Meade County news., 1917-01-18
Products for 1916 Worth $751;
188,476, Says Agricultural
Boards Report.
WAS THE SECOND BEST YEA9
Only Bumper Crops Of 1914 Were
Worth More to Farmer
Prices Average High.


than that of 1915 and lacks only $5,-
100000 of reaching bumper record
of 1911. The value of live stock is
placed at $341, ,O2O, 1886, larger by $780,
100000 than any previous year.
An outstanding feature Of the years
inventory, aside from the high prices
that generally prevailed, is the wheat
crop. Its yield of 99,384,760 bushels is
the second largest in the history of the
state, worth $134, ,615,3 800. While its pro-.
duction is but little more than one
half the record output of 1914, its
value is only 10 per cent less, and 1t
exceeds the value of the crop of 1915
by nearly $49,0OO0O0. The average
price received by the growers is given
as $1.35 bushel, the highest reported
since 1872.
The value of the field crops of 1916
amounted to $273,110,O75. Forty-nine
per cent of this is credited to wheat.
Only two corn crops in the last twen-
ty-five years have been smaller than
the yield of 62,127,190 bushels, and the
output of the sorghums was far be-
low the average, the season having
been unfavorable for both. In fact,
yields of all the principal products,
excepting wheat, were less In their
aggregates than for the preceding
year, but owing to higher prices the
total value of all field crops was more
than $23,O0O,0O0 greater. There is an
increase of approximately $4,000 900
in the value of animal products, more
than $5,OOO,00O of which is accounted
for in the one item of animals sold
for slaughter, which amounts to $685.
762, 1863, compared to $63,438,405 in
1915. The income from poultry is more
by 100000, and the value of dairy
products is greater by about an equal
amount, most notable gain having
been made in condensed milk, from
1,166,161 pounds, worth $S1,O31, in
1915, to S,344,57O pounds, worth $780,
674 in 1916.
There have been substantial in
creases in the numbers of all kinds OF
live stock except horses and hogs,
which are less by 1882 and 29O,S95
head, respectively.
In the report the sums named are
gross, no allowance being made for
the cost of production, which was
great and is steadily mounting
higher.
Dump Car Turns oVer.-Willis E.
Whipple, 35 years DID, was killed, q
Mexican suffered fractured leg, and
numerous other railroad section EN-
ployes narrowly escaped injury near
Richmond, Franklin county when a
dump car turned over and rolled
down an embankment.
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Live Wire Kills Farmer.-Louis Day
farmer residing near Deerfield, was
electrocuted when he came in contact
with a live wire. Deerfield and Hol
comb were in total darkness while $50
volts of electricity was passing
through Days body.
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Dead After Motor Crash.-Moses w
Hall, so years old, of Pittsburg, is
dead at Scammon, four hours after the
motor car in which he had been rid
ing with relatives was struck by an
interurban car.
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Wealthy Stock Raiser Dead.-MilIe
Gleason, who lived about fifteen miles
northwest of Kinsley, is dead. Mr.
Gleason was a large land owner ant
stock raiser. He had numerous finan
cial interests in Edwards and Hodge
man counties.
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New Refinery At Eldorado.-W. G
Skelly of Tulsa, Ok, and w. Irwin Os
born, Chicago banker and capitalist
have secured an 80-acre site south
west of Eldorado They will begin a,
once the erection of 100000 refin
cry to employ from one hundred tt
two hundred men.
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Name Land Bank Head.-It was an
nounced at Wichita that Daniel F
Callahan of Kingman, president Of the
Farmers State Bank there, has beer
selected as president of the board oi
directors of the Federal Farm Loar
Bank for District No. 9, which will
be located in Wichita.
X X X
Names New Geologst.-Dr. Ray
mond c. Moore of the department Of
geology of the university, has been
appointed state geologist by Chancel
lor Frank Strong.
X X X
Oil Well Near WinfieId.-The second
well in the Peacock shallow field
east of Winfield, was brought in re
Gently by the Empire Company. SAND
was struck at LAO feet, and the oil
shot over the derricks. The well is
good for at least three hundred bar
rels a day..
4 X 4
U. p. to Make lmprovements.-An
nouncement is made by the Union Pa
cific that $4,000 will be spent at juno
ton City the current year in coz
structing five new sidings and length
ening five others In the local yards.