The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-30

in untold abund snce. There are many
farmers in. Kansas who will clear one thou
sand dollars selling hay to Government and
freighters next winter, and probably say,
after doing it that the wet weather nearly
ruined them. Experience has shown th at
that in this State as elsewhere, reliance
ought not to be placed on single crop
Com, hemp, cats, wheat, barley. tobacco,
beans-Iet each farmer plant as great va
riety as possible each year. Then there is
stock.raising, which never fails. Cattle
sheep, hogs, horses, mules grow up with
almost no care and have invariably com.
manded high prices. Grapes and fruit
are left out of this enumeration, but they
are already commanding good share of
attention.
With this simple statement of what Kan
sas farmers can do-and every old settler
will vouch for its truths one 10 be blamed
for being tired of Kansas croaking, and for
putting the responsibility where it really
belongs-on Incidence and improvidence ?
MANUFACTURES.
Many branches of manufactures could
be successfully introduced here, and would
be of incalculable advantage. You buy a
plough in Chicago and pay for it in tobacco
which is taken to Chicago for market;
you pay as much more for the plough as it
takes to pay the freight here you get as
much less for the tobacco as it costs to de.
liver it there-a double loss in transporta.
tion. But let the plough maker start his
factory in Lawrence both freights are
then saved, and mechanics connected with
the plough factory buy all their family pro-
duce of Kansas farmers. Producer and
consumer are brought together; transport
alton is saved, and both parties are benefit
ted. And this instance will apply to
great number of cases. Let manufac,ur.
ing become gener al here, as it will in
time. and prosperous villages will every
where dot the prairies. Goods will be
cheaper aad land will be greatly enhanced
in value.
NECESSITY OF PLANTING TREES.
A word about trees. The finest cultiva-
ted groves l have seen in the State are
in Doniphan and Atchison counties
though some other localities may be equal
ly fortunate. Some of these groves, ofCot-
tonwood and Locust, are ten years old the
trees are large enough for 6rewood and
fence-rails they afford good protection 10
dwelling houses, fruit trees and stock.
They can be seen at distance of many
miles over the prairie, and give distinct
i've character and peculiar beauty to the
farms on which they are planted. Such
farms command much higher prices than
land equally good which is destitute of
trees.
Trees, also, by retaining NJ DISTURB in The
ground, prevent freshets and the rapid rise
Of streams, and cause aprings to gush forth
where none were known before. This fact
has been repeatedly witnessed in Texas,
where forests have taken the place Of the
bare prairies. The opposite fact is equally
we'll established. In New England where
forests have been cut off, springs have
dried up and destructive freshets have
made their unwelcome and unexpected ap-
pearance.
The above are few reasons why every
farmer skonld devote at least a few acres
of his land to raising trees They will
grow thrifily in every part Of the State,
protection only being required against cat
tie and fires, and they will bring forth
frui. hundred fold.
PUBLIC ECONOMY.
People justly complain of high taxes
and yet take no measures to remedy the
evil. Certain necessary changes must be
made, or demagogues will drive Kansas 10
the verge ofrepudiation. Just consider th'
our State is not as populous, nor by tenth
part as wealthy, as many single counties
in the older States then count up the
number of officers we have to support
city, county and State and the expense OF
maintaininga State government These
evils must be met aud, met speedily, even
if the changes demand new State consli-
tuition.
Our Legislature is too numerous and its
sessions too frequent. Fifty men meeting
once in two years would legislate with as
much judgment and at a quarter of the
expense, as the present hundred who meet
every year. Figure up the expense Of the
two systems, and you will find how enor-
mcus is the saving.