The Hutchinson News from Hutchinson, Kansas • Page 19

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1923 THE HUTCHINSON NEWS, AGT3 A mong the Farmers, Stockmen and Poultrymen GROW MORE TRUCK IN THIS VALLEY Big Development Gardening Expected in the Upper Valley Year. Fostered by the Ford County Potato and Truck Growers Association tlie development of land along the Arkansas River that can bo irrigated from shallow wells Is being piiBhed aggressively. It is estimated that 10,000 acres in Ford county can be made to produce potatoes or truck cropB. Several thousand acres have been surveyed so it is known that the land can be watered. Previous to 1922 tho production of truck and potatoes had been limited to a tew farmers who devoted only a small area to this crop.

As yet, only a start has been made but the results obtained havo boeu so satisfactory that a big increase in acreage this year is anticipated. Big Potato Yield. Ford county growers last year produced between 15,000 and 18,000 bushels of potatoes. In addition to supvlying tho Dodge City market olght carloads were shipped to outside points, including Colorado Springs, Lamar and La Junta, in Colorado, and alar. Liberal and Wichita in Kansas.

Several thousand bushels of sweet potatoes also were grown In the county and many vegetables and melons. Vlie bulk of this production, espec- Wiv potatoes. Is marketed through the association of which Julian M. Hulpieu the manager. Tho association is nnulft up of 14 growers.

Production is sold largely to local wholesalers who resell to produce dealers throughout the Southwest. This frees the producers from transportation troubles as they deliver the potatoes to tho warehouse in Dodge City or load them into curs. Average of $1.10 Bushel. Because of an overproduction In the United States and transportation difficulties potatoes sold cheap, ruinously so in some Instances, in 1922. However the association was nolo to obtain an average price of jj.lo a bushel, which was better than growers in most sections received.

Seed potatoes were bought co-operatively last spring, two carloads of iNorthern grown seed being shipped in and distributed by the association. Truck handled by tho association Is disposed ot chiefly to retail grocers in Dodge or nearby towns. Production is not up with the demand as yet and the market Is good. However, if a larger area Is planted, growers believe they will have no dlfficultv in finding a good market in Hutchinson, Newton or Wichita. 20,000 BUSHELS IN ONE GRAIN PILE, What is claimed to be one pf the biggest grain piles In Kansas is at Hugoton, 'Stevens county.

In tho plie are heaped 20,000 bushels of milo, In one pile, In the yard of the Equity Elevator The grain had to be piled there because the elevator Is full. It is only one of several piles ot grain heaped up arpund there. PURE BRED HOGS DOUBLE IN PRATT SENDING OUT IHE CHECKS FOR WHEAT Wheat Association is Paying Out Half a Milli on Now. Tho Kansas Wheat Growers Association has begun sending out checks to members as authorized by the board, bringing the payment on organized wheat up to 75c per bushel basis on No. 1 and 2 E.

K. Downie, secretary-treasurer, estimates that $500,000.00 will be. required for the payment at this time. A total ot 411,000 bushels of wheat aro now held in storage in the Wichita Terminal Elevator. In recent conversation with a man Identified with largo milling interests of this state, the statement was made that the association could get not less than 3c per buslrei premium on the tremendous quantity ot wheat.

The association has other large quantities stored at Kansas City and other points. In addition about one million bushels are held in members' bins to the order of the association. HE HAS FEED TO HANDLE 500 STEERS B. J. Shogrin, who leased the Bunyan ranch in Meade county, near Fowler, a little over a year ago last summer raised more feed than" any other farmer In that section, of the country, and as a result has been in a position to take cattle to feed this winter, in addition to the cattle that he lias been running of his own.

Last Sunday he delivered about 125 head of cattle to the stock yards for 13. A. Barker. Part of these catty lie sold to Jlr some lime ago and has be, them since that time. At the present time he hap 329 head of steers of his own, which he is feeding, and intends to ruu this number up to 500, which he says he can feed easily under the most severe weather conditions.

i WON. PRIZE RIBBONS. Kinsley Hereford Herd Captured Honors at Denver Show. Fifteen prize ribbons were the week's winnings of G. L.

