The Globe-republican., 1910-06-09
REMARKABLE SIGHT WHICH
WILL ATTRACT THE EYES
OF THE WORLD TO FORD
COUNTY
SHOWN TO OStcRETARY COBURN

6uV ~ HuV Ss~s~"S"
OF the Great Agricul.
turaIist
A one hundred mile drive in q
wheat field.
IN That il the kind Of a trip taken by
! crowd from Dodge City last Satur-
day.
The trip was made in autos, and
the crowd was out TO entertain the
secretary Of the State Board Of Agri-
culture Of Kansas, F. D. Coburn. It
was The purpose to show him more
good wheat than he had ever seen in
one day. and in this as in every other
way, the trip was successful.
The Wheat in Ford county 10 q
sight such as few have ever seen.
There is 10 much Of II, It 10 so
heavy, and the fields are go uniform
chat there is little wonder that Score
tary Coburn stated that he had new
or in his life before, seen so much
good wheat in one day.
The party started from Dodge City
at 1880 o'clock Saturday morning,
with half dozen automobiles. The
guests were Secretary Coburn, his
able assistant J. O. Moler, and
Walter A. johnson, managing editor
the Hutchinson News. President
Fitzgerald Of the Dodge City CONNER
cial club headed the Dodge City
crowd. g. L. Painter, Joe Groniger,
B. NJ. Murphy, Ralph and John
Miller, Gus Lopp and Frank Hutson
rendered the use Of their automobiles
for the trip and drove their own csrs.
The story Of all that was seen On
the trip would make q large volume.
Everybody was enthusiastic and
happy through the entire day. Mr..
Coburn was entertained in the way he
likes best. he visited with the far
mers and with the wheat. Between
farm houses he did't care how fast
the cars went, or how far. When it
was suggested that it was getting
along in the afternoon he said he
didn't care what time it was, that he
was having a good time and would
60 as far as the crowd would.
II you can imagine q drive OF a
hundred miles through single wheat
field, you will have a better idea Of
wheat was seen perhaps, than by any
description that could be given. Be-
cause for that distance it was practie
ally wheat, and more wheat all the
time. Sometimes from one point q
thousand ucres could be seen, stahd-
ing tall, we'll headed, and the top Of
the field as level as floor. A Aremak-
able feature, too. was the uniformity
Of the crop. II was hard after the
trip was ended to say just where the
best wheat was seen. And when
you consider that this hundred mile
"trip was through the part Of the
fcounty where the heavy acreage is.
you will see that Ford county should
have very high average yield this
wear. The start into the wheat was
to be made OF the Ward ranch, but
there was q drive through many fields
Of wheat before ii was reached. Mr..
Ward, who was with the party, has
1900 acres Of splendid wheat From
the Ward ranch the crowd drove
through wheat to Spearville. where a
short visit was made in one OF the
best trading points in Kansas. Mr.
Dorset joined the party there in his
touring car, acting as pilot through
spearville and Wheatland townships.
There was wheat every where, big
fields and big wheat. and it began to
dawn upon the company that there
had been many other big wheat crops
IN the country. The fine improv-
ments everywhere showed that. After
AZ other hour or SO blocking at the big
fields in Wheatland, Spearville and
Ford townships, the crowd drove
Into Ford where they had an enthue