Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-04-28

growing period frequent cultivation
is practiced. After the crop is bar
vested the cultivation is not discon-
tinued, but the surface of the ground
is loosened as soon as possible after
the crop is removed, by the use of the
disk harrow, and thus the soil is kept
continually in a condition not only
to prevent the loss of the water al
ready stored in the soil, but this same
condition and mellow surface, favors
the absorption of rain and largely
prevents the loss of water by surface
drainage.
The weed harrow or weeder is prob
ably better adapted for narrowing
wheat or other small grain than the
common straight tooth or slanting
tooth harrow. The weeder is some
what Objectionable on account of the
wheels. When the ground is reason
ably firm the common harrow may be
used without injuring the wheat. 1
question whether it is necessary to
continue the narrowing after the
wheat covers the ground well, unless
very heavy rains firm and puddle the
soil, destroying the mulch of mellow
earth. Usually this will not occur. L
have narrowed wheat when it stood
five or six inches high and had stool
ed so as to about cover the ground,
and the mulch thus produced was
still in evidence at harvest time. In
this experiment the ground was har-
rowed twice on the same day. The
yield of wheat from the narrowed
field was on the average three bushels
per acre above that from the field ad-
| jacent, not narrowed. This expert
ment, with others, was carried on at
the North Dakota Experiment Sta
tion with spring wheat, and it was
observed that wheat narrowed before
it had stooled much was injured in
stand and gave lower yield of grain
than wheat not narrowed. Wheat or
other small grain may usually be har-
rowed without injury before it comes
up, but after the grain is up it should
not be narrowed until it has good
root and made considerable top
growth. 1t appears that even with
winter wheat there may be some
danger of injuring the wheat if har-
rowed too early in the spring, and
would not as rule advise to harrow
it in the fall. Experiments in the
narrowing of wheat and.~tn the prac-
tice OF the Campbell system OF cul-
uure are being undertaken at the FIT.
Hays branch station and also at the
experiment station at Manhattan.
/ f. b. Walker, of Wa-Keeney, Kas..
owner of d Il ,000-acre farm in Trego
county, says The farmers out there
! have gone into the hog and corn raIs-
ing business sin dead earnest" In
that part of the short grass country
hog raising was not taken up until
two years ago, and no attempt was
made to raise corn. ''But corn and
hog raising now forms the leading
industry" said Mr.. Walker. ''All
winter heavy shipments of hogs have
been made from Trego county, and
vast amounts of corn have been ship
ped out. Previous to this winter, a
half dozen carloads of hogs month
would have been a large number to
ship out of that place, but now daily
shipments are not an unusual sight.
liz ldl hlClS nave dloCONCicd
hogs and corn are the most profitable
products on the farm. Wheat raising
is more expensive, and there is less
real profit in it than hogs and corn
The farmers are now planting corn
and very large acreage will be put
"-Drovers Telegram.
Holiness convention at the DowneI
school house Wednesday, MAY 8. 1907
1000 a. m-Opening, VIM. Clawson
1O:3O-Bible Exposition, J. r. Fulton
I1:OO-Sermon, Rev. Solonberger.
12:OO-Dinner.
loo p m.-Soug and prayer, Nora
Snyder.
1:30-Bible Reading, F. III. Curtis.
2:30-SermoD, e. E. Graham.
3:30-Busfness, Election of Officers
Everybody cordially invited to come
E. g. Clyne, Secretary.
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 81, 1906.
w. H. Swiggett,
Wa-Keeney, Kas.
1t San Francisco is wiped out, the
continental loss cannot exceed two
and one-half millions dollars After
paying our loss we will have at least
fifteen millions dollars of assets left
If we lose two and one-half millions
dollars many other companies will
fail Pr1f unvr ncn6 hncinace in tl,1