Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-12
STOCK AND FARM.

In compliance with the request of the
Kansas State Millers' association in con-
vention at Topeka June 4th and 9th, in
quiries were sont by Secretary Topping,
Of Enterprise, to miIlers in each county
in the state and where there were no
mills, to the county clerks and gram
mon. From returns mailed on and
after the tho 10Th inst, the secretary
makes the following report
"Wheat is very uneven in yield, run
ming from five to forty bushels per acre
in some counties, The grain is plump
and well matured, making an excellent
milling wheat Harvest is in full blast
From all reports up to date, Kansas
will harvest a crop of 2S,000,00O bush
els Of wheat.
Oats are almost failure. Corn pros
poets are excellent--never better at this
time of the year."
Schwartzchild and Sultzberger one
among the several Kansas City, Kansas,
packers killed the other day 701 head
Of cattle, whose average weight was
1900 ponds each The carcasses were
shipped directly to England. This cargo
was pronounced by all who saw it to be
the finest lot of meat that has ever been
shipped from this vicinity. The cattle
were nearly all raised and fed in Kansas.
Burlington Republican; Crop pros
poets throughout the entire county are
exceptionally good. The wheat is yield
ing better than was expected. The corn
is freer from weeds than it was ever
known to be at this time of year, and
also has good stand and is making
vigorous growth. Flax is reported in
splendid condition. The oats crop is
the only poor one we hear Of, and that
is not staple and does not represent
large investment.
Judge Wellhouse, Of Fairmount, who
controls the largest apple orchard in
Kansas, has received reports from near
ly every section of the state regarding
the fruit crop. He says the apple crop
will be above average, yet it will not be
as large as it was four years ago. The
Ben Davis, pippin and jennatin trees and
most of the summer varieties are loaded
down with fruit, while the winesap and
other less hardy varieties are failing on
account of blight,
Tittsburg Headlight: Wheat harvest
is almost over, and very hattering re-
ports come in regarding the excellency
Of the crop. The corn is also reported
in an excellent condition and the pros
poets in this direction are said to be
better than for years. The oats is about
the only crop that is Of an inferior sort
and will be about half crop. 1t is es-
timated that wheat will average from
twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre,
the largest yield for years.
Fl. P. Ewing, a Wyandotte county
colored man, has in 800 acres of pota-
toes which, he says, promise the finest
crop he ever raised, He expects an av-
erage yield of 1875 bushels per acre from
the entire area. Senator Taylor, of Ed
wardsville, has over 400 acres in pota-
toes, J. q. Groves and I. J. Williamson
have about 400 acres and numbers of
others from 80 to 100 acres. A we'll
known commission man, who has just
returned from trip through Wyan-
dotte county, states that the crop will
not fall short of 100000 bushels, and
if the producers get as good prices as
last year it will put into their pockets
not less than from $4,000 to $4,000
in hard cash.
Atchlson Patriot: From the advices
received at the Missouri Pacific Office 1t
is safe to say that Kansas will have as
large an acreage and as large crop of
corn as ever before. The late rains put
different aspect on affairs which before
looked somewhat gloomy. Along the
roads of the Central branch as far as
Concorda, there will be an unprecedent-
ed yield of corn. West of Concordia
many farmers have plowed their wheat
f.lds and planted them in corn and the
acreage of corn planted will be nearly
double that of last year. Along the
roads of tho Wyandotte and what is
known as the western branch of the Mis-
souri, Pacific corn is doing magnificent
ly. Kansas bids fair to stand at the top
next fall, as a corn-producing state.
ElDorado Republican: Mr.. Coggeshall
lost hogs, fences, corrals and crops by
the food and is damaged $500 worth.
The water swept over his bottom farm
with a tide that carried most everything
before it.
Atchison Globe Ben Simpson, who
lives on the old Wolf farm on Indepen-
lence creek, cut an aero Of wheat that
will thresh twenty-five bushels to TIE
acre. According to farmers like Barney
Langyn, wheat in Atchison county is
The best in ten years. Still, we all wor,
-ied about wheat in tho spring.