The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-29

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Editor Advertiser.-In the ADvER
TrsER Of the 18th inst, Is . letter In re
lation to Kansas, from the pen Of -
d." whs appears to be kindly dispos
cd to enlightsn the people, from
knowledge obtained by a single triI
made when the ground was covere'
with several inches Of snow-certain
" not . very good time to see tn
country.
have been in Kansas often ana
seen the country each Of the four sea
sons; and In the spring and summer
Of '7s, travelled moro than 5000 miles
In the State and was in every county
but three, and know the State quits
as well rs 1 do Cedar county. And
from knowledge obtained by ths
above amount Of travel and time
will give an opinion of that in which
Kansas gives greater advantage than
Iowa:
Kansas is higher-altituds from
l 900 to 1000 feet. Iowa is from 800 to
LOCO: hence Kansas is cooler in the
summer especially nights; and being
four degrees farther south, it il not so
cold in winter nor half SO long. II is
dryer, having % inches rainfall pc r
annum and Iowa49-hence less gloomy
sultry and cloudy and more clear and
cheerful weather, healthy, and bet
ter roads. Less snew drifts: no sloughs
to pillow around or cross; better and
more easily wrought stone and cheap
as dirt; cheaper and better coal: bet
ter railway and easier kept in repair
because of less wet to rot the ties and
to displace them. On all the river
railroads there is no grade and seldom
but little cut or fill.
Let me refer to other evidence. l
have the Kansas agricultural report OF
1875 and also Iowa of some year. Kan
sas report, page s3,gives an average per
acre of winter wheat, 20 bushels;
spring wheat, 1925; corn, A. bus;
potatoes, 100; sweet potatoes, 100; tame
hay. | tons. Iowa report, page $3.50,
winter wheat, 1ol; spring 12l; corn 80;
potatoes, 100; sweet potatoes, 100; tame
hay, tons. suppose these reports
are entitled to equal credibility as
each is made by the people of their
States for themselves.
As for stock think a country that
produces wild horses, which Kansas
ioes the myriad of buffalos and ante
opes, must be good stock country
Mr.. George Wadsworth, formerly of
Clarence, Cedar county, with a flock
# :, 500 sheep in Kansas says that
With the lambs and what the wool
will sell for he can double the number
# his fleck every year with but little
ost except herding;and 3year old steers
ost about dollars. Mr.. Crosby, of
'lsrence, returned from Kansas the
5th inst, and brought grass grown
his spring six inches long and says
Ask the farmers about grasshoppers
nd they laugh at the little danger
here-though east of Newton may
est the country as there is plenty of
ggs."
As for water, if Kansas has not
nough, Iowa has too much. Kansas !
ever lost wheat crop for the want {
rain and Iowa did last year by hav- {
lg too much. Men can work nine
lonths in Kansas to six in Iowa.
hey have been blowing month |
harles Wadsworth, lad of 20 years,
ON Clarence, has this spring already ,
roke 80 acres; and they have been
for from three to four weeks
lille we arc yet locked in the tender
nbrace of bleak winter.
If men are doing well in Iowa, fin-
lcially or physically, let well enough
one; if you have no farm and want
re and no adequate means to buy
from $50 to $50 per acre; or if you
e not doing well financially or physic-
ly or want land at from cents to s.
er acre, as good as the common land
i Iowa, decide for yourself whether
ou had not better cast your lot with
he people of Kansas.
l. WILLIAMS.