The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-14

sas ranks as the ninth oats pro-
ducing State, in the total of her
crop, and as the fifth in her aver
age yield of oats per acre.
Kansas ranks as the fifth barley
producing State, in the total of
her crop, and as the eighth in her
average yield of barley per acre.
Kansas ranks as the tenth pota-
to growing State, in the total of
her crop, and as the fourth in her
average yield per acre.
Kansas ranks as the twelfth
hay producing State, in the total
of her crop; as the tenth buck
wheat producing State; and as the
seventh tobacco producing Slate.
Kansas ranks ninth among the
States of the Union in her aggre-
gate acreage planted in these nine
crops, and eleventh in the aggre-
gate value of her productions for
1876.
LIVE STOCK.
The report credits Kansas with
pa, 100 head Of horses, only four
teen States having a greater num-
Der; with 20. 200 mules, only six
teen States having more; with
273,400 milch cows, only eleven
States having more; with 525, 900
other cattle, only nine States hav-
ing more; with 142,500 sheep,
twentY-seven States having lar
ger number; and with 359, 800
hogs, nineteen States having q
greater number. The total value
Of the horses in Kansas is put
down at $11,777,57I; OF mrles,
81, 1887 of milch cows, Sc, 259,-
2S4; ofother cattle, $8,972, $50; of
sheep, $343, 1874; and of hogs, $2,-
49,616-making, as the total val
uation of live stock, an aggregate
of $32,O15,677.
Adding the value of the nine
crops mentioned in the report to
the value of the live stock in Kan
sas, makes q total Of SIS, 1925, 1897.
And this does not include the
crops, of fax, hemp, broom-corn.
sorghum and castor beans, or the
fruit crops of the State, which to-
gether would swell the total to over
a ADMINISTRATION dollars. In other
words, the crops OF Kansas for a
single year are valued, by the Ma
tional Board of Agriculture, at
nearly seventy million dollars, and
the live stock of the State at near
ly thirty million more.
Is not this a good showing fer
young State of not much over
600, 900 inhabitants? The Cham.
pion said, not long ago, that Kan
sas was the most substantially
prosperous State in the Union,
and do not the facts and figures
here collected abundantly estab-
lish the truth of this assertion?
Remember the disparity of years
and population between Kansas
and such States as New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Wisco nsin, Missouri,
California, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Texas. In 1870 Kansas had
a population of only $40, 497; New
York had 4, $780, 46; Pennsylvania,
3,511, SAB; Ohio, 1862, 1902; Illinois,
2,520,410; Indiana, 1,655,575; To-
wa, l, 1S1, 1853; Wisconsin, 1885,
SOL; Missouri, 1851, 593; Caliior-
MIA, 549,80S; Kentucky, 1920, 4O7;
Tennessee, 1925, 937; and Texas
795,50O Yet Kansas to-day, in
in the official report of the Nation
al Board of Agriculture, is shown
to lead all of these States in some
crops, to equal them in others, and
to be surpassed by very few of
them in any way.
Kansans have q right to feel
proud of and rejoice over such a
remarkable growth and develop
ment. tits a marvel, even in THE
marvellous age. No State In the
Union has ever exhibited such a
wonderful growth. No State in
the Union can present facts and
figures showing such a remarka-
BILE prosperity. Kansas is to-day
the richest State, the most pros
porous State, the most rapidly de-
veloping State in the American
Union.