The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-23
Average Value Fixed by Ap-
praisers So Cents.
RAISING OF CHICKENS
Has Now Grown to Be I'm
portant Industry Here.
Horses and Cattle Do Not Show
Prop0rtiOnate Increase.

A half million bushels of unsold
corn remained in the granaries of
the farmers of Shawnee county when
the assessors of personal property
made their visits in the month of May.
Its total value amounted to something
like s230,000. for the average price
fixed for it by the appraisers was
about SO cents per bushel.
1t is an interesting fact that the ap-
praisers found the corn in certain
townships to be far superior to that
in some of the others, so much so that
Williamsport township corn, for ex-
ample is appraised at SO cents per
bushel while that in Topeka, Mon
mouth, Auburn and Dover is worth
but SO. Its distance from market may
have something to do with the ap-
praised valuation of the Auburn and
Dover corn, but that cannot be said
of the corn of Topeka township.
Menoken had on hand the largest vol
ume of stored corn, 9O,655 bushels,
worth 54 cents per bGshel. Silver
Lake came next with S6,S15 bushels,
worth 5S cents, which shows that that
locality has potential wealth of no
trifling amount stored where it can
realize upon it quickly. Rossville corn
to the amount of 1862 bushels, max
ing it third in the list. Williamsport
where the highest value was appraised
had but 1880 bushels. The total
amount of corn on hand in the entire
county, exclusive of what might be
stored in the mills and elevators of
the city, was 456,132 bushels.
Shawnees Poultry Interests.
This county also comes in strong on
the chicken business record, and the
industry is growing according to the
| figures of this year, compared with
those of last. Poultry, principally
chickens. has a total assessed vaIua-
ton of s5s,S50 where a year ago there
was $17,00 less, or $42,924. Evil
IDENTIFY the Shawnee county farmer
| finds the chicken business worth his
attention The quality of the chick
ems is increasing. also, say the apprais
| ers. Everywhere the chicken. raisers
are improving the quality of their
| hocks so that the nondescript val
| ler-leg" is becoming an historical re-
collection, its place being taken by the
aristocratic Plymouth Rock, Leghorn,
Cochin and other breeds which bring
| more uniform and better results to the
| growers.
| Soldier township. which ranks high
| in valuation of other farm products.
takes the lead in the population of its
| poultry yards and shows marked in.
| crease over the valuation of a year
| ago. In that township the farmers
own, for a taxation purposes, $11, $40
worth of poultry against s7.415 a year
| ago. This is far and away the best of
| the county for its nearest competitors
are Topeka township with S6780 now
and $4,705 year ago. and Monmouth
with $6.020 now and $4.3S5 a year ago.
Dover ranks at the bottom of the
column with s3,715 but it increased its
holdings from $2,646 at which it was
valued last year.
| Horses and Cattle.
Below is given a tabulated statement
of the horse and cattle industry by
| townships, which shows that the num-
| Der of animals is not increasing in the
same proportion. The figures used In
clude cattle and horses of all classifica-
| tions and not separated into the Iii
visions used by the appraisers who
fixed different values upon colts, year.
| lings, 2-year-olds, work horses, stall
| lions and so son, following a corre-
| spending classification of cattle not in
! dicated here. The figures for the two
| civ