The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-06-29
SOAKING RAIN SAVES WHEAT
COUNTY BIG HARVEST.
Crops Were Only Beginning TO Show
DEOuth in Places When Rain
Cane.

The soaking rain that visited west
ern Kansas and eastern Colorado, and
which was pretty general over the
state OF Kansas, completely broke the
spell OF dry weather IN sherman
county last Saturday, turning doubt
into absolute certainty. so far as
good crop Of what is concerned in
this county This generous rain came
at the crisis Of the crop year People
interested in the agricultural condi-
ton OF this county had begun to
watch the sky carefully, hoping that
a good, heavy rain would come to
mature the thirsty fields OF wheat It
had been several weeks since a good
rain had fallen here, and the drOuth
was almost broken on Sunday the 18th
OF June This storm, which Originat-
ed near the Rocky mountains, drifted
east at a rapid rate leaving little rain
in the higher altitude, by reason OF
the too cold atmosphere, but spread
an abundance OF moisture in the
north and central parts Of the state,
but at that time il simply Sprinkled
in GOodland. although in some places
in the county there was a consider
able shower
Last Friday evening, after north
east and -easterly wind had been blow
ing in this region for several days,
carrying moisture over the plains east
Of the mountains, thunder cloud ap-
peared in the west, followed by
second They. spread themselves over
this territory, but no rain fell until
Colby was reached, forty miles east
Of here, but the conditions seemed
to remain favorable. and on the fol-
and nOrtheasterly wind, the sky was
entirely overcast by clouds, and in the
afternoon began to fall one Of the best
rains OF the season We have not
heard from anyone what the measure
ment Of the precipitation was, but the
amount OF moisture which fell Sat
urday afternoon and evening must
have reached at least the one and one
half-inch mark. In every part Of
Sherman county IL was a very gen
erOus rain, and if not another drop Of
moisture falls upon the wheat, there
VIII be another surprising crop Of that
grain in Sherman county this year.
The only fields OF grain that were suf-
fering from lack OF moisture before
this recent rain were those that were
being chOked out by weeds, which
mans Of course, that wherever that
condition prevailed, there had been
more or less shiftIess preparation of
the soil So that now both spring and
fall wheat, rye and barley are good
crops this year. Corn is a little back
ward. in harmony with the season,
and If rain cOntinues-and conditions
are now ACCOMPLISHMENTS county
farmers Will be glad later in the pos
session Of bins Of corn.
It-has been cOntended all along that
" eSlEEn AdlASr1S - not LGcAlg al dLA0
country, and that sufficient moisture
falls every year to mature some kinds
of crops, and taking this as a glass
through which to see the future, it
may be said that Sherman county
hencefOrth, under proper tllage, viii
suffer no more from drOuth, and not
so much from pests as the more
favored sections Of eastern Kansas
In the bins Of the farmers Of Sher-
man county today there are thOus-
of nf
ands Of bushels Of corn. which stand
as monument OF the past crop years
Of Sherman county The howl OF the
pesSimist in the face Of one good crop
year, that we cannot do il again, will
OF course, have to be disproved time
and time again, before the frontlets
viii fall from the eyes Of those who
have no faith in perhaps what is to
be one of the greatest and most fer
tile sections Of the United States. The
man who trifies with the conditions in
this part Of the cOuntry-that is, the
man who would never pillow or SOW
except that such activity be both pre-
ceded and followed by a clOud-the
man who trifies thus with the agricul-
tural conditions, must necessarily fail,
and his fail Will be inevitable But
the man who goes forth with pillow
and seed as often as the seasons roll.
never doubling but what nature viii
do her part, and he who puts the
greatest amount Of intelligence into
his work. such a man as this will work
a marvellous redemption OF what geo
graphers were once pleased to cali the
great American desert