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

a peculiar kind Of hook, which is about
the only improvement over the old
fashioned peg. They reach for the
ear and as they wrench it off they give
it turn with this hook and, stripped
Of the husk, it goes flying into the
wagon. They make just one lick OF
the picking and husking. Then, be-
sides, the horses are we'll trained.
Theynever stop, but keep moving right
along the row as fast.as the man can
pick, until they come to the end. The
rows are longer than they were in the
older States. A farmer picks right on
from quarter to half mile without
turning. That helps in making up
| the big showing at the end Of the day.
Frank NJ. Boxer, the elevator man,
of Atchison, came from Jacksonville,
ILL.,, in the heart of what made that
commonwealth the corn State Of the
Union, two generations ago. He has
been twenty years in Kansas.
sThe farmers here" he said, 'ship
out more corn in proportion to their
numbers than they did out Of the corr
counties of Illinois, as [ remember.
They produce more thar the same
number did on like amount of land
in Central Illinois. It is the same
with wheat"
sMuch of this Kansas corn which
finds its way to market" continued
Mr.. Baker, will be exported. 1t will
go out Of the country by Newport
News and by New Orleans. Our ex-
ports Of corn are growing heavier
every year. If there is any decline in
prices by reason Of the Unprecedented
crop the effect will be to greatly slim
ulate exporting. This corn crop OF
Kansas will be two or three years get
ting to market.
Feeding cuts notable figure in the
calculation Of the profits which will
accrue to Kansas from the 300, 0,000,-
900 bushels and more Of corn. A
travelling man made this rather start
ling statement couple of days ago to
group gathered in a hotel Office:
sThe value Of the corn crop OF
Kansas will be more than that of all
the gold and silver mined in the
United States this year.
And then he proved the assertion.
The lowest estimate put upon the crop
is the one just stated. From that the
figures range to 4OO,0oO,00O bushels.
But the travelling man worked on the
minimum basis. When the farmers
came to Kingmsn, the Delavan mer-
chant, one day this week and asked
him what he would contract to give
them for their corn he said promptly
he was ready to enter into agreements
to take it at Is cents bushel. Con-
gressman Bowersock, whose milling
connections make his opinion as to
prices valuable, says some corn may
be sold by farmers at Is cents, but
he doubts if much will. he thinks
the great bulk will bring more. Frank
NJ. Baker, of the Greenleaf & Baker
Company, which will handle millions
Of bushels of the crop, makes IL cents
the minimum price, with probabilities
that not great deal will be sold as
low as that. At IS cents and 30O,-
GOO, 600 bushels the value Of this corn
crop to Kansas is s45, 100000. But
that is far below the actual amount
that will be realized. Half of the
crop for the State at large, probably
more, will be fed to cattle and hogs.
A busbel of corn at Is cents is usually
worth 80 cents when manufactured
into meat on the farm. Then con-
siderable fraction of the crop, perhaps
third, will go into cribs and stay
there until prices advance next year.
or even the year afte7. The travelling
man figured out a value of about
800, 600, 900 in the corn crop Of Kan
sas for this year, and his result was
not disputed.