Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-14
CORN WORTH TALKING ABOUT
Travelling Man Tells of the Sights He
Has Seen in Nebraska.
INDIAN ON HOW TO KEEP COOL
Another Travelling Man Says Omaha
IL the Banner Burg when 1t
Comes to Counting the
Automobiles.

Speaking Of corn" said Barney Hutch
inson. a travelling salesman for Chicago
hardware house, ''the best that have
ever seen at this season Of the year, and
I have been on the road better than twenty
years, most of the time making the agrt-
cultural sections of the country, was out
in Butler county, near David City last
week. This corn was growing on the
farm of Peter Thurson, and he has a
field of eighty acres. Right at this time
the corn is out Of the milk and is beginning
to harden. was out in the field, going
on an invitation. and after getting in a
dozen rows from the edge of the field.
1t was like being In a forest.
''The stalks in the Thurston field are all
the way from ten to fifteen feet high, some
Of the ears coming out at points so far up
that in order to get them, they will have
TO furnish the huskers with shot guns to
bring them down. Many of the stalks
carry two and three perfect ears, while
in some instances there are four and five.
think this corn will easily run sixty
bushels to the acre and there are many
fields in the vicinity that are almost as
good.
IF anybody tells you Nebraska is not
going to have a corn crop this fail. Just
remark in reply that they don't know
what they are talking about On the
whole, it may not be a bumper. but 1t
is going to be close to the annual average" A."
He was one of the Sioux Indians con-
nected with the Buffalo Bill show and was
sitting In the shade of a telephone pole
on the show grounds, wrapped closely in
heavy blanket, tanning himself with an
eagle feather. This Indian was Flying
Hawk, and was the center of attraction
While the white men and women, who
were about him were perspiring freely
Flying Hawk seemed to be as cool as the
proverbial cucumber.
Asked how ne managed to keep cool with
the mercury flirting with the century
point, Flying Hawk answered in the best
| English language that he could command
saying:
What keeps out the cold keeps out the
/ heat This is an axiom that I think was
| coined by my granfather, Hits-the- Pipe
who eighty years ago was living upon the
Missouri river at the mouth OF the Cannon
\ ball. In winter the old man had no d$fi
cutly in keeping warm. but those Dakots
summers were a fright. FINALLY he com.
menced wearing buffalo robes, hair-sidt
difficulty in keeping cool in summer. This
covering. you see, kept out the heat"
|
George Wilkinson is at the Merchants
having come down from the extreme north
western portion Of South Dakota. bringing
load OF feeders. Wilkinson says the
range proposition in the section Of South
Dakota where he resides is a problem. II,
adds that all OF the cattlemen west OF the
Missouri river and north OF the Black Hill,
are face to face with the same kind of &
problem.
According TO Wilkinson, the northwes
portion of North Dakota have experienced
a mighty dry season. IT'S like this" h'
said. I'VE failed to get our usual spring
rains and the grass on the range never
got a good start, What ID grow wa,
thin, short and spindling. Cattle soon fec
this down and then the dry weather cam,
on and since the middle OF May there hai
! not been enough rain to lay the dust. Tn,
water holes have gone dry. as have mos
Of the small streams. In the larger riveri
there is some water and cattle are driver
for miles TO them, but the trouble is ther,
is no grass Frank Johnson. a cattlemar
from Oakesdale. Wash. was In our 10
cality few weeks ago and bought up 4O0
fine steers. paying ON an average $40 PEI
head for twO-yeAr-olds that I'm ordinary
seasons would be cheap at $50 to Ss5 Del
head. He shipped them home, where n,
will range them on his own ranch AnC