The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-23
Santa Fe Annual Report Shows
s,5e7 Acres in Valley. 5
Crop of Potatoes This Year VIII
Be 321,OSO Bushels.
|uST OF THE BIG GROWERS
b. F. E. Marsh Gives Out
Names on Spud Honor Roll.
Eight of Larger Producers
Farming Near This City.

There are 1867 acres devoted solely
to the raising of potatoes In the kaW
valley Experts 80, e eat hnshel sne ship
ments will start about July I, ana
hundreds of cars of Kaw valley pota-
| toes will be sent to all parts OF the
country.
B. r. E. Marsh, division freight
agent Of the santa Fe, has prepared
| a list of Kaw valley farmers who are
raising potatoes. He reports that near :
| ly 500 carloads will be produced. VI
this number $50 cars. over naiL. VII,
be exported. The remainder Will iino
| q ready market in the towns ana cisieS
along the potato belt.
The average yield per acre OF pota-
tees is estimated at about 80 Dusneis;
The varieties are Early Oh1os, neo
Rivers and Irish Cobblers. The snip
ments will start the first OF july anu
continue for about two months.
Big Potato Growers.
Following are a few of the big pota-
tn growers of the Kaw Valley, as pre-
pared by the Santa Fe freight depart
ment:
Bonner Springs-Jack Nelson. FL
acres; Mead Maranville, 10 acres;
20 acres; Herman Theden. SO acres; J.
c. Howell, 20 acres; Schubert Bros.'
10 acres: Right Bros. "a acres.
Corliss-L. L. Corliss. 35 acres: Jno.
Turner, 10 acres; w. c. Randall.
acres;' Frank Lee. 80 acres: William
acres; Frank Colby, 10 acres; Don
Musser, 10 acres; Charles French. IL
acres; George Klass. acres; 8. d.
Randall, IL acres.
De Sota-O. B. Anderson, 40 acres;
o. E. Ashlock. 80 acres; Riley Hall. IS
Fred
Thomas 100. acres; William Keoller.
IS acres: Harry Dicken. IS acres;
Charles Dicken. 100 acres; c. p. Dick
en-, 80 acres; c. w. Morse. SO acres;
Frank Bromisk. Is acres; c. J. Card
ner, 80 acres; q. Gardner. 10 acres;
C. Soule, IL acres, and Fred Morse, 40
acres.
Eudora-John Moody, so acres; E.
Strachan, 40 acres: E. Perkins, 40
acres; T. Powell, 40 acres; James E.
Roe. 20 acres; William Schlegel. 10
acres; Mrs. ]. M. Charles. 10 acres;
Roy Dougherty, 20 acres; Joseph Zil-
Ter, 10 acres: Charles Pilla, 10 acres;
John OFT. IS acres; Fred OFT, 20 acres;
Eli Westgeffer, Is acres: Lee Perkins,
10 acres; Bert Brown, Is acres; Ches-
acres: A. j. Smith, 10 acres. and M.
H. Cox, 2 acres.
Holliday-Otto Theden, 26 acres.
Lawrence-L. M. Walters, 70 acres;
J. M. Corel, Is acres: Eben Baldwin. IS
acres; Park Heitzel, acres: o. G. Per-
kins. 40 acres; o. E. Leonard. Is acres;
William Thomas, 10 acres. and w. A.
Koehring, Ii acres.
Lakeview-J. C. Benerman. 10 acres:
Gus H. Bruno, acres: William Stein
brung, acre.
Lecompton-B. f. Wizer. acres:
Fred Moore. acres; Tom Glenn.
acres: Tom Tarr. 2 acres: Dick Glenn.
5 acres.
Noria-Chris Schaacke. 40 acres; Will
liam Schaacke, Is acres; Carl Alien
berned. 80 acres; william Altenberned,
IS acres; Link Walters, acres; Jack
Hughes. 30 acres; Robert Mcfarland.
Is acres; crank Kennedy, Is acres; G.
g. Perkins, As acres; Charles Saunders,
10 acres; Conrad Altenberned. Is acres:
John Bolen. 10 acres; Arthur Cox. 10
acres.
Topeka-B. H. Pugh. no acres: NJ. T.
Kelsey. ITO acres: r. Tomlinson. so
acres; L. Crow, 60 acres: H. c. Taylor.
10 acres; N. e. Copeland, 40 acres: ]. w.
Dennor, 40 acres; Newton Scott, 30
acres; others in ten or fifteen acre lots,
80 acres
Frank Hall. 10 acres: Pete Partooner.
q acres; John Swartz. Is acres: C.
Hubert. Is acres; Mercer brothers, So
acres; F. w. Dryer. 50 acres: Joseph
Moimie, Is acres; George Klom, s
acres. and Frank Tinebohen, 30 acres.
Weaver-George ]. Broers, 65 acres:
Carl Neis. 80 acres: Ben J.. Neis, 20
acres: Melvin Wilson. 10 acres: Otto
Spitbli. 10 acres: J. A. Iaughlin, 10
acres, and H. E. Wcsterhouee. 10 acres.
Wilder@James Mann, 40 acres; l. G.
Frisbie. 200 acres; H. The len, 15 acres;
N. 8. Glynn. 90 acres; Fred Schneider.
90 acres: Schneider brothers, 20 acres:
George H. johnson. 10 acres: II. T. Lee,
10 acres: James Pearson, 20 acres: B. F..
Vauter, Is acres.
The report issued by the Santa Te
today includes the territory on that
railroad aoufh of the river