The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-04-25
KAEsAs CIRCULAR.

S'hk Ou'6Rtlon from tne osaee Vi OutO, INC
undersignewere appointed Committee to
prepare an ddress and unite in the follow
ing:
Believing lit many oftheir friends whom
they left behintwill be interested in can.
did and reliablsstatement of facts as they
exist in the territsy knowing that many
conflicting representations have been made
by persons who hve paid Tying visit.
elated or depressed by first impressions
many Of whic persons have remained
scarcely weelon our soil; we have ad.
dressed you thj circular as embodying the
best judgmen and experience of resi-.
dence in this iierritory from its first settle
ment to the resent time which we can COM
mand. Gu chief object being to set forth
truthful sAtement Of matters and things
as they exi4-mixing the bitter with the
sweet; statbg obstacles as well as advanta-
ges; we shsl cheerfully leave it with the
sagacious raider to determine whether Their
are sufficiat inducements for him to emf
CRATE to Knsas. Allow us first, to present
in succitt and concise manner what we
think are tie advantages possessed by this
Tenitory;lnd then we will eheerlully sub.
mt all the difficulties. impediments. and
drawbacks to its settlement, Of which we
are aware First, then, we will begin with
tie soil, as being ofprimary impor tance.-
Il the eastern portion of Kansas we have
rich and inviting SOL, consisting Of rolling
rairie, bottom and tinberIand; the prairie
greatly predominating, yielding an exuber.
nt growth Of grass. indicative of great fer
ility. One hundred and sixty acres of this
hnd (taken as body as rich as any in the
world, lies at the option Of any person who
chooses to make it his home, at $1,25 per
icre, with something like two years3or more
Tor pay day, in all probability. during
which time the purchase money can be
made from the land istelfby making imme-
date improvements. Many Of you no doubt
are working lands in Ohio on shares, at an
an expense Of one half your labor. or on a
rental of from to $40 PER acre. What
then would be the resnlt of thu same a.
mount Of labor bestowed upon lands in Kan.
sas fer two years only? List US see: Lcay
ing out the fencing for the present, Of which
we shall speak hereafter, we will set down
the breaking Of twenty acres of prairie at
$3 per acre. This planted with corn costs
nothing but the planting, as it is not custo-
mary to tead corn ON sod ground. Sod
crops may, however, IN an unusually dry
season be an entire failure; but they gener-
ally produce from ten to twenty bushels to
the acre--say twelve for an average. At
6fty cents per bushel--and we think it will
soon be less; it would leave balance the
first year Of three dollars per acre for plant
ing and harvesting after deducting the
breaking. The second year the land will
be in condition to bring good crops-from
thirty to sixty bushels per acre; say
forty for safe estimate. Twenty acres
at forty bushels per acre, would be eight
hundred bushels. which. at fifty cents, would
be $4oo. Half Of this $400 win pay for a
quarter section; which half, were you work
ing land on shares would go to the land.
lord. One more crop will renumerate you
for your fencing. DC. Thus,in three years
you have farm improved and paid for out
Of what you would pay tor the rent of lands
Of the same quality. Here. then we can see
one great fundamental inducement for all
those who have no farms, but desire them,
and are willing to work them, to come 10
Kansas.
But then j: may be objected, that our es-
innate Of the price Of grain is too high; and
this leads us to the consideration Of the
prospects Of markets for some years to come
--and permit us to say that we can see
nothing but what is cheering aud promis-
ing. For Eve years at least the emigration
that viii be continually pouring into our
State win make lively home market 70,
all that the older settlers can supply; and as
soon as the eastern portion Of Kansas can
afford Surplus. there will be constantly
increasing outlet in the new States that are
destined to grow up west Of US on or near
the route of the Great Pacific Rail Road,
and Kansas must be the larder in the pros
eoution Of this great work; and whenever
the work is completed, the West will be tc
Us what the East now is to the Middle
States III the matter Of markets. We have
no reason TO feat repletion, or that the
tiller Of the soil viii not be generously re-
warded for his efforts. We are fully conf
dent that the prices Of the farm products
can never reced here, uless u be from some
high rates caused By unusual scarcity. as
q. the present time.
We have spoken thus condently Of our
farming facilities. We desire to speak free.
Ii; Of its obatacles; and the frst which will
occur TO you on coming into the Territory,
| Ibut one which dimiuishss in magnitude the
longer We are here; Is the apparent scsrci.
| ty Of Timber That there Is not timber suf-