The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-06-07

pTOHOTiiOH, > evident from the fact tha
it requires peculiar condiionsto dodge
the grain in the field even after the mos
terrific showers. In fact, lodged grair
is rare phenomenon. Considering, tho
question of relative fertility, particularly
in its connection with wheat culture
present richness OF soil and endurance
must enter rs essential elements of sue
cess, and the capacity OF the self-fertiIi
cation of the land, an ingredient not tc
be overlooked. The latter quality {
limestone region alone can possess,as only
n limited knowledge o: agricultural
chemistry clearly demonstrates. View
ing the subject OF wheat culture, then, in
all its aspects, SO far as Kansas is con.
cerned, an inspection of the Smoky Hill
Valley, and the arenaceous region South,
coupled with fair idea OF what the cul-
ture of wheat requires, the conclusion
can lead only in one direction-to the
infinitely superior advantage of the
rhinestone belt"
People in the Eastern States seems to
be-in fact are-oblivious to the unlim-
tied capacity of Central and Western
Kansas as wheat-producing region.
Hundreds of capitalists annually pass
through this section on their way to the
mountains, who acknowledge it the most
beautiful on the continent in its rela-
tons to productiveness, but as small
farms are the prevailing idea, they do
not realize what the possibilities of their
surplus money would be If invested in
whole sections as wheat farms If the
standard were raised from one hundred
and sixty acres TO five thousand, they
would recognize the invitation the rich
soil proffers to their idle capital, with
the certainty OF profitable returns, and
hundreds o: thousands of dollars would
be invested here, making it as Nature in
tended, the granary OF the United States.
In no other portion of our country can
these proposed extensive wheat farms be
more successfully established than right
here. We write of what we know, and
testify of what We have had occular dem
OnstratiOn.
1t is y well lsnown fact that in Cali
fornia and in other parts Of our nation
al domain farms OF from five to ten
thousand acres all sown in wheat, have
given immense results 10 their fortunate
owners; and in our own State, where
this feature Of agriculture on q large
scale has been attempted, the returns
upon the investment have been enor-
nous. To demonstrate that wheat cul-
ture on q large scale, as a speciality, will
give a greater per centage than almost
any other business that can be named,
We must first consider the mere nominal
sum required to purchase the land, and
it's acknowledged prOductveness. An
other grand feature in the problem, is
the fact, which people coming to this,
country do not at first fully appreciate
but the importance OF which in the
economy of our whole system OF agri-
culture, cannot be ovcrestimated-and
that is, absolutely no fences are re-
quired. \ great deal has been said and
written about idle capital IN the east
waiting the opportunity Of profitable IN
vestment. Let those whose bank &C
counts are rusting take the trouble
to investigate the subject of wheat
raising on large scale in Central Kan
sas, and we shall hear no more of "idle
capital" there, or scarcity CT money
here. We're the whole limestone belt,
of which Ellsworth county is the CEN
trail portion, sown to wheat, not bushel
would remain unused. And what a
grand picture it would be 10 see the
richest part of the continent an almost
shoreless ocean Of grain, and the home
Of the happlest people on earth?
During the last Two years Kansas has
raised in round numbers eighteen mil
ion bushels OF lrlnter wheat alone. She
can raise one hundred million bushels in
one year, and then have an empire I'M
.Ouched within her domain. With her
splendid railroad system, whose facili-
les are rapidly increasing, we shall
soon quadruple our cultivated area, and
hen wo shall begin to realize what can
20 consummated in this direction. Kan /
las is essentially wheat growing State,
md, with the prospect her emerald Fields .
,tfer today, she will provoke the aston (
Shment OF the country at this seasons
harvest, as she has so frequently done
nd in u few years will claim the admi-
alton and wonder OF the world. When
be report Of the pending harvest
caches the eaSt-if no evil should inter
ene-the faith that our people have in
heir State will appear an abiding one.
Today May u, 1s7O can be seen the
randest agricultural promises to be
ound in any region or on any CONT
ent. Fields of tho most positive as
urance dot the valleys and upIands,
urrouDding the homes of happy thous-
nds who have procured them for almost
be mere trouble OF coming here The
5vernment under It's liberal policy, and
10 Kansas Pacific Railway, invite i'm
Iigrants to this really superb region,
ith the assurance lis beauty and in
lcements CANNOT be exaggerated by
~ pen picture. The remarkable
rowth and material weaIch 0: this part
Kansas has been uneqnaIe,i by cor
spending portions OF contiguous
tates.
Its progress has been steady, and j.
ornament. The production Ola kinds
grain an ! staple crops known 10 this
titude, Is no longer problcmatlcal.
ur successive harvests have given re-
Hts that cannot be contradIeted-a
art of the agricultural history OF the
hole country, and have been our best
Id most truthful advertisement IN :
a. al El~Fr