Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-25
LETTER FROM KANSAS.

NE0SHO RAPIDS July ~, %.
Ed Monitor A rainy day gives
me an opportunity Of sending you a
brief account Of the condition of affairs
in this section. read the very inter-
csting and graphic description Of the do
ings Of the locusts in Missouri, by f. NJ
Kimball, and heartily sympathize with
the people there; for. though l have
never seen the grasshOppers destroy crops
las they did not come here last year IN
til the 22d Of August when the crops
we're too far advanced to be injured by
them l have seen them come down as
thick as snowhakes, till the ground was
brown with them. and seen them make
an old fence look almost like q new one
by eating all the moss and decayed wood
from the boards and posts, But when
they came here last year, all the grain
was harvested. the corn was hard and
there was but little they could injure.
They ate some Of the corn fodder and
the leaves of the apple trees, 50 that
some Of the apples were sunburned.
think l am safe il saying that in this
township Of Jackson-which Is abOu
three times as large as Barton toTnshiI
the crops were not damaged to the ex
tent Of one hundred dollars by the hop
pers, in 1874. You may think this il
a rose-colored statement, but l can prove
it by majority Of the most reliable far
mers in the township.
Now, would like to say a word o
two in regard to the statement Of SOM
person here that I have over-rated Kan
sas in some Of ny former letters l
any one will take the trouble to look U,
those letters, they will find. | think
that I never advised any one to come t
Kansas to work out for a living, an
that l have said. several times, that
was not good place for a man to q
wsrk at paying wages But l hare sal
and still say, that it Is a good place f
a man with some capital to begin Wit
Good bottom land on the Neosho rive
Is offered DOW at from six to ten dolla
per aere-land that has a good. rit
soil from four to eight feet deep.
But | was going to say sonethi1
about the prospect in Kansas just Dol
: The early spring weather was fine. al
an unusually large acreage Of crops VI
put IL We did not have the usu
! spring freshet, but have had rain enou.
to keep the crops growing well. tt
1 wheat has been harvested aud the No
: Of It Is stocked and was better than
average yield; the cat crop was We
good. while the corn crop looks the Be
that l ever saw II, at this time Of I
e year, since / have been In the State.
: the corn yields as it promises to 10
q there viii be such an abundance Of co
J. as was never seen in this county befo
E Many farmers in this vicinity have fr,
e fifty up to as high as one hundred a
Is fifty acres Of CON- Corn Is selling o
: al seventy cents; Dew potatoes at ff
= When the excursion composed Of Ia
d err editors went through here, they Y,
Is presented with stalk Of corn nine f
e and four inches high thai was in
" latter part Of June The Sth Of I
e month / rude through one Of our &c
T. Of eorn. and much Of the eorn 50
Of higher than ny head. Is sat On > 2
" SIZED horse. and only DOW and then
v stalk had begun to tzssle. The fact
Z M Editor, that here in Lyon cur
W IN the year Of cur Lord. 1875. Eb.
ng rye and cats are q number one crop,
I'D with as good > prospect for eorn
ID potatoes a. have ever seen here. al
e have heard many others express
k same opinion. while grass Is better {
n It has been for three years.
= Now, what any perssn can Be TIL
he ing Of 70 write from Lyon county
"a say that there is bad state Of al
lus here, Is more than / can conceive.
his person With any regard for truth. VIC
at make such statement Itisa eou,
nee and pertinent saying here that vi
has last year. nothing was taken Of
hat farms in Kansas. this year big crops
md mortgages VIII be taken Of will
the yOu the following figures. showing
i've business done in certain braDebe,
Ind trade IN EuPOria. the county seat
: 70 year. which seen 70 show that there
hey moDeE IN circulation: Cattle ship
ded 20,S2S head; z T. tickets sold by
ben road. s4o.5Is-25 /; dry goods sold. g.
ne 4s4; groceries. s427. 900; lun
$4,000; hides and furs handled