Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-02-08
KANSAS PRODUCTS.

Secretary Coburn, of the state Board of
Agriculture, issues an Appel to the Peo-
pie-What Kansas Has Done and What
she Has Yet to Accomplish.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. IF. ID. Cobu n,
of Kansas City, Kan. the newly
appointed secretary of the state
board of agriculture, has issued a cir
cular to the people of Kansas. in which
he asks their cooperation to maintain
the high standard Of the work done in
his department The circular closes
as follows:
L is evident that Kansas is approaching the
morning of new departure n arious
spects which is to comprehend an era of pro-
gresS SurDaSSing any in her previous historv.
New methods, new means. greater econo-nr of
production. more successful organization, bet
ter adaptttion of means 10 ends. with broader
asp and appreciation of opporj unities every
where about no more necessities than
they are near possibiliti s These can only be
realized through the eff rts Of our own people.
of whom the state board of agricu ture and its
secretary are but creatures and servants
whose best efforts can avail no more than The
support of their emplOveTs makes possible
That such suDport. as heretofore, ". II be hearty
and generous there is lit occasion to doubt
The report of the state board of ag-
riculture for the quarter ending De-
cember 81. 1898, has just been issued.
1t is largely occupied with statistics of
1898, showing the states acreage and
yield of field, orchard and garden
crops, with their values and the num-
bers and values of live stock, their
products. etc In an introductory sum-
mary of these Secretary Cobur SAYS:
They show what scarcely need to be sta ed,
that Kansas, in common with all other states
o. the union IS suffered from the general e.
preston prevailing il values. not only in the
bu mess channels Of this coun ry, but in those
of the civilized world further, that on the
whole the season has not been so fruitful
others tn 1t have preceded it and vet,
pared wi the season and It's feSultS agri-
cultural in some other states to the east of
US, regarded as infallible in the matter Of reg
ular and large crop production Kansans h We
OCCASION to +. gard themselves ard heir state
among the favored of all the h.
The stats les indicate that, in spite Of ad-
verse crop conditions and low prices 80 " dely
prevalent Kansas, in the wear les raised field
crops worth nearly ,00Jo. o., and marketed
live stock. agricultural and horticul ural prod
ucts worth 5 Iij - u more or toge b T mount
ing TO l2-, o ,798 98 besides uudoubtedlv hav-
ing much live took vet on hand as in March,
when the count was N tde by township asses-
snrs, the valuation of which is upward of 9S,
60, 90
There has never been a wear when the gen
eral health of The p ople and their iniml
better, there b aving been no serious outbreaks
of disease among either, an where The winter
thus far has been unusual. Y mil and dry and
there IS never been season when feed could
be used with greater econom and les waste.
The people never had q more abidi faith in
their state ami its future gre tne5s than they
have to-day; no more of faith in an early return
of desired prosperity, and no greater strength,
determination and courage to work increasingly
and harmonioufy fo~ such consummatipn.
The report shows that the yield of
winter and spring wheat was 1887
523 bushels. value, SO. 954, no; corn,
lis. .624 $50 bushels, value, S32. .621, 762;
oats, Is. 1914, III bushels, value, Sc, 1885,,
342; animals slaughtered or sold for
slaughter, value, s42, ,774 7e1. The num-
Der of live stock are: Horses, $50, ,IS6,
value, s44. 129, ,672; mules, So, 5S5, value.
So, 1872 10; milch cows. 567. 353, value,
Sf1. 347 0G0: other cattle, 1905, 273, val
ue, $50, $50, 64t; sheep, 224, 952, value.
s562, $50; swine, 1, ,4o6,086, value, S1o.-
545, ,645.
In addition to the foregoing, the re-
port contains much other important
and interesting matter, including the
address of Prof. Milton Whitney. on
'The Circulation of Water in the S ils,''
delivered at the recent meeting of the
board, the ANIMAL report of the state
sugar inspector, ana The Cornstalk
Disease. by Prof. \. S. Mayo, veteri-
nary surgeon of the state agricultural
cOllepe