Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18
BUMPER CORN CROP IN SIGHT
Prospects for Big Yield in Kansas This
Year Better Than at Any Time
Since 1889.

is better than at any time since 1889,
the year of the wonder crop of corn
in Kansas. j. c. Mohler, secretary
of the state board of agriculture, said
recently that he has received a hun
dred or more letters from farmers
throughout the state telling of unusual
corn crop prospects.
Il have heard of fields that corn
growers estimate will go 100 bushels
to the acre. Mr.. Mohler said. Il have
heard of dozens of fields that the
growers are confident will produce
60, 20 and so bushels An acre. have
letters from some of the oldest resi-
dents and farmers of the state who
say they have never seen such heavy
corn. Some fields, of course, were
ruined or damaged by the high wa
ter. There is one field in Usage coun-
ty that was never touched by Gull
tivator, and the neighboring> farmers
say it will produce 40 bushels an
acre
Mohler is getting out special corn
report. He has asked the 1000 CORE
spondents of the department for a re-
port on corn conditions 1t will be
compiled in four or five days The
corn acreage this year is 4.250,000
years
Kills Gophers for Living.-Carl
Lantis, who came from the East to
help harvest wheat, is now trapping
gophers in Saline county. 1t is new
industry. He has taken 800 in the last
two weeks with seventy-five traps.
He gets cents head from the coun-
ty and 10 cents a head from the farm
ers. Several large alfalfa fields have
been rid OF the pests.
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BiackIeg Near SaIina.-Blackleg
has made it's appearance in Saline
county. ]. H. Hoffman has lost six
sucking calves. 1t is said this is the
first time young calves have been at
tackled. the disease usually breaking
out among the cattle recently taken
from the cows Other farmers, it is
said, report sickness in their herds.
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Retired Farmer Dies.-Louis Young
worth, retired farmer of Wesphalia,
accompanied by a young woman, of
whom he was guardian to the Ursu-
line academy at Paola recently. and
while walking along the public square
was overcome by apoplexy and died
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Making Bogus Auto Tass--It is
charged at Wichita that somebody is
counterfeiting state automobile license
tags and that a number of cars are
using bogus tags. The charge was
made by H @. Harris, collector of
automobile license fees from delin-
quents.
Killed by Hair Tonic.-Frank An
drews, 80 years old. a barber. was
found dead in his bed at his rooming
house at Osawatomie- The coroner's
autopsy indicated that the cause of his
death was poisoning due to drinking
hair tonic.
Fatal Threshing Accident.-Joseph
Romanovski. a pitcher with thresh-
ing outfit. is dead in hospital at
Hoisington from burns received when
an engine injector was broken and the
escaping steam struck him.
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Shocked "HeIIo GirIs.r-A severe
electrical storm struck Pratt recently
and several persons were shocked by
lightning At the central telephone
office all of the girls were knocked
from the board and one of them was
made unconscious several hours.
Dead at s7-wesley ]. Jones. 81
years old, who had lived in Atchison
county since 1858. is dead at the home
of his son. William J. Jones. three
miles south of Atchison- He was
born in Ohio and settled on a farm in
Atchison county ffty-seven years ago.