The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-07
For tie Herald Of Freedom.
Letter from Southern Kansas.
NEosHo VALLEY, ALLEN CoUNTY,l \
july 26th, 1858.

NEosHo VALLEY, ALLEN COUNTY,(
July 26th, 1858.
l have 20 doubt that the readers of the
Herald of Freedom in the States, would
like to hear how we are progressing in the
Neosho Valley in Southern Kansas. We
have got our share of ofemigration, and per-
haps more of the hardy sons of the North
have come here than to other parts.
Many from Iowa and Illinois have came
in with their families andmade claims on
our rich, rolling prairies, and have went
on improving them, asif they were aim
ing to have something in the future-"a
sweet smiling home" 1t does one good
to see men of intelligence coming in here
with their families, aud settling on these
prairies. 1t denotes that our charming
country will be settled with persons who
will look to the soil for knowledge and sus-
tenance. Schools will be started in every
ueighborhood, and where schools are, lib
erty reigns, and border ruff lnism is
not knoo0n. Some who got here, by the
first of June, have put some crops in, such
as corn, beans, pumpkins, &c; and there
is fair prospect of their having good
crop.
Crops look well. l never saw better
corn than there is on the upland !; on the
bottoms it is not very good, as it has been
too wet for it to germinate and grow well.
Last season the corn was the best on the
bottom land, as it was dry season.
There will be considerable corn raised
here this season, enough to supply quite a
large emigration Some have got fifty
and seventy five acres of corn, full ten feet
high. When shall we be independent
and not be obliged to depend on Missouri
for all our provisions ? When can we
keep more of our money at home to en-
rich our own country-not slave State
The time is not far distant when we shall
help ourselves. Two years more, and we
will be free-able to support ourselves.
There has been few pieces of winter
wheat raised, which have done well.
Pieces that stock run on last winter, will
yield twenty to thirty bushels to an acre.
To our friends in the States, would say,
that we can grow winter wheat here. ]
know we can get a large yield, thirty oil
forty bushels to an acre, when we fully un-
derstand when to sow it, and how much
to put on an acre. This that has been
raised, grew on the upland-high pyairies,
which are as good for wheat as the bot
tom land. There is not much danger oil
winter wheat being killed, but it may be
drowned out if sowed on the bottoms, if
it is wet season. What we want, is the
threshing machine and grist-mill, before
it can be made profitable to grow wheat.
We shall have these in due season. Ii
some one would erect grist-mill in AL
len County, itwould induce the people to
go into growing grain sooner. There is
some very good water privileges on the
Neosho. Who will improve them? One
thing is needed to make the growing of
wheat the chief obiect-that is a railroad
from Leavenworth to the Gulf Of Mexico,
As soon as such road is built, we shall
have one of the best markets in the
world. There is no doubt but what a
road ofthis description will be built within
FIVE years.
We have some hot weather in the bot
toms, but nos very hot on the prai-
ries, for there is cool breeze to fan the
body, to remove inseusible perspiration.
There is very heavy growth of vegeta-
ton this season grass on the prairie Is
very heavy, and no lack of grass for hay.
There is some fine chances for getting
claims. There is plenty of prairie close to
the river, that is not taken, some on which
is few acres of timber, for fire-wood and
fencing. Along some of the creeks, claims
can be made where there is many pFivi-
leges and advantages that are not found
in every new country. Nowis the time
to get good claims. A smiling home will
existfor you in the future, if you go on and
improve the claim you take here, by set
ting out fruit trees. grape vines, forest
trees, raising stock, &c. Come on, if you
want to see the finest part of Kansas.
SETH FARLEY. :
Remrned.