The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-06-12

A0RlCQEfURAL Roo0PnCH8 o. kANBA6.
The prospects arc the best for magnif-
icent crops this season and tho labors OF
the husbandman arc thus to DO reward
ed. Farmers fecl that Kansas is not ono
Of those unprodactive states from which
they have omigrated, but that Successive
seasons affirm the statement that Kansas
ranks among the first grain-growlng
states of the Union. 1t seems to Us that
if there has been trouble in I" raising
crop" in tho past, the failure should
have boon attributed moro to the care
less mode of cultivation than to any de-
feet in the climate or soil. No State In
The Union can boast of "never failing ="
crops, and why should this virtue DO ex-
acted Of Kansas! There have been sea-
sons, however, when tho farmers have
raised little but, as we have stated, this
was not from lack Of inherent prolific
ness of the soil, or by reason of unto
ward weather. The farmer of ono sec
ton bchcld his corn whitening, as he
thought, beneath the scorching south
winds, while another one, in close
proximity, observed that the::stalks look
cd almost as green and fourishing Is
in the most propitious seasons
The former took it for granted that ma
turc would shield him from labor ana
that golden harvest would be borne to
him while he idled in the shade. The lat
ter knew that no soil under the sun was
perfect, and that by labor only could his
cribs and graneries be filed. lie there
fore cultivated and, perhaps, spread his
field with nutritivc substances. One OF
our most thrifty farmers, who has rcsid
ed in this county some twelve years, IN
forms US that during all this time he
has never lost u crop. II tho season
promised to be unusually dry, no labor
cd the harder ut tho rows-used the hoe
the plow and the rake. This is tho cx
pcrionce of all industrious farmers. The
fresh soil of Kansas, like that of any
other new State, needs to undergo cult
walton for successive years, before it can
be thoroughly understood and apprcci
ated by the farmer. The man who ha,,
hood and labOred from sun rise till sun
set among the rocks of New England j.
astonishcd when told of the mighty
yield Of grain in Kansas, but he bc*om'
bcwildered when il is stated that this
same yield was brought with the small
est amount of labor and without the use
of manures. As the latter has learned
by his own experience, and that Of hi.
fathers, after years of severe toll, JUS
the amount Of work required to make
the New England hills yield their aver
age crop, 80 Kansas farmers will bt
taught by experience what is necessary
to bring their soil successfully under
their subjection. Our observing and
Intelligent farmers are annually learning
more how to farm in this country ana,
as q general thing, claim that no STATE
could suit them better. They arc salts
fed, too, that no country in the worlt
can be profitably cultivated without
some considerable labor, which must b
given moro or less As the season de-
mands. AS tho country grows older
better farmers settle with us. In the
last two years, many wcll-to-dO ant
thrifty farmers from the Central States
have moved here, and arc breaking ~
hundreds of acres and putting them in
to crops. Many more of tho kind arc
preparing 10 follow their examples. LIE
the good work roll on.