Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-08-03
KANSAS GOES. BACK TO CORN.
Area Planted This Year ls 80 1ser Gem.
Greater Than That Of 1915
r,,;, GOOD Outlook. s:,e r,

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Kansas has a chance to raise one
Of the biggest corn crops in Its his.
tory this year.fi The area planted. as
reported by J. C. Mohler, secretary Of
the state board of, agriculture, is g.
990, 900 acres, the largest since 1911
and more than SO per cent larger than
the area harvested last year,
Present condition of the crop Is rs,
six points lower than month . ago,
and the samelasj year ago, when the
average yield was 31.5 bushels to the
acre. A similar yield this year will
make total crop OF 22O million bush.
els, Is million more than last year
and the largest. since 1899. yi.tnE
In a general way, the outlook for
corn is most favorable in the northern
half of the state. Twenty-three of
thirty.three counties with, average
conditions of 80 or more are in this
territory, and sixteen Of that twenty.
three are in the northeast quarter.
The highest condition. 80, Ia reported
for Doniphan. Jewell, leading with
more than two hundred thousand
acres In corn, Is rated at 88, or thir'
teen points above the average for the
state. The other counties In the
northern tier east of Jewell have con.
ditions Of 80 or above, as do the ad.
joining counties excepting jackson.
The least promising prospects are in
the south central counties of Sedg.
wick and Sumner with conditions of
So and 59,J respectively, In the ives:
tern half of the state the fields are
generally clean, but In the eastern
counties much corn is .weedy, owing
to lack Of opportunity to cultivate:
While corn responded rapidly to the
warmer weather and sunshine OF the
past month, present soil conditions
in most localities are unfayorable. for
growth and rain is. badly needed
throughout the state. Did
% 3" t"0 * TX H. 0,4J ols
i Parsons Growing Il Fast. v,FiguEes
given out, by the county. clerk indi-
cate that the past year Parsons gain.
ed 2,709 in population, a record In.
crease This brings. the population to
1865. e.. b..
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To Build Water Plant. - Geuda
Springs, the Sumner county, watering
place and health resort, voted $4,000
worth Of bonds recently to build a
water works. A sewer system also
was provided. 2rulJ4 %. SUES, ~.
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Sickle Sewers Boys Feet.-A NOW
ing machine operated by Frank Cote
on his farm near Concordia severed
both feet of Cote's 3-year-old son, who
was playing in the field. The father
failed to see the little fellow until the
sickle struck him,l-r Attending .physi.
clans say the, child probably will re-
cover.
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> Colby Banker Dead.--,W illiama s.
Ferguson, president Of the Thomas
County Bank, died at Minneapolis
Mimi, the other morning. He was a
resident and banker at Colby thirty
two years 4g-~. >, ,a g., e~i4
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Woman Gives $4,000 to Park AT q
get-together spicnic held N the city
park at Independence under auspices
OF the Rural Carriers Association
Mayor Bittman announced that Mrs
A,.C. Stitch, widow of the pioneer bank
err, had donated $4,000 TO the city
park for shelter house and also had
authorized the establishment Of .
sunken1 garden at her expense 8 .
Motor Accident Fatal NGeo.9 Smith
wealthy istook and grain smah9 who
was inaqFed in a motor wreck recsntly
is dead at his home n-Pratt
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