The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
FOURTEEN HUNDRED CARS
Now In Readiness on this Di.
vision Of the Santa Fe tor
I, Moving the 1909 Crop.

vision Of the Santa Fe for
Moving the 1909 Crop.
Harvest is now in full force in Ford
county, and while it began eleven
days later than last year, it is a great
harvest. The Santa Fe company has
side tracked l400 box cars at Dodge
City and other sidings between here
and Newton to make the start with in
hauling the 1909 wheat crop to mark
ct, so that they are prepared to make
the first trip il necessary with over a
million bushels. This division is
now considered the first to look after
on the Santa Fe as it touches seven OF
the great wheat counties. The com :
pany believes that they have cars
enough to avoid any car famine this
year, notwithstanding the great crop
there is to move.
A few were harvesting in Ford
county last week but most OF the
wheat raisers began Monday OF the
present week. More harvest hands
are needed in Ford county, and some
Of the wheat raisers have made trips
out into other counties to bring in
hands. From every report that has
come in this week, the estimate made
by this paper last week Of the Ford
county crop at 100000 bushels is
not too high. There are SO many
large fields that will 60 TO 20 and 30
bushels, and even higher that the
average will be higher than most
people have estimated.
Carey Orebaugh has 200 acres OF
wheat west OF Soule College that is
estimated at 20 bushels to the acre.
It was raised on sod and the berry
lis plump and particularly clean, in
fevery way a high grade wheat. Har-
vest began in Orebaugh's field last
Monday and he expects to be thresh
ing next week. He has 25O acres
Of wheat near the same place on old
ground. Where the land was well
plowed the yield will be better than
on the sod ground A part OF it was
not we'll put in, and it will have
lighter yield. Mr.. Orebaugh says that
old ground here is better than new
for wheat il crops are put in right.
He will have between 5000 and 5000
bushels OF wheat this year.
One of the fine fields OF wheat near
town belongs to Joe Kliesen, who
lives on what used to be known as
the Hoover place north Of town. Mr..
Kliesen has a 400 acre field that looks
like it would go 25 bushels to the
acre, which would make 10000 bush
els for that field. Harvest began in
this field Monday. Mr.. Kliesen came
here from Ellinwood a few years ago.
, The place he lives on was sold by Mr..
Hoover to Chas. Mellis. Mr.. Hoover
got what seemed like good price at
the time, but the land was soon turned
by Mr.. Mellis at good advance MIR.
Kliesen, who bought 1t last, has
farmed it and a lot Of land adjoining,
and will make more out Of the land
than the others who handled it for
speculation.
Mr.. Massey, who came here thir
year from Pawnee county is going to
take prominent place among the
wheat raisers in the vicinity OF Dodge
City. Mr.. Massey has bought six
quarter sections Of land from Lohrd-
ing & Groniger and has steam plow
at work breaking soil. He has now
nearly o thousand acre farm and ex-
poets to buy some more land to add
to it.
Frank Bissett from Edwards coun-
" recently bought three quarter sec
tions Of land near Ford Of P. Il.
Young Of Dodge City, paying $14,-
500 for il, and he is going into the
wheat business on large scale. He
has another quarter near che Young
land. Six years ago Mr.. Bissett
worked for G. L. Painter here in
Dodge City for time. he has made
most OF his money since that time.
He began in Edwards county on
rented farm, later buying q quarter
section there. He has made q lot cf
money raising wheat, and is one OF
the pushing thorough kind Of farmers
that we need 10 Ford county. When
be bitches up q farm team be has no
/ use for less than six horses. He is Q
young man and started farming be-
cause be thonght II the most profta-
BE thing he could do. He has q