The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-30

crop ID UegInnInB 10 tou upon
,iops in Kansas, although the
ai;eg season will NOT open for sixty
A quickening is felt in all
j, Of business. Farmers are dis
ling some OF the profits. Lumber
- 9e;7i, ure laying IL great stocks Of
s stuff" At the ninety stations
,,e railroad there will be sold this
the estimate is, 1000 carloads Of
prs! with which to construct cribs.
amount of crib lumber which the
ae State will require is beyond cal
zion.
|8sIsis 43 crib building is a gratifying
Of the big crop year. It indi-
better than words that the Kan
s farmer is master Of the situation.
|, good years have put him where
sI. able to hold oyer q considerable
,,r.ion of his crop until ne can
shat the next year will give him,
$she is going to do it. A we'll con-
s,ted crib in Kansas climate will
!, corn in condition ten years, ele-
\ men say. A crib Of corn is as
81 as a bank account. In these
\, with money almost q drug in the
b., many farmers will deposit their
gy,lus Of crop in the crib aud let it
E there until next year, and even
,u unless prices tempt.
he effect in the anticipation is scon
he rush of old corn to market.
he are fore.handed farmers and
Lp in Kansas, who store up corn
Inst failure. They long ago read
hory OF Joseph in Egypt and ap-
it to their own business. They
the record Of Kansas for third
century, showing the fluctuations
riceS by periods of years. In the
'h seasons they ill the cribs aud
& they wait to guess the top notch.
4 Hstimes they hit it; sometimes they
I'D About ten days ago it became
Bent to the most sceptical Thomas
Kansas had the banner corn crop
@74H history, yield that would go
beyond the high water mark of
"a. Now the corn savers are emp
g their cribs. The steam shelters
uhirring at all of the principal
stations. Hindsight makes some
hem vince little. Repeated re-
s2ls to sell at 3Ocents are recalled
Hhe men who are now letting go at
3nd % cents. But as some Of them
this corn by at ten cents bushel
are only cutting in half the profit
has been possible. One station
s.ing go Of $50, 600 bushels of this
born. AZ another station 300, 600
hels has been marketed in q week.
zahe zshe forks Of the Blue" is one Of
}e fore handed farmers who had q
81 81 crib full os Gnc ccra. The lcesl
ers got after him and hid closer
closer to his figure. Finally one
hem offered the farmers price.
disagreement only was as TO-
!her it should be so much bushel
)ERe crib as the farmer asked or the
e a bushel at the elevator as the
er offered. There was no sale.
fequently that farmer hauled to
and sold to the elevator men for
ply one half of the price upon
fh hey had once agreed. Within
E|lin limits the corn crop is an in
Fting ''ga,nble.''
pro is the universal topic in Kao-
these days. CoT1 starts tie con-
ON the cars. Corn stalks
P!acked up at the station doors to
the travellers what that particular.
ity has done. In the Office Of the
bison Globe is recollection of stalks
- their butts on the floor. When
or Howe stands on tiptoe he can
reach the ears with the tips Of
& fingers. Nothing less than four
feet is considered worthy Of
n. Out at Downs, halfway across
State, the station agent has on
& bition stalks which tower above
depot roof. They measure TWEEN
10 feetand -four inches. A-local
has been inspiredto the follow
s. kansas chinoh bags never die.
fh season they appear,
corn stalks % feet high
se knockea them ont this year IS
bugs may come they come in vain.
II live when they have fiown;
% Kansas but her share Of rain s !.
q abe viii hold her own. ". \:
alre Of the new crop sssnficiently
M4uced 20 jussily u Ching. Ons
r to- illustrate the quality, is
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