Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-07
A KANSAS INSTITUTION.
TnE STATE NORTHUMBERLAND SOCIETY
PRACTICAL ORGANIZATION.
In Recognition OF Its Excellence, 1t Is to
Have New Quarters In tho state
House After twenty y-sc,sn Years
Existence rn "a Farm.

Topeka. Kas.. May 6.-tSpecial) The last
session OF the Kansas legislature passed a
resolution 10y which two new departments
are attached TO the state government, or
at least are given room in the state capitol
for headquarters. one is the Grand Army
museum, which has been assigned quarters
In the room across the hall from the gov
ernors headquarters. and the second is
the state horticultural Society.
.The latter is one of the old institutions Of
rtous ORGANIZATIONS For twcnty-scven
icnstrh5fI is9Is thf egsaqiqGarers Of the Kansas iior
house of @. {. Brackett, four miles west
of Lawrence, who has held the office of
annual meeting OF the society i''iy state senas ma
tor Taylor. OF Wyandotte county was
sumo the duties of The ofaet and formally
open horticultural department. at the
Sso0 per annum, and h. alone of the officers
receives any pay. The society, r9ssefses
pubic, AZ the new headquartsrs.,
on July !. Judge Houek, Of Hutchinson,
eight years service. and wil be succeeded
by Fred Mgllhuuse. of Leavgnworth coun.
XII Kansds Mmo " in4SSI kn4NW4 al lr wcb66MSseN N6 a65ud
risshuuly lay claim to ,he title Of apple
man in America to-day has so large an
acreage Of apple orchard as he.
He now mas l,HGt acres exclusively IN an-
pie trees, OF which l,lUo acres win bear
this year for the first time. From the
remaining 49, acres ne has gathered four
teen crops. amounting Ia round figures to
4dt Dlo bushels. The gross receipts from the
sale OF these apples has been $4,000. Of
which Mr.. Wsllhuuse considers $4,000 as
net gain. This shows net income OF
about So per acre for every year since the
trees commenced to bear The largest
crop Mi WtllAouse ever harvested was
in 1890. when his 437 acres yielded 5000
bushels and urttcd him the splendid sum
Of $4,000. With success this year. Is now
appears assured. the Apple King" ex-
poets to harvest 2o0 600 bushels. the net
Eain, from which alone Will be an inde-
Mr. wellhouse does not attempt TO raise
hogs or stock Of any Kind in connection
with his orchards However, but little
goes TO waste under his system Of hand
he puts in barrels and ships The second
grade he has pared Corel and dried-the
parincs and cores of which is used in maxi
The third grade. which includes every
thing left over after the first two grades
are assorted are chopped UP without par
ing or corlng and dried and sent to Eu
rope where they are made into wine. The
jelly and the wine market makes the poor
er grade yield almost as much money as
the first grade
lIr. Wellhouse rursueS no system which
IS not open to every farmer In Kansas
simply the cultivation which should be
bestowed upon every orchard. He has no
deep or peculiar knowledge of the science
of fruit growing beyond an experience Of
that any farmer in Eastern Kansas may
duplicate his success.
He pays no attention 20 the many new
tangled theories of irriGa'an. suh-soiling
and the Ike. hut simply Keeps the weeds
out OF his orchard and trusts to Kansas
ram and Kansas sunshine.