White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-14
for tbt farmer.
Wool.Growins in Kansas.

Woodworking in Kansas.
The following article is from the pen Of Ex-
Gov. Medary:
LIST. The country is niversa!!y rolling and
we'll drained. We have nothing like mora sses
or swamps in the original bounds Of the terrific
~. A: frst sight. looking from one high point,
frequently many miles to another, it would
strike you as = mountainous country. yet Oh
discovery you find that the highest points are
Oh a level with the upland prairie. ard the
slopes 30 long and gentle shat very often you
scarcely notice the ascent. The wide valleys
lying between being themselves dry and more
or less rolling.
ID. The climate, As 10 all high rolling prairie
countries Of great extent. peculiar for its clear
sky, gentle breezes, and dry atmosphere and
highly charged with electricity. Our summers
conmencs early and our winters late. And
though our winters may be said to last three
months, yet during that time We have many,
very many, mild clear days. much more like
epring than winter. have spent two winters
here and found them more genial than any I
ever saw 10 Ohio. The first was what might
be called wet, 40 our riven we're high all winter
and spring-the second Qast winter,) was dry,
% much SO that We had neither muddy roads or
high matters We had some cold days. the Their
mometsr falling to 10 or - degrees below zero.
which il cold on the open prairie, ifthe wind il
strong, but such days are unfrequsnt and Of
brief continuance. In the more broken valleys
sheep would find at such times pretty much all
the protection they would require. for We have
very little snow here. We have very seldom
what 10 called drilling rains, which, a. all
sheep raisers know, are the most injurious. not
only to sheep but to cattle, when they occur in
the cold months of winter and spring. It is not
the dry cold, but the wet cold which is 30 inju-
rious to animals generally. Our rains, a. a
general thing, are fierce while they last. and
quickly followed by clear. calm sky.
Sd. As to pasture, there are millions of acres
lying open yet, within the organized counties,
and then extending 500 miles to the foot of the
mountains. 1t will not be necessary, therefore,
for . great many years, to &c to the expense OF
purchasing lands for pasture. They are lying
open, offering the richest return to those who
choose to occupy them with their herds of sheep
or cattle. Shepherds to take care Of them ID
all that Is wanted. In ordinary seasons hay in
any quantity can be cut at all points, and the
shepherds should have with them q moving
machine for that purpose, to provide against
want in hard winter.
4th The cost Of keeping the sheep need not
amount to any more than the expenses of those
who hare charge of them, and salt for gener
Gus supply. By an act of our legislature, sheep
are not subject to taxation, nor the buildings
nor pasture lands necessary for their well being
5th. The kind or quality Of sheep proper to
bring here must be left to the choice and taste
ofthe owner. AS a general thing, and for
sconomy's sake in the outset, would suggest
that the ewes be of good frames, andin health,
selected from common grade docks, accompa.
MED BY full blood South Down, French Msrino,
or Leicester rams. For wool, I should select
che French Merino. But each sheep owner will
have his own views upon this matter.