The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
LAWRENCE, KANSAS TERRITORY SATURDAY, APRIL Il, 1856

+! such to GO, although thus far the supply
of laborers has not kept pace with the de
mand ; men of determined energy, great
self-reliance, industrious and temperate
| habits, who are not easily disheartened,
and whose indomitable perseverance will
enable them to surmount such obstacles
as the settlers of new regions will be
obliged to encounter, though less per-
haps in Kansas than in most unreclaim-
ed regions, such need not hesitate to i'm
migrate, though dependent solely on their
handsand daily exertiorls for livelihood /;
all others, who are thus destitute, should
bIde their time" 49,
CLIMATE.--Professio men pro-
nounce the climate remarkably healthy
one, admirably adapted to those having
a tendency to diseases of the lungs. 1t
is in great measure free from that pest
of many Western places, intermittents,
or fever and ague (chills and fever, as
popularity termed cases can and do oc-
cur there, mainly, however, from i'm
prudence and probably will be met with
to some extent, on the first breaking up
of the lands but such is the character of
the country, and consequent deficiency
of exciting materiel, it can never become
a prevalent or permanent disease.
"The only objection we have found to
the climate of Kansas, thus far" says
the Herald of Freedom, sis the heavy
winds, which usually blow from one to
three days at time over the prairies,
making it rather disagreeable to be ex-
posed out of doors. We think the wind
and storms are not more violent than in
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern
Ohio"
must vary according to the materialused,
the size, style, DC. The main aim at
first, when so many important matters
will require attention, should be to put up
cheap, temporary shelter. A tent
costing from S8to S15, will accommodate,
tolerably well, five or six persons a sod
cabin, Lawrence style of architecture,
which will make comfortable dwelling
in winter, even, may be constructed in a
couple of days or less, at an expense of
eight to twelve dollars. The mode of
building these, is thus described in the
Kansas Herald of Freedom "Select a
spot where good sod can be obtained easi-
" with an axe cut the turf into blocks
two feet square; insert spade under the
surface about FIVE inches, lift the sod,
| and place it as you would a stone in
building fences. When the walls are
sufficiently high, lay on the rafters in the
usual form then lay sticks across from
one rafter to another, about twelve inches
apart on top of these throw some hay,
and on the hay lay the sods. Cut in a
door and window, and stove will make
a comfortable home for the winter"
TINE OF COMMENCING FARM WORK, COST,
KIND, AND VALUE OF CROPS, &C.-On
these points, we avail of information fur
nished for publication by an individual
bitterly and uRcompromisingly opposed
to the present New England movement
land who has exerted himself to throw al
the impediments and discouragement'
possible in the way of those who contem
plate emigrating from the Free States
when such a person is compelled to make
$50 flattering statements as the subjoined
There is no necessity for our friends offer
ling any extra inducements to freemen t.
become citizens of Kansas. 1t may b.
well to premise that the cost of hirin!
prairie land broken up, win be abou
three dollars per acre; and we under
stand that individuals, suitably prepared
and acquainted with the business, pur
pose pursuing it as vocation; SO tha
what Gen. Stringfellow deems an insuper
able difficulty in the way of New Eng
land and Western Farmers, can easily b
obviated and where no one can be hired
resort will be had to very common prac
tice, of which he seems ignorant, @
doubling, or trebling teams, and thu
mutually aiding one another. He says
"The greatest difficulty is in the com
mand of the requisite labor-the hand
and team necessary to break and enclos
. the land. To one who has this, it is ia
easier and cheaper to make farm of On
: hundred acres or more, in the prairi
than in the timber Indeed, in Missouri
it is deemed better and cheaper in tn
end to make farm of three hundre
| acres in the prairie and to haul the rail
ten miles than to clear timbered land.
r "The plough used will turn over fro1
| twenty to twenty-six inches, and on
: team will break from two to two and
: half acres per day. The cattle requir
no other feed, but will keep fat on tn
grass while at work The proper seaso
2 for breaking prairie is from the first {
E May to the middle of July; up to whic
time corn can be planted. The corn
5 dropped in the furrow, by boy VIII
$ can sit on the plough, and is covered b
a the plough. 1t viii usually mature an
: make good corn if planted as late as tn
e 1st of June. That planted later wi
= make good stock feed.
: "Prairie may be broken as late as th
: middle of August, and will, if sowr
: yield wheat crop equal to any that ca
be afterwards grown on the ground.
!. "To one who has stock to feed, the Gro
: of corn on the sod is always worth th
{ cost of breaking and will, in a good ses
: son, pay for breaking and enclosing.
sIn the second year, the farm is in pei
. feet condition There are no stump
t but the sod is rotted, and your field cles
4 of weeds and grass, is light and mello
: as an ash-bank. In the prairie, too,
il hand can cultivate 0ne-third more tha
It in the timber.
: s.I ought here to say that both in Mi
E sour and Kansas the winters are all a
r ways dry, and with but little snow, an
Y hence hands are able to work during Il
ientire winter"
y as regards yield of crops, the san
Il writer makes the following statement, 1
show the great profit of slave labor an
: ne VIII not insult the good sense of OF
It friends, by doubting for a moment that
n freeman can accomplish as much as
+ bondman. He says
, Lying IN the same latitdde, inimed
Il ately west, and along side of Missoul
t the soil and climate of Kansas cam
IS differ materially from those of MissoH