Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-02

States, and, when we take into consid
GRAFTON the number OF acres that car
be sown and taken care of by one man
we unhesitatingly affirm that in nc
other state can farmer raise so many
bushels, take it one year with another
and with 30 little expense. We wish to
emphasize this statement and challenge
comparison with any country or com
munity in the world.
Wa-Keeney World: Emery Cass ia
one OF our most progressive farmers
and is entitled to place in our "Roll
of Honor" having located in Trego
county on May %, 1878. He has sown
wheat only once since coming to this
county, devoting his attention almost
exclusively to stock-raising, At pres
emit he has $50 head Of cattle and nine
teen head of horses, having recently
made shipment of cattle.
Great Bend Register: The wheat
prospects for the coming year are not
so bright as at this time last year in
this county. 1t is true we have had
snow covering the ground for four
weeks, yet it is well-known fact that
the condition of the seed prior to this
snowfall was anything but satisfactory,
and il we produce two thirds crop
this year it will be a surprise. We
refer to the estimate with relation to
last years output. However, less yield
and better prices will be satisfactory,
after all.
Wa-Keeney World: In spite Of the
discouraging remarks Of friends and
neighbours, who offered the gratuitous
assertion that he would fail, Mr.. Hin
shaw kept to work on his favorite
hobby, which has long since paid him
for his pains. In his orchard may be
seen the principal varieties of all the
fruit bearing trees and shrubs found in
temperate climes. Apples, crab-apples,
apricots, peaches, prunes, many varie-
ties of plums, pears, cherries, grapes,
raspberries, currants, gooseberries,
blackberries, juneberries, etc, are all
found there, nearly all of which have
borne we'll Even this year, which wit
messed nearly a complete failure of
fruit in many localities, saw his orchard
fairly we'll laden with fruit. He has
devoted considerable time to the pro-
duction OF new varieties of fruit. Mr..
Hinshaw has proven to his own salts
faction that fruit trees will grow as fast
and bear as we'll here as in any locality
he has ever visited. One of the fruits
he prizes very highly is the native
strawberry, the first stock of which he
secured from near spring, west of
where Wilcox postofiice now is situated.
1t thrives through all changes of sea-
sons, and bears abundantly a fine, we'll
favored berry, about an inch in diane
ter. A natural curiosity to be seen at
his place is dwarf Seeding apple tree
This shrub, which reaches to the
height of five feet, has not the least
sign of trunk, but the branches start
directly from the ground; nor can it be
trained into tree, yet each year sees it
loaded with delicious apples Of bright
golden color. Besides his fruit trees,
he has also several varieties OF forest
trees that thrive well under proper care,
among which are Balm of Gilead, null
berry, gray willow, red elm, white elm,
box elder and walnut. The wanuts
have borne nuts quite freely, consider
ing their age. He has also many varie-
lies of ornamental shrubs, rose bushes,
ilacs, etc.