Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-10-13
STOCK AND FARM.

A Garden City correspondent says:
thousands of dollars worth of second
crop alfalfa seed.
Garden City merchants are shipping
orders of vegetables as far east as New
tol and yet people speak of all western
Kansas as burned up.
Atchison Champion: 1t is estimated
that southern Marshall county will raise
not less than $4,000 bushels of fine APP
Piles above what will be used for home
consumption.
ElDorado Citizen: Celery is very
profitable crop to raise, whore you have
sufficient water to irrigate. w. H.
Thomas, this season, had only about
one-half of an acre and it was very fine.
Mr.. Thomas sold the entire patch, and
gets in the neighborhood of $500 for it..
Walnut Valley Times: I've learned
lesson in farming" said farmer John
Belts. thereafter. I'll drop everything
in the spring to harrow my wheat. Last
spring I narrowed and re-harrowed
piece of wheat on which sowed alfalfa.
L thought and expected 1 had killed the
wheat, but it came out and made the
best wheat | had on the farm"
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 eve and give promise of
bread in the not distant future.
Garden City letter: J. G. Koontz is
getting a number of car loads of broom
corn. Although the southwestern coun-
ties were almost completely burned out
the farmers are bringing in many tons
of ane broom corn, It is also remark
able that apple trees around here are
breaking down under the weight of
| fruit, when ''all the fruit was killed.
several times last winter and was ''nearly
all destroyed by haip' late in the spring.
| One of the best features of the cattle
market at the Kansas City, Kan, stock
yards, is the stability of the export
trade. IT is only few years since Kan
sas had no export trade It's 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.
Mankato Monitor: We learn that j.
M. Metz is making preparations to irri-
| gate 10 or 20 acres of bottom land south
of town, to be used for market gardening.
His plan is to build a large reservoir
upon elevated ground and fill it by
means of powerful wind pump, and
food the field by irrigating bitches
His nephew, Ora Metz, who has had
some experience in this line of work,
will assist him. The experiment is the
most important that has ever been made
in the county and will be watched with
deep interest by our farmers. If sue
cessful, hundreds of others will follow
his example.
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 the morning and after disposing of it
started out to buy load of feeders to
take back home. He 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, whore his injuries were at
tended to by Police Surgeon Lutz They
consisted Of broken jaw, several
bruises on the body and serious internas
INJURIES. He was then taken to st. Ms4-
garet's hospital, where he will remain
, until he can be taken home. At the
time of his accident he was in company
with his brother, EdwaI Moody, Of the
same place.