Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-02
REDUCE THE wHEQra ACREAGE.
Western Kansas Farms Unba9eec.

Western Kansas Farms UnbslspeecI
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Every exaggerated report of big
yield o0sts the real wheat farmer a
few cents on eve bushel of wheat,
and it tends to encourage shiftless
Farmers to increase theiS acreage,
and this always mea8 poorer farm.
ang. About every six or seven years
Kansas raises o bumper" yheat
erep, and thea the "Whe4 Kings"
who haze not made common awages
for Several years brag about how
many Thousand dollars toy getfOr
wheat, and straightway scratch in"
stwice as many asses as they can har.
vest properly and CANDLES On the
weather and talk about how many
bushels of wheat they will have ext
year if. The winds some and
blow out ham the wheat, sell and alb
the winter is hard on a fourth Of
q what Is left. and the dronth of May
Neakens the remaining crop and then
Q restless ones move OUT" .
There are fifteen coantles in Ran,
eas that have less population than
they had a year eago. Too much
wheat Tooelittle forage, Too little
live stock. + belize in Kansas ard
] believe DIN western Kansas and Il
believe ] am a better friend of the
people and q that part of the state
than the boomers. OF what avail
it to gain thousands of people il
me fiat" period If we lose them N
he first "lean" peride? We swould
not have these EXTREMIST better
balanced system of farming were
Bracticed The5westem third Of Kan,
sas is not, never has been and never
will be a profitable wheat country
for any ten-year period unless rad
ically different method Of farming
Is adopted. o .
want to urge reduced wheat ac-
Fesges for the followingereasonsa az
1t win permit earlier and better, seed
bed preparation, and no blowing for
wheat should be done a5eer August
90. (2) 1t win permit some rotation
8 Of crops, and that means more Hpe
stock, and thsf must be, the basis oi
sound agriculture. (S) 1t will permit
the seeding to be done between Sep
TENDER 20 and October Is. q a. 1t
Will permit men @ newest their
wheat with local help an9 to harvest
their grain at De right time, and
that is an aid to the quality Of
wheat 0(5) 1t will enable the farmer
!. 10 bettee balance his farm and his
equipment, his hel and als9 hde own
time. (6) 1t will also mean for the
western one hundred miles the par.
tial adoption Of the sumRer fallow
me0od Of growing wheat. and that
will mean mora bushels from hak
the acreage. Why not give this a
trial? The otller method for tie last
twenty years has n& paid team
wages. This recommended method
certainly cannot be woNe.
Redu@ DE wheat @reags to a
sensible basis add seye tie land
Wheat is always soilSObbing crop.
and the time will soon come when
the Wheat King" VIII be consider
ed an "undesl bile citizen" Three
years age l assumed the RESPONSIBLE.
~ Of urging the Gailroads to quit
gN@9 reduced Mates for transient
harvest hands. a am this year ask
NO evers thoughtAl man On westera
Kansas farmer. banker and mer-
chant-to urge a reduced wheat &C.
sreage an better an earlier seed
bed preparation. and in an counties
5 In the western one hundred miles |
Nant to urge the importance q ev-
sry farmer adopting for a part q his
wheat acreag0sse summer fallOw me
Ahod.
Western Ka4sas has a great future
Il it can be built up On sound agricus
tural lines. 9th the idea Of conserv-
ing the soil and It's Fertility and the
aormal moisture. LetS us develop