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The Farmers Star and Livestock Inspector from Wichita, Kansas • 12

The Farmers Star and Livestock Inspector from Wichita, Kansas • 12

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Wichita, Kansas
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rass THE FARMERS STAR AND LIVE STOCK INSPECTOR Alfalfa Corn Farm far Sale 650 acres In section 25, T. 4 N. It. 2 400 acres In cultivation, four sets of new Improvements, hay meadow, school house on corner of farm. This farm Is Just out of Washita River bottom where land Is selling for $50.00 to $75.00 per acre.

Will sell part or all. However it would be a shame to divide this farm. Price $30.00 per acre. This farm will sell quick. Write for booklet and map to DUNN GILLAM, Ardmore.

Oklahoma. TO EXCHANGE For Hardware, Implements, or General Merchandise 160 acres 2 miles from Atlanta, Cowley County, Kansas, all smooth, good black soil, every acre be cultivated except about 10 acres taken up by a spring creek, some trees along the creek, well 18 ft. deep plenty of water, 30 acres in cultivation, balance good clean grass producing from 1 to 2 tons of hay to the acre every year. 320 acres unimproved, 3 miles from Atlanta, Cowley County, Kansas, all smooth, level land, every foot can be cultivated, deep, rich, black soil, at present being used for meadow. 160 acres, 7 miles northwest of Latham, Butler county, Kansas, all good smooth agricultural land, no improvements except fence, will consider deal for all or any part of the above described tracts as they belong to one man.

WHALEN SMYTHE, 152 N. Market, Wichita, Kaaias. i TF-n SAi.E i FOR SALK. BIG MONEY MAKER. 70 acres best bottom land, one mile from Wichita, on new Interurban R.

R. Interurban depot by the land; fine park to be made near land. Dandy place to live; can cut this into 5 and 10 acre tracts and double your money. Price $275 per acre. Farms and Ranches, large and small; also Wichita property to sell.

TO EXCHANGE. 640 acres good land Butler county, Kansas, fair improvements. 400 acres Butler county, fairly improved good. 820 acres Cowley county, 320 acres acres good bottom land fair improvements, near Wichita. 160 acres Cowley county, Kansas, 160 acres Ellis county, Oklahoma, fairly improved.

Good pressed brick four appartment house inside property, good rental, Wichita. Good 10 room dwelling block from paved street and car line. Good' 8 room dwelling on street car and fine residence street, Wichita. Con trade any of the above for a good clean running stock of goods. The above are only a few of the trades.

Send us your propositions, we can match any trade large or small. A. N. BONTZ REALTY 400 East Douglas, Wichita, Kans. 160 acres, good smooth level land, black soil, all in cultivation, fenced by hedge, good well, small house, other improvements poor.

For quick sale $50 00 per acre. Will carry $2500.00 mortgage on the farm. 18 miles southeast of Wichita. WHALEN fc SMYTHE, 152 N. Market, Wichita, Kai.

TEXAS GULF COAST FARM BARGAIN 240 acres all bottom land and all cleared and ready for the plow. Potatoes, corn, sugar-can and alfalfa. Three miles frm a railroad station, no over-fiow. Fronting graded public road. A bargain at $35, easy terms, if taken at once.

Write for map and full description. A. W. GARSIHER, 315 Scanten Houston, Texas FOR SALE OR TRADE 40 acres joining the city of Wichita. Good 8 room house on Pennsylvania Ave.

640 acres 10 miles northwest of Lakin, Kearney county. 320 acres of good smooth land, unimproved, 30 miles southwest of Houston, Texas, and 2 miles from railroad. 1 Overland automobile, 40 h. p. engine, almost new.

$7,000,00 drug stock in town of 10,000 population in Oklahoma. WHALEN SMYTHE, 152 N. Market, Wichita, Kan. SALE OR TRADE 80 Acres of good Valley Alfalfa Land Adjoining a good town in Kansas only 8 to 10 feet to water, adjoining this is 25 acres improved with new 10 room house, barn and other out-buildings, wellfenced. This is a first class home for someone.

For particulars, address, H. m. YSM, Enid, ft. 6. Dont Send your children i i Away to For al Buy an 80 acre farm within miles of the Oklahoma State University; 65 acres in cultivation.

