The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-19
THEY WEREIN TOWN
FARMFRS C0HPAEE NOTES AND
TALK OF THE OUTLOOK.
Greatest Fruit Crop Ever Known In the
State--A Large Acreage of Corn Wheat
Is Coming Out Better Than Expected
The Man of Figures Has Some Ideas Of
His Own--ssSc % the Minnesota Makes
Some startling Statements That Mo-
body Else Has the Figures to Eefute--
Sedswiek County Farmer Who knows

There were more farmers in the city
yesterday than on any former day
since they began TO put in their spring
crops.
The general opinions OF the farmers
as expressed In the crowds on the street
and in the stores was that the growing
corn never looked more promising ae
this season OF the year.
The wheat crop will be short OF an
average yield but it is making a good
head and now promises a much bet
ter crop than was looked for a month
ago.
stephen Ralch of Waco says thar
the farmers need rain but IL is surpris-
ing how little of the growing crops
have been injured for want OF rain.
He also gives II as his opinion that the
fruit crop this year will exceed anything
ever known in the state
Frank Dofiiemeyer OF Union town
ship says there was never such a large
acreage Of corn planted in this section
of the state. and even a fair yield VIII
make an immense amount OF corn.
WILDER Shinn OF Gypsum township
and A s Nelson of Salem can see
nothing discoursging in the outlook and
| they predict a prosperous year for the
c. Wood Davis, the sage OF the MINES
| cab, has his own ideas about crops.
| He has q world wide reputation as "A
grain and crop statistician and has 4
| greater amount OF Information In his
| possession in regard To the worlds
| crops than any one government under
/ the sun.
| The newspapers have had their own
/ fun about Mr.. Davis s. wheat when IN
| fact he never made any such prediction
| IL Is however a fact that tbs modest
| Sedgwick county farmer has the crop re
| ports. official. of every government on
| earth whose people are sufficiently ad-
vanced 10 make such reports
He can talk or crops and acreage
| and population until the head OF the
| common man win swim in the attempt
| 10 comprehend them But Mr.. Davis
| said yesterday that he was not talking
/ for publication.
| venture the assertion that the present
| low prices OF wheat was not due 10 tho
| characterization OF silver but 10 other
| natural causes. He viii soon have rea-
| dy for the press a comprehensive work
| that he expects will contain more real
| Information in regard To the worlds
i products than was ever before pub
/ lished in one volume. II viii. In fact.
be a condensed report OF all govern
| ments with additional facts CLEANED by
himself through correspondents in dit
| ferent parts Of the world.
/ Mr.. Davis informed a reporter FOR ths
/ Eagle that the present low prices OF
/ wheat was the result OF oyerproduction
/ That owing TO peculiar climatic condi-
/ tons that prevailed all over the world
| "A few years ago that IN three success
1 i've years there had been the greatest
| yield per acre OF wheat and rye ever
| known in the history OF the world
He has an idea that the population of
| the world is increasing more rapidly
| than the annual acreage planted to
bread producing grains and he has tho
statistics stored In his memory TO prove
his assertions. Statistics which no NOR
tai man can refute for the reason that
nobody else has as many reliable sta
tistics as this Sedgwick county farmer.
Mr.. Davis 81 OF the opinion that the
surplus grain produced In the period re-
ferred to by him Will soon be exhsuse-
ed and then conditions will be favors-
BILE for higher prices, and he most Ger
tainly seems TO know what he Is talk
ing about.