The Globe-republican., 1910-06-16
NEXT WEEK SOME FORD
COUNTY FIELDS WILL BE
READY FOR HARVEST 1
GREAT CROP OF WHEAT SURE
More Harvest Hands Needed.
Assistant Secretary Mohler
Talks Of Ford County's
Crops

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next week, and by the following week
1t will be in full swing. The de
mand for harvest hands this year will
be heavier in this county than il has
ever been before. The yield is heavy
and the acreage is large, and in ad-
dition to this the percentage that
will not be harvested is so small that
1t will not be noticed.
The Dodge City commercial club
will do all that it can to assist the
farrsrs in securing hands. A few
b, been coming in this week, and
have been sent out over the county,
and it will be to the advantage Of the
wheat growers, no doubt, to pay az
good wages as is paid by the other
counties. A farmer who was iu town
this week said that he was going to
offer the top wages from the start;
thathe was not going to let hands
pass through to some county that
would pay more. II this years crop
can be harvested so as to save it all,
the county will be close in the lead in
the state.
Regarding Ford county and her
crops, Mr.. ]. @, Mohler, Secretary
Coburn's capable assistant, gave the
following interview to the Kansas
City Journal, the interview being
printed in Sundays paper.
"Our motor car trip through Ford
was revelation even to our Dodge
City hosts. They knew in a general
way that the wheat and other crops
presented promising prospect, but
apparently they were as much sur
prised as their guests by the uniform
excellence Of the whole and the we'll
nigh endless acres Of growing wheat
Snd oats, barley, corn and alfalfa, the
first three nearing maturity, and
which will soon succumb to the grim
reaper Of the cereals, while snug
stacks in the fields told Of the first
cutting Of alfalfa already harvested.
Nothing short Of calamity. such
as the bottom falling from the earth.
should prevent Ford harvesting q
phenomenal aggregate Of wheat the
next thirty days, and it is estimated
that several hundred harvest hands
will be imported and find diversion by
bringing in tho sheaves. While Ford
was wearing a mighty fascinating
dress on the occasion Of our visit, she
is not unaccustomed to blossoming
forth each spring in a new and at
tractive rainment, suggestive Of the
better to follow. That the country
is luxuriating in prosperity Of some
years standing is attested by the i'm
provements on every hand; the new,
large barns and granaries. the COM
Portable attractive modern homes, the
thorough and up.to date farm equip.
ment, and bank deposits that tax the
tills OF their financial institutions.
These are not the portion Of a people
living in poverty or impoverished
soils. AS matter of fact, much OF
this progress and wealth is the result
Of better methods Of farming, meth
DDS learned at the cost Of years OF ex- |
perience and labor.
Zone Of the most gratifying feat |
ures OF the trip was to have pointed |
out those pioneers who had faith in
The county and stayed with it through
times Of evil report, for these are the
men who are now reaping their re-
wards earned by their courage and
persistency. II was not uncommon
to be introduced to early day settlers
and aiterward be informed that they
were worth $4,000 or more dug
from Ford county dirt. Poor men,
financially or physically, appeared to
be as scarce as harmful insects, and |
we saw none Of either, although
keeping sharp look out for BOTH;
Ford is but another example Of the
wonderful transformation that has
been wrought in Kansas agriculture.
A part Of that region once regarded
as belonging to the farming scrap
heap it is now contributing to the ma
tons storshOuse large surpluses Of i