The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-11
History Of the 1O1 Ranch Shows
a Remarkable Farm.
Composed of $1,000 Acres in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
HAVE 500 FARM HANDS.
The Operating Expenses Exceed
100000 Annually.
Nine Thousand Acres Allotted to
Wheat, 1000 to Corn.

Winfield, Kas. April 11-An 81
00O-acre farm is one of the big things
of big America. In fact, it is the
largest farm in the world.
Stretching along the southern Dor
der of Kansas, near Winfield, and ex-
tending across the line into Oklaho-
ma, more than $50 miles of fencing
are required to surround its fertile
acres.
Nearly 500 farm hands are required
to till the 1900 acres under cultiva-
ton. Fifty cowboys look after the
5000 cattle and 5000 hogs that roam
its rs 600 acres of pasture land.
There are 500 work horses, 500
mules, and an immense lot of farming
machinery on the place. Its largest
cultivated field contains 5000 acres
A telephone system connects all parts
of the farm.
Operating expenses exceed 800, 600
annually and a rental of $4,000 Is
paid for part of the tract. Net profits
of over s15O,00O are banked each
year.
In addition to its other features,
the farm contains the largest and
finest herd of full-blOOded buffalo in
existence.
Joseph Miller. the principal owner
OF one Hundred and One ranch. as
this gigantic farm is called, was for
merry bank president. Seeing more
money in extensive farming, he trans
ferred the scene Of his business ac-
tiYity to the prairies.
Beginning in a small way-with
only about ten thousand acres-Mr.
Miller has added to his estate from
time to time, generally in tracts of
five thousand acres or more.
Part of the land is leased from the
POnca and OtOe Indians, who are
highly satisfied with the annual
rental of $50, 600 they receive, and are
filled with wonder over the constantly
growing enterprise OF the white man.
OF the twelve thousand acres under
cultivation this year, nine thousand
are allotted to wheat, two thousand to
corn five hundred to oats. and the re-
Tnainder to potatoes, melons and other
crops.
While Mr.. Miller carries on diver
sifed farming, his chief attention is
paid to wheat, corn and cattle.
Last year he had nine thousand
acres in wheat. It was a poor season
for the cereal in that section, and the
yield was disappointing, amounting tC
only one hundred and fifty thousand
bushels.
After saving twenty thousand bush
els for seed, the remainder was sold
directly from the threshers at IS
cents a bushel, realizing $123.5O0.
Twelve hundred acres produced
nearly one hundred thousand bushels
Of corn-this grain yields enormously
on the fertile loan of that section.
A fifth Of the crop was reserved fol
seed, twenty-five thousand busheI.
held for feeding purposes, and the re
mainder was marketed at so cents
bushel, making the income from this
source $4,000.
The twelve thousand bushel crop o.
oats. grown on three hunded acres
was fed to the horses and mules. Thi
amount lasted only two mOnths-twC
hundred bushels going into the mang
eFs each day.
To gather these crops there arr
forty-twO wheat binders, ten corT
haTvesters, i've threshing outfits anC
fifty wagons.
Every modern agricultural device il
employed Labor-saving machinery o
all kinds may be seen and in wholesale
quantities, when not in use EaeI
piece is carefully housed in some on
of the giant barns.
For repair work, that is continually
needed, there is a complete black
smith and Wheelwright shop, whert
four men are kept busy from the be
ginning to the end of the year.
In order to feed his live stock in thu
winter Mr.. Miller raises great quan