The sun., 1902-07-20
$4,000 ACRES IN One FARM.
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WICHITA, Nan July ts-A ranch ot S'-
~ acre. = not considered extra large when
tine land u -tock.d with wlld long 'horn"d
Texas ste-r-, and there are nr fenc~> ar"und
II. hlt = S0on acr',s b" cut up into h"lds
and fenced IN p.,tup's aud the Who'll" plsc'd
under on" management. II makes farm
worth cunsldrring among the many hg
thing NJ IA. Western country
In northern Oklahoma thcr" lies a tract
Of SoU0 fertile scr-. all surrounded 10y
on, fcuc- and under one management
IL IL known ~ the lOl ranch t'sorg" J"
Miller A Sous Operate ia. ranch property.
the land it~'f icing o~n"d 10y the Pon"a
and Otoe tribes of Indians They raw
the Indians So $40 annually for the u-"
~ thi- land 81 IS All acre for farming land
and IS cents an arre :or rasturr landr
In the Southwest there ar many large
rarches and farm. but none ",Iu'ls the
iOI ranch in exU"u The sherman farm
In western Kansas has under fence about
n.oro acres, and there ar. pastures In
both tho Creek and the Osage Indian
nations covering siAtyor seventy thousand
arre-. but a. a strictly farm ranch the loi
ouiClas.-s all ot them
The annual EXPENSES Of the ranch are
s750D Two hundred men arc employed
during the busiest seasons atty to -"ven,y
l-ing employed the year round The
fence line 81 the ranch j. more than ijO
miles long rh. profits arr NJoUo per
| amman.
tn. iul ranch I. ~ afg- that half the
the time the -upeiintendrn; at ady,uart"rs
cannot tell where une-thrd Of his employees
arr working That In, he could not tell
| urhand, but by consulting h.- Assistant
ana u-iug his tel-phun" IA" would have
them located
The ..a-nn of hardest work has just
ended and the men are rcstl;g after the
harvest The ranch harvested 10000
bushels of wheat and like amount OF
corn this summer There were $3.50 acres
In wheat and 500 acres Sowu in corn.
: III" wheat l. sold IN IT." kansa. city
market AT from o. to ~ cents a bushrl
| Th. prof, from wheat alone this year has
been more than sio0D The profit on
corn j. quite ~ much, while l0.US steers
| ar, marketed every -eiSou.
| Joseph Miller. once q hank preSifent,
j. manager uf the business AFFAIR Of the
, ! ranch He employs eNprri- IN every de-
: | partmrut IT," wh"at and corn h"lds
| are managed hy al expert farmer IN.
cattle are bought and roI hy an expert
-'uck salesman Their" l. even an expert
| bronco buster or two To- attend tn the break
, | ing of young mules brought upon the
ranch to du the farm wurs
Tn. lOl ranch l. conducted - that moth
| ing goes tn waste and every acre Of ground
| l. utilized There r. -v-''in Tot the
y | management II each department
The ~Nrt"m OF wheat predicting on Tie
" ioi ranch has ls-cn widely ,upirr through
y | aui the Southwest and has bs''., the fuuilda-
h ttun II cS"rllent yl'ld- in many paris oi
n | kansas Oklahoma aud Nebraska II -
, | ~ effective that the ranch la, produced
forty bu-h-l- 81 wheat to th" acr". whil"
| u.tghtoriuy FARMERS hav" tdi-"d lc-s than
; | 80 =
- bushels to the ACRE
, | III. Vh"af grown on IA" ranrh cume-
, | FROM --.-i hroushi from Russia AMI tI--
y | 'Tnla SnInc wheat - IlsI brought from
! Paraguay This ], known n Hay frost
D ! prnUf " heat and late f-ors have little ur no
I | rN,s,, ufsrn 'h. growing stems
r The ~lrn sd onrr"s from Paraguay and
! - All l., t.' ir.,g ice pruni N" ooSt uf
-,v'ug wheat ana iarN"-'lng 4, including
o." NH-' - 'l' -s'-f. f. 81 ~ al ac'e, Will"
. oven 'hr frr-' economical wheat Rrov"f~
4 ! pf kau-t- cannot harvest iNt- er'al Tor
."-s than Is a. acre
iaudih,, j. 'o D. -'"u ir whoa = ug ~
~ la'" hi, AMI -nvn h"uair,'-i iu ifir
] ! corn m Or'uh..r Rf'"r thc Kaitir cN,rn
hAs grown -rV"ral inches airN" ~" ground
p the Sh"a 81. drilled 10 without any Hhrr
| cultivation ui 80" ground
:. 'a''i' ar" ir"u allowed -" nlu on The
,.Hr ,-prr until April N"t. Nil" n"
= wheat "untinu"- 80 grow. hu' cann" g"'
? high enough ltnVc ~" ground fYr winter
I
aa'"r. ~ q. 'e rup Il 'hr gr'und and u
earn. THr "a" u,vu"r~ . 'n.'-'' cattle &. II
, | rr.U' ~ fa' 'u.af NhDu .hHUUIrg time
| ,s,u'">
Th, X tNii c,rn sNHr once eaten m drrs
~, n.t.,. az again and th'I- dus- up' inter
y ',-, Orh ihc growing uf No" .,hrl' iu 'h"
-'rirg on ''e r'h"r haui the dry under
| s'u'.L'e r~ow,is back ~" w'-s'- and c',''~
, | -" % r,.s ,.,'rs a clean i,rli 4 gram
,pru pllrtng l"Zir- IN Ai-i' The rul-
uva'inc . ,ini-h,-i bv carlv juno Then
| arliN'f Gr'Ills planning -'h"u' - 'aT'bd
uw
b. " N.n Tho rows - corr COW Tsas
=, | AZ" -nvu To rpw I-a~ ~ uot u's-l
. -,in hiu. ~ or,i"- tu grow ard hy 90" tliur
, ! tN" ,,-rr IL harvested the s.V Jsa, ar
' read, f,r IN" ratt,. COW pa uah" ~
. | criIc-,t f,nd ~ ca'tlr and rs,si h,tlr
To. grca',--' prpii' d'ri,. ffpm amy ncd
= -.i fsr = "rg ratil" J. cuu~arnc' s,ln'-
- ~ CO.. 1rd % vii p'' slu worm ~
", 80 ....-,.,
80 -, - :. -, -
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