Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-16

No hOeing Of sod corn

40 nOtlnS VI rVu NuIus
Yield-3O bushels per acre, at IS cents
So, so, leaving balance in favor OF tho
producer OF sls 90 over the cost Of eultiva-
ton. have made no estimate Of the amour.
Of beans, pumpkins and squash that may
DO raised on new land with the corn, con-
siderine the two cases nearly equal. Of rais-
ing the same on the eastern aud western
new lands.
The foregoing estimate is made for tho
6rst years cultivation. and upon the usual
average OF crops.
will now make statement Of what may
be expected from the third years crop Of
corn, presuming that the usual amount Of
work has been performed on the land in
both cases.
Cost Of blowing land in Maine the third
| year, one acrq. one day, $500
Narrowing and furrowns the same, l,5O
| IIoe!ng the 'ame twice, 100
Twenty cord. Of dressing at $500, 5000
Carriage of the sane, 200
$3.50
Yield-SO bushels per acre, at 50 cents
al, so; leaving balance Of profit over the
cost Of cultivation Of 5000
Cost Of blowing land in Kansas the third
| year, one acre, enc day, workmen and
oxen, S5,O
. Narrowing and farrowrng tho same, so
Cultiyating the same, one day, 500
No dressing.
$50
Yicld-5O bushels per acre, at 50 cents
$1,000; leaving balance Of profit for cul-
tiya,ion Of $50, jO,-showins a margin Of
profit to the Kansas farmer Of over 500 per
cent in comparison with his eastern COM
pe,itor.
! have made the last estimate according
to the average prices that have prevailed in
western Kansas The average Of corn in
eastern Kansas may Be PC, down a, so cents
per bushel, giving the farmer there profit
as high rs 3 TO /.
I will now give the statement Of writer
upon Kansas matters some four years since,
who was in favor Of introducing slave labor
here. lie says in regard 10 crops:
" Before leaving home, | procured from
intelligent farmers in Platte, country boz
derlng on Kansas, a statement showing the
amount Of land which one hand cultivated,
with the yield Per acre, and the market
price Of the products at home. | have no
hesitation in at,esting its correctness.
Amount Of land on hand, and yield per acre.
| Hemp 10 5 acres, 500 70 l2OO lbs.
/ Comic TO Is acres. 10 10 - barrels.
| whcat-lO 10 Is acres. ~ 10 IS bushels.
Oats-lO to Is, 80 TO 80
VALUE or PRODUCTS AT HONE.
Hemp IL tons at $50 per ton, 100000
Corn-lOO bbls. at 81 per barrel, 10000
Wheat acrcs-lO0 bushels At 20
cents per bushel, 5000
Oats acres-lj0 bushels at 30
cents Per bnshel, 1900
Total least yield at lowest prices, Si25,OO
/ Hemp IL tons, at $3.50 per ton, $500
Corn-3OO bbls. at 50 per barrel, 10000
per bu.heI, 225,OO
Outs acres-225 bushels ti0ets.
per bushel, 10000
Greatest yield at highes, prices, $4,000
This will doubtless seem an eItrayagant
estimate yet the quotations OF the markets
will show that the maximum prices are les
than the present market prices. Hemp has
sold during the past season for $50 per
ton. Wheat is worth $l,a5 per bushel,
and corn 50 per barrel. The yield, too, is
often greater than the highest. But it !,
not lees true that the greatest yield and
highest price are not often together. My
object is rather to show the leas, yield and
the loves, prices.
ITO distance OF $50 miles west, the soil
/. but little, IL any, inferior to that Of Mis-
souri,. Its great staples must be hemp and
tobacco. . need hardly say that
the grains and grasses will all succeed, where
hemp and tobacco can be grown"
II the foregoing is fair estimate Of what
a ,lare will perform, wha, will free rhls
man do? Let the poor industrious men OF
the rugged New England States come to
Kansas and try their hands at securing
home here, where nature is lavish on her
par, to help those who try to help them
selves.
All persons in New England that wish to
emigra,e to this country, can get all neces-
sary information OF the cost and best way
for the journey, by applying to DIR. Thomas
II. Webb, No. ), Winter Street, Boston.
wh, will freely communicate the desired in
formation. Very Respectfully,
WIN. T.. GO0DNow.
PS.-Let the poor man bear in mind that
be gets the best land here, oil ready for the
plow, at 81 IS per acre, and In tho East It
Gusts him to ct his land in the same State
at least $50 per acre, and has to continue
10 dress the same at an annual expense OF
at leas, $50 per acre, to raise the same
value Of crops. W. b. VI