Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1889 — Kansas Productiveness. [ARTICLE]

Kansas Productiveness.

The latest story of Kansas productiveness comes from Ford county, where a Mr. Sternberg planted twenty - - , , - acres to melons and sold the seeds to an eastern soedhouße for S4OO. From the melons 4ie manufactured 1,000 barrels of vinegar, which he values at $lO per barrel. Thjs melon vinegar ho claims to be fillly equal to it if not better than the cider vinegar. Just think of it! $lO , 400 for the product of twenty acres of land.