The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-15
For the Advertiser.
KANSAS.

VI Ing A0NVitlOGE.
KANSAS.
Don't sell an Iowa Farm 10 %
Thore-.lmpr0setOms OF . Visitor.
1t is my opinion that men will not
better their condition by selling .
good home in Iowa and going - Kan
sas. 'Tis true that in appearance, .
great deal Of Kansas IL very hns.-
'Tis also true that there Is . large
amount Of good land, and an abund-
ance Of coal in places, and some tim
ber and any amount Of stone for build
ing; and also there is good many
homesteads, timber claims and pre-
emptions can be had, and that the
railroad companies are Offering thou
ands Of acres ut comparatively low
prices-at range Of from one dollar
to ten. Then there is great amount
Of land for sale by private parties, 1t
reasonable prices, and terms. Now
what have stated Is true to . dot,
and one would conclude that there IL
the place to 60, to invest, and to get
home.
Well, 1t would be IL there was not
another side to the picture, just -
there is to this sheet Of paper, which
can't bo sssn till 1t ie turned over
Ny advice to all Is to 60 and zee for
yourself, and inquire Of others beside
land agents, and these that have land
to sell, If you want to find out what
the country is. And If you really
think of settling in Kansas ~ many
are doing, don't be to much in q hur-
ry about making your selection, for
there is land down there that il very
deceptivs-in appearance 1t is all
right; but you had better get some
one in whom you can repose conf
dence to show you the lands that are
all right. They have the grasshop-
pers-that everybody knows that
reads. They ate off the fall wheat
pretty much all over the State, aud
deposited millions Of eggs, which II
they hatch and do well will destroy
what may be sowed and planted this
spring; but they may not be . per.
manent institution. The chlnch bug
comes in for its share, which Is not in
considerable, and it seems to bs ma
tive, yet it might leave for parts un-
known.
But think the chinch bug will be
troublesome there more or less for
years. Yet while the hopper and
chinch bug have been, are. and
doubtless will be pests, unless God in
his providence sees tit to remove
them,) I do not consider these the
greatest drawback to Kansas for the
reason that they are not always there,
and they may finally disappear. The
greatest drawback, as look At IL, il,
that Kansas is q dry country. There
is a great amount Of dry land thsre.-
The climate is dry, and the location,
and surroundings will always keep it
so. was told that in southern Kan
sas, unless the corn crop was made by
the middle of July in most years 1t
would be partial failure, ~ 1t was
generally continuously dry from that
during the balance Of the season.
And the nights being cool - well,
that corn could not mature and pro-
duce good crop. was told that late
potatoes generally fail from the same
cause. l am speaking now more par
ticularly of southern Kansas. Neither
is it settled question how tame gras-
ses will do on account Of the dryness
of land and climate, on account Of
which the native grass dries up early;
and it is not certain that tame grass
will succeed better. II not, Kansas
will not be good stock country; for
while the climate Is some milder in
winter than In Iowa, land not as
much as some people imagins.) yet
in order to have stock do well II must
be fed about as many months In the
year as in Iowa, for the reason that
pastures dry up 50 much earlier In
the fall, and do not come enough
earlier in the spring to make up for
lost time in the fall. Then water in
many places is scarce. There are
creeks but very little or No water In
them in the fall and winter. I was
told that at threshing at certain
time and place, the parties had to 60
four miles to get water for their teams.
Who ever heard of such = thing In
Iowa? 1t might be asked why didn't
they dig slough well a. We used to
do in Iowa? Answer, they have no
sloughs to dig 'em in. You can trav-
el miles in many places without com
ing in contact with what We would
call q slough in lows. Thsre are
what they call draws; but no water
in them except during heavy rains or
in the spring Of the year. Water
that is obtained by digging h gensr-
ally good except In districts whore
alkali abounds. II nnd time 70
write another article about Kansas,
I will state where would 70 II went
there to settle, ~ we'll = sogns rea-
son why. JOHN DoucA1.