40G PAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS. 



This is as cheap and effective a way of feeding and watering 

 stock as can be devised. I lliink that simihir ponds miglit be 

 made for raising fish, though I have never given any attention to 

 the matter. There are several of these artificial ponds in the 

 county; two are in Girard, which are used as reservoirs for 

 steam flour mills. They are durable and inexpensive. 



The sub-soil is of clay. Tree planting around these ponds 

 affords a comfortable shade and beautifies the landscape. 



W. II. GILL, 



LARNED, PAWNEE COUNTY. 



Winter Wheat — Cost of Raisinr/ the Crop — Bye — Dairijing — 

 Climate and Advantarjes. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



This Ikis been and is my main crop. Its average has been 

 twenty bushels per acre, except the last year, when it was cut 

 short by drouth. I have succeeded best on early plowing. I 

 use sulky plows (sixteen inch), three horses or mules to the 

 plow. 



CULTIVATION. 



I turn the ground up at least eight inches deep, and har- 

 row down with a Thomas smoothing harrow. I always run the 

 roller over right behind the harrow. Tiiis is done to thoroughly 

 pulverize the ground and also to retain the moisture. I use 

 drills for seeding, putting in only one bushel per acre. I have 

 experimented with larger and smaller quantities, and find the 

 best results from one bushel per acre. I commence sowing the 

 1st of September, and get done by the 25th, if possible. I use 

 Hodge's Header for cutting ; find it very durable. I cut from 

 twenty to twenty-five acres per day. I stack the heads in long, 

 narrow ricks, top the ricks up sharp, and hang them off with 

 cords or small wire, with rocks or weights on their ends. 