Mathews Son of Kinsley, at the National Western Slock Show at Denver. The Mut- liews Herefords made strong showings In many classes. Mathews' Junior yearling heifer, "Lady Regulator first prize in a strong class of fifteen and their aged bull, "Regulator 1st," stood third In a great clasu. The bulls to defeat him were "Beau Blanchard 75th," a son of one of the most famous Hereford sires, and "Panama 110th," the International Grand Champion of 1922. "Panama 110th" was Grand Champion at the Denver show.

He is a Hereford bred and owned by A. Cook of Townsend, Montana. Twice as Many Now as There Were Two Years Ago, as Result of a Campaign. The number of purebred registered swine In Pratt county has more than doubled during the past two years as a result of an organised campaign for better porkers In that county. V.

S. Crippen, who Is now farm agent of Iteno county, and who during the pant two years had charge ot tho Pratt county farm bureau, is given much of the credit for this fine situation in Pratt, by Harlo V. Mellqulst, in the Kansas Farmer. "Control of hog cholera, effected during that period, the promotion work outlined and pushed by County Agent V. S.

Crippen, the nctivlty ot vocational agricultural instructors la Interesting boys in pure-bred hogs and tho co-operation of breeders, have put the better hog campaign across in a big way," says qulst. Hogs and Alfalfa. While Pratt is not a big corn county and despite tho fact that more wheat than any other crop is.grown, tho possibilities in hog production are favorable. Sudan grass will thrive on nearly every farm If given a chance and this makes excellent hog pasture. Tho alfalfa acreago in Hie county readily may be Increased.

Hogs wax fat on alfalfa. In tho north part of the county, on sandy soil, considerable corn.is It is a fairly certain crop and the farmers can put a lot ot dependence on it. in the south half of the county kaflr Is just as sure. Kafir makes good grain feed for hogs and they can be finished profitably on It. The better swine campaign remitted in the first co-operative sales being held in 1921.

Twenty-nine head of sows and gilts were sold at an average price, of $93 a head In the Seventh District Duroc Jersey sale at Pratt. A Poland China tale and show also were held in the county. Merchants Promoted Stock Sales. 'Many of these sows and gilts went on farms where purebreds had not been before. Several were purchased by farm boys.

Business men of Pratt helped put on the sales and shows because they felt the movement was a good thing for ihe county. Last October a big swine show was held at Pratt. Both Duroc Jorsoys and Poland Chinas were entered, divisions having been arranged for each. Fifteen Duroc Jersey herds were entered in the breed futurity and there were 12 or 15 more herds In the county which were eligible. In the Poland China futurity 10 herds were entered.

"Tho show was held in the machinery barn owned by tho county. This also was used as a sales pavilion. It seats GOO persons and is so arranged that hogs easily may be taken from pens to the sales ring. Premium money Is supplied by the Pratt Chamber of Commerce, breeders and farmers. The Chamber of Commerce puts up $200 and tho farmers contribute an equal amount, making a total of $400 for prices.

Merchants long have found It profitable to conduct booster trips into surrounding trade territory. The same Idea has been used in the better swine campaign In Pratt with very satisfactory results. Swine Booster Trips. Last year the Chamber of Commerce, breeders and farmers put on a Swine Booster Trip through the county. Eighteen to 20 communities were visited by the trippers who traveled in motqr cars.

They averaged from What Can Be Done In Pushing Calf Clubs Reno County's Splendid Start on Calf Club Movement May 'Amount to Development of Great Dairying Industry in This County, as Elsewhere. One of the biggest forward steps In the interest of better agriculture and more profitable farming in Reno county, that has yet been taken, Is the development of the Reno County club. "I regard this as the'raost Important thing ahead of us right now," declared H. K. McLeod, chairman of the county committee which is pushing the Calf club campaign.

i This is one movement in which the folks of the town and thg folks of the county are pulling together, a strictly co-operative movement with the Cham, ber of Commerce on the one hand, and the Reno county Farm Bureau on the other pulling together. "People do not realize Just what this really means," suggested Emerson Cnrey, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Calf club committee. He pointed to two reports he had just received, which demonstrates what it might mean: Here's a Dairy Report. One was a report from the Tillamook, Ore. Cow Testing association.

