Arizona republican., 1898-11-23
SUNNY SLOPE"
Points About Famous Farm Whose
 Owner Shot Himself.

Emp0ria, Kas., Nov. 22-Charlcs S. Cross. the banker who killed himself last week. was the owner Of Sunny
 Slape," one Of the most famous stock
 farms in the world.
 Sunny Slope" is three miles north
 Of Emporia. The farm consists Of D. 28O acres. Twelve men are required
 most Of the time to care for the stock. In the Hereford herd are over 425 reg
 iSteFed animals, worth from S200 to
 S1 ,000 each Il is said that MT. Cross
 has sold calves of Wild Tom, his prize : winning Hereford, for S75, ,000. Al the auction sale at Sunny Slope" in March 150 head were crid at ar average prlrc
 of $4G7-
 The raising Of Herefords was the hobby of MT. Crtss. Sunny Slope farm
 was ni.s pride 1T q he determ!ne: lo mako il knc VII throughout .ne United Stat6s. In :peaI.'ng of it q sew n::Iniha ago he said: .i gave my cal ;o tho president; Of big eastern bank and he looked at it coldly and remarked: An, yes; of the En roria bank. Good bank. Hmm. Anything I can do fo2 you?
 ''Y"s.' I said. pointing to the picture of q fine Jersey bull on the wall ' his office. You cln tell me whosa iuil that l3 The Iresident Of tie bank turnc d- sharply around 70 me and said: What do yc.u know about Jerssy bulls: That's my bull l then explained that was the pr0pr:etor of Sunny Slope. ill Kansas. His whole manner changed and he talked cattle for an hour and would hardly let me go. When I did gc, he said. pointing to my card: Take the name of your bank off that card and put Sunny Slope on it whenever you want a quick hearing from an east ern man who is interested in fine cat tie. There are hundreds of banks and only one Sunny Slope herd I follow cd his advice later on when in New York and found he was right. The name was an open sesame 70 the inner doors of the greatest magnates.'
 Of Sunny Slopes :, ,280 acres, twenty five acres are occupied by the buildings and .he small pasture and feed lots ad- iacent. The farm department includes 12j acres Cf alfalfa, POD acres e. sor- ghum, twenty acres of mangel bcets and the balance in pasture. Water is supplied by windmills to a pond, from where it is pumped to q reservoir high above the buildings, thus furnishing running water in pipes to all Of them. The manager of Snnny Slope is Mr. Il. L. Laibfried, who lives with his family on the place.
 1 ..e iced for the stock is largely bought MT. Cross believed that while buying might cost 6 little more the raising Of it meant .oo many diversified interests on the place which would at tract attention from the care O. the cau,le, the main point a. issue. The farm yields 300 tons 0: hay and 175 tons of hay and straw arg bought in addition every year. From the 125 acres of alfalfa 300 tons more of rough ness are cut and the 200 acres of sor- ghun yield another 100 tons. The twenty acres of bees produce 300 tons. In addition, 10000 bushels Of corn, g. 500 bushels Of oats and 250 tons Of chopped feed are purchased annually. These items represent the feed con- sumed by the herd and other farm ami plals
 Nearly 5000 people attended the auc- ton at Sunny Slope in March. At tha sale a 2-year-old imported bull brought $3 eco, an imported hei;er $1,500, an imported bull calf s1,000 and thirty seven head of young cattle bred in averaged $505 each.