Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — KANSAS’ GREAT WHEAT CROP. [ARTICLE]

KANSAS’ GREAT WHEAT CROP.

It Mean* a Shower of *60,01)0,000 to the Farmers. Jhe Kansas farmer has begun to turn his grain into dollars. The movement of the greatest wheat crop ever raised in the Southwest is under way. Elevators are kept busy receiving the wheat and pouring it into cars, to he whirled away to the great markets. But the movement te not yet well under way. Many fanners are holding grain for higher prices. Others, canpot secure threshers immediately, although thousands of them Were purchased this season. It is estimated that this year’s wheat crop will require 100,000 cars. Should any considerable portion of this crop be thrown on the market now the railroads would be swamped, nicy are now running night and day shifts in the work of car building nnd repairing. The wheat crop of Salina County alone atootmts to 3.000.000 bushels, worth $2,000,000. Eight hundred bushels is counted as a carload. Fifteen counties in the wheat belt harvested nn average of 3,000,000 bushels each. So the sale of this one product will bring to each of them $2,000,000 in cash. A Hartford, Conn., dog broke into the poultry yard in the suburbs of that city n few nights ago nnd killed 100 chickens. He picked out for his victims n lot of fancy poultry, the owner of which hnd reserved them as fancy specimens of his different breeds for exhibition purpostw during the coming fall. ' At the Point Judith Country Club, Nmngansett Pies. .L. L, "As You Like It” was produced. Amelie Rliaw and Manrice Barrymore took leading part* and Kid McCoy tilled the role of Charles, the wrentle.-