Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — Bert Sparling’s Kansas Investement Looks Promising. [ARTICLE]

Bert Sparling’s Kansas Investement Looks Promising.

Bert Sparling, who recently returned from a prospecting trip to Kansas, purchased a farm of 160 acres telve miles west of Arkansas City, and close to the Oklahoma line, being in the south part of the southern tier of counties in Kansas. The farm is only one mile from Ashton, a small railway station. It is a well improved farm, with a good seven room house and a large barn, well fenced and all under cultivation. While there this fail Bert planted 35 acres of wheat, one of the leading crops of that locality. Corn is also successfully grown there and alfalfa is a wonderfully successful crop. Four cuttings for hay and a fifth for seed is a common annual yield. This year the seed crop amounted to 5 to 8 bushels per acre and the price was from |5 to $8 per bushel. Bert will get possession of his farm Jan. Ist It is probable that Mr. and Mrs. Harve Miller will accompany hiu< there and live with him on the farm. Many 'in Cowley and Sumner county, no better than the one he purchased except that they are located nearer the large towns, Arkansas City, Winfield and Wellington, have sold recently for SIOO or more an acre. Bert bought his for $55 per acre. He. brought home with him an album of “ photographs of Kansas farms and farm buildings in the neighborhood of his purchase and they arc all fine looking and apparently splendidly cared for farms. While there will be general regret that BeH.went away from Jasper county to purchase, all will be pleased to learn that he is so well located and will hope that he enjoys splendid success in his new home.