, 1881-08-17
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS,
An rmraonHo Corn Crup This Yoar. and
dsctsorn1 Prosperity tar ttip Farmers.
III tAA t.litnf nt Thk khicdau 1fittnk.

An rmrnol,.o Corn Crop This Yoar, and
General Prosperity tar t1lc Farmers.
II the Editor ot 1hs Chicago Tribune.
WIcn1TA, Kas., Aug. t3.-1 llayo resided
in this State for upwards Of fourteen years-
i,ave hunted fntlEnns rs well rs buffalo oyUr
what is now ono Of tic richest farming Sec
ttons Of Kansas. Twelve years ago last fail
/ canpod with q regiment Of volunteers
within stones tllrow OF tho present stu Of
Wichita. The ytllage tllon coNststel Of
tradtnE.post and lnlf dozen log houses.
tug tho largest town between Topeka md
tho mountains. As shipping paint for
wheat, corl, hogs, poultry, eggs, and butter
1t iRs no rival III tho State. TlIe country
tributary to tt Is nit tl.at coild be desired for
agricultural PURPOSES. Ttlis tSetlgwck)
county llas ovor 60 per cent bottom lanl.
'rhe np,nnds aro generally rolling, with
nufthor timber or stone. TlircG rivers
course through tie county, tie
Ereat Arkansas beinE tho principal.
The t0tal area Il, winter Wfleat
1T Sedgw'ck County this s:as0n wMs 10, 900
i'll III tic sprins. " % Iio,i rciy 10 c,it 4 '!c afs.
or portion Was damaged by llail. When tho
berry wns In tlle! milk va had about two
weeks Of hot, tlry weather WHICH played
crs W Oh Tho :iist of S(aY the average yicid
was estllnalcsl ut seventeen bushels ilor acre.
About AlD tic fnrttlors who cnl procure tlIe
HSe OF q thrAslter nr0 now at work, Ata tie
nyarage yletl, ns llear rs ! can learn, Is
FROM twenty to tIirty-six bushels but they
nre rHre. Most 1f tllo wheat Wns cut with
leiltlnrs, which Is mare difficult to stalk SO
liz @tl. ot s,no i soaMe.,cet 10 rain; il i'ot
Of August moro rain fcIi tllroi,Eiiout this
;So.l'.try 81; ttlan ~ tlle preceding three years.
eanins Hhn ta afhss wst a asf ns ND
grades MS rajccted; tho pricc It Is bringing,
Notwithstanding It's condition, Is highly
gratifying to the farnlers. being from rs to 10
GENTS per bse But tlie cor,crop Of this i,
sHrlasscs belief. Scdswlrk County ilas
10000 acFss n,,a;;1a, IL HGr', Mpc,. Ut y
tho latest planted is &ufe from frost or
drought. i lluve tnkcnN cspcelal patus 10 got
q correct estimate Of tlo nverage YIELD, I
hnvc folIfd no o1lc who places his ,ytold at
sixty a,sd seyenty-isve. II IL sasa % p!aes tl,e
total Yield OF tlts county at 5,ooo,ooo bush
o!ss s'.d tat e Ays other Soai,t!%s Of THIS
~ Mak'Ss ts fFapd fI' stri,Ies . US pesitlos It
tic front; about 10000 lend aro liz
tho !laiids Of farmers. Tltls Ii not
Mt all commensurate with tl!e Immense
s ective dio dchaa. @ ,st t1 now nsae irsn ay Wcat
tho most Important tratllc Is Ii, peaclles TLo
peach crop Ut this county, like tho corn crop,
y simply immense. Ono farmer, who has d
different yarletlry, estimates Ills Yield Of
pouches 1T 30,O00 bslAliuls; others linye
from ilfty to 1000 bushels. Contracts
are being made with Eastern parties Mt 90
with poultry, eggs. utl b,ltter are slllppe.l to
tie nllnlng towns of Colorado and Now Mex
l.0. Two express companies here lIavo oil
tlley cnn handle OF this traffic.
western Kansas Is b6olning, and cllallunge
any part Ut tho United StNtes to produce It's
equal In tho way. Of tarln prnlrets Tor the
| disastrous year Of 1881. II. SrEWART.