The Kanzas news., 1858-11-06
From the Lawrsaee Republican 2ist UT
Our Agricultural Products.

From the Iagrsaee Republiesn zisf uiI
Our Agricultural Products.
AS was truthfnIly remarked in eommu-
nication which. we published iase week
.sthe sunsrioyity of Kansas as an agrlcul-
tnral rao;en has never been fully tested and
sat;sfscfor;iy established, until the present
esss.ssoTTI - The beauty Of It's scenery, and
the oeniality of its climate have been eele-
brsted far and wide, and no doubt the i'm
preston of the produetiyeness Of its soil
has been quite general; but yet it never has
been practically established until now. As
the season may be considered as past, we
propose briefly to chronicle the agricultural
facts which the present season has gone far
70 establish.
First, as to the raising of wheat. Du-
ring the first year or two of the settlement
of Kansas, the notion seems to have been
quite prevalent, that wheat, and especially
winter wheat, could not be successfully cul-
tivated here. That notion, however, has
proved to be entirely erroneous; and the
fact may now be considered well establish
ed, that both winter and spring wheat can
be as successfully raised in Kansas as in
the best wheat-growing regions Of New
York and Ohio. The winter wheat har-
vested this year, in this Territory, is of a
most superior quality, with large, plump.
thin-skinned berry, weighing in many in
stances. over sixty pounds to the bushei.
The -four manufactured from it is of a
splendid quality-fully equal to the first
quality of the Extra Genessee. The yield
of wheat per acre has bein large, reaching
as high in some instances as thirty and
thirty-fiEe bushels. Late sown winter
wheat was somewhat affected with rust.
but early sown escaped entirely. This IA
vorable result is what might have been ex
pected, from knowledge of our soil and
climate. Lime is abundant everywhere in
Kansas, and lime is the great sine qaa non
of wheat soil. Besides, the top soil is
so deep that winter frosts do not heave out
the wheat roots, and so there is but little
danger of winter r-killing. From all these
considerations, wheat may be set down as
one of the great staples of Kansas. Other
small grains have not been, as yet, culti-
waited extensively. Oats suffered severely,
this year, here as well as elsewhere; but
have been raised in previous years in great
perfection. Rye, barley, ETC., have not yet
been tried extensively. - =. -.....sr
The corn crop in Kansas, this year, is
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equal breadth of planting, in any State or
Territory of the Union, ever gave heavier
yield. Hundreds of acres in single field,
in some instances, will average as high as
seventy-6v bushels to the acre; while ma
ny single acers, or even fields, win reach
as high as one hundred bushels to the acre.
Corn may be set down as sure and ex-
ceedingly productive crop.
Potatoes have almost always done well
in Kansas, the yield being large and the
quality excellent. But it is in sweet pota-
toes that we seem likely to excel. We GER
tainly have never seen finer ones than are
daily brought into market, of this years
growth. They have not been cultivated
heretofore to any great extent, but this
years trial has resulted so favorably that
they will undoubtedly be raised hereafter in
large quantities.
The sorghum has been tried pretty ex-
tensivsly this year, some of our farmers
planting from ten to fifteen acres of it. 1t
has proved a great success. The growth
is very luxuriant, and the quality of the
cane good. Syrup is being manufactured
in large quantities, and is already staple
article with our grocers. We hope that
some of our more enterprising farmers will
succeed in making samples of sugar, al
though we have heard of none yet. AS
an article of feed for horses, cattle and hogs,
the sorghum bids fair to hold an important
position. The experiment of Major Gates,
AN account of which we gave last week,
shows what may be done with it in the
feeding of hogs.
Fruits are, perhaps, as yet, matter OF
experiment, although the Indians have rails
ed good crop of peaches this year
Young fruit trees have done remarkably
well, and every prospect is fair for our hav-
ing an abundance of fruit as soon as the
trees can grow.
This hasty survey is full of encourage
ment to the farmers of Kansas. All the
products of the Northern States can be
raised here in abundance. The great sta
pies which are the basis of agricultural pros
perity all over our country, are ours be-
yond peradyenture. In addition, we can
raise many of those products which are in
digenous TO the South. As an agricultural
State, we shall take our stand In the very
front rank.
What inducements do these facts hold out
to those seeking Western home To a
country most picturesque and beautiful in
its scenery, most salubrious and delightful
in its climate, is added soil easy in its
culture, and most bountiful in the richest
products of the earth Truly this is a
good land. and a wide one, where unfetter-
ed and honored labor may have full scope,
and gather to itself the choicest blessings
of bounteous and benignant Providence
Junius w. Craig. of Helena. Arkansas,
died recently in Louisville He left will
bequeathing to Miss Wright, of Louisville,
daughter of Capt. T. T. Wright, to whom
he was betrothed, half of the annual in
come of the estate making an annuity of
.S2O, 900. He desires in his win that the