parties who recently passed over tn
northwestern counties of Kansas sa
they never saw such fields of wheat. o
every side fields containing hundreds {
acres are covered with wheat whic
stands four feet high. The crop of oat
will not be small, although the chance
are that it will be rather slim. TIL
corn, too, is rather backward, but thf
which was planted early is coming alon
in good shape.
Salina Republican: The wool indul
try promises in the future to see cOnsiC
cradle development in this county.
present @. E. Barrett, who lives mort
of the city, Is the most prominent wo,
grower. He has shipped about tN
thousand five hundred pounds of GOO
wool for eastern market, saying that
was this years product of about fl
hundred sheep. His sheep raising wi
become more extensive in the future.
Mud creek, Douglass county, froI
its confluence with the Kaw, is a minit
ture potato patch. ''Why, Just thin
of it for a moment and say nothin
about it." said faEmer to newspap'
man; 'tjust think of ten acres of pot
toes yielding 1900 bushels OF potato'
at $3.50 per bushel when taken to ma
ket. Look over yonder at that ma
dark as midnight, with two acres
land, sold $3.50 worth of potatoes an
J never pl0wed after he planted
Topeka journal: Small Brothers,
the American bank, North Topeka, a
extensive cattle dealers. They have ju
received at their ranch in Wabauns
county 1910 head of cattle from Ne
Mexico. These cattle were started fro
Rossville, New Mexico, from where tn
, we're driven to the crossing of the Ro
Island railroad and the Cimarron riv,
, This drive occupied forty-five days.
the railroad the cattle were loaded al
filed seventy cars. They were tn
brought here in four train loads a
: were unloaded at Hoyt, from whe
;. they were driven to the big ranch whe
y they will be kept until fitted for mark