This place produced this year $400 Tomatoes, $100 other vegetables, besides $1200 cotton and 25 acres corn, which won first premium State Fair; 4 acre Alfalfa; living spring water'; 12 or 14 acres timber: pecan, plums, persimmons, walnuts, etc. Also a fine orchard; 4 room house, cement cave, barn and buggy-shed, hog-shed and pasture. Place lays fine. Has loan of $2400, will carry $3000. Price $6000.

Might consider trade for small acreage near a desirable place. NOURSE SISTERS, Enid, Okla. A Quarter Section of good farming land, good water, improvements, about twenty acres of Alfalfa, practically all of this land is finst class plow land and just one mile from a good town In a German settlement. A bargain for some one. For particulars write to First National Bank.

Enid. Okla. tf rri i uitit rrr i-t-rmi trim rjiri I 1 rn wy i fiy, although some care must be exercised in protecting the trees when young. Also, proper varieties of seed must be secured. The favorite nut for this climate is the pecan.

This grows along Walnut Valley in this state and south, i and when bearing is very profitable, i The man who will look into the future and plant a pecan grove and get it well started will leave a fine legacy to his heirs. English nuts, walnuts, hickory and others will do 1 COLD STORAGE APPLES WON CONTEST. County Horticultural Society Met For First Time, of Year and Enjoyed a Good Program. Dairying in Kentucky. All the profitable dairying is not carried on in the Northern or Eastern States, by any means.

S. A. Fowler of Paducah, is one of the most successful dairymen in this whole country, according to records. Mr. Fowler has 50 head of registered Jersey cows, whose milk he sells.

It is sold as cer-The Jersey Bulletin gives these facts concerning Mr. Fowler and his dairy business: "After deducting every item of expense including six per cent interest on the investment, his cows return him a net income of $75 per cow, as we understand it, per year. This does not include sales of calves or cows. The' annual yield of milk is 5,000 lbs. per cow but Mr.

Fowler proposes to so develop his herd as to make it 6,000 lbs. No pasture is used and soiling is followed. The Bulletin did not give Mr. Fowlers methods of feeding. We hope Mr.

Fowler will be pleased to furnish the readers of Hoards Dairyman with a description of his methods in the management of his highly successful dairy and the price he sells his milk at. One thing is very evident and that is that he gets more clean money out of his so-called little Jerseys than most herds in any breed are capable of giving. tified milk sun or buried in dust was plainly pointed out. Dangers of heating from putting potatoes in a pile or in a sack were explained. Experience showed that the best results were obtained when the ground was carefully prepared and the seed placed in the side of the row when the ground was not too dry.

Best seed was northern seed. When' the crop was carefully tended and season reasonably favorable the crop is very remunerative, yielding as much as $75 to $100 profit to the The state meeting was ably reported by Mr. E. G. Hoover, who attended the meeting and acted as presiding officer for a number of the sessions.

lie was elected president of the state society but did not so state in his report. The meeting was the best in the history of the state society. Nut growing was presented by J. F. Fager, who has been greatly interested in experimenting with various kinds of nuts.

He believes many of the nuts used on the markets can be raised in this soil and climate proflta- well here. Berry fruits was discussed by E. C. Cooley and Thomas McNally. They have had success with blackberries, dewberries.

When rust can he kept out nature. When rust can be kept out the crop is profitable. This is almost impossible as no spray has been found that will kill rust, and only by digging up will the patch be benefited. H. J.

Hanson, gave his experience with Champion gooseberries, which was a very new variety well adapted to this climate. At this meeting there was a fine display of storage apples both from cold storage houses and from cellars. The committee decided in favor of the cold storage apples. These were exhibited by E. G.

Hoover, and were indeed fine specimens, in looks, quality, soundness and everything that makes an apple marketable. All apples were given members present when the meeting adjourned. The Sedgwick County Horticultural Society met for the first time of the year, at the rooms in the court house Thursday of last week. The meeting was fairly well attended and the interest was good. Forrest Wickham, the president presided for the first time ah showed himself capable as an officer.

The resignation of Mrs Hardy as secretary was accepted and Mrs. E. G. Hoover was reelected for another year. W.

H. Toll was elected prompter. The program started off with a discussion on potatoes, which developed great interest. Thomas Wilson led the discussion. A paper on this subject by Mr.

Wilson appears in another column of this paper, and shows his views on this point. The dangers of allowing seed to become burned by the.

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