The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-18

| was in the cattle business exclusively.
| The fertility Of Oklahoma soil and the
! company TO engage in the farming upon
| a large scale. The success that followed.
! has been phenomenal and at this time
| the company has l9,00 acres Of land in
active cultivation. while more than 1903
cattle Craze in its pastures. Equipped
with the best and most improved ma
chinery. and thoroughly familiar by
actual experiment with every detail re-
| quisite for successful farming in Okla
bona. Ranch 1M" enjoys a reputation
for thrift and enterprise that has ex-
tended 10 every state an the union
The raising OF wheat is the chief in
dustry or Ranch 10l7 Eight thousand
acres planted to wheat last fall. some
of which has yielded more than forty
bushels 10 the acre and tested sixty
four pounds and two ounces 10 the bush
Fl. while the bulk of the crop VIII test
over sixty pounds Thirty-four binders
are necessary to harvest the immense
acreage.
Ranch 10l" uses the best Of everything.
BY planting the best variety Of wheat
and getting by way of illustration. an
increase in yield Of two bushels an acre,
there is q total increase of 5000 bushels
on S.Q98 acres of land. which is equivalent
to S coo i'm cash IN the same way is best
machinery profitable IN the end The best
machinery does the best work with less
repairing. which is a gain in both time
and money.
Six years ago. we commenced to make
wheat growing a business. Having had
no experience, we prepared the land in
the old way. using the first kind of seed
that we found Like most tanners, we
thought that the quality O fthe seed mat
tered litue-that wheat was wheat. But
IN buying seed wheat for so large an
acreage. we naturally found many varie-
ties and used number Of them.
When the harvest came, we discovered
a great diffe renee in the yield of wheat
on land sim ilarly situated. some fields
making more than twice that Of others;
some of the land was covered with weeds
after harvest, while other land was Der
fectlv clean. Upon studying conditions,
we found that the differences were caused
by the qJaIity and condition Of the seed
Used We decided to have only the best
seed wheat in the future.
In drilling our wheat we used n disc
press lLNts kLlch% tA tltr T ltiifA VIC ilt
featuring company. Of Moline. H. We
plant from one to TWO bushels per acre,
according to the size OF the grain and
the richnes sof the soil. Rich soil requires
more grain. as the growth is heavier. II
the soil is strong and the wheat falls
down. keep planting a greater quantity OF
seed. season after season, until the gain
stands up
After much experimenting and careful
selecting we have obtained two of the
heaviest selling. strongest growing and
heaviest welding varieties that can be
growing. 1t natures at least week be
fore any other wheat Tt makes an i'm
mense amount of good winter pasture
and has never yielded less than thirty
two bushels to the acre. It stands win
ter remarkably well The thermometer
here has stood twenty degrees below zero.
with no snow on the ground and none Of
the Frost Proof May was killed. 1t can
be grow narywhcre in the central west,
and is ready for cutting anywhere from
june I 10 8 Our MAMMOTH Red is not
recommended to be grown anywhere
north of Kansas because of the severe
winters. but for southern Kansas, Sogth-
eru Missouri Oklahoma. Indian Territory
aud Texas is unsurpassed.