The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-27

drills and corn-plAnisu AT n work -
gvihcr on a slnci. farm. whsrr =. hpurs
t-f"r- tr~r- Wa oniv = .r~-n, uH'-rf-
den waste. The ssi-rup h-1BG ui;cu
the a~.tlsr's main AMI only uelsAnco fur
the hr-i year. and requiring bat httl~
cAr-. the uling idea = - ~ n nurh
planted n possible. 81 cozlrss. large
rr-ali- are not reasonably - t. "Hp~-f-
- from this inIiiAl p-ss~ bot ord
u1rly the yield ! good. better than you
would gas-s. and IN ~s'n" instances
quite astonishing With timely --efIng
and 4 favorable ~-a-,n. Il !. not unCSEn-
mon for -p-i-whea m kan-a- - max" 10
bushels - the acre iAiJyc the aNeraE-
annual Weld Il the older SiAirs). and
~d-cpru often reach.. 80 bushels Per
acre. / passed field aftsr field q ~d-oDrn
in the Arkansas Valley the lat autumn.
which ! am SURF would .1csSi that
anil a considerable proportion of il. ib.y
tod m-, hUl ben planted A. late n the
fourth week IN NAV. There arr case,
not; numerous, "a be -ur-, but none The
l.-- autheniir. v where these new-iAshIon-l
farmers have actually pad for tiasir
farm. with the prucr'd- of theiT iIr-i
crop If wheat or corn, not 70 spFAk 81
the three dollar, per s-re which the
mere first plowiug adds - the pcrna-
n.ni value 81 the land. Then, after thu
~pi-crop J.. harvested, winter wheai NAV
be put IN ihc.r same ields-drllcd II
between the ~corn-row-, Il YOU wish: or
il max be- left until spring again. and
planted in corn, aud then vii come Ia"
riches; crop tina; III" ,oil i capable If
producing.
Corn j, king in Kansas, - far a. space
J. concerned. They plant IT by square
miles, ne might fairly infer, the fields
are - incredibly fIr-reaching; and, #
il did not grow very much Of H. a.
cord, IL could not grow Al all. a. the
sheer abundance II 1t forbid- any thing
like thorough cultivation. They aim 10
pillow II twice, though sometimes once
has - suffice, and where II has been
snd-plsnted it i, l-it untouched tall II
ipcn,: and Yet 1t ihrivc> in L way that
make folk of All rule and prccedeu,
the stalks attain a size and height which
eve them "a resemblance Ia Young for
est II hickory, and the men with Pluw-
Look lost among them; and, a. for the
ultimate Weld IN ears AMI bushels, !, II
not proclaimed EVERYWHERE IN those
graphic and seductive land advertise
mcnt, which tell how Kansas was lo
year, ago the twenty fourth Stat" IA the
production If corn. and l. now surpassed
hy only three IF AL the So The small
cost and labor of tiiling i doubtless the
chief melting cause Of this extensive re-
course - a crop which, however bOun-
tcOus IL may be, offers but slender profit
unless f-d Ia live stock but | suspect il
i a crop that also has special favor with
frontier pcnplc-perhaps without th"ir
exactly realizing the prcf"rcnCc-bc-
cause Of the %rc>olute, impcrious, army
with-banncr, method il has If possess
inc and holding the %ountrv FOR corn
i, bv nature aggressive aud determined.
The smaller grams feel their way iimld-
" in a primitive soil. and the aboriginal
yrrdurr disputes every inch of progroN>
with them. But where this autncrat uf
the cereals takes root il scornS rivalry,
and IT, SWAY l. cnmplet" and enduring.
And 50 these leagues upon leagues If
Kansas corn, seen in the summer ANA IN
their Glory Of Silkcd and tas~cled and
-uulit strength, convey a >i~nally Strlk-
iuw impression. They do not merely
cling To- the earth, but they >riz" it and
MAKE il their own; You know that those
dense and advancing ranks ii never hc
stayed. never turned back; and
how the vast cxpdnso OF unconqucrcd
prairie Vet spread cut before them and
all about them-lU acres Ia each II
acre of thcir>-~ccmS ovcraw"d and
contracted hy their masterful influence.
II i Birnam wood come IL Dunsinanc.