Organized In 1912 with a total ot 100 cows, the association haB grown and prospered so that last year they had somo 2700 cows on test. During this ten year period, the erage annual production of butter-fat per cow, has steadily increased. So much so tnat it all the dairy cows In the state of Oregon averaged as high last year as tho cows in the Tallamook association, the revenue of the dairy industry In that one state would have been increased more than nine million dollars for the year. A Beef Cattle Shewing. The other was a report from Monona county, Iowa, of what had been done in beef cattle.

In 1916 E. M. Cassaday Son, of that county bought a 6 year-old Hereford bull, Bright Stanway, for $3800. During five, yeara and four months 67 head of his offspring sold for $73,700 with 14 head on hand worth $48,400, making a total production of $122,100. If as we so often have Hesrd "the sire is halt the herd," this bull should be credited directly with $61,050.

There also were sold 19 cows with Bright Stanway calves for $24,180 and 35 heifers at $22,275. Crediting Bright Stanway with one third the value ot this Btoch $15,485 to his production or a total to his credit of $76,535, a (early return ot on the Investment. Since 1918, when his first offspring was shown, progeny of this bull have won 41 championships, 101 firsts and numerous lesser prizes. 100 to 150 miles a day, the (our occupying three days. Big signs, advertising different breeds and breeders, were carried on the automobiles, banners were displayed, cards were distributed along with sales announcements and show publicity and souvenirs were given away wherever stops were made.

Between GO and 70 cars made the trip. A band was taken along to jazz things up. The tour was really a get- acquainted stunt and it worked fine. It Is planned to hold another one In the spring. Farmers Opposes County Farm Bureau MORE PIG CLUBS ARE BEING FORMED Expected There Will be Double the Number This Year Over the State.

The Farmers Union of Harper county, meeting at Attica went definitely on record as being against the establishment of a county farm the hiring of a farm agent. While there were a number of prominent farmers present who seemed to favor the agent, the big majority of the hundred or mora farmers were opposed to it and expressed themselves In no uncertain terms." The chief objection voiced was that, the work of an agent did not justify tho expense and it was said that in the East tho idea of a county farm agent was losing popularity. There seemed to be much criticism of the state farm bureau implied in the altitude of the farmers who most strongly on-posed the county agent plan. It Is said that if a sufficient number of farmers sign the petition for a county farm bureau, a counter petition will bo presented to the county commissioners against the establishment of an agent. SOLD FOR $200 HEAD.

Rush County Heretords Sold Well at Denver Live Stock Sale. Win. Schroeder, Fritz Kerbs and Mr, Schneider of Otis shipped a carload of young Hereford bulls to the Denver live stock show, and realized around two-hundred dollars a head for them. Schneider purchased the second prize bull and Schroeder and Kerbs purchased seven extra fine Hereford heifers, which they shipped to Rush county. Many more pig clubs are being organized over the stale, and especially In this section, reports R.

W. Morrlsb, boys' and girls' club leader, who was hero this week from Manhattan. Mr. Morris BO id that lost year there were 43(1 clubs, with members, in the state. They ranged in member, ship from 3 or 1 to as high as 20 to 25.

Fifty out of the fifty-seven farm bureau counties of the stato were represented in tho clubs, besides a number of unorganized counties. Of the 436 clubs, 403 had leaders. "I expect we will have nearly twlco aa many clubs and members this year as we had last," Mr. Morris said. "Between 85 and 90 out of the 105 counties of the slate will be represented, I bolleve.

