Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-15
STOCK AND FARM.

/ Oxford Mocking Bird: The blackber.
ry crop will be wonder. Wherever there
is bush it is loaded with the finest fruit.
Chapman Standard: The largest load
of oats that has ever been hauled to this
place by one team was that of John Bell
who brought 1873 bushels from the Dun
lazy farm and sold to S. r. Hoag. Who
can beat this?
Kensington Mirror: A disastrous hail
storm destroyed the crops in the vicinity
of Reamsville and through the northern
part of the county. wv. Scott, of this
place, had his entire crop destroyed, as
we'll as many of his neighbors in the vi
entity of Mr.. SCOTS farm in Logan
township.
George II. Coulson, member of the
legislature from Harper county, has
written letter to the newspapers of his
county, in which he suggests the calling
of chinch bug convention of all the
farmers of the county, regardless Of
party affiliations, who have been test
ing Prof. Shows discovery, and if
thought advisable, to urge the county
commissioners to establish an infection
depot, as the commissioners of a number
of other counties have done.
Last year W. F. Baird, of Linn coun-
ty, shipped his wool to st. Louis, where
he found ready sale for it at Is cents per
pound, the wool being Merino, heavy
wool, which does not sell for the highest
price. This year Mr.. Baird shipped his
| wool to the same market. After waiting
several weeks for the returns he received
letter from the commission house
which reads as follows: "We are unable
to find buyer for your wool. First class
Kansas has sold for or s cents per
pound, but there is no market for it."
Russell Record: G. Britt brought in
punches of oats, barley and rye raised
on his place in Paradise valley. The oats
are about 20 inches long, heads 7 inches,
well filled, will make fair crop. The
barley averages 20 inches in length,
heads inches, well-flled. Rye is 30inch-
es long, heads inches, and will average Is
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specimens of wheat and blue-stem grass
raised across the line in Osborne county.
The wheat is "a inches long, heads
inches and pretty well filed The grass
is Is inches long. Mr.. Britt says they
have about 100 tons of it. Made into
hay at this time it would bring him SIS
ton. It is pleasure to know that there
is some grain growing in the county.
Anthony letter: George R. Landers
has purchased an immense steam gang
pillow for use on his wheat farm in the
southwest part of the county. An expert
set up the machine and made short
trial south of town. The machine did all
that was claimed for it by the manufac-
turers. The gang of plows, consisting of
six sixteen-inch shares, are manipulated
entirely by steam power and are capable
of turning strip eight feet wide. Mr..
Landers expects to SOW $500 acres to
wheat this fall, and will put headlight
on the engine, and by using two sets of
hands run the pillow day and night. Only
two men are required to operate the
pillow, which is capable of stirring thirty
acres of land per day. This is the first
steam pillow ever brought to this county,
and the success of its operations will be |
watched with great deal of interest.
Emporia Republican: ]. ]. Atherton I
exhibited bunch of alfalfa grown by |
him on his farm just southeast of the |
city. 1t had just three weeks growth,
and the stalks measured thirty five inch |
es in length. This was the second cut
ting this season and three more crops I
viii be grown Each crop yields from
two to three tons per acre. Mr.. Ather-
ton thinks alfalfa is one of the best crops |
a farmer can produce for feed for horses,
as well as for cattle and hogs. If given
good grain feed, horses will do as well |
on alfalfa as on clover, timothy or hay