The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-04
And ~Ailen Creek- winding mn

And "Ailen Creek winding up
says that these fat spectators pay no
taxes on lands, for railroads, schools,
and bridges, etc. Does he suppose any
person believes this? AS rule, I'M
improved lands owned by non-resi-
dents are assessed higher than those of
settlers. On the assessment books l
can show him quarter section, owned
in 1861 by a nonresident, assessed at
So per acre. The same tract, with
q, 900 improvements, owned by set
tier in 1873, is assessed at 81 per acre.
And as to to these spectators getting
so rich ,how comes it that so many have
their lands sold by the sheriff? Wit
ness, That Walkers 900 acres at one
sale at less than first cost.
"Your mathematical problem got
slightly muddled - 100000, OO0-ete.
Yes; the printers mistake, as you saw
by the total crops, s15,sO7.050 above,
and the additional S3,S91 600, making
sl9,69s, $50.
"Why don't you count up the crop
returns of 1874 20 Have not been able
to get them; but L have little paper,
published by the A, 7. & S. F. r. r.,
in which Jack Roberts and Arthur w.
Plumb, of Fremont, (your township
both well known and reliable farmers,
furnished reports which certainly show
well for all crops except corn. would
refer you to them for information. Be-
sides, the cattle interest suffered as
badly as the crops, they dying by hun
dreds Except when fed and sheltered,
as they should be.)
'The figures of Name do not suit
our case" No, knew they did not
but as fencing material cost only halt
as much in Maine as in Kansas, and in
1850 We were on q gold basis,I supposed
you would not object.
81 can very well see your delicate
hands don't like hedge brush" Indeed
they do not, but they have to submit
in the same manner thai do to the
present fence-under protest.
"When Kansas has advanced as far
as Ohio, she too can have similar
law" Yes, but if ALI were of your no.
ton her advance would be backward.
"The advocates of the herd law have
separated the stock-raiser from the
farmer-as if they were two different
classes"
We believe in farming, and doing ii
well; also in stock and keeping them
weI-not allowing them to run at
large three-fOurths of the year, and
only taking them up in the winter
when they are half starved. We be-
lieve that fencing the stock and feed
ing them better, would be an incalcu-
liable advantage to Kansas. Not shiE
our poor, half-starved steers to be fat
tened on Illinois corn, but keep anC
fatten them on Kansas corn. We be-
lieve One-half the fencing required tC
fence stock out of crops, would be sui.
ficient to keep cattle enclosed. We be.
lieYe it would pay in the saving of lost
time and stock. And in this connec.
ton l would refer A. p. and Aller
Creek to one of the most intelligent
farmers of Lyon county-a resident o
Fremont township, S. NJ. Wheeler
Esq, who, in conversation with the
writer year or two ago, said that ht
had lost enough of stock (strayin&
away to have paid for fencing them
and that his loss of time and stock an
nually would more than pay for herd
ing, and big interest on fencing the
stock. He also stated that he believed
that the experience of others was tn
same. DIoGENEs, JR.
Pike Township, Jan. 30, 1876.