Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-27
KANSAS LAND is PRODUCTIVE
Bushels of Wheat Per Acrs-Big
Crops Come Biennia1Iy. Ft |

Albert Z. King is at the Land show tell
ing visitors how they may raise from
thirty to fifty bushels Of wheat to the acre
in the unirrigated parts of western Kansas
and eastern Colorado. He Is enthusiastic
about the possibilities for profitable farm
ing in that section.
He has spent seven years in that locality
and is we'll qualified TO speak OF the re-
sources and opportunities that are open to
progressive farmers The rainfall is from
IS inches per annum in eastern Colorado
to about Is inches in parts of western Kan
sas. The farmer who locates there must
first make up his mind to learn from his
more progressive neighbor how to get the
best results from his land.
THE Payne brothers. who live five miles
northwest OF Mcdonald in Rawlins county.
Kansas, have discovered the secret They
located there five years ago, but have
been successful in raising from thirty-five
to fifty bushels of wheat every other year
since One of the brothers has raised three
crops OF wheat in five years. no one Of
which has run less than thirty-seven
bushels of wheat per acre.
| His methods are the same as used by
many others in that part of the country.
After his crop of wheat has been har-
vested, ne plows up the land imme-
diately, and later in the fall he goes in with
lister and lists deep burrows, throwing
up ridges on both sides The action of the
frosts during winter is beneficial and the
burrows or troughs prevent the moisture
that comes during the winter from running
off
| He splits the ridges in the spring and
cultivates during the summer after every
I ,F,,Fa mil
growth of weeds, but also conserves the
moisture that falls on the ground. When
seed time comes in the fall he has a seed
bed in the best of filth and well stored uT
with moisture IL does not take long foI
the wheat to sprcut and get good star
before winter comes on. Where this plar
has been tried It has proven an absolute
success.
Some OF our eastern friends object t.
this style Of farming, claiming that the!
lost the use of their land every other year
II these obiec-ors will only stop to con
slider that the average production Of whea
, In Kansas is only about fifteen bushels pc
acre and In Nebraska only about eighteei
/, bushels per acre. they will readily see tina
, Il pays 20 do the necessary work for tw
/ years II a crop Of thirtyfive to fifty bush
, els OF wheat can be produced. 1t is no
.
- omy and saving ot labor which can b
. readily seen.
while western Kansas is not a cor
1 producing country, yet a great deal OF goo
corn is produced there. Twenty-Five bush
els per acre is common and now and the
! some progressive farmer gets as much a
thirty-five bushels and in rare cases fort
bushels per acre. Broom corn is grow
o successfully In any OF the western countie
: Of Kansas. Flax is becoming native Gro
and one that brings splendid returns. Fee
crops like cane, kaffir corn and milo mali
: have been grown successfully for man
years.
I To so back 10 the wheat crop, Il may b
. interesting 10 know that the red Turke
A wheat produces best and gives most satii
faction 10 the farmers in western KHnsa
= Macaroni wheat had quite a run for two
n three years. but the millers discouraged II
. growth by refusing 20 pay within 3 or
cents as much as they paid for wlnts
wheat Macaroni wheat does not produC
as we'll although Il is surer crop
5 grown under the careless methods usual
! used in that country"