Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-10-18
STOCK AND EARN.

Five car loads of alfalfa seed have
been shipped out Of Garden City by one
firm already this season. A carlord is
worth about $4,000.
A Garden City correspondent says:
The present weather is likely to mature
thousands Of dollars worth of second
crop alfalfa seed
Atchison Globe: A man named Silks,
who lives in Park place, returned from
western Nebraska few days ago, with
two good horses which he had purchased
for $3.50. This is fact.
ElDorado Republican: Fall wheat in
this county was far enough advanced
ten days ago, in some fields, to
make good pasturage, and is being util-
lied for that purpose. 1t was 30 in 1874.
Atchison Champion: F. e. Beeson,
who has been on rented farm near
here for the past year, sold out his in
terests, realizing $4,000 from his crops
this year. The farm contains 800 acres
and has been sold to Rev. NJ. F. Howie,
of Atchison, for $4,000.
A number OF farmers IN the vicinity
of Troy have sold the apples in their Or
chards TO eastern buyers at prices rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 per orchard,
In some cases the purchasers gather the
apples, in others, the owners gather
them, the purchasers receiving them on
the ground.
Kansas Farmer; A trip into the great
wheat belt of Kansas convinced the
writer that the amount of wheat being
sown was never exceeded in one weeks
sowing. The land is in excellent condi-
ton on account of the late rains and the
farmers will very soon have green fields
to cheer the eye and give promise Of
bread in the not distant future.
Topeka Journal j. T. Vaughn, who
lives three miles east of Topeka, is sue
cessful sweet-potato raiser. He brought
to this Office bunch of Jersey Chunk
sweet potatoes. There were twenty
three potatoes in the bunch which were
grown in one hill. Mr.. Vaughn has
twelve acres of sweet potatoes which will
make about 300 bushels to the acre.
One of the best features of the cattle
market at the Kansas City, Kan, stock
yards, is the stability of the export
trade. II is only few years since Kan
sas had no export trade. Its present
Importance is full of significance and
most encouraging for the future. No
less than $500 head Of cattle were taken
by the export buyers during Septem-
ber When it is remembered that these
cattle were the pick of the yards, it is a
handsome showing.
lola Register: We hear that the Bar
rae man Bros. have been offered $40 an
Or or their corn as it stands. AS they
haze about $500 acres this offer
means right smart sum of money.
This firm raised this year 5000 bushels
Of flax, which they sold for something
over 81 bushel, and 1000 bushels of
millet, besides lot of oats and other
things. One Of their fields had been
sown to oats when the frost came, and,
thinking it was killed, they sowed it to
fax. The result was sixteen bushels Of
oats and twelve bushels Of flax to the
acre.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: Thomas
Moody, stockman residing at Lenexa,
Kas., was seriously injured at the stock
yards. He came in with load of stock
in tho morning and after disposing of it
started out to buy load of feeders to
take back home. He was walking along
one OF the alleys when bunch of Texas
steers came along and took after him.
Before he could get on top Of the fence
they knocked him down and trampled
him badly. He was removed to the po-
lice station, where his injuries we're at
tended to by Police Surgeon Lutz. Thet
consisted of broken jaw, several
bruises on the body and serious internal
injuries. He was then taken to st. Mar
garets hospital, where he will remain
until he can be taken home, At the
time of his accident he was in company
with his brother, Edward Moody, of the
same place.
From Manhattan: The Kansas Elk.
pertinent station here has leased ten
acre tract of land near Oberlin, Decatur
county, for experimental purposes. All
kinds of crops and grasses will be tried,
to ascertain which are the best adapted
to this climate and soil, as also will diff,
ferent methods of farming to ascertait
the best The whole ten acres will be
put under irrigation, the supply of wa
ter to be drawn from an ordinary we'll
There is another branch of the Kansas
Experiment station at Garden City II
was established last spring.