, 1860-09-12
From Kansas.
3ns EoAdtffon OF the frops-.Emf-raffoa..
The Aaad Safss.-k'fL;<s& Peak Msad. 81.

sspes:A Correspondence Of the n. r. Tribune
LAwRkz1r. X. r, Sept. !, 13to
lhnd on my return to LsTreace. that the
questions arising from the failure ct the crons
are exciting attention elsewhere. So wei a7 tn
Aans5s, asd that various conflicting stories
ns!e "a 4. 1oono sselr way into the columns CT tie
Tribune. It is pr obable thus all parties wro,s @
with perfect sincerity. "''
Having Just Travelled OVER stretch nf KIM.
sas nearly tEo hundred miles eass artl west
Sou aelng pretty well post4d a. to the rar;ms
!osan1iss ind the condition Of the crops therein
20 not hesitate to say that, in the main. ,he
A1aeas crops are failure this Jecr. Soma To-
caatles here and there, hare eya.y poni rron
Orer considerable s;retches ,h:re i, sho1t hpt
aan crop, and IN sone Of the central and
total failure. ' 1'Aos 0's q
'. What IS worthy Of no:e is that a strin m the
Tss.esn Wts norder has Esry go7d crops. While The
n ea'eIn port1on Of Eastern, or settled Kansas
n1S, aso' partial crop aad plenty OF grass,
ma1'e tne late1medlate ccun.iss or those only
6itJ Or eixty miles from the eastern boriiep @
EDooGlss' Shawnee. Usage, Alien, Andsrsoo,
Franklin acd Cstlse cqusties. hare sn{fsre3
most. Two bun1rsd ni!ea west Ct the Aiissanr;
on thc Suoky Hill river, there is ice uraas
MnAe 10 most oi tho counties enumerated sbuve
sae grass - pare 90 and s:Ee, aud ton bare to
make good hay. Even ia the DR., reoion .h.re
afe spots here and tatre Of good corr. In the
alJ fcg'Gn tnere -as 70 wheat, Tie ta;1nrs
WIS tota1, Ind resulted, as much from ths ~
biact ffos:s Of the Winters, a. from the dron:h
ol me oummtrs. Ia the Western or,an;4sJ
counties bur little whea. has been sogn vel No
toe selt,euents are new, but that little made q.
have f done still better. The fac: is. tbs. tbt.
Western counties arc higher. Saline Conntv
On tho Snoky Hill Eiver, $50 mites from tx
mouth OF the Kansas River, Is 700 feet bioh
aoo!e the sea leTe1. consequently, although no
eosaeI' SO taf 81 observation goe-. there vas
Which went of with a two dayh rain. A ci-cnr,''
at:uce With WHICH the more Eastern rrg;o1 IA
not visited, IS there "as Scarcely an ioc,, n
anoH mere all last Wluter. c1ka to .how that
the oecaslon al the drouth WIS not fron 10 ~
pla,ns, or those imag'uary dezezts West. bn,
simply such ar occurrence as has, from tina to
Eastern STATES. 90 'na
Tne e4laMlty would By no nesos war ~ i'm
posing front If cur people had beea in c5rtii.
uoa 10 ns better prepared for it. Most Of the
f4rmers here have oaly a small farm nrd.r ~ ~
nFatlon yet, aud depend on onc, or At most tn
llndS Of crops
r.. The niseh'efts ione for this year, bous,er.
.ne qossuaa Is how to remedy it. Scme are
Ic..geo az tnoae who ask assistance from tia
East, and like their pluck, anu Others. pourer.
muu, pelhaps. more empty crib. aod d mora
!o5lofn prospect not osly would Ike but need
sla. breaking il wild country il wo.se than
breaking IN wtld colt. Men constantly uuder.
take to nake farm. when they la1e not tba
= nsaus 70 slock or crop ore properly If they
nae II MADE. And they succeed generally, too:
u Tact alFays, it they work. They moi onl1
hyo, but hare to build up commons ealth. r..
saae that, Kansas has had to fight q constant
political battle, snd this hasnot only cost monev
aod time, but has unateadi=d her nerves. III;
therefore. possible, nay certain, that there are
aid to keep theta from sutferiue. e9-4S