Already two new counties that have- never had pjg clubs have asked for clubs to be organized in them." FARM GOSSIP 14,000 Cars of Doqkage (Nation Crop Improvement Sevtce.) The grain grower knows what dockage penalty for the weed seeds, dirt tiud other trash found in his even he, and certainly not the average man, realizes the staggering cost and losses now. caused by the common plan of leaving all this foreign materials In the grain when it is shipped to market, and then making It necessary for the elovaators or ultimate users to clean it out. "Large savings In transportation costs to terminal markots would be made by the farmers, If they and'the country elevators would ship only clean wheat, is the opinion of Robert H. Black, In charge ot grain cleaning InvestIgatlpns of the United States Department ot Agriculture at Minneapolis. Mr.

Black further states that the average' carload of spring wheat re. celved at Minneapolis during October thud over ono and one-half tons of 1 screenings. They have no market value, and the freight ivaa'a total loss to the shipper, aud a waste of car space. Eleven thousand three hundred and thirty-two cars ot spring wheat averaged per cent dockage In October. This means the farmers or country shippers paid for transport- ing 450 cars of valuoless waste.

Dur 1 ing 1920-1921 crop year, It is estimated that more than, fourteen thousand additional freight cars were required to haul the wheat than would have been necessary to haul the wheat if it had been cleaned first. 'Many a former would have had profit Instead of loss If he could havo had one of these wasted cars when he wanted to ship his grain, to say I nothing at the uiMUui Lxi -iiiu W. B. Adair who has been farm agent for Rice county since the establishment of the farm bureau about two years ago, has resigned, effective as soon as possible, to accept a similar position with the farm bureau of Polk County, Nebraska. C.

R. Weeks, secretary ot the Kansas Stato Farm bureau, has announced ho would tender his resignation at the organization's annual meeting at Manhattan. Mr. Weeks said he had accepted an offer to become Kansas agency director for the American Lire Insurance Co. of Detroit.

Thirteen poultry raisers of Maize community will supply vocational ex- service men who are now at Manhattan with 22,000 Whte Leghorn eggs; 10,500 eggs will bo delivered to the boys March 24 at the veterans vocational project which will bo located three miles south ot Valley Center. Pratt county will have probably four pig clubs, a calf club, and maybo one or two other clubs. Already one club has been organized, by A. J. Englund, vocational agriculture teacher at Coats.

This club has twelve members, each ot whom owns a purebred pig. I. Shriver, a Coats bank cr, is the local leader. Sawyer, Ashton and Fairview havo asked for clubs. Several years ago, little or no attention was paid In Meade county to the raising ot chickens, turkeys, and geese, but of late It has been attracting considerable attention.

This year the sale of turkeys, more than $26,000 worth having been shipped for the Thanksgiving trade, to say nothing of the amount required for the ChriBtmas trade. Soveral years ago no attention was paid to the raising of chlckenB, turkeys or other poultry In Meade county. Tins year over of turkeys wero marketed in the Thanksgiving season, besides almost as much in the Christmas trade following. The Schmidt Produce Co. of ton is paying out upwards of per month for cream, eggs and ens.

The cream and eggs run the same at this time and are a Ing around $250 per week each the marketing ot poultry Is only $125 per week. chick- about verag- while about England's most famous institution for the higher education of women, (iorton College, celebrates the centennial of its opening this year. The largest kindergarten orchestra in tho world consists of 21 children of the Garrison School kindergarten in Concord, N. II. Twelve different Instruments are used.

HIS FARM IS AN EXPERIMENT STATION Morton County Farmer Tries Different Crops and He Finds That it Pays. The farm of I. O. Beery, In Morton county, is somewhat of an experiment station. "1 try a little of everything, and find it pays," he remarked, pointing proudly to tho orchard, which Is now one of his most profitable sidelines.

Nearly every plant that will grow in southwest Kansas is either being grown or has been grown on Beery's farm, declared C. Burleton, of the Kansas Farmer, who recently spent ii day at this Morton county place. Has Cheery Orchard. When Beery set out the first trees ho was told that -Morton county was not adapted to fruit and that trees would not thrive in the sandy soil. He didn't know, but It is characteristic of this farmer that he determined to, find out In the only certain planting.

