Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-04-27
A Better Farming Train.

schedule time Friday and was
met by large crowd of farmers
and town people
AS the train pulled into the
station the children of the public
school headed by VonProskys
band marched onto the platform.
The band played while the peo-
pie were seated in the cars pro-
yided for those who desired to
listen to the lectures.
There were seven cars in
the tram and lecturer for each
car.
Prof. H. M. Cottrell, Agricul-
tural Commissioner of the Rock
Island was with the train and
and was one of the lecturers.
He spoke of conditions in the
southwest and of the progress
made in the development of the
country. Among other things
he urged less acres and better
cultivation, and the diversifying
of crops. He made special mem
ton of the benefits of raising
suchcrops as swere better adapted
to this climate and mentioned
Milo and Spanish peanuts as two
of the very best. AS most every
one here is familiar with the
Milo we will mention a few of the
things said of the Spanish peanut.
He said that one season which
came under his observation there
was an extreme dry and hot
spell lasting five weeks. The
peanuts came through and ma
tured and made good crop when
there was little else raised.
They should be soaked in water
"a hours after which they are
planted, pods and all in rows s3feet
apart and hills II to IA inches
apart. The vines ne says are
fully equal to alfalfa and the
peanuts make excellent feed for
hogs. The hogs are turned in
/, and harvest the crop for them
selves. The vines are cured
about the same as alfalfa. From
three to five hundred pounds of
meat can be produced from an
acre of peanuts. By finishing on
Milo the meat has a very fine
peanut flavor, and the Milo makes
it firm. They should be culti-
waited three or four times. Mr..
Cottrell repeated much he has
said in regard to Milo and places
it in the front rank as crop for
this section. He referred to this
country as the great feeding
ground" and he and others urged
more and better stock.
A. L. Sponsler, secretary of
the Hutchinson fai- was on the
train and made a talk, He is
boosting for the Hutchinson fair
and incidentally Southwest Kan
sas. He extended an urgent in
vitation to the people of Meade
county to come and make them
selves at home and lot of them
will be there.
In another car ]. w. Ross State
High School Inspector spoke to
the teachers and pupils and had
a verv attentive audience,
Mrs. Lee Monroe of Topeka, a
leader in the Social Center work
entertained the ladies and made
a talk which was both entertain
ing and instructive.
]. w. Longstreth of Lakin,
with the U. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture made an interesting address
on irrigation which should have
been heard by every citizen of
the county.
A mum Der of others made talks
but we were only one and could
not hear all. Among the others
on the train were the editor of
the Hutchinson Wholesale Times
J. S. George, wholesale mer-
chant, A. H. Sutor, Banker, ]. E.
Conklin, capitalist, d Leo
Sheehan, reporter of the News,
of Hutchinson, ]. B. Reschel OF
the State Department of Agri-
culture and Alvin II. Stinel of the
Southwest Trail.
The train is drawing good
crowds all along the line and will
undoubtedly be big thing for
the conutry.
We we're very much impressed
with the talk on peanuts. Hav-
ing at one time lived in country
where they were looked upon as
one of the main crops both as to
vines and peanuts and having
seen their value as feed crop
demonstrated we are sure that
Mr.. Cottrell is absolutely correct
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