The Ordway new era., 1906-09-28
By DRI
sscRsrARv ,us,,.
cALHAx sxps,,
SUCCESS Of DUNN /
Eleven Thousand ~
Heavy crop--pl,,,,.. i.
ldly-AlI Don. Nh.

~. ,d'y-A'' Don. w,sA...
,rr,'. ut Is ,,n' not unusual Tor a..
msue msu, uns .aai all this talk ID
m'na msn' !. under dry farming I
co,s. ress." said Secretary b.,.
., colorado State coun.rs,.'
," ,lon to a Denver reporter, :
iace OF this pesslml,u o. 4.
. our own people. the d.,,,s
tho counties east Of -.
ing the pas, six noa,s.
simply remarkable.
One Of the most In,.,.,....
trsctins OF what hss ~.
piished through lesitj,s,.
OF advertising our ~.
past year is to be found :, y.
station forty mnes can !.
springs on the Rock i,lss.
nnnn H. rvv' .ainan was practieau, ,
a a. live immigration agent toss =
@ tne territory, and assisted =
oiin OF the Agricultural ~:
veioped a plan for the ezDeri.s
with Durum wheat. Calh,n /. r
yond the possibility Of irrir,,,..
therefore. was up TO that IN.
upon as largely a cattle TENN, @
In 1904 5000 pounds oi ~
tanned from Dakota, vers =,
small tracts. approxima.Inr IN
although the production Of ~
a new proposition. The IN
from ten to forty bushel,. =,
average yield twenty-five pef -
first year. The larger yield, =
spots where scientific metAo,
been adopted. The small yIeld +
result OF sllp-shod method, q
Ing. so prevalent throughout N
None OF the wheat raised i
was sold. but every pound ~
seeding purposes, and In iM
acres were seeded In the Cslln
trict. yielding an average Of e
bushels per acre. Severd q
Durum wheat were shipped sd
south from Caihan station. ~
ing as far as California Sari
spected by grain experts vevI
nounced the finest and plumpet
they had ever seen.
This year approximately I
acres seeded TO this cereal are =
Ing as high as forty bushels
acre where forty-fiye TO ifty poi
seed were used per acre. The 4
OF May and June this year ven
dry. The precipitation for Aph
2.9I and May l.l3 inches. In Id
precipitation was but l.ii. All
fields stood the drouth well. NJ
heavy growth and heading early
which month there was i-2s Nd
ruinfall, about the average fx
Experts have been wa,ehh
methods adopted. and amoas
points decided by this years
IL that grain seeded from The
the goth OF May has produced NJ
results. 1t has n heavier stn!
heavily stooled. with large hssa|
plumper berry. and ripened
evenly than that grown eariief.
seeded In the last week Of May y
list OF June is not so well go
headed.
AT the convention OF ~
Commercial Association IN "
Springs last year. A. J. Henees !
han. made the prediction that
tire Calhan district would oe
wheat field, and this predicuC
certain OF realization. In 1917
binders were sold 10 Caihah .
in 1904. two more binders ven l. y
TO the list; In 1906 twentyone
were sold. and this year lne ~
reached fifty. This year tnl. a
plete steam threshing ou'ls
been unloaded at Cainan,
other was shipped In irom
Kansas. - a,st
"There ere many otner o'A -"
the eastern counties where ~
,ation has increased rsplag
where the present conditions
a permanent advancement nv.
= mention Calhan because. being ;
Divide territory. It's condl.'aI. !.
dicatiye Of the advancement ~. ~
divide districts. During ~
NAV slxty.five homesteadeI1s y ~
date within a few miles '.,O,. ~ ?,
town, In June there We, ~ =
eight filings and in July ~. .ooia
Ave cars Of Immigrants rams, ~
been unloaded at Cainan. ,,I,s
mart OF these people co~ais os',,Ss
southeastern Kansas ana 'Us Ursos
Missouri, snd all being % r
enter upon the hardships = y
up on his Homestead. . ~s .s.r ~
who arriv I'd early in inc a. "a ~
crons OF wheat. oats ana -
equal. II not surpass, y; ;u,ssoo -
have raised in Kansas OF ni i.tsS
"a member Of our ',,,ss OSist11
drove through this enu.e rsseesiI
wears ago, stated to me y NJ \ =
at that time there was !, ~ . tIr4|
he seen for many miles =. ~. ! =
Iu ips ,'i but ' 'undulating prai,,'t,,s Y, ri, {
by tSs a few sheep men. .ss,iou A. nj d T
most every quarter seui''b s,,,s be
rancins ruu from the sod houss b u, ~ y
aa1s and sis.room modern fal% ,nIlss r
instead Of miles UPON upr,hiess
hrnsh and other woI.nsv y ~
Ipere there are endless mile. ..,os. q ~ ~
rye, barley, corn poa~6 ~ 6pest 4
now existing in Coio'tS .Ss ~
"while some Oh i..,,sht ~ n
Knock now and tnsn tnsn..,ssst - =