Today his orchard contains 150 trees all ot which are good producers. Cherry trees, 6 years old, year averaged more than 2 gallons of fruit to the tree and plums, apples and peaches produced accordingly. His Black Locusts. Beery would also call your attention to rows of Black Locust trees around the barn and orchard. These are thrifty, quick growing trees, and keep tho farm supplied with fence posts.

Ono row was cut down last year. Now sprouts during the season attained a height of from 6 to 52 feet. The owner every year tries out new varieties of seed to determine, as a matter of good business, which will give tho best result under the- soil and climatic conditions pecullor to that region. Ono year Mr. Beery planted and harvested 12 varieties of sorghums.

That experiment convinced him that 'Black Hull kafir, Straight Necked mllo and Red Amber cane wero best suited to his soil and netted the largest average yields. Doesn't Need Irrigation. On dry sandy loam Mr. Beery has successfully grown alfalfa In experimental plots without He says he is convinced that ho can grow at least 5 acres of alfalfa as hog pasture without difficulty. He has shown that success is "largely a matter of seedbed preparation and proper care.

Whenever he hears ot a new variety of crop that in any way appears to bo adapted to Kansas-, Mr. Beery obtains seed, either from the Kansas State Agricultural College or a reputable seed house, and experiments with it. "These experiments lend variety to farming," said Mr. Beery. "They help pull a fellow out of the agricultural rut he is likely to get Into.

1 enjoy them immensely and I have turned my experimental work into profit." Production of seed is one of the major enterprises on this farm. Mr. Beery grows considerable seed on contract, outsldo firms supplying the- seed and buying tho entire crop. This Is a specialization and requires more care and attention than ordinary production, especially In the matter of keeping the seed stock pure. Also a Melon Crop.

One year watermelons wore grown for serfSn on 160 acres. The 1922 crop on 15 acres averaged about 250 pounds of seed to the acre and was profitable Mr. Beery also grows mllo, kaflr and cane seed. Having demonstrated that fruit trees will thrive in Morton county Mr. Beery is developing this end of his business.

Next spring he plans to set out 250 cherry trees. He says the local market will absorb a large amount of all kinds of fruit at a good price and he believes an orchard can be turned into a big-paying Investment. ONLY BLACK JAVAS WEST OF THE OHIO. INCREASED THE RETURNS. Little More Care and Better Feed Doubled Ego Output.

By a little more care, and slightly better feed, H. B. Schnetzer of Hanston, Hodgeman county, was able to increase the returns from his farm flock of 185 hens from $108.37 lu 1922 to $340 last year. Tho top production of eggs was quite naturally in April. Tho first thing in the morning he gives them soma grain, scattering it in Btraw which he keeps on tho floor of the chicken house.

The hens have to scratch for this and get some good exercise, which is absolutely necessary to produce eggs. Then about ten o'clock he gives them a wet mash mado up of about 95 per cent bran and 5 per cent ljwat meal or meat scraps. In the winter this is fed to them hot, making it by mixing It with hot water. In addition to this wet masli ho'keeps dry masli before them In a self-feeder In tho same proportion. Ho does not let his chickens out before noon and on bad winter days lets them out for only a short while.

FEEDS SPROUTED OATS. Spearvllle Lady Increased EBO Pr0 ductlon of Chickens. Mrs R. B. Biel, or Spearville, has a flock ot about 300 pwro White Leghorn hens.

As there is a good (leal of loose grain around, she keeps her hens penned up all Ihe time. She also feeds sprouted oats in the winter. The first week of December she got from 92, tho lowest, to 111 the highest number of eggs a day. This averaged morethan 100 eggs daily, or ono egg for three hens a day. That week Mrs.

Biel sold 50 dozen eggs which, at 50 cents a dozen, totaled $28. In addition to holding (he position of cashier of the Morris Plan Bank in Norfolk, Miss Emilia N. Plack Is also vico president of the institution. C. M.

