The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
PROFIT IN GROWING PECANs
State Forester Scott Advocates Plant
ing the Trees on Lands Sub
ject to Overflow.

my TIC iICSS OH L-dHOS QUIZ
ject to Overflow
That thousands of acres of Kansas
land subject to flooding and now agri-
culturally Improbable might be made
a source of revenue through growing
pecan trees, is the opinion of c. A
Scott, Kansas state forester at the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
THE possibilities of pecan orchard
ing as an industry throughout the
southeastern section of the state are
excellent" said Mr.. Scott. 1.-The land
along the water courses is well adapt
ed to the growth Of pecans and re-
peated floOdings in no way injure the
| trees after they are a few years of
age. If this land were utilized for
growing pecans, the loss caused by
floods in this section of the state
would be reduced to minimum, and,
inasmuch as the flood season usually
is in early summer, there would
be no injury to the nut crop.
/ "The northern limit of the natural
growth of the pecan is the Marias des
Cygnes river and it's tributaries, while
the western limit is the Walnut river
and its tributaries. Under favorable
conditions pecan trees attain a large
size and produce large quantities of
nuts. Some of the largest trees are
fully three feet in diameter and IS
feet in height.
I'm years of heavy production, such
a tree produces from 600 to 500
pounds of nuts. During the last Is
years the price paid for these nuts has
varied from to Is cents per pound"
Loses Life in Prairie Fire.-Mrs. A.
J, Schmidt, wife of a farmer living
near Newton, was burned to death re-
Gently while helping fight a prairie
fire. Her clothing caught fire and in
her efforts to extinguish the flames,
she became entangied in a wire fence.
To Have Country CIub.-Arkansa
City is to have country club. Tween
ty business and professional men will
donate $500 each for the purchase of
a 16O-acre farm northeast of the city,
where the club will be located.
Dies at Wife's Bier.-While standing
at the bier of his wife in Salina the
Rev. f. E. Saunders, pastor of the
Second M. E. church, collapsed and
died before help could reach him. Mrs.
Saunders died the day before and it is
believed that the shock was the cause
of Mr. Saunders death. The minister
and his wife were buried at the same
time.
Gets Usage cas.-Charles Owen.
president of the Usage Natural Gas
Company. announced recently that
his company had begun to deliver 10
million feet of gas daily to the Kan
sas Natural Gas Company from their
16O,acre lease in the Usage Nation,
Oklahoma.
I. o. o. r. Home Burns. When
fire destroyed one of the buildings
of the Kansas Odd Fellows Home at
Manhattan, James e. Burns, an aged
inmate, was found to be missing after
thirty-five other invalid patients Of
the home had been removed to safety.
His body was later recovered from the
ruins. The monetary loss is $25, 900.
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Stole Church BeII.-Someone stole a
6OO-pound bell recently from in front
of the old Methodist Church at Olathe
The bell had been taken from the bel
fry and Grated, ready to be moved to
the new church structure. The bell
was later located in Kansas City
junk yard.
Killed While Hunting.@James Mel
ton. farmer living eight miles north
east of Pieasanton. lost his life the
other day in a hunting accident He
is survived by his wife and ten chill
dren.
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Train Killed GirI.-Miss Elsie Pro
basco is dead and her father, Jacob
Probasco, seriously injured, as the re-
suit of motor car in which they were
riding being struck by a Rock Island
passenger train near Durham. The
father is a motor car salesman. He
may recover.
Vsteran Killed by EaiI.-DanieI Brv-
ant. a veteran OF the Soldiers Home.
was killed by fail from a railroad
trestIe three miles south OF Lansing
some time the other night His body
was found the next morning