The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-24

| ey derived from the crop OF 1917 was
| consequently used in paying debts.''
Trego Needs 5000 Bushels.
Trego county should have at least
| eight thousand bushels of seed wheat
| at once and more than this amount
! could be used, according to G. H. Ben
| son. county clerk of Trego county. He
! has a list of one hundred farmers who
| want wheat.
Mr.. Benson said: One hundred farm
ers in our county are not in a position
to buy seed wheat. They are not asking
! for donations. They are more than
/ willing to give their notes.
Up to date ten thousand bushels of
| wheat has been bought by farmers
| who have been able to buy it. We'd
| like to have at least eight thousand ad-
| ditional bushels, but more could be
| used.
We had two inches of rain last
night, which makes a total of about
four and one-half inches for this
month. l have lived in the county for
twenty-nine years and have never seen
the ground in better condition at this
time of the year.
Farmers Ready to Sow Now.
THE farmers are all ready to SOW
wheat. The wheat that has already
been planted is in excellent condition.
1t is d great wheat country when
weather conditions are favorable"
panied Mr.. Benson to Topeka to at
tend the meeting at the Commercial!
club this afternoon.
Ben Smith, county clerk of Graham
county, stated that one hundred and
fifty farmers in his county need seed
wheat. He was certain that at least IS
per cent of all the wheat borrowed will
be paid for.
Not Donation.
Mr.. Smith said: 1--WE, too, are not
asking for a donation of the wheat.
l think we need wheat for $50 farm
ers. I feel safe in saying that 95 per
cent. of the amount borrowed will be
returned I have known the people
for years and 1 have had business
dealings with them and it is mighty
few accounts that I have lost. We
could easily use 1900 bushels of
wheat.
There have been good rains all
through the western wheat counties.
1t began raining at o'clock at Hill
City on Tuesday evening and when we
took the train at almost midnight at
Wakeeney it was still coming down.
The ground was never in better con-
dition.''
L, \. Dreiling, county commits
sioner of Graham county, accom-
panied Mr.. Smith to Topeka.
Even This Farm Needs Wheat.
1t is interesting to note that an ap-
wheat for the farm in Trego county
on which a worlds thrashing record
was made few years ago. The
farm was owned by foreigner, Frank
Krhut. His record for a days work
was 4,500 bushels thrashed and the
wheat averaged "a pounds to the
busheI. The wheat was of the Tur-
key variety. Krhut got his lungs so
full of dust while the record was be-
ing broken that he died not long af-
terwards of pneumonia. He received
a prize of 1000 from the Avery COM
pany for his record breaking work.
The trustees of the Kansas Farm
erS' Seed Wheat club are: George H.
Hodges, governor of Kansas; ex-Gov-
ernor Bailey, banker and farmer of
Atchison: c. NJ. Sawyer, state bank
commissioner; H. D. Lee. Salina, and
T. a. Borman, editor of the Kansas
Farmer. xs--.-.-- ----
Funds Coming Is.
Charles NJ. Sawyer, bank commits
Sioner, stated this afternoon that no
q additional actual subscriptions had
been received for the aid of the west
ern Kansas farmers but that scores
of letters offering encoura cement to-
gether with a few scattering promises
We're on hand.
'SaIina is the banner relief city of
the state, thus far" he said. ''Salina
has raised $4,000 in addition to three
cars of wheat which in all amounts to
about $4,000. In proportion to this
showing Kansas City should raise a t
least $4,000 and Topeka should send
$4,000.
The first goal of the club is $75,-
600 but the farmers can use all the
state is able to send. BY no means
should the fund stop. 1t is urged upon
the subscribers that the wheat should
be sent Immediately that it might be
used for forage this fall
The subscriptions up to date include
about $1,000 from the banks of Kan
sas City. Kan. $4,000 from Kansas
City, Mo..-all promised. Also a ST.
900 subscription from Montgomery.
Ward & Co, of Chicago. 500 from
the Security State bank of Wellington.
$1,000 from the banks of Atchison |
and various promises from other parts
of the state.
The bank commissioning looks for a |
larger amount of money as soon as
the news of the county representa-