The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-24
KANSAS CORN CROP


Topeka correspondence Of the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat 1.-THE big corn
crop Is beginning to tell upon eondi-
lions in Kansas, although The picking
season viii not open for sixty dayH A
ouickening IS felt in all kinds Of busl-
ness. Farmers are dis99p4ting some Of
the profits. Lumber yards are laying in
great stocks of "crib stun" At the
ninety stations Of one railroad there
win be sold this fan. 4Hesestimate Is,
1000 car loads OF matsbiai with which
to construct cribs. The amount Of crib
lumber which the whole state win re-
qulre is beyond calculation.
This crib building Is a gratifying
sign Of the big crop year. It indicates
better than words that the Kansas far
mer is master Of the situation. Two
good years have put him whore he -
able to hold over a considerable proper
tion Of his crop. until he can see what
the next year win giye9hiin, and he Is
going TO do r. A well constructed crib
In Kansas climate Willtkeep corn in
condition ten years, elb ator men say.
A crib Of corn Is g gQ0i has q bank ac-
count. In these days With money al-
most drug In the banks many farm
erS will deposit their surplus Of crop in
the crib, and let It Btayap ere until next
year and even longer unless prices
tempt.
In the ONCE Of the Atchison Globe is
a collection OF stalks with their butts
on the floor. When Editor Howe
stands on tiptoe he, caH- iilst reach the
ears with the tips Of his myers. Moth
ing less than fourteen feet Is consider
half way across the BtatQ, the station
agent has on exhibition talks which
tower above the depft Sroof They
measure twenty-five le8t and four
inches.
From a variety Of points OF view the
Kansas corn crop affogQ satisfaction.
D0ddridge, the cattle feeder OF White
GUY. came into the 6bt5t house at
Council Grove one day this week and
satd: ss.s.
q lot Of difference IN driving stock
where the roads are not fenced. II q
brute leaves the road now and tries TO
run into the corn the faEs hang across
make Roadway"
Congressman Bowe1aJek, Of Law
renee, has very large milling interests.
perhaps the largest OF any individual
owner In the state.
I'VE shall grind four times as much
corn meal this year as we did las" he
said. 1.-THE consumpuoPpwll be In
creased by this large Crop. Wheat will
be higher, In my oplpleni than It has
been In several years except for the
period when Letters operations ad-
vanced It. The price of wheat Affects
flour. I have observed that whenever
creases largely"
"Does this great crop mean lower
prices for eorn?" Mr.. Bowersock was
asked.
mo-" he said, 1T don't think so. We
shall not see ten cent corn this year and
I don't believe we shall ever have 1t
again in Kansas. There is close rela-
tion between prices Of wheat and corn.
The former viii tend to hold the latter
up. That is always true. But more
than that, our farmers are no longer
obliged to rush the corn on the market.
They can hold over o large part OF the
yield; and my belief Is they Will"
An investigation made In one OF the
northern central counties Of the state
shows four out of FIVE farmers abund-
annfbsr yea,. without borrowing a dol.
To- a9 sr
NJ poYersock and other public men
81 Kansas opree that the dement's of
the 800 900, 900 bushels OF corn VIII be
more widely distributed and that o
greater proportion Of the profits Will
remain In first hands than would be the
case with any other source OF agricul.
1SaS =, 80 1saS rnads the growers IN this
1t,.o t,s5ane,dart b,,t wheat "a raised
.S,,ssSri,,SS y,;InoTity az Kansas farmers.
Ms aSyonce in cattle and hogs OF the
,ast tbree vsnra I1as nut many millions
i i,to the nociets 81 the stockmen, who
constItnts another minority, Now
comes thls unprecedented corn crop,
and Il seems ~ if every farmer in the
stSte has. some Of IL. Not only that, but
sS,,,,,,orc,si mon nm TIE road. LAWYERS
a. .a,,.,s re tha Sand busIness
= men psnernlly who own ground from
nm acre nm are telling Of the height
ot.tSi,s. ana Siza ~ eSFi in their p9r-
tts,,is, ,,otcbo9 n n St1Ith the Mo-
,,ssr boTficriitr,rist az DOUGLAS county,
.e,,,,+S III ttjS ne one ~ the most dIscour
49,. harr,, sos0nS he ever knew But
I,s r1,t IN corn yvberever he had a va
can't acre "iust 10 Keen the ground
eisan - ana Gavs no will make no as a
Ssr,,sr some ~ the nrofits lost as a
ts a,i,'e sr. So 20
NJ, Iii, 10, sv.rv farmer IN Kansas
.srest cor coyr''. iris veaT.s mt perhaps the
,S6nortJon which viii bSye TO share
pPr ,ogg ' Sith n landlord h. smaller than
- V ~ ~ ne other sfs4es. Inouiries
I,.5a q, esvsraI co,,ntJidSI6e mast week
ssoTo5 that less tban 5per cent OF the
,,,StJ,,otod iond IL owned Inv non.resl-
dsatS mis- line ~ inygstl9ation was
S,,,-S,,od IN 4 dozen counties with refer
80 eSnac,SIiv 10 the farms ON which
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