The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-06-26
SURE OF BIG CROP YIELD.
Sherman County Farmers Feel Good
Over Approaching Harvest.
Small Grain in the Head and Filling Well
wheat Yield VIII Run from 10 to %
Bushels an Acre-A Remarkable
Year in Point Of Weather.


Year in Point of Weather.
The waving fields of luzuriant grain,
all headed out and Of good stalk, with
the promise Of an abundant yield, puts
glad face on the farmer as he pictures
to himself the bursting bins which viii
purse the sides Of his pocket book and
tend to make life quite tOlerable and
rOseate.
To have seen the amount Of crop in
surauce against hail which was written
out Saturday, and on previous days as
well, would have instilled faith in the
most incredulous and put away all idea
of fiction which might be thought to
surround the sanguine predictions of an
abundant harvest. The hum of the
reaper will be heard in the land in less
than a month, and the stacks Of grain
will gladden. the homes Of the people
The average height Of the wheat is
above the knee, while the rye and the
barley stand at the waist line. The
color Of the growing grain is a dark,
healthy looking green, and as the long
bearded heads are swayed in the wind
one sees a picture like the gentle rising
and falling Of the ocean wave.
Everyone who has sown is confident
that he is going TO reap. Many OF the
farmers put in large acreage Of fall
grain and when spring came they put IN
fair acreage Of spring wheat r D.
Hsrtwig, Of Smoky township, figures
that the average Of both his fall and
spring sowings viii be - bushels to the
acre at least. He says be has nothing to
fear except hail, and the liability from
this source alone Is not very great, as
the cool weather is not a breeder Of hail
storms. His barley also stands high and
shows luxuriant growth.
! J.B. Moore, Of Mcpherson township
said as long as a month ago that he wa
going TO have a good wheat crop and
his prophecy Is coming true. He ssyi
fall wheat will make % bushels to the
acre and his spring wheat Is.
Jacob Trachsel, one Of the most sue
eessful agriculturalists in northwes
Kansas, has as fine a stand Of wheat a
can be seen il the boosted wheat region
Of central Kansas. Last year, which
was not a good crop year by any means
. be threshed more than a THOUSAND
bushels, and his wheat averaged NOR
than 50 pounds to the bushel.
H.M. Sherrod. who lives in the north
east part Of the county, has 100 acres G
wheat which viii 60 % bushels to tn
acre. And the barley OF his brother
r Frank Sherrod, it is estimated, vi
> thrash out 40 bushels to the acre.
wv. Bruner, whose farm is locate
! about five miles east of GOOdlsnd, hs
one extraordinary piece Of xheat, an
. he fully expects that from this sOwin
he will get DO less than 80 bushels
! the acre.
J. ". Smalley has a fine stand {
I winter wheat just east OF the city III
5 stock stands to the waist and bears Ion
well filed heads. A hat thrown out uPO
4 the wheat Is borne up by the grain, it
= so strong and thick.
. And 50 come reports from all parts {
: the county. People are coming MOI
and more to understand the condition
j. and methods which make for success
> Combined with this there has been
> peculiar tendency in the weather
( be cool and to remain that way. Viii
J. a moderate amount Of rain has falle
: blazing suns and warm rains have mad
their presence felt but very little. CrOT
b have been backyard IN growth but ha'
e not suffered from want Of moisture 1T
condition Of the soil and the Eeathi
: have all the while been conducive TO
g good crop year and the harvest viii
i great
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