, 1870-01-10
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Tho Crops of the Pn1a Sca00N-The
l. Valley of ahe KukV-Soil And cal
| msue- Tic Fo1thM atomic Ke&eE-
rAssoe- AxeAttes with she lndlahX4
Correspondence 0, The Chicago Jffbune.
/ AossFH1x, SHAWNEE COUNTY. KAtsasl
Dec. q. 1862 :
! 1tis but . few .cara elrce Kzn-ss ws1 looked
Epon ss but little more shsn toe abode OF Indian
tf,bes snd bsnt1tst OF rect,ess outkvs; that n
t's broad AND beautiful ptatlles were foaud only
saa. htEds Ct wi1d Lunslo: but We 1rd It TO DAY
aJouuR Stale. budding into manhood, with 4
Population Of 40 ce0 soolf and Its almost boand-
| les rtnt11es bting r1ptdly converted tu:o in.
proved farms. ard on All 4ides Improvement and
erterp1sse, band IN haId. pushing on With de-
| tesuicsaou 10 usle 1t ono OF the drHt States IN
TIE Union 10 agricultural prosperity, srd second
| 10 nope Ia sioeKra'srg fae,ilsles-
There haa bten fsir J1eid Of crops throughout
Ihe Safe the pant se=snn, the principal f WnIch
vas ccrp, though all olber products were grown
a. atu1ca1tiy where al eratt Waa nada 10 rails ;
! then. 10 narJ PLACES Inc eTtrsgs yleId OF corn
VA fIcm Is 10 1bo bushels to the acrt- 80 faE A.
tavc Ecen, The sod End climate Beeu to b. well
aiapud for raialrR winter wheat and amH1 gra!ns
ssees polsseea aud garden vegetables arc salsed
everywhere N gfeft nhnpdance. By ray Of f'sam-
pie OF vfas Kspsss fon can Dr. It viii not be unn-
teres@1r & 10 rertlou that, ut Ellsworth ~ nt'es
Mest Of the MIstouii River, aud which,
nAer aVn unitea havpnn
49, rc,,tvst.d .a,,,.1nenr son,,,.
1a, ,s,<rd ,.st snnmeY mai nr.rn,.h etr fert IN
L., IN fo,I in circumference and v.,r,.d es6
nra. 9Yvrntent Fs.e M sner1rn-n ~ vha,
trrtn.rs1frd n.ra, American De%ert eou,d mn.
dnce urd xherr vou can tn.dav f7ct ,1unarads nf
bnns,o k(nl1a atrr rtau fne nncpit,yated urnund.
Mrch ,rterett ia be9inu,ur TO be unsuir.t,ed Ia
r,,s,rv frntt and the e erhthittm of those dry,e.
cc, ~ ttr stats md conntv Fair. 1az. fail WE'RE
AZ rnr az IN ary of the older srater: and indeed.
SON q esmnjes V ere forwarded 10 tne Pa!iadelphl4
Uort,runura5 Far. and carried on 60 No of tne
n+.t n,i,.a
No cre who has ever passed Up the valley Of the
Eaw.1,a, rss, River would hesitate to pronounce
II orc Of ,he 6nest apd most fer lie reiors IN the
11nton. II ya,1es Yro one 10 pya n,.lex IN Width,
Ia vr,trea nv ,ir,reroas strcans With wa,er cle,r
A rr7atal. nsl1o and running from among the
n!c,urr,nae b,urft which lie the valley o. bo:h
rdc. ~ tnr ,,re, All along thc river a.d hank.
erina rmn1,er t1re,ms rrozs an abundance Of
t,,1.r furnishing rood xooa a7d n,a.ertat far
feorInr vhtle ths hlu0s IN ,rsny nsaces ylr1d an
abundance NJ n nre nn,Y,tv oY c-a,. nr,,.dlnv :,
,or1 ,,t rrso, T,a, IN. .o.f In IRA vs,lev nnd
Low, ~ a cvsefs u ,,rF ia ~ ennta,nn1 ah,1t
~. tour,h or o,r. srtn cn.rte aa,d-s.c-n,.nr. AZ
,tse, /. annYoacned n,orc sard vii, sn fnuad-
AVA I, ,ron Yanr ~ atven feet IN denth.
Thc hlnns IN nanv n,aces sre rocky a,onp their
sdce, thus an,rdfr1 an excellent and cheap
h1,1d1rc rr,Y.Yt,1 win vh,ch many arr awaiting
,hcn.eivc. mt there mr. mi, A few n,acea rhprr
~ ~.cta tnYe,r.rA Win tne hin, ht,n, cnltt.
,stss and n r.. .nmmsr t.,e, a,e cnv.red v,th
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