The Goodland republic., 1906-07-13
A BIG TIMELY RAIN FALLS
VISITS THIS SECTION SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.
Fan Wheat Is Ready for Harvest and
Spring Wheat Coming on
Fast

What appeared to be a general rain
visited this section OF the country last
Saturday, the precipitation being suf-
dcientIy heavy to bring out the late
/ crops toward their maturity, and to
I give the corn fields the Quickening life
that is much needed at this time OF
/ the year. The clouds had previously
/ appeared in abundance, and when the
I wind changed to a nOrtheasterly di-
rectiOn, rain conditions developed,
and in the storm OF Saturday, no less
than one inch Of water fell over Sher-
| continued afterward, and in the fore
noon Sunday, showers OF rain fell in
| spots all over the county
Reports from some parts OF the
county after both OF these rains, seem
to upset the idea Of a general rain,
for in the northeast part Of the cOun-
I ty the precipitation was very light If
there was any at all in some places.
1t was reported in this paper a week
I or two ago that the early sOWings OF
| wheat were Tipening for the harvest
and much Of it was Of good quality
before the recent heavy rains. There
were also a good many acres Of spring
wheat put out rather late, that were
| in the head or about to head out when
these last good rains occurred. So
[ that now the farmers are Of the Op-
| iniOn that the late fields Of grain, will
| in all probability produce heavier
[ e.
| that as il may, an investigation Of the
I probable wheat yield in Sherman
county BY the editor Of this paper,
with farmers from different parts Of
the county, reveals the fact that this
/ year there will be as much, or more,
wheat produced in Sherman county
than there was a year ago, when ev-
! eTybOdy was satisfied with the heavy
yield, and seemed to think it was a
bumper Of a crop. This 1906 produc-
ton Of wheat would only have to yield
a little less than Is bushels to the
acre on an average to equal the
amount produced in 1905, which was
272,79O bushels, figuring an average
/ last year Of Is bushels per acre. Last
year the acreage Of wheat in this
county was 1856. This year it is
$500, more than twice as many acres
as last year, which, Of course, would
| only require half the yield, but at this
early stage Of prediction, it is fair
| to say that the average yield Of wheat
will exceed is bushels per acre. It
| is even fair to say that il will yield
| ten bushels TO the acre, which will
make the 1906 wheat crop amount to
3S9,7OO bushels
Contrary to the optimism that is na-
tural to people generally the Sher-
man county farmers have been under
estimating the crops raised in this
county. In accordance with this rath-
| er strange characteristic, a great
many have feared that the crop Of
1906 would be little better than a fail
ure. People know better since the
coming Of these recent crOp-maturing
rains In fact, no one has good rea-
/ son to complain and the season has
/ been extremely good. If this is not
shown by word Of mouth, it is evi-
Il denced by the rush Of prosperity,
which. instead OF being on the wane,
/ is really on the increase Confidence
in the future OF this great western
country seems to he abroad in the
land Farmers are even now pIow-
ing up more land to be put into crops,
depending upon the practicabilfty OF
agriculture, not only next year, but
the next, and so on
Corn is coming on rapidly, and the
cOnditiOnsc favOring rainfall may do
more than is expected for this parti-
Cular crop later in the season.