Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-02
10 McDILL'S MUSINGS.
IN THE WEED FIELD.

| took a tIlp the other day. | thought It
would be good idea to be eff somewhere,
swimming or eating oysters, in case was NOM
mated for Office, SO the notification committee
could have long aunt in the hunt, and the
newspapers would have something besides
Russian defeat and Jap slaughter to fill up
on Just now, l am hid out, and | think it
would be popular with farmers to have now
ing scythe aud cut weeds. hardly expect to
be nominated, for nowadays, the Office has quit
running after the man. You may announce
that | am off in the weed field, and If a com
mttee wants to find me, will be in the weeds
instead of in the water. Now, it must not be
understood that l object to water and oysters, if
there is not too much of them. Too much
seasoning spoils the sauce.
Sine. most politicians have something to say
about he crops, must needs follow suit to be
in the game. 1t is Common to find "bumper"
when there a1e no weeds. When there
weeds, the rule is to have All average, not to
exceed fifty bushels of, say corn; wheat in
proportion. Generally, these rules hold good
ill after the farmer has parted with his surplus;
then it is found that the crops vastly over
rsim1ted. The producers of false information
always have big margin in their favor, md
the producers of gram never have anything in
ll,4irs except big bank showing based on the
deposit of public moneys This year, in wheat,
at least, there is an exception. The "buls"
are having it all their cwn way.
According to three of the worlds best au-
thor,ies, the worlds wheat crop is only little
less than The yield of the two preceding years.
II there is a bread famine, be sure the "buls"
are The cause. Just why there should be a
bread famine in the midst Of plenty of wheat
is one of the profound mysteries Of modern
civilization. Search the pages of history for
wckedness, and there is more wicked, cruel
thing than to command high prices for an anti
Gle that is plentiful. In Kansas, at least, there
is no reasonable doubt that corn is short crop.
Of the corn-6elds that have in two
hundred-mile trip, corn will run from no grain
to forty bushels. One acre in ten thousand
will make forty bushels. hundred acres in
a thousand will make no grain at all.
Iconversed with farmers from different local
tiles, and they all told the same story-spotted
to beat the daddy OF spotted things. l a,n
aware that observation from d moving train Is
not, by any means, the best, 10 be accurate;
but, as I rode on a slow train for 4 consie'era-
BILE distance, l am justified in saying hAr
have formed fair estimate OF the yield in the
fields that came within the range of my vision.
One of the trains ! rode on was so.rough a
road that was generally disocated when l got
TO the end of that road. If there had been an
attempt to run fast, the train would not have
been OIL the track more than half the time. |
could count the rows of corn, but did not at
tempt to count the ears. Now, it may be that
the difference between my estimate and the
other fellows estimate lay in counting the ears
Anyhow, they got more ears in than do-aud
it all lies in the ears.