The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-06


county, | saw no sign of grasshopper
work, except now and then Il great
! distance apart on some high prairie.
which had been rcplanted, but Whicl.
was growing so rap!;.ly that a stran-
ger would hardly have known that
anything had befalIcn it. Wheat and
| oats seem to have been untouched cX-
! cept III some places, where the chinch
! bug has left his mark. With regard
20 the great staple, corn, | must ac-
knowledge that in al my travels in
| this State for the last ten years. |
have never seen the like before. Farm
crs tell me they are satisfied that
many of the fields, now III roasting
ears, viii average seventy-l:ve JCsh-
els to the acre. The yield along the
Little Tarkio and branches, and also
along the Big Tarl>io, to all appear
ancc. is likely to be enormous; indeed
the eastern portion of A1chisOn coun-
| t. is all right for crops, even the
western portion around Rockport
aud along the bluffs, nearly all Of
which has been rcplantcd, with IA
yorablc season Will come ont well.
The potato crop in this region is al
so a success. Fine LARGE ones Of the
early sort are being used, and the
crop will generally be good and the
price low. | heard one farmer say he
did not think :hcy would be worth
digging. such is human nature, it is
too much. or too little. Would that
all could appreciate Gods bountioS.
and in times Of plenty he careful and
providcnt against lie day Of want If
there IS anything that Will 90 beg
ging for purchasers. ] think il will be
the turnip crop, for millions are now
growing. Everything is now hope
fUl-lct The husbantlman be cncour-
aged, ] Irrcdict however, that corn
i'll the inferior, away from the
thrOugl!tarc>, VIII be al Of 30 cents
per bu~hel in November next -Tharr
has been many more. and indeed
heavier rains in these northern coun-
ties. than Ill either Andrew or Holt:
and the stencil alOug the streams and
OyrriloWcd i0H lands, IS sometimes
sicHcling, and the heat Of the sun
sometimes creates faintncSs TO the
traveller. almost uncomfortable. We
cannot hope for change until the
country becomes settled. and the rank
weeds anG wild grasses become sub
iu9atcd by the ploW and domestic
crops: until indeed, the low lanGs are
drained and put under culture. One
thing particularly attracts the attcn
ton OF the traveller over these Ror; h
crn prairies, to-Wit: The numerous
herds Of cattle. which seem to roam
at will, for ] found many Of them
without even a hcrdsman. Thou
sands upon thousands of acres Sre
hetc open for grazing. between She
waters Of the NodaWay and Big Tar
kiO. The Grass is now about Il foot
high, and coarse grass three to four
feet high. saw at least 500 cattle in
nmc herd. fat and sleek-and wonder
ed why we had to eat beef at home,
tough and lean, at such hi@ prices.
But these ranges are hcing narrowed
down gradually. There have indeed
been wonderful changes during the
last three Years. y sprightly popu Ia
tion Is filling up the country, families
of intelligence and refinement from
Ohio, New \ ork, Pennsylvania, and
other States east Of the Mississippi
are fiOcking here, and little whit
cottages are d0ttin@ the prairie here
amd there, where only q short time
ago was one extended plain Of wild
ness and loneliness. 1t is o pleasant
thOught as one looks out upOn tins
vast range, and takes into view
among these cottages, the school
house, that the rising race has not
the lapse OF time these fair lands, by
the hand of industry and by the i'll
telIigence of an enlightened people.
shall be conscCratCd to purposes Of
civil and social life, and in securing
temporal good, coEteltmcnt and do
mestic happiness. All this sanctified
by pure morality and religion, Will
make life itself in the fullest sense, an
invaluable blessing.
TRAVELLER.