New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

Since then rain has been falling in the eunso,
State the same as elsewhere. and. barring the sr
ing OF the crop of 1900. all has been grist ts
came to the Kansans' mill. Tales of riches a.
frequent along the line OF the famous wheat ~,
Men suddenly acquire riches and then they ,o,,..
all about the times of poverty. So much for -
passing of the calamity hOwler." eloauent !,
his pessimistic predictions. so sorrowng that thlnv
have actually changed for the better Ieavng -
stranded upon the high places without so much !.
a thread to hold his arguments in place.
One of the largest wheat growers in Ksp.,
John T. Stewart. came to the State five years A..
without IA dollar. He settled in Sumner cor..
borrowed $50 of a friend and rented a quarter a.
tiOn of land for one-third of the crop. The .,
lowing year he had reaped enough from the rent,
land To make a first payment the Quarter a..
tion. The next year by hard work he paid of o.
MORTGAGE, and in 1900 his crop OF wheat rssAss ss
the enormous sum of 100000 bushels from wb,rsn IA
cleared s64,500 net He is called the wheat Kin
of Kansas. and worth perhaps. $1,000 an rn.s
in five years-by hard work and common sense 4.
sowing and reaping he says
And the poor man alone has not struck il rsc,
Wealth as we'll has come into the wheat grown,
business and they running wheat ranches -
scientific principle. Sol Besley, Of Wellinston
wheat fields and IS now realizing from 30 to 70 D.
cent his investment He has farms in UInni,
And there are those who make fortune the s,v.
year. almost quickly they would in the ~
to Kansas last year after his sons had ali d,sS an T.
the East. found himself lacking everything excsut
upon letters of credit furnished BY friends 5os,s
machinery and sufficient SEED wheat 10 sow a.
thousand acres of land But where he "a ~,
the land? Sloane had confidence in his ability as
wheat grower to rent patch OF SunfOwers Si,n
ing notes for the rent to be paid after the crop hs
been harvested. The owner Of the land later toI5
Sloane he had no hopes of realizing on the notes
but wished to have the ground turned over any.
way, and he figured this would be the ehsaoss,
method.
sloane hired men out OF his spare chsnvs =.
audacity. paying them wind. His promises x.-s
all made i'm good faith. he fully expected !,
harvest a big crop But even experienced farws--
in the short grass country laughed at his antciua
tiOns- Ploughing deep and often converted IA
patch Of sunfowers into fine field of rich blars
burned. the seed wheat WIS sown- Last year bs
harvested twenty-eight bushels to the acre makse
a clear profit of 5000 in one season
There yet remains in the wheat belt msrv
abandoned farms. some of which may be had -
the payment Of tax deeds. These being tsklr
settled States and in many instances the effort r.
put new life into the old soil has proved a lucrs-
tive task Poor widows are taking ~ these a.
serted farms, for women farmers the plains :,
Kansas not uncommon. They make il a -pIs,
to plough deep, and many times the seed las
I'm the fall and harvest as soon possible thrs
lessening risks of hot winds and fall cold snsps
Country folk and experienced farmers are pst
growing business I'm Ksnsas-for II has corns n
be business. instead OF farming OF old Cs-s,
grow up with the towns find the best opporturiss,
on a farm, especially in harvest time To ia
farm they go, arrange lease and begin. Lfs
capital Is required, for the implement cOmpanis
know full well the money be made by a msr
who does not fear work. and they willing 10
advance his interests as we'll as assist their orn
sales
In numerous instances young men. and even
young women, having been attracted 10 Kansas
in the harvesting season by Widespread tales !,
helpers wanted. have themselves taken IN farm
ing as q future business and made fortunes out
OF IT. There wonderful possibilities in ths
what growing industry OF Kansas where thirty
ousnels to the acre Is not an uncommon yield