Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-04-24

|PefSun .tOt Fuo1|4 70 tNAk6 " uiS VVH'V, |
a. 3 20 Per bcret y ih saIbe,hing hk6 lwo
yehm qFmofe fol pa Day, in W prqba:
billy, during which lime he purchase moN.l
ey esa'6e nude from th6 laad i,seltsb BY ma.
king immediuis improssmenls. Msny OF
you no. doub. are working lands in Ohio on
shares. agee expense qf bae hplfT Of yout
labor. ot'oh I tshtal.oi from IS 10 -eiOPs
scrs. Whal then xould. be The resul, Of the
samo amount or labor bestowed upon lands
ia Kansas fordwo years onlyl Let us sec.
Leaving ou. the fencing for The present, Of
which We shall speak hereafter, we will Sc,
! ldownlthe breakingof lwen,v acres Of Prairie
7 4, three dollars per acre. This planted with
corn costs nu,hing-but'sher plurting, asit 70,
no. cus,omargie Tend corn on sod ground
Sod crops may, howeyer,in an unusally dry
season be an entire failure; but, they generr
ally produce from ten 10 twenty bushels 70
the acrer-rsay Twelve ioran averager a.
! fi(iy cents per huahel--pnd we think H. will
no, soon be lsss--h would leave a balance
The FIRE, year Of three dollars per acre for
planting and havesling afIsr deduc.ing The
breaking. The second year lhe land will
bs In condition 10 bring good crops--from
thirty TO- sky bushels per acre--say forty
for safe estimate. Twenty acyes at forty
bushels per acre would be eight hundred
bushels, which, AZ fiI,y cents, would be S40O.
HALF Of This S40O will pay lor quarter sec;
lion, which half, were you working land on
shares, ,would 40 10 the landlord, One more
croP will renpmerate you for your fencing,
&c. Thus, inlhres years, you iipvs q iarm
I;mproxed and p1id FOR out Of whp, you
would pay Cor The fcni Of lands ofyhe same
lq1ality. Here,,heb.wo can see one greas
4 fundamental induccmen, for al those who
have no farms, but desire them, and are will
ling 10 work them, 10 come 10 Kansas.
But !. may DO objected, that our estimate
Of the price OF grain s too high; and this
llead,us o.hs consideration Of ,heprospecls
Of The markets for some years 10 come; and
permit US 10 say that we can see nothing but
what 10 cheering and promising. For five
4 years a, leas, The emigration that will be
continually pouring into our State will make
aiiyely home market for oil that the older
settlers can supply; and as soon as the east.
srn portion Of Kansns can afford a surplus,
there viii he a constantly increasings outlet
I 10 ,he new States that are destined 10 grow
up west OF us on or near the route Of the
Grea. Pacific Railroad. and Kansas must be
the arder in The prosecution Of that grea
1 work; and whenever The work is completed
the West will 6e TO US wha, the East now Is
10 The Middle States In ihe matter Of Mar
, ke,s. We have no reason 10 leaf a reple'
} lion, or that the ,iller OF the soil will no
. be generously rewarded for his efforts. WI
are fully confident ina, the prices Of Fasm
Products can never recede here. unless !. b,
from some high rates cnused by uhusu
f scarcity, as al the present time.
4 We have thus spoken confidently Of OUT
farming facilities. We desire 10 speak free
ly Of It's obstacles; and the first which viii
occur 10 you on coming inio the Territory
!. (bn, one which diminishes in magnitude slit
longer We are here. is the apparen, scarci.,
Of Timber. Tha. there is no, Timber sutfi
: Glen, 10 fence the Prairies is mos, ceuan
lwhle we believe ,ha, there is for all build
ling purposes. This, a. first, will appear u
many an insurmonniabls objection; bu. ls
US NOT be frightened 100 soon. That we cal
be well supplied with building material i
clearly established, and aa,.ering prospec,
: Of ample coal fields relieve US Of all appro
= hension on The score Of fuel
9 Then there remains lhe. fence question
n tunfy W DO seriously considered. We shul
no, be required to fsnce asains, Hogs; whic
will reduce The expense more than one hal
+ A pos, and rail fence sufficient 10 turn cnl
4 lie we believe can be constructed as chea
) upon our Pfai,ies as an ordinary hog lenc
is made In Ohio. A temporary fence form
ed Of Prairie sods, faced with ditch, can b
: easily made 10 project the farm until a hedg
n can be grown, which must eventually com
n into general use through all the Wesier
States. But who, will be The result Of hi
: fencing dfficullyi Inconvenience al frs
: bu, in The end good durable lifelong hedges
: which will be an ornament and sure pr:
d ,eclion TO the farm, instead Of the rcke,y
d failing and insecure worm fences ,ha, re
= qure hall The win,er IN repairing, and
good portion OF the summon in hunting no
p holes. Thus sands ihe fence question
, which has deferred more people from comm
If 10 Kansas Than any other cause.
The max, thing we shall call your ai,en
ZION 10, is the climate. OF this we cann'
% speak from experience, for rho period Of
full year. as none OF US came here prev
! Gus 70 May last; bu, what we hUve seen On
= !. what we can learn from old residents, "
III will communicate. Our rains fall mostly
1 the later part Of Spring and beginning
4 Summer. al the lime they are mos. heedt
II FOR oryegelation. From The middle OF July
IN the middle Of March. we have bu, lille raj
d We have mol seen d mud puddle since v
have been in The Territory. Eyerywhe
the roads are smooih, dry end hard; bu. "
do expect different STATE Of things wht
the Spring rains begin,o fall. The aImo
0, phsre Is clear. healthtnl and invigoro.in
'. We have in the SIN an almos. cons'a
or comparison. An Indian like Summer seen
!. TO prevail mos, Of the time lhroughou. Il
,e Fall and Winter. 8, M
Io Up 70 the 26,h Of January. our Win,
Y. had moi se.in. February, has given usson
cold weather, accompanied with sharp aI
m piercing winds. ard for 4 lev dagA only, "
in the Th6Smomsier below Zero, Thewea,
as er Ii now mild, (a0lh March bslmy
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