The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16
Brown County.

The Hiswatha Dispatch, on the End Inst
published a very full and interesting descrip-
lion of Brown county aud Hiawatha. With
regard TO the county 1t says:
Brown is the second county west from the
Missouri river, in the northern tier OF the
state, Just far enough removed from the
bluus and broken lands that FOLLOW the course
Of that stream TO be tree from those disadvan
tages. The surface Of the country Is general
ly undulatiny, but sometimes level. Two
ser cent Of the land Is bottom and ninety
eight upland; eight per cent. timber and
ninety-two prairie Average width al timber
belts. one quarter mile. Varieties OF timber
walnut, oak. ash hickory, cotton wood elm
lime, Dox .. der. maple, syc tmore, willow
mulberry, cherry hack berry buckeye, locust
red bud, crab apple, plum, pawpaw. Princt-
pal streams, Vol River. Walnut Creek trib
utaries, Delaware. ROys', Otter, spring. Null
berry. Springs abound everywhere We'll
water. hard or lin at a epth OF twenty to
toriy feet Three coal mines have been open
Ell in the county, but are worked on y 10 "A
small extent Tor local use. Fuel il nIOsii y
cpaI, shipped at Is CENTS per b1sheI AID
wood at % To - per cord. Insxh- ustiole
QuaIries OF lime and sand stone are found
along the strea ms, ana are much used tor
building line residences, barns and other edi-
ices.
Brown is without doubt the peer II not the
superior, OF any county in the State, for agX
cultural purposes. There are SGs,5i0 acres Ia
the county, of which I9l,2iI are under cuItl
walton, being a little more than ohe-hsLf, or
5Z-sI per cent. All kinds of grain, fruits and
vegetables common To a temperate climate
grow here in their greatest Iuxuriance, bat
the greatest sta pies are corn. Cali wheat spring
wheat, oats. rye, barley. buckwhest, .weet
md irish potatoes, tax, tobacco, castor
beans. sorghum and broom corn are aI-o
grown; OF fruits, apples, peaches. grapes,
pears, piums, backoerries, straw berries,
raspberrles, currants and goosebeIrisS,
grow In their most perfect form, aud at
our fair lat fall apples were exhibited,
measuring fifteen inches In circumference,
and peaches weighing ten and a naif ON ces
Corn, fall wheat, hogs an d cattle are the crors
which farmers most depend upon. and IA
l511 Brown c"E1ty raised considerable Tuo:e
corn and hog. than any other county in the
State, while she also carried of the honor last
spring of sending the best cattle to the Chi
csgo market that were received there. Great
care Is taken to have the best breeds of hoxs
and cattle Timothy, clover. blue grass and
miilst receive considerable attention, but the
abund tDce Of our nutritio praiTie grass
rather places the time grasses al "A discount
Brown county has more acres of land under
cultivation TO the inha 7itants than aDyoth-r
county In the state, and our personal prop
erty return OF last sprtng exceeded tina: OF
Atcnison county y. containing the second city
IN the state by nearly S00G0. Our farms
are generally bedged, and their fine houses
and barns, their groves, orchards snd fields,
and their well-kept condition, elicit admirs-
ton from every stranger that views them.