The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-14

the waters, render ours one of the most
desirable of locations. Horses and cattle
frequently subSist on the prairies during
the entire winter without ha or grain.
presenting a passablc appearance in
point of flesh at the opening of spring.
1t is generally better however that stock
be fed hay during three months of the
year. As Il wheat country, old farmers
who have resided all their lives in the
western States, declare that the valley
Of the Cottonwood is far ahead of any
country they have ever seen. Forty
bushels of fall wheat per acre is not an
uncommon yield. In the year of 1896,
the average yield of Chase county was
some over thirty-fve bushels per acre.
Several fields of from five to twenty
acres threshed out over fifty bushels per
acre. Spring wheat does not yield as
largely as fall, but is much surer crop
here than in the States of Illinois or
Iowa. In corroboration of these state
mcnts we refer the reader to the month
ly reports Of the Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture.
In consequence of the great drouth OF
1860, it has been currently and generally
reported and believed, throughout the
east, that Kansas is subject to severe
drouths, and therefore is unfit for the
purposes OF agriculture. This is mis-
| taken idea. The writer of this article
has been a resident of Kansas for the last
| thirteen consecutive Years. and has
known of no ScccTe drought during this
entire time, excepting the well known
one of 1860. Drouths there have been.
but only such as all parts of the western
States are subject to. Excepting the
year of 1860, there has never been any
| thing like Il general failure Of crop: in
4 Kansas nuT Stotn has fSnynI nly-
on account of the general prevalence OF
the erroneous opinions in regard to eX-
treme drouths. Thousands who would
otherwise have now been citizens of our
State, greatly to their own advantage.
and to the advantage of the State. had
it not been for the gross misrepresenta-
lions i'll this respect, have been deferred
from coming. To all such L say, and
say it confidently, and my knowledge
of the facts arc obtained by personal OBJ
serVation and experience, your fears on
this ground are without foundation
| Kansas is not any more subject to eX-
treme drouths and famines than tho
States of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri
You need not remain among the stony
hills, contracted fields, and crowded
cities of the eastern States, or cultivate
lands not your own. in the more favor
ed States Of the west where land ha
been so high as TO be beyond youl
reach, but come here to Kansas, and t.
the valley of the Cottonw God, where
for small sum, you may become thu
owner of as much land as you want
and where honest toll is sure of its jus
reward. Come from the office, the shop
and the farm. We have room for yol
all. We have got the country, the soil
the climate, and the natural resources
but we want more people, we wan
more farmers and mechanics, more cap
italists, and more professional men: blu
we want no drones. a stray ore of thu
latter class occasionally finds his way
amongst us, but he invariably get
sick and leaves the country in disgust
greatly to its benefit. O. ii. ID.