Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-08-20
THE HAY BUSINESS.
NOW IT Is CONDUCTED AT AND
NEAR BANTER SPRINGS,
An OutsAt of About Twenty Car Load'
Der Day During the Entire Season.

per bay During the Entire Season.
Thoro /. ,uhinv nar,icularly pjctur-
.osnu. nr fssciuaiinp about a single
- or n,.ir;, hay hut when one y0es
an, in,n ,h. tinii and secs how il is
,,"s.;,La within the sp,oe of few
T"nr, =, ,ramsrnrm ,hr heavy. dark
,,r.n, yr.ss ~ il Stands upon the
Srsiri, n,rn the u,Ie Green rectangular
hall. y. il arprar. ON the market, one
e. ;..,ir,J wi,h ,h,. confidence that
.l,im,h II NAV ro, Inc Thing of par.
,;."i.r h.,miy Il rrnrcsents 10 The
i.i.'r.r om,,,,;ed i, b.ndIiup i, many
- hr;.h, AMI b.au,itul silver dollar
an W.dre.d.y last. IN companv with
, Air. p,h,.r, Milne. who il the leading
-. ,',.n ~ liz Inc,Ii,v nt nreseu,. we
,",;,. - dr;v. ~ IN. h,v r,,uns in the
Ill ,n,r;,nrv few miles southwest
,t,s,s Xavier Snriuos IN order that we
,,;,,h, hoco,,s b.t,.r arouaiuted with
,hs a.,ailS of This imn,riaut industry.
The ro.Is were very dusty and travel
ING in an opcn ria beucath boiling
hot sun was consequently not alto
sether pleasant. The first thing that
impressed our min regarding In eX-
tent of the hay business was the large
liumber of teams luct on the way haul
ing large loads ct hailed hay to the
cars in this city. We did not count
ahem. bnt the road seemed TO be quite
FUN ri ,kcm, and each wagon held
from ton and half TO two t0ns-35
40 SO bales.
Al I'll o'clock we reached Mr.. Mines
nav firld near Tar creek, and to say
that we were thoroughly surprised at
the magnitude of the business is put
ting il mild indeed. Here we found
.spread out on the prairie within a
space of One-half mile long ny perhaps
onu-fourth of mile wide force of
over 100 men and Is teams all working
Ms busly as bees in flower garden.
The rapidity with which this large
force OF workers systematically trans
form the prairie grass into baled hay
and send it OF to market is wonderful.
ncl;.v;rg that n careful explanation
M ,ha nrnresses involved will prove of
;n,aro.t ~ Tho nublic generally we
hi, I a,,onrt n Give an account of
~" wnrL. in detail, In the first place
;'",";na . tract of smooth. unbroken
,'ra;,;, nne milo square fenced with
p.r,, wire Tn becin with the mowers
" """ ,h. 6.IJ -, tho middle and cut
Sack and f,rIh across half mile
',r..',.,, In ,n,. side mr. the other. There
49,, .';',, W ,,,nv.r. wnrk;nv constantly
~ 'rn"J we,,b.r Ten hours a Aav.
sr,, " s,ar. ~ : n'c,n.k IN the morning
a" ,r o'% ,;lI - I.l,ino Two hours for
I 'i;'',,s WI" 1mring whi,.I, lime they are re.
Na .;i w ',n;;,a ,l.ir ,i.ll.s or knives.
W." '" .,',3 - ,"am ara rcouired for
0"I 'n",a"
0"I" , mn" ,,ro, % f,ur hours after the
49, haro .,,r,ca mr. when the
nno w., Los loan sufficiently "cured''
srI ,I, s"s nv ,ho sur's ravs shining
un1" :, tho suIkv rakes begin. They
ara iigbt machines having long cir
ar are mS ;oo,h made If one-fourth inch
cSIa' sIG.u 800 ovar tho oround and
to"s VII r.,ndr ,ho h,v me into win.
nealy s" "ht twenty teet anart,
WIZ WIZ tth;s l. ho;ny done the hav press
W n"e .n,o ' 80 ;n,s ,ha fold right over
men nno' -, ~" hov and Locale their
the new ' to',,'oam ;vharo ,he mowers
"acnin ';s. oo'"" oJ ,I,n rSLoo Tn Mr.
are WvlN sn1a ~" ,horo orc nine hav
Niue ncnu o' ~, sororo.o crews
dresses ope. 'u - LOO men and a how
'each connPoeau VI WIZ ,ho rrosses q ~
anu Two teS'm .a.a,, f"r wo,I The hav j.
PIaHteu a"u l."IJ ~ ~ ,ho Swoor
carrie" 20 'he ~ u" r"daIr nonS,rncted
rake th's S;E.no.; ns,,arn rrom
anaF OF vet! u' T%a h,p;"oss end 81
the sulAy lanv ...o III ) 49, 600 rse
'Ahe SWEEP ta an, , 49,, ,ho nro"rS whicb
'ccMoiyins ha' up0" ,uo 80 ,Io %orSo,
moves alons ~ aua1"OS rTa. III So~;n al a,
fltcheu AT ei.le' eu. H. ,n;mrows "nJ
the OhIer emu VI NV ~ "U