Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-01-29
coeuRN's BIENNIAL"
It is Pronounced the Best Agricul-
turaI Book Ever Published.

Notwithstanding Coburn has is
sued a biennial report of the Kansas
| board of Agriculture. 1t is book
of 1,127 pages and is filled with infor-
nation beneficial to the agricultural
and live stock interests Mr. Coburn
says it is the best biennial" the de-
quainted with such work say it is the
best agricultural book ever published
anywhere. 1t contains a revision of
the quarterlies on Shorthorn cattle,
Hereford cattle, Polled cattle and
Kansas wheat-grOwing, the proceed
ings of the two sessions of the board
and statistics covering nearly every
thing of Importance in Kansas.
AS a frontpiece, the secretary used
photo of Dan Patch the great pac-
ing stallion, by a Kansas horse.
Scattered throughout the book are
pictures of the prize winners Of all
the big cattle shows down to and in
Guiding the recent International show
at Chicago and the great show Of
England held only a month ago. All
articles Of every description are well
illustrated, and the statistical infor-
nation is complete.
Under the law, 10000 copies of the
book were published. The legislature
later on will appropriate money to
pay for postage on the books. Until
this is done, applicants must send the
secretary 33 cents for postage on
each book.
In his Introductory, Secretary Co.
burn says:
To the Legislature of Kansas:-In
behalf of the state board of agricul-
ture, we present this volume as our
thirteenth biennial report, for the
years 1901 and 1902.
It's purpose is to be practically
helpful to the farmers, stock raisers
and business men of the state, and to
record clearly in statistical form her
agricultural output and values, assess,
ed valuations and population for the
biennial period to which it especially
relates, besides telling in less detail
the story of her achievements in pre-
ceding years.
Its statistics, more than borne out
by those of the national department
of agriculture, demonstrates that Kan
sas is already the forward common
wealth in some most important lines
of agriculture, and has attained or is
rapidly progressing toward leadership
in several others. She stands accred-
tied with a wheat crop never equaled
in magnitude elsewhere, and corn pro-
duction which but few states surpass,
while in those other wonderful crops,
invaluable to animal husbandry, alfal-
ia, Kafir corn and the saccharine
sorghums, Kansas leads so far as to
make ludicrous any suggestions of
rivalry.
The value of the states agricultural
and live stock products for the bien
NAL period just closed was S719,401,-
S52, or 1874 per cent greater than that
of 1899 and 1900, and the largest in
our history
Growing sugar beats is new and
element of good promise,
brought into the husbandry of the
western Arkansas valley counties,
within the past two years, To en-
courage its development the legisla-
ture of 1901 provided a bounty of 81
per ton on beets containing not less
than IL per cent of sugar grown in
1901 and 1902 and actually used for
sugarmaking. This bounty was paid
on 1.74L36 tons, grown on 81 acres,
by II growers. The average sugar
content was IFS per cent, ranging
from 1873 to 22S. 1t is believed that
the aggregate quantity of beets grown
in 1902 has been considerably more
than double that of the previous year.