The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-08
DaiFU~ a9lf
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.
mHAr 1s oomINe IN rHE WEI -.

it is circuMScrIDed WneH COAlA0i " ~ '
abe lands of the United States
The wheat lands Of Kansas too low in price True
thew have been increasing in price not yet
within haoaing distance valuation And IN their
upward journey TO value they rising to au no more
The man who is waiting to buy reactioaary slump
viii wait in vain.
All over Kansas you will find certain longheaded IN
dividuals who began some years ago to buy wheat
lands It attered not at all whether we were in the MOL
and toll and brol Of hard times enthusiasm of
perity they went along quietly adding their posses
sions Some Of them have holdings today which be
called hardly farms longer; they are estates The men
who have them are rich; they are going to richer
They have worked the theory aa this section would
some day be the thing sought by hunJccds Of thousands
Of farmers from eastern states who little late in
getting their eyes open The dawn of that day has come
and these longheaded individuals selling yeti they
are still buying It is long time till the Of the Kan
sas wheat belts prosperity
Why? Dr. E. P Miner Of New ork City. a rich east
erner who knows Kansas is tells why in note to
the Eagle What writes he puts down after general
survey Of the country, and this is what he says:
"The crop report for January, 1901 published by the
Agricultural Department at Washington contains tables
giving the acreage production yelu per and value
of the principal farm crops United States in the
1900 From these tables learn some important facts
about wheat crop She second in aver
age Of wheat having 4660876 but she first in
producton-S2 CO. bushels. and the crop had the
largest money value S45368760 the average value
per bushel SIS cents the yield per acre was
Az bushels.
"lInnesota was first in acreage 49O5648 IN produc-
ton she was second to Kansas 51509252 bushels sec
the Of her sS2 450S29 yet the crop sold
for IS cents bushe and the yield per acre was but 100
bushels.
South Dakota had 2o92o244 acres of wheat but the
production but 203496S4 bushels Value per bashel
So cents value of crop S1686817 yield per only
bushels North Dakota had 2.6S902S which pro
duced 1317625 bushels or 49 bushels per acre Market
value per bushel IS cents; value Of crop $7,642204
Nebraska had 2.066825 acres Of wheat wh IN pro
sol 800 bushes-12 bushels the which at
SO cents per bushel, brought l81450O7.
Pennsylvania had 1502321 acres which yielded 1875
bushels to the acre producing 334 bushels which st
Y cents per bushel brought s11GO2560.
Texas had 1,271517 acres yielding 134 bushels per
acre producing 233959l3 bushels valued st "a cents
bushel. the total value of which s14,973384
"1he state producing the largest average yied per
Montana 266 bushels The second largest Ne
245 bushels then Vermont and Washington follow
with 235 bushels. Colorado crop yields O. bushels
Utah crop yield 209 bushels iaho and Connecticut
2O.8 bushels per acre and Delaware POS bushels.
III viii be observed rom cbe fore going facts that Kan
produced in 1900 3O979403 bushels more Of wheat
than other in the Union although price
bushel cents less than in Minnesota the total
value the crop Kansas was S129l793l more
than that of any other state
The value of farm lying in the great wheat belt
of Kansas running the state from to south
each side of lire running through ought to
be selling for just about double price they are sell
ing for The prospect crop now said
10 be far better than it this time the
erop natures wen last year and the price does not
decline farm land in belt would be sell
ing in from average of from 80 to 40 per
cent prices facts in regard TO her
frnne Vno77 o7ror 4l,,
of the Central states there be big boom in farm
land in Central Kansas in 1902
IN corn, Kansas had the largest acreage S62477o
but she was fifth in production 168S706s0 bushels; the
yield per 10 bushels; the value of the croD
e52,43s COZ; value per busheI 80 cents.
Nebraska was second in acreage SO93. Asa third in
production 2o430o64 bushels third value Of the
crop S652SS82o The average price per bushe was 81
cents.
The third state in acreage of corn WAS iowa with
So4S9f6 acres production 305S5094S bushels: value of
the eropat 30 cents per bushel SS2.5S2.1S6
The fourth state in acreage is Illinois, C0So285 acres
production 26fl76226 bushels value Of Tie croD nj 80
cents per husheL Sei556S92 yield per 81 bushels
Then comes Missouri with 64539s3 acres production $50
il04o4 bushels; value of the crop So a27s29
In yield of corn per Wisconsin and Vermont
have the highest go bushels second lows Indiana Con
necticut and Massachusetts, with Is each thri Illinois
Ohio and New Hampshire With ~ bushels each. forrb
Michigan and Maine with S6 bushels per acre In viel
per acre there 50 states that surpas kansas and vet
Only f0ur snrpsss her in the value OF the crop
The combined value Of the wheat corn and oat crop
of Kansas in 1900 was $2o266SS1 than that Of Ne
braska and Is only S141I2SS2 less than Iowa and $40
b'oS less than that Of Illinois; vet her wheat crop is
valued at $22S6o256 more than that of Illinois
Kansas IS the banner state Of the Union if not Of
the world in the production OF wheat and what She pr
duces IS of the best quality and the cost Of nro
aueton per bushel is the least Of any in the world
0n a farm in Medicne I-odse. Barber county, Kansas
we have put in wheat expense Of so cents an
acre for seed which with span Of horses and
wheat aFil put IN at the rate Of eight acres day on
field where The corn had recently been put into shocks
The crop yielded 30 bushels acre. uch croD cons
now be cu b one man. six good horses and header ana
fhro"h INTO header1oXes at Tie rate of acres dav
Three eood men and four boys could an in stacks