, 1873-08-11
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

As"ftorinl lfirty.-lAnilsna .,.' ,.,au1 rums
m. 49,. ..,ns.s.,..t.e ~, ,l,., nnrs-.
,sssn. t,Innttn,r ~, t1,u TIninx--1,orn
on tho PI.,ins--stocie-e;r0xvl and
Observation-Disclosures "f tho Huff
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NnhSaS--Rh tAo cano'as+
From Our agricultural Correspondent.
Ms suhaEh-Ioun'
KANSAS ciTY' MO-, guy 2o.-.iho pafty feachod
this CITY NJ I Il. M, anu look breakfast. After
breakfast, lilo Mayor anu other Guy authorities
E"qo Ing party RHO IN caffAaees apont t1e clty'
ni'!i out to tito Expobltton'groumls that are now
being httcd up 1or THO september ahow'
KANaas CITY
'claimB population OF something over 35,oo0 i'll
Nabitants, and iB tho contro OF largo trade.
ahey Claim to 40 tho largest bccf-packlng o1si-
hoaa IN tho WeHt, aid 1t IL also point Tor hrge
shipments Of cattle aud 1t Is horo that tho Kan
las racilc Road unioads tho stook Tor water and
aeod' Tho city is Oh 6osen hills, moro or less,
Ihe soil botng looas, 1t is ensi'y cut down and
uaea Tor hllanE. 1t is hid Out Win wide stroota,
ana things look Ayoly gonoraily. Many OF lts
ousinesa-mon aro from chicago anu othos parts
'oi ILLINOIS, In THO t'ne OF tho oalfornia gola"
taevor, tho place was called Wce'port landing
aha was noted place Tor onthtt'ng 1or tho over
md Bhtpment OF Northwest Missouri aud points
west.
AT $3.50 A. NJ, tho party took tho train over Tho
Aahsas Paoltc Haflroad Tor Denver. Tho first
stage OF tho Journey is up tho
hAW RIVER VALLEY.
Iwo years ago, this wiley was almost m un-
Nfoken held OF corn. NOW, there Ia con-
tluorablo CON; but wheat and oats have
0lso had attention. Tho crops OF oil kinda aro
, good, as KANSAS has had timely rains during tho
season. Tho wheat Is all cut, and most Of 1t in
Stack and tho farmers arc busy with tile oat-crop.
at Manhattan is tho
KANSAS AGRICULTURAL coLLEoE;
but these Agricultural Colleges lavo developed
so little Of vaIuo to agriculture that AGRICULTURAL
edftora hayo litt,o or no avmnottv viii, t1o,,
nd tho ro.t,. ,,,,aa ..a,i .,,t ".a sao'''
"u~ 'uo pAl: 1nauo NJ stup' pus aauhrcd the
pretty Vllago or lo0o Inhabitants that sits hero
h gem iu tllis beautiful and fertile valley, of
which 20 much has bcon aaId in tho oarlv his-
torv nj 1,,ooa;,r- rr..,a.. .,I.
49,. 'one nansaa. t tha
i'oh,' res'oos "Fetofan WHO giyoH tho
roadors Of The WEEKLY TRIBUNE
caro- md diaeaaoa of animals n,t;go-,a - ~.
@ua W''"soo u nn'ulas. ol1lzonb OF Aan-
s"s sonora'iy speak "ell OF thi8 Agricultural Col
jglaring faults of souao of lor siatera rct MI
A1b;nl thnt , MOVE .o,,,,,a,.-s'., 'os ~,
I ! -. - s o .'s'AoiobtesA culu7o "oulo
'a.''o ~ '.ro 'a'stl1ea OF Lie state.
-. Ihe party dined ut Topeka, and wcro fortunate
in having good dinner.
Abelino il deserted by its etock.ren and tha
nb;nn;nr.ror,, 1,,n .rr1,,r,, -,,.,. ., aas' .no
rfo 20 A"'o elo"4i 1"nA Will "oeos, lot
Westward tho star OF empire 'sontlH ita way, and
Settlements crowded tile erdor farther west, and
he has planted lis lome nj Etlsworth an for irto
the hoart of tha o,d n,,oanrt II tl,at t,o ha,,an
m ona vii, 1utanoo ,, Tns,.os,, u"s :, w. w. nopos
headquarters OF the
TEXAS CATTLE TRADE.
Eana,s = ,ro1os 49,, ~ ,o,re.' w. r. rass1
80" a. pa:,-.a. 80 49,. -oroA" :"
oansa ~ na'1loaass ses shoFo Is an lmnehso
trade in these cattle at those points. And, all
Along the lines OF theee roads Texas cattle aro
Ths pSrT snent e .q 'Yht s.a
great pain. TO this point from Kssns uty is ls5
miles, and tho rise las been quito uniform, at 5
feet per mile, or COO foet Fifty miles farther, aud
we haye passed the rainy line, and tho grass has
become cured as though frost Ind passed over
it; and yet tho thousands of Texas cattle that
aro feeding upon tlliB dry grass aro fat, nnd
thrive AZ though feeding Oh tho best Of onr blue
grass pasture.
rnAvEL1Sa ON TIE SABBATH.
The Pullman car that contained tl1n party runa
!number Of tho party are bnsy with their ponclls'
;bnt. ut 10 o'clock, Ar. Williams. tho leader OF
the party, wont through the car, aud gave to
each member small volume Of % revival songs"
end announced that the Rov. A[r. Cliff would
lead the morning Berv1co and We had the usual
sermon OF a New England congregation.
At Wilson tho train nado halt to allow tie
party to inspect tho
TrEE-rLAST1So EXPERIMENTS
Of Mr. Elliott the Industrial Agent Of tho Com
pany. I Baw this planting two years ago, then
In its infaucy. Many things havo failed, ns
Knight have boom anticipated !; but tho Two Years
have shown that troo-plauting on this plaii. or
1 aB it has boon called, the /" Gront AMERICAN
Desert is not only uo5Yiblo. hit an nssI,roI
fact ~ ~
Among the troea ara s1nnfhua fron soad rh;a
groves to bo ut homo here anI a tree of crnat
PROMISE It viii probably take the nlaco Of cot
sonwood and nine for tios: mud tho roi,roai.mon
say that for this purposo It il better t1a, othnr
pino or cottonwood. Ita growth. ag We know, IL
very rapid. and horo it grows three tn ak feet