The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-23

! that with alfalfa and 40 bushels Of corn
/ ne can facten steer better than o. bush
/ els Of corn can. without alfalfa He IS
/ feeding 100 steers and speaks from exper-
! fence.
Another farmer. H. A Porter. who came
here from Massachusetts in 1874 with
about 500. He has been farming ever
since and now owns SO acres OF fine land
that he doesn't care 70 sell. This year ne
has raised 40 acres of wheat which made
26 bushels to the acre. He says ne does
not owe a dollar and has money loaned
out az interesc- He says my farm is well
improved. with good buildings and fences
and made my money, what I have got,
out OF farming in Kansas.
Perhaps one Of the most interesting in
cidents relative 70 the advantages OF farm
ing in Sedgwick county IS told in the fol-
lowing story Of John Springob, German
who came here in Is72. He tells his story
in this way: Il arrived without a cent
had no horse, wagon or COW and owed
so. I have worked steadily every year
since then. I have let politics and specu-
lation severely alone and devoted my at
tention entirely to straight farming. I
own $50 acres of good land. 81 head Of
cattle. over 100 hogs and L horses. have
about 5000 bushels Of corn and do not
owe e dollar 20 a soul on earth
Mr.. Sprngob is an honest. Woodworking
German and is highly respected by his
nsighbOrs. He claims his land is worth
SO an acre all around and with his per-
sonal property thinks he is worth as much
as $50 900 and made il all farming in
Sedgwick county, for ne has never been
engaged in anything else since he came
here
D. NJ Jones OF this city, came here
from Livingston county, Illinois, in 1873.
He has been engaged IN general farm 1g
ever since. He owns $50 acres of land.
well improved. Mr.. Jones says I went on
my farm when it was a raw prairie and
what improvements there are on It I
made off the farm.
I have IS acres Of fine orchard including
apples pears, peaches. grapes and cher
ries. have sold in one season over $3.50
worth Of fruit, and an average sale for
four years Of $500 yearly. and twenty-four
acres of my orchard is just commencing
to bear. He says. consider this country
has no superior for raising hogs. owing
parity 70 TIE LdCI NldL lfAlS Is a me EpQI-
try for raising alfalfa, which is superior
10 red clover or any green food for hogs,
and with care will last many years with
out resolving. One OF my fields was cut
four times this summer and the fifth crop
is ei gflt inches nigh. Mr.. Jones estimates
his farm as worth $1,000, but says it IS
not for sale.
Another evidence OF the prosperous con-
dition Of Southern Kansas farmers IS the
character Of the loans being applied for.
Several Of our principal loan agents
were interviewed by the Eagle reporter
and they all state that there are very
few new loans being applied for. II al
most every case the loans applied for are
TO take up old mortgages about to fall
due and most OF the applicants are reduc-
ing the amount Of the old mortgage. One
loan agent said that he had pot had an
application for a new loan for several
months, every loan being a refunding
loan. e says Southwestern Kansas farm
ers are getting independent and are now
through borrowing money and those
whose farms are mortgsged are either
paying them of or reducing their inter-
est payments.