The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-12-29

Lyons Chases Butter and Greenwood
p o ,1sggo9 u Counties. D. ssoi. % z
80 Westake the following interesting facts
in regard to the aboVs oou mites from ths
report of Prof G. @. Swallow, Stats
Geologist. .!sa3 lgs .5.ag g. co .St8 2.
~ tusag LYON COUNTY. .7se,s j
aaArea.-This county is bounded north
by WabsuRsee, east by Usage and Goffey;
south By Greenwood, and west by Chase
and Morri counties, and contains nine
hundred and ffty-eigbt square miles, b
.II0po1rqph NeOsho flows south
east, nearly through Ihegmiddle of the
county, The Cottonwood runs nearly
due east through the south half, and joins
the Neosho'on the eastern border. These
streams have broad bottoms, varying
from two to four miles in width. Usage
river heads in the northeast corner, but
their valleys are but slight undulations.
The northern is high, rolling and gent
ly undulating prairie. The south border
is broken by the branches of The Verdi
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GEOLOGY.
Bluf.-This formation is peculiarly
well developed in this county. It some
times attains the depth of fifty feet. In
deed, 30 we'll are. the. solid strata covered
over by this that it is possible only to OBJ
tain glimpse of this division of the ge-
ology. This formation differs from that
of Butler county. tits more enaeious,
higher cOlored, contains more ron,- and
is of a coarser texture. 1t resembles more
the same formation on the Missouri river
and in Miami county. '.-7' ~ -1'as"-
Soil Judging from the exuberant
vegetation, the soil of this county is i'm
ferlor TO none in the State. On, The mp
lands, it is rarely less than two feet, and
often four and five, consisting of due
mixture of the bluff mari and decompos
ed vegetation. The latter is the accumu-
latiopr Of ages by the growth and decay
of plants, stimulated INTO plethora by the
subsoil, silieious mari that would. be
invaluable. foI,a surface. dressing in som E
parts of the Union, s4 I'd ,. &.
Bottoms, 1.-The soil of the loWlands,,
or river and creek bottoms, is also rich
IN organic remains, perhaps more SO than
thesuplands, The subsoil is the result
OF huVatile action, which brought with
il the wash of the hills and much Of the
vegetable. matters Of their tributary
streams * 80 -Ab Eo.ay ISIS a f.. sm Lrs
Rocks 4Enpugh only was seen Of the
country to determihe their difference and
approximate boundary. They belong to
two different ages, the Psrmian aud Car
bobilerous, of Coal Measure period.
Their limits i4lay be nearly determined
by drawing B fine through the county
from the northwest eorheFto the south
east, and assigning the south west half to
the Permian,L and The northeast to the
CarbonIterOus. 'N''o w, --'''- SIS '.-
Timber. Most OF the principal streams
are skirted with. timber, such as oak.
black walnut. elm ,eOttonYood, sy camore,
DC. The smaller species are sumac, red
bud, buckeye, grape vines,1 goosberries,
&c. e. s. ca. ~ sI. BE- -1sl .s..
ioPrOd1ctIOns.-NeaFly all; the cereals
incident to this climate have been sue
cessiuhy cultivated in this county : = In
addition to. this. sorghum is under ex,.
tsnsiVe experiment, aud, thus far promis-7
es we'll t--.3y nU@4f-.t brz lga:.aL ~ 9
Cl'Daate.-There can be but little differ.
ence IN this respect. between this county
and those of Butler and Green wood.
Judging from the charactet Of the plants,
this county receives a greater amount of
rain than the latter. pas. o rsD I.low
HeGttk'--Ins this respect the uplands.
are all that could be wished. and win
compare favorably with the older States.
Botrom5locatious do-not differ materially
fromrtbs uplands. Notwithstanding The
extensive areas covered with rank yeget-
alton going to decay but little correspond,
irg disease is eEgendered. = ''-'-' s'' y
Pare wafer may be obtained any where
by digging from fftsen. 70 thirty .feeI. La