The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-03-26
From Bancroft,s Real Estate Register fer
March.
IMPORTANT IMPORTATION.
Answers to Corresponding.


We propose TO devote portion of our
space In each number OF the itegtsss' 70 |
answers 10 the thousand and one questions,
\ continually asked us by correspondents. We
shall omit the questions, ~ the answers
i will sufficiently Indicate them.
! / Kansas is pre-cininenIly healthy cOun- |
try, because there are stagIIant ponds. |
swamps or marshes. because its altitude in |
sures pure dry atmosphere, highly OK
ygeuized; and because the whole country IL |
uuderlaid with limestone, affording abund- |
ance Of pure water.
= Pulmonary diseases are almost entirely |
unknown; except these arising from want
of care during the sudden changes of wealth
er in winter and spring. Bilious diseases
prevail TO some extent during very wei
seasons.
3 All streams have gravelly or rock bot
toms, and afford water pure enough to drink
at most seasons.
}, { Water power is abundant on mes
streams, the fall in many OF them. partlcu-
larry the Neosho. Cottonwood, Vrrdigris
Fall River. and Big Walnut afford good III:
, sites every few miles. Many parties will
still donate good mill sites to any one who
will Improve them.
: Streams and springs improve and in
crease in number as the country settles up
and the prairie Is broken, unlike tlinbered
country. where they usually decrease:
Timber is abundant when compared
. with other prairie states and source. COM
pared with tinbered ones. hat one would
! call plenty, would appear scarcity TO all
- Oiner.
7 Coal a5 ,u1.ls in almost evary county
: OF the eastern and central portions OF the
State; the veins varying i'll thickness from
few inches 10 eight feet.
3 Building stone of good-quality can be
found in every township, and IL some places
, on almost every section. 1t varies from tie
soft, white magnetism limestone. to the
hard, blue limestone. almost As hard as
granite. Sandstone crops cut in Il few plac-
eS We have never seen 'bouiuers, eN-
cent in place i'll the State.
Large quarries of pure gypsum, or land
3 plaster are common in the western and
Southwestern parts of the State. which If
: ground and applied to the crops after the
+ manner of Michigan and Ohio farmers
would. we believe, etfectually ''dry up
all lruuths.
: 10 The soil is a deep, rich. black loan,
from one to ten fee: deep, resting on clay
! subSoil. and is well adapted to all the crops
!. suital IL TO this latitude.
III Prairie grass grows from to III ieet
high. varying with the season and locailty
v When properly cured it is bit little inferior
to tame hay
y range on the hills and along the heads OF
" ravineS where the grass is softer and sweet
D err. and where they avoid flies and get the
, benefit OF the breeze. 1hey only seek the
low lands in search OF water.
l. l3 Winters are short, but sometimes Sc
,. we're. and stock should be as we'll sheltered
> and cared for, as though they were longer.
Il, II 1t pays to do work neil. in mis- a.
4 in every country. We have too many shift
H. less careless. lazy farmers. mechanics
al traders. &c. We don't want any more
10 Ii you expect to make Il living by y0ml
~ wits, you had better stay at home. VIZ
is have seen it tried. and il always results Ii
:, failure. An old Kansan will take yOlT' meas
10 ,,.e at sight. and will cut your garment to II
ne very close indeed.
~ when properly attended to, but like all new
is comm mites, we are too carel' IS, ana d'
not devote that attention to II we ought.
nc IL Deep blowing Will always 90 pest
n both in wet and dry seasons.
Is The average amount of rainfall is a lit
he tie more in this than i'll the states east ant
fic north of us. (See reports from states TO
al 10. About one half of the ''great droutl
or of 1860, was manufactured TO order, 20
the benefit of Il few shysts rs who fattene'
he on the charities of others; one fourth wa
81 real and the other fourth was owing to tn
'S' fact tina. nineteen twenticths of the crop tina
en- year, was planted on freshly broken groun
:, ! pIowed about two inches deep.
20 Money can be loaned Oh good real es
al tate security fright of redemption waived
m at ten to twelve per cent.
III 81 One eighteenth of all the land in tn
state except Il few Indian Reservations,
devoted to common schools 1t cannot j.
90 sold less than So per acre: 1t may ne pan
re in cash, or III ten annual payments ut tie
~ per cent interest.
is Emporia, has an endowment of land. nc
y vet sold The Agricultural College at Man
haitian, has also landed endoMnlenl,
all portion of which has been sold The Stat
University is at Lawrence, and has not sol
the land belonging to 1t.
me- y 1t is seldom advisable to bring cOna19o
stock of any kind from distant states. In
IN same is true of agricultural implements an
ant furniture; unless yon bring enough TO g
the benefit OF reduced freights.
he 81 Send two dollars for the Emporia NEWS
nv and YOU will get more information abo'
this country than you can by huliuie
an letters.
To Is The average yield of different crops
this part of the state is. for winter W heat.
to bushels: spring wheat, IS to 20; corn, "a
oats 50: potat0es $50. OF course larger crol
are often raised, but We believe this is ia
or average.
al 26 Gnimproved prairie land is sellingfro
az 50 to 500 Improved farms from $40 TO 81
by according to location, quality and value
H. improvements. Timber is worth from ,
INC to $40 when sold by itself.
to 81 The NeoshO Valley Railroad VIII
~ completed to this place within one yea
'th- The A. T. & :. +. r. II. will he complet
i've to Burlingan,e, thirty miles from here,
lot July let of this year.
nat Is Taxes are as low as they can wei D
RES in Il young enterprlsing ana pr0spero
state The support OF free schools, al
builtIinp new school houses. occasions mo
than one halt the tax paid in this count
H. for all purposes. Ii you don't like 10 p
taxes for such purposes, you mad Del'er
ART come here.
orcd 30 There is not a grogshop i'll Lyon conn
psho and we don't want any.
-. 10 Our hest farmers. most of whom
-, i'm good circumstances, came here with nI
'u" or no money. If you are willing 10 90
lake they have done. ,oork. come along. ana
same result il sure 10 crown your l;lDoTs'