The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-30

Churchill, Of Dodge City, who is now
in a sanitarium at Palmyra, Wis, a
victim of serious mental trouble.
Capt. Churchill has been suffering
from nervous troubles for several
months. Mrs. Churchill and he made
an extended trip over the great lakes
in hopes that the captains health
would be benefited, but the benefit
was not lasting.
Capt. Churchill, who has been one
OF the most prominent men in western
Kansas and who has had the con-
hdence and friendship of hundreds of
Kansans. has been a busy man. He
has borne many burdens, and it is
feared that his business cares have
caused his breakdown.
That Capt. Churchill, a tall, broad
shouldered, handsome specimen of
physical development should suffer
from such an affiiction seems almost
incredible, but even his broad should
ers bent under the burdens he carried,
and a nervous disorder which has
caused mental troubles has been the
result. His friends fear there is no
hope for his complete recovery, for
he spent some time at a Sanitarium
last summer, returning to his home
only to go to the Palmyra institution.
capt Churchill has been a lea der
in agriculture, and western Kansas
owes much to him. Capt. ChurchilIs
Morning Glory ranch on the line
OF the Santa Fe railway just west of
Dodge City. is one of the sights of
interest for travellers. The 2,500-acre
ranch in the short grass country was
developed by Capt Churchill into one
OF the largest and most successful
da1rleS in the west, and the greater
part of the cream and milk for the
Harvey eating houses and hotels along
the Santa Fe comes from this western
Kansas ranch which was once, and
not long ago, only a cattle range.
Many others seeing Captain Church.
Ills success followed the example.
Captain Churchill was elected presi-
dent of the Kansas state board of agri-
culture at the session held in 1903 and
1904
1t Will be sad news to the members
of the board to know that President
Churchill cannot preside over the COM
ing meeting of the board.
THE DOCTRINE OF ALFALFA.
Kansas owes much to Captain
Churchill He has done much for the
farmers of the state and in recognition
elected president of the Kansas state
board of agriculture.
Years ago Captain Churchill was
given the title of The Alfalfa King, -
not because he raised a greater acre
age of alfalfa than anyone else in
kansas, but because it was due to his
efforts that the great forage crop was
introduced into the state
-1cCAA eNAtSA NOAlAlitk 10 hdnSaS Cap
tain Churchill was in Colorado. At
that time alfalfa had jumped from the
racine coast to Utah and to Colorado,
but the eastern border of the alfalfa
growing country was in Colorado.
Captain Churchill saw the wonder
Lui growth of the plant in Colorado.
he saw the three, four and five cut
tlngs year. He saw the value of the
hay as feed and he was convinced that
alralfa was the crop the Kansas farm
ers needed Captain Churchill, then a
young man to Kansas and unknown to
the farmers. began preaching from his
one text-alfalfa.
He came to the meetings of the
kansas board of agriculture and he
talked alfalfa. He went to agricul-
tural meetings in the state and he
preached alfalfa He planted alfalfa
on his Ford county ranch and he
proved what he had told the farmers.
In 1892 Martin Mohler. secretary Of
tne Kansas board of agriculture in
vlted him to read a paper on alfalfa
peIore the annual meeting of the
board. He did SO. Later F. D. CO.