, 1870-12-10
each year. The iasntity Of Mr. Forward
is thus fully established.
; -MAXIN1-A A CLIMHTE:.

- e.'e A<'e'io11 Ok country IN question, to
aoo 'oesesopnenet ho de-
so'es lis ume aud energies. That
me plains of Western Kansas and
Go1orauo nzes as they have Till recently
oa uen 10 oe, barren and uselossr he,
W." az o'ne'a "no nave gwen attention to
eue "u.Jee'' cons1oefs an e1plooed theory,
,s'u - na' no" come 10 hc ac-
An""leueeo as an accomplished fact,
settled ooncfus'vo'y by years Of
experiment tnat. there are millions of
acres IN thst region which, by simple and
epeap u'etnoo OF irrigation can be made
s.seeanRts lnoonct'so ana valuable Tho
sas"ora'S OF ane ellmate. tho varied indus
n.y. III INNING. IN agriculture, and in cat
t'e-ra'slng. The ease Of settlement, whore
here are no c'earirgs to be made and no
di'eases to he encountered, and the facility
OF accesa by rail 1ender the. country ex-
eeed'ne'y attractive and it IS not at all to
oe wondered at that the tide
OF emigration should begin to turn thithet-
ward with force aud volume probably
unprecedented. But Mr. Elliott's obser-
Sasions and experiments open new aud
nne1p'osed field Of speculation and obset-
vahon- The progress OF the Kansas Pa
c1hc Hallway westward gave rise to several
9neo11eS IN feaalo TO she soil and climate
81 the plains which, though they may not
yet To held to be absolutely demonstrated,
are shown, at least, to have some good
foundation. 1t is assumed that the climate
and soil are mutually dependent upon
caeh otnsr' fhat the arid character OF tho
lattef and ITS UNIFORM production Of dis
tinctive vegetation are due, not to any in
herent quality of barrenncsa, but sole1v to
the fact that, for the larger portion of the
year, it is without rain, OF even moisture.
90 the other hand, the absence Of rain
and moisture is unquestionably DUE. in
some measure. to the fact that SO wide
an extent OF country, covering hundreds
of miles, is without other vegetation than
the short and scanty buffalo crass, pre-
santing no condensing or attractire sur
face to tho atmosphere, and giving out no
humidity from crust baked hara and i'm
pervious by theheat OF long summer sup.
So long az these relations continue
the condition Of both climate and soil
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