The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-17
CAN GROUSE RAISE CORN ?
WELL, JUST READ, AND THEN
YOU CAN, TOO.
Lives IN HIS Corn Field in Dry Weath-
er and Makes the Crop by
Working.

Among the successful azrfculturfsts
and stock breeders OF Sherman coIIn-
" is J. W Grouse living on section
z6-S-4z, southeast Of KanOradO- II
was his son, Elmer, who died in this
city recently Of meningitis And while
in GOOdland the other day a reporter
for this paper asked him what he
was accomplishing IN a farm ana
stock way in Sherman county
Some idea OF the success that ne
has achieved may be seen by looking
through the small end Of micro
scope. in this case being so acres Of
ground, and seeing at the other end
$500 bushels Of fine corn This IS
one item IN his last years farming
Besides feeding corn 70 his 10 head
OF cattle and horses, he still has IN
the pin this spring 1000 bushels for
any future use he wishes 10 make OF
He says ne has an abundance OF
rough feed for his herd, while most
OF the farmers Of the county were
pretty short this spring. If you are
ever in the Grouse neighbOrhood you
can well AFFORD TO take time to 90 and
inspect his herd OF cattle, for you
would see one Of the prtttiest punches
OF Aberdesn-Angus in this part OF the
country. Not all OF them are pure
bred, but some are, and Grouse al
ways keeps as good bun as he can
buy to head his herd His cattle are
shiney black, and fat from good care
While buyers were here last year, they
bought a good bunch OF red cattle at
a certain place and paid 3 y cents Tor
them, but when they came to Crosses
place, nothing but 3 y cents would 20
and he got it That shows what care
and breed viii do
But CrOuse's method Of raising corn
IS OF value. When he has old ground
ne uses that for corn like anyone else
you'd He gives the ground a good
blowing when he thinks 1t needs IL,
n
ploW that eighty acres, and 1t made
him almost thirty bushels to the acre
But he goes after II hard with the
weed cutter and cultivatOr, which are
the implements OF salvation He
plants a medium sized white dent
corn, lists il in When the corn is
four TO six inches high, he goes over
the field with a disc weed cutter,
gOung corn to the center OF the rows
After few days, he goes over the
field again, this time throwing the
dirt toward the corn and cutting what
weeds remain in the center OF the
rows. But this process doesn't Level
up his ground much But ne levels
il with a harrow, going right over the
corn, which process some people
would be afraid to do. But agTicui-
turaI safety in this particular doesn't
lie in fear but in doing that very
thing It bends the corn over tenn
pOrarily but il afterwards straightens
and IS better for the narrowing. He
narrowed his corn when it was six OF
eight inches high.
In dry weather Grouse puts in his
best Hcks. He lives in the corn field,
so TO speak He begins cultivating,
and never quits until rain comes, and
we almost feel like saying that If rain
doesn't come, he gets a crop anyway.
But cultivating we'll the loose surface
OF the ground is a most valuable me
thOd OF growing corn, both in favor
able and UnfavOrable weather.
Last fall he hired a man to shuCk
MS crop Of corn, and so well did it
yield that the workman made as high
as $2-5O and 50 a day at 4 cents a
DusheI. Grouse raises wheat and eV-
srything that Will grow. This year
he has in ESQ acres Of small grain.