, 1879-08-16


Swine. ........... -. !. ..... -. .,.1. 1N5 OIL
= Considering that Kansas fs n now State that
fully l.alt OF the settled nrca has been settled
within the last i've years, md TINT not one
twentieth OF tlla land in tho settled portions Of
,lc Stats IS ret In cultivation, thiuk the abosc
facts and figures cifectua[lY d!suoBo Of the asscr
tlon that Kansas is a failure in every respect
as farming State."
This year has becn IN unfavogablo one for tic
wtntcr-wheat crop, and in come portions for the
spr!ng-wheat, though in others tprlng+whcat Is
giving good returns.
Corn never promised go large returns through
out tic Stale Al this year, NOR ncyor DO large an
acreage.
From data gathered br tho State Board of
Agriculture, the estimate l0r tho whcatrcrop
this year Ia:
Winter wheat. bushels. 80. ....... 10. ZOO 900
Spring-wheat, buslles. .............. 4. 000. 600
Total, hIshel l,................. 80. &c. 600, UG0
This corresponds nth my Own esttmntcs ol-
ready eivcnln previous articles to TltE TRIBUNE,
that the Yield will be from s5 to 10 per cent 1ess
than Inst year.
Tile corn.crop OF this year is estimated Mt
1o5, ,0oo 600 bushels; and, Ms Kansas stood only
fourth 10 the Hat Of corn States, with crop Of
s9,&l,07l bushcls in 1878, she will without
doubt conc to tho 1,cud Of tlr llsL tLs year o,a
corn, rs she lid on wheat last year, though ahu
loses the 'swl!oat-bcltn this Year.
Tic writer from Wichita further saY6: 3" The
farmers hare drought hot winds, hcayy ha'l,
grasstoppers, aud ch!nch.bugs." No sena|bts
man llus ever claitnod Tint Kansas has pcrfcct
climate. But hare yet to learn Of q Static III
which farmers are not ltahla To loss from earh
anu a!l at tho aboya-enuMtrated oYlls.
Further: 'tWhcat is a failure here" Qutc
likely. II Is, In fart, this year 10 al tile south
western counties bordering Inc Indian Territory;
mid failure in Tint pare Of tho State wilt be col,-
mon. hut ths should NOT conaamn other por-
tons Of the Stnlc, where SUCCESS Is the ruto alll
failure the exception.
"I'le people are destitute, and there is no
money" Qlitu likely. but they were unlor-
tul1atc In making such location, aid 1nltst on-
duro pnvcrty or get nut.
"You SEQ tic advertisements arc false AZ
holl." am sorry to hv compelled to admit
TINT lanu.agcnss, as r!lte. nro Vigon to lying.
| tip theft hnta to suel doves on The Etrcess.h
Sorry to hrar It. But Wichita has always hntl
| an ui,sAyory reputation. It'll gross libcl, how
over, to r!atn HUT this Is tho rnle throughout
tic State, the pcoplu OF which, ns whula rank
Ia hlgl, IN intelligence, tllrltt ana good morals,
~ tlDse In any Stnta III tho U!.io,.
/ "'liIs average Ut what lu 1f.c State will st
he over llyn lltsheas pcs ,acrc, mud corn ttle
| samq.n From my own observation anu best
Bonrrca'of infor,nnflnll, hellcye that. c1ctn.l-
ing tlm southwestern counties, IN which tler1 Ia
MI cut!re failure OF cropa, Wheat throughout the
State will average not icAs than teu busllca PER
acre. and corn fotty bl.s!irlx.
"All thu nHo fruit wa get here comes fsam
| the East. Tllo prstntutn aWatletl to kansAs OIL
| apples tut The Ccntuilntal} was On apples growa
Iii E,lstosn States, anl selected by d fruit .nntI
| iu Colunsbus. Kns, wtlo'e naha I can gvc."
presume tic Stats Commissioners are .alun-
antlY ahu tn ref,lto this charge; aHd will outy
say hut have b,nght from tl.c groeers'atorcs
along tl,e KanSas raclilc lsoad Iii lhe central
nu,l eastern purts Of 1hs Btuts. rs lnp upp!es,
whle., weru brought IN BY tho farlneri BY t,lu
waypn-loai nuI retalied At FL cents yer buslle,
as ! ever saw O! Michigan Or New York State
fruit on South Wuttr streut. Aud IT. Is nptor!-
Gus that, iu ordinary years. peaches Of llnc
quality sell In a1I thu towns III tho older portions
u The asasu from the farlnors' wagons at from
~ to - eonts pss biIsl,s!. IT,,
where. lave heard tI!t sama complaint In ILL.,
no!s, Tho fact IL, 'lo writer nlnsls an unturlll-
nate location. or may bc ona 1T thoss nsen Wllu
flaSu H. faculty fur gettillg IN anyHheFa. llu IL
evidently bay4pg q hard time: las hccn Ilsap-
| polntetl In lis expectations, Us Is tho ease with
thous lnds VI others wllo rome with large ex-
pcctat!ons anl snaa!l u1cans: mil 20 yent3 h1s
disappolntment bs ptehus Into tl!a stats NJ
large, W!tliont knowing any.hiIE berond hls own
alnalodiato locality nHd tha Theatre ol Lis oWu
trials aud siiHappointMrnts.
lu an a1l!cle irsn Topeka To THE tribune Of
/ 4tNk. =, lhu RFtltE *hf&t :" tIl9 pfQIkttk4H Ea6
yarsed from afteen ~ twenty btlshols per arrs
~ E4atcrn Kansas to no crop at Ill west Ut tl!u
NipetY-nfnh Meridian. IN ihe Ceutral or uoll.
Gu Whcat.l l3clt. ~ the sallway.prospegtuscs Gull
Il, 1t has averaged ten oF ulaYeu bIsl,us peF
acgc." wish II correct tls writer BY the as,
seEiou that. considering, usu TACT that, III llu ex-
tretnr Western couptlea, tho wheat OF this Year
without stirring or oss.p!owing, .ilo crop 50
far a. grown, for from forty to sixty uilu. west
of tAe Oas. .I1unare1th Merldian, a1tA nusth Of
thu Smoky u!ll, will compare faTorablY with
thu QylraGo Ut tho State.
ln c,ncludIng artcle, to ba gtyen In a. fow
days, Ap0n recent tFlp through The nov Couu.
ties ii 6Asrtiat,, Decatur, lawllus, an!l rhoaat,
shall b. able t0 snoM faets which will, / think,
| upset tlla theory Ut baFsepneas and uDpro.
| duct!YeprsR Hest Of the NiQctY.utntb. One: