Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A Sample Kansas County.
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was 1850 pounds, having 3,117 sheep
1t has 112, 105 acres of prairie unde
fence.
There were 1926 gallons of win,
made in the county in 1899,
The value Of the wood marketed dur
ing the year was $4,215.
1t has 1910 acres OF blue grass pas
lures, 1889 acres Of sorghum growing
and farmers have planted 10S,660 acres
to corn.
March 1 Cowley county had 12,251
milk cows and 39,046 other CATTLE
Nine hundred eighty-two acres Of
Irish and lag acres of sweet potatoes
are being cultivated this year.
In 1892 the farmers of Cowley county
cut 1924 tons Of tame and 1920 tons
of prairie hay and are now harvesting
1892 acres Of millet and hungarian
grass,
Cowley county has 173,155 apple
trees in bearing, 1888 pears, 2S2,643
peach, 24,657 plum, 1852 cherry; the
value of the horticultural products mar
keted during the past year was 1924.
There were goal pounds of honey
produced during the year by 8O1 stands
of bees.
Cowley county farmers are raising 1878
Of flax, 480 acres of KalIir corn and 527
broom corn.
The value of garden products mar.
keted during the year ending March l,
1898, was $21, sol,
Cowley county will ship the products
Of 1872 acres of barley.
The value of the farming implements
and machinery Of Cowley county is
placed at $173,407 by the assessors.
Six hundred and seventy acres of al
falfa and 2741 acres of orchard grass
promise an abundant yield.
The value Of the poultry and eggs sold
during the year ending March /, 1898,
by thefarmers Of thiscounty was 800, 7G9
Cowley countS has 2743 farms con-
sisting Of 487,299 acres. The estimated
cash value, including improvements,
$9,407615.
The value of animals fattened and
slaughtered, or sold for slaughter, in
Cowley county during the year ending
March l, 1898, amounted to the sum
of $s23,43O.
The farmers of Cowley county had
249,7 bushels Of wheat on hand March
l, 1893. Vernon township took the lead
with $3.50, and Bolton next with u,
283 bushels.
On the LIST of March last the farmers
Of Cowley county had 607, 273 bushels Of
corn on hand. Bolton leads with AZ, $780,
and Windsor township is close second
with 37,755.
Notes from Shawnee County.
Topeka journal
National bank shares of the assessed
value of $250,O00 are owned in Topeka.
Only 427 pianos are played in Topeka,
and they are valued for taxation at 1884,
GAS.
The number Of gold watches assessed
in Topeka this year is SAG, and the value
is $13,9O5.
There are 557 pianos in this county
which are valued by the assessors at
$44,260, Or about $50 apiece.
The assessed valuation of farming inn
plements in Shawnee county is 36,351;
of wagons, 1888, 1872, and of pleasure car
riages, $4,000.
Topeka has 1,601 horses, valued by
the assessors at $4S,700; 1913 cattle,
valued at 1920; SO mules, valued at
$3.50, and 20 hogs, valued at $50.
Mortgages Of the value of $491, 800
were returned for taxation in the county
this year. Topeka people own $29S,5OO
Of the total amount
Topeka's mercantile stock is assessed
this year at $556,215, and the total as
sessment Of mercantile stocks in the
county is $577, AIS.
The amount of money returned for
taxation in the county this year was
$191, $3.50, and it was assessed at half its
value. Of this amount $122,240 is in
the city Of Topeka.
Shawnee county has 1927 horses
of the assessed value of $3OS, 915; 26, $50
CATTLE assessed at $24O,S93; S6S mules
assessed at 1913, 1872; 2,810 sheep assessed |
at 2,1O5; and 1O,113 hogs assessed at
$44,957.
The total taxable personal property Of
the county this year as returned by the
assessors is 1881, 40; the exemptions
allowed $517,OOO Topeka has $780,
$50 of this amount, and her exemptions
were $209,200.
Arkansas City Traveller: r. M. Nc
Main, living on the Purdy farm north
east of the city, was running his binder