The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-30
Workers In Fields.
They Even Shocked tho Bun
died Golden Grain.
TOO TIRED AND WEARY TO LIVE
Harvest Hand Smoked His Pipe
and Fen Dead.
Rye Crop in Fine Condition
Over the State.

Hutchinson, June $3.50 short Of
help are the farmers that even the
women folks are turning in and lending
q hand in the shocking. The Ladies'
Aid society Of the Methodist church at
Meade harvested and shocked a rick of
wheat on the S. p. Bunch farm at the
edge OF Meade this week.
Mr.. Bunch had remarked to his wife
that the harvest was ripe, but laborers
were few. While he was away the
wife called the Ladies' Aid Society
. together and pointed to the field. They
got out harvester machine and six
teen women shocked the bundled grain
while MIS- Bunch ran the binder. BY
night the women had harvested the
field. and Incidentally realized q neat
little sum for the treasury Of their
society.
Rye Crop Is Good, Too.
Salina, June 30.-William Deering,
the city. threshed q ten-acre tract of
rye yesterday which adjoins his home,
and the yield was Sc bushels per acre.
That is considered an excellent yield
for this section. The rye tested IS
pounds per bushe1 Charles Hardesty
did the threshing.
Fires Near Plainyille.
| Plainvilie. June s0.-This has been q
week of misfortune for some of the
wheat rafserS in this territory, and
more than a hundred acres Of unus-
ually fine wheat has been destroyed
by fire caused by Union Pacific engines.
Val Stucky had two fires on different
days. and one engine set both Of them.
The first burned over only two acres,
while the second destroyed % acres.
The farmers Of the entire country re-
sponded to a general call over the tele-
phone and in a few minutes about IS
men were fighting the fire. There was
almost NnJlch wheat tYannlad 6nWn
as was destroyed
| Henry Hamel lost 70 acres west Of
Zurich which was fired by the very
same freight engine as had fired the
fields near Plafnville. A multitude Of
men fought this fire ALSO but under
high wind it was impossible to ex-
| tinguish the blaze. and attention was
turned to adjoining fields.
Trego Crop Is Big.
Salina, June 3O.-Chas. Hille, CASH
| Ter of the Farmers State bank at Wa
keeney, who was In Salina in search
county would raise the largest amount
| of wheat In the history of the coun-
| ty. According to Mr.. Hille's estimate
| the proceeds OF 1ffe1 crop will provide
an average of 5000 for every man, wo-
man and child In the county.
Estimates place the yield at IS
bushels to the acre. Many fields are
1 producing as much as As bushels an
acre. Farmers in Trego county are
| unable to secure hands to harvest this
crop and Mr.. Hille volunteered to
come to Salina after men,. His search
in this city was almost futile, how
ever
Too Weary to Awaken.
| Wichita, June 3O.-Wearied by a
long days work in the harvest field.
Alfred Brinklow, q farm hand at Jim
/ Goodacre's farm near Derby, climbed
into a standing buggy to smoke his
evening pipe and rest his tired limbs.
He soon went to sleep and in some
manner, never to be explained for he
was alone at the time. he fell from
the buggy, supposedly while sleeping.
and broke his neck which resulted in
| immediate death.
| The dead man was found by Mrs.
IGoodacre. He was in a heap at the
side of the buggy. his head twisted
| under his body 1t is believed that
Brinklow did not awaken sufficiently
to realize that he was falling to his
1 death.