Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-09
STOCK AND FARM

STOCK AND FARM.
Buffalo Advocate. Very little broom
corn was raised in this locality last
year, but there has been considerable
planted this season. Most of it is in
Colfax township and in the vicinity OF
Rest.
Anderson Gray, of Sedgwick county,
passed through Clearwater with drove
of horses that he had purchased to har-
vest his wheat with. He experienced so
much difficulty last year in hiring teams
that he purchased the teams this year.
He has 900 acres of wheat on his farm
and expects to SOW 1900 acres this fall.
Anthony Republican: Geo. E. John
son is renter living on the Chas. Tally
farm south of Corwin. He raised 700
bushels of wheat last year and has this
year ninety acres of wheat and fifty
acres of corn, has twenty cattle, seven
horses, all kinds of machinery, and is
a good farmer. Mr.. johnson says he is
tired Of renting and is now looking for
a farm, having made enough renting to
almost pay for one.
Garden City Imprint: The ditch
company on the south side in Kearny
county now has 1900 acres seeded to
alfalfa, 300 acres of which was seeded
last year, and now has a magnificent
crop which is being cut for hay. The
other 1000 acres were seeded this
spring, and not much in. the way of an
alfalfa crop is expected this year; but
just picture in your imagination this
sea of waving alfalfa in one immense
field of 1900 acres next season, produc-
ing three or four hay crops.
Junction City Republican: Nineteen
years ago John Settgast took up his
residence in Geary county with cash
capital of SIS and that was all he did
have. Nine years ago he managed to
pick up 800 acres on Clark's creek.
This is valuable farm. There is yet
due $500 on the place. But he has
horses, cattle and hogs, and $1,000 in
cash, with which he will build a two
story stone house, 31x40. He has
two-story barn, the first story being of
stone. The farm is worth $4,000. If
above $3.50 year above liv-
ing, clothing and all incidental expenses
is not good record you will find them
in no other state
F. W. Thralls, of Douglas county,
has eight different varieties of wheat
growing on his farm and all are looking
we'll. There are three varieties of
bearded wheat, the Deitz, Golden Cross
md Fulcaster; the first variety was
planted this year for the first time.
The Golden Cross and Fulcaster each
yielded twenty-six bushels per acre last
year. The High Grade and High Class
n are untried, smooth wheat and both
promise we'll. Jones' Winter Fife is a
aew wheat. He has one acre Of this
variety and one acre of American
Bronze, both smooth. The New Mon
arch yielded him twenty eight bushels
70 the acre last year.
Atchison Champion: It may have
been that David had just been looking
1t the assessment roll of his county |
when he said in his haste that ''all men
are liars" The statistics published this |
of the Atchison county assess
nents is worth reading over by all. It
,annot fail to interest every taxpayer
from pecuniary point of view, and to
other persons the unique and startling |
statements found therein are more ludi- |
,rous than fiction. The average value |
Of horses at $11.31 each and Of cattle at |
$500 as well as hogs at 70 cents head,
are surprising values. Wagons at $3.50 |
and carriages at $3.50 each may be
lair average, but will cause . smile of |
aistrust if one should gaze upon the
dozens of fine ones to be found hitched |
in front of school houses and churches
on Sunday in this county. It is also a
matter of news that there was only ST. |
500 money on band in this county on |
March 1, when the assessors started on
their rounds, while on the first day of |
the present month there was over a mil
lion of dollars on deposit in the banks |
alone of Atchison. The bridge company
and merchandise stocks are assessed for |
nearly one-half the total of all.