The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-04-03

mines, Or Ou the now railroad lines be.
Ing constructed: Others removing the IT.
families personal effects. In the vain
hope of finding u better country In which
10 locate. Som, of the city papers seized
upon these facts and magnifrd them
till the situation was represented Ia hc
worse than II rcnll, was The merchants
In one OF .hc villages gave out that they
would stop selling goods on credit until
time, were better. Many ofihc well-to.
do farmers who had tot, ~ stock In feed
began buying up the wheat for that
purpose and there was such demand
on the crop that towards the latter part
of Angus, the Forsyth Milling company
offered scvcnty-iiyc cents per bu,hol for
wheat in order to keep supplied with
materials for llour making, and the mil
was run day and night. The wheat Of
fancy county was oi excellent quality
and the Forsyth mill turned out good
grade OF Hour that drew custom from
the more remote portions u! the county
and even from North Arkansas.
During the first pat Of August tn.
farmers commenced putting In practice
some OF the theories that had been dis.
cusscd, viz: the planting Of COW peas.
millct, turnips, etc, and /, is said that
the demand for seed wns so great that
the market nj Springfield and neigh.
boring towns was soon drplcicd,and cv-
on st. Louis had a. be- drawn On. In
some places early varieties Of corn were
planted in the nope that it would at
least produce fodder II not grain
A few local showers came in August,
just enough 10 keep hope alive From
some ncighborh0ods came reports of
brighter prospects and that the people
were crcencouragcd. places the pasture
was said to be- better ttan at any pro
vious Sine during the year. We learned
tha, the greater amount OF the turnip
seed sUwn had come Ia naught. my
self noticed few fields where /, was
successful, but II was only under certain
favorable cOnditiOns-in new ground
where the soil was fresh, rich and part
ly shaded by the trees.
Vegetables Of all kinds We're very
scarce during the summer, and when "A
man who took especial pains in raising
vegetables brought his products To mar
ket In Forsyth he always found ready
demand for them. Now, with all this
drought 1t wus demonstrated that veg
cables could bo grown, yet the men
were few who gnvc the necessary care
and attention to this industry. fhc
average farmer does not care to tothcr
with the culture Of vegetables, especial
ly when he has been used TO giving his
attention to stock raising aud the grow
Ing Of cereal and forage crops pertain
ing thereto. In Taney county the good
wife was expected 10 look after the
the interests Of the kitchen garden, n,aud
there was little or no attempt at market
gardening cXccp, in few instances that
came under my observation. | think
there should be- more attention given 10
the many varieties Of fruits aud vcgoiu.
blcs as the diversity OF Tauey county
soil adapiS II 10 many purposes and CON
diti0ns have never yet occurred that
ncccssi,ato II total failure Of everything.
September found the la,c -own crops
suffering for rain, and springs and wells
never before known TO fail, had gone dry.
Some people living on the ridges had TO
haul waterfor stock and household pur-
poses. Mountaineering and peach
drying were in progress. Fortunately,
the wheat turned out even better than
expea,ed, and the peaches, thou gh gen
orally small, were abundant, and the
people were more careful than usual Ia
save US many n possible for winter use,
Those who had good apple orchards
realized more On them than on the prod.
ucis Of all the rest OF the farm. As late
rs September . one man reported a
promising field Of millet, and expected
TO SOW some more. In some places the
gathering of corn fodder had begun, and
it was time to commence wheat sowing,
but this had to be delayed because the
ground was too dry to plow. October
aud November came and went, and still
an insuniciency Of rain. But despite
this the largest acreaicaof wheat ever
sown in Tnnoy and Stone counties wa
put in, and recent reports from there In
dicate favorable prospects fora goot
wheat crop.
During NIL this time "A few homcscck