Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-19

10 and 20, but they will not some upon
the market this year.
Shawnee county had only twenty
eight acres of spring wheat in its 1892
crop
Grainfield Cap Sheaf: John Sims
shipped from Grainfeld recently LOCO
sheep. He took them to Virden, Ill,
where they will be fed this winter.
Stafford Peoples Paper: Broom corn
is still coming in, but the streets are
not crowded with it. Either there is
not as much broom corn in the country
as was supposed, or the farmers are not
disposed to be in hurry about mar
keting it.
Kansas Farmer: Some of the farmers
of Mission township, Shawnee county,
are now engaged in threshing their
clover for seed. The quality of the seed
is excellent and the yield very salts
factory.
Stafford Peoples Paper: The rains
which have lately fallen have put the
fall sown crops in excellent condition
for the winter, and the prospect for an
other big crop is as good as ever before
at this season of the year.
The farmer neighbors of Mrs. Bay
sengers, Clautauqua county, met at her
house last week and finished gathering
her corn, about 1,7CO bushels. while the
widow, doubly afflicted by the loss of
her husband and son, finds great con-
ISOLATION in the kindness and sympathy
of her friends and neighbors.
E. E. Miller, OF Lane county, has
built a fine new residence OF twelve
rooms. Mr.. Miller came to Lane county
in 1879, and by hard work and econo-
my has worked himself into fine home.
He owns 900 acres of land, 200 under
cultivation, with two large barns, 100
head of cattle, 200 head of sheep, and
275 head of horses.
Cedar Vale Star: j. o. Sullivan
brought samples of corn to this Office
from a field planted the 21st day of
June, and it Is good corn, too. The
best feature about it, aside from matur-
ing in SO short time, is it's extra long
kernel, point which seems to have
been too much overlooked by our corn
growers. Too many big cobs and wide,
short grains.
Hugh Bender, of Donlphan county,
began twenty-five years ago with moth
ing, as you may say. He has been
offered So, 1000 for his home farm, where
he resides. In addition, he owns two
other 16O-acre farms that are worth
$4,000. His stock and implements are
worth several thousand more, with q
suburban residence in Hiawatha for
which he paid $4,000.
Cedar Vale Star: W. L. johnson has
been rustling this season. He has sold
1t 30 cents to E. M. Hewins, 1000
bushels of corn, which he raised on Salt
,reek. Himself and Mr.. Savage. his
partner, with one outfit, put up 1,947
;ons of hay on Elm creek for w. A.
Holloway. They are dipping into cat
lie little now, having q carload of
domestic threes in pasture, feeding
snapped corn to them, and twenty seven
head New Mexico steers that they e1-
,ected to put up this week.
Topeka Capital: Land Commissioner
[ohn E. Frost, of the Santa Fe, has re-
'eived some reports Of heavy wheat
Fields in various sections of the state
hat are interesting. Here are some Of
hem: In Ford county S. Burrell's
'rop averaged thirty-five bushels per
Icre; j. M. Shain's forty-five bushels;
}. NJ. Beeson's fifty-two bushels. The |
address of all these gentlemen
8 Dodge City. J. Minor, of Snyder,
aised field averaging forty bushels to |
he acre. In al these cases the wheat !
Weighed sixty-two pounds and over to
he bushel. In Kearney county George |
)odds, of Deerfeld, raised a crop of |
Wheat averaging thirty seven and three
ourths bushels per acre. It was irri-
,ated once. A field irrigated twice, be-
onging to Henry Entz, yielded thirty
light and one-half bushels to the acre.
n this county farmers report eighty to
lightly three bushels of oats per acre
hat weighed thirty-si1 pounds per
,ushel, on land irrigated twice. Re-
,orts from six farmers in Finney county
how an average yield of twenty-seven
nd four-fifths bushels of wheat per
ere, two fields yielding respectively |
orty and forty-five bushels per acre.