Toews of Inman, has Just received a trio of fancy Black Java chickens which he declares are the only Javas west of Ohio, "The Java," he explains, "Is not an Amorican chicken but orlgi- nated from the Isle of Java of tho EaBt Indies. They were first In- trotluced by a sea captain who brought over a few chickens as a souvenir. They soon proved to be a worthy fowl, both for meat and egg production." MORE PURE BRED LIVE STOCK NEEDED Farmers Should Keep More Pure Bred Hogs, Declares Rush County Stockman. By W. L.

BAILEY, of Ruth county. If I should ask Rush county farmers to spend $30,000 for purebred bulls they would send the sheriff after me and send me to the aBylum, yet the first crop of cattle marketed would pay the money back. If each farmer kept good brood sow and Bho raised six pigs, three would supply the family with pork aud lard, leaving three for market. About 3,600 hogs at $15 each total $54,000 and the sow should raise a fall litter that would pay all expenses Now a sow Is within the reach of every farmer, no matter how hard up he is. If each of Rush comity's 1200 farmers matured flvo head of cattle for market eaeli year, It would mean 6,000 cattle, which would produce an income of more than $300,000 on the class of cattle grown In Rush county.

Farmers say they haven't, the grass for cattle. Throw a fence around 10 or 20 acres near the houso for the work horses, and save your buffalo grass for the extra cattle. At the Hays Experiment Station they pastured two head of cattle an acre last year and cut a crop of buy. STEERS PAID A PROFIT A Kingman Live Stock Deal of Nearly $40,000. C.

C. Sparks and son, of Kingman county, this week disposed of 639 head of coming three year old steers to F. D. Carpenter of Hartford and P. D.

Bunkbauscr of Emporia. The steers averaged 1000 pounds per head and the deal amounted to nearly $40,000. Mr. Sparks stated that when tho mortgage on the cattle WUB disposed of it would reduce the considerably but ho feels ho has received good pay for them In addition to the feed he raised and disposed of right on his own farm by feeding-them. CROP REPORTS.

.5, Anthony: Most of the farmers n- round Anthony who Intend to put lu a crop ot oats have finished their plowing and some aro oven plowing for corn. It Is said that the spring plowing in Harper County Is furthor along at this time than It has been for years. Elkhart: Should there be an abundance ot moisture this spring there will be more alfalfa sown than ever before In Elkhart trade territory. AVERAGED PER HEAD. Poland Chinas Brought Good Prices at Ross MolV)urry Sale.

Ross McMurray, ot near Burrton, had a purebred Poland China sale the other duy. He had the sale arena nicely laid out and seats on three sides for buyers and spectators. The blood of Sterling Buster and The Rainbow brought good prices, sales for thi day averaging close to $40 to animal. Everything was in tip lop shape PAWNEE BANNER BEET DISTRICT Outdistanced All Last Year in Production of High Quality Beets. Pawnee county during UiM year maintained Its position as a superior listrict In which to raise sugar beets.

The average yield of beets In Pawnee county last fall was 8.8 tons per acre, which was the beet average Intheen- tiro district, the following table of avernge yields will show: Clarden City, 7.3; Holcomh, 7.9 Deerfleld, 6.6; Lukin, 3.6; Garden City, 6.1. Two years ago the avernge In Pawnee county was 12.5 tons per acre, the highest In-the entire district. The average yield In other parts of the district ranged from a maximum or 8 tons to 11 minimum of 5.4 tons. This last year 136 acres were in beets In Pawnee county, and tho average yield of 8.8 tons to the acre in a total production of 1197 tons. O.

M. Chaffee, field agent for Garden City Sugar company here, says he expects an acreago of 400 to 450 acres this year. Mr. Chaffee expects to put out fifty acres of beeia on ground which will rent in tho Hurdett neighborhood and will plant no other crops. He will move to Bnr- ilett from the Moffet ranch.

Tho price obtained by Pawnea iimty growers for their beets last fall will be approximately $7.75 a ton, they made money. The exact figures are not yet kuown, as the jnii-e based on tho sugar content and the price at which the factory sells the beets. When figuring the value of UMIRIU- 'ieet crop the tops must be 111 ken Into consideration also. The beet. tiqiH wn worth about $15 lier acre for feed.

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