West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-07-18
THE sun FLOWER STATE.
a Prestoniau's Trials and Troubles
In the West
PERra, KANsAs. July TO. isa5.

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We are having real northeast
rain here to-day, which is something
unusual for this time of the year.
We have been having an abundance
Of rain since the first of June
about eight or nine inches having
fallen up TO the present time. We
had no rain during the spring
months to do much good-snothing
but dry weather, wind and dust.
The prospect for q corn crop in
Sumner county was never better
than the present one. l expect we
will have to have some Of our Pres
ton county friends come out and
help us shuck it out. There was
an immense acreage of corn planted
here last spring, as most of the
wheat crop was destroyed. A great
portion of it was winter killed, and
the remainder nearly all blown out
by the high winds in the spring.
The best wheat in the county is
in this section seven miles SOUTH
west of Wellington. Some pieces
will probably make fifteen bushels
per acre. 1t is estimated that there
is not enough wheat, of this year s
crop, in the county for seed and
bread. The approximate crop for
the entire State is only about thir-
teen million bushels. Wheat is the
nearest to failure this year than
since the county was first settled
Wheat harvest is about over, and
some oats have been harvested.
The oats crop is almost failure
on account of drouth and sand
storms. A good deal of oats were
sown and most farmers will not get
back their seed.
We have had failure Of corn for
two years, and it seemed like we
would have another one this wear,
but the rains came in time to save
1T. almost forgot to say that early
planted corn is nearly in good
roasting ears.
We had the finest prospect for
fruit last spring that | ever saw,
but high winds and dust storms
killed the most of 1t. The most of
any kind will be peaches and apples.
There has not been enough rain
in the past two years to wet the
suo-soll, and as consequence it
will take an immense amount of
rain to soak the ground thoroughly.
Most of the people were so dis
eouraged last spring over the poor
crop prospects, that they would all
have left, If they could, to seek a
land whore the winds never blow
nor drouth prevails. They would
have sold out for almost nothing in
order to get away. But Kansas
nearly always redeems herself in
some way OF other, and so the rains
came and the people are smiling
and taking back all the mean things
they said about the great Sun Flow.
er State.
Well, it would discourage saint
to go through with what the people
of Kansas have experienced in the
past six or eight months.
To give you some idea of their
trials, l will tell you how many
times some have planted their
ground to crops since last fall. The
land was first sown to wheat, and
what was not winter killed was
blown out. Then it was sown to
oats, and nice gentle Kansas
breeze came along. about tie time
1t was two inches high, and took it
out, root and branch. The next
thing to do was TO list it IN corn;
then the wind concluded 10 play
hide and seek around the hills of
corn and filled the furrows ,y;tb