The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
FURTHER EASTWARD.
NEW MEX co TO KANSAS.
The Fa,ur. Of The lace Lsud-Ii, Present Draw.
bWk'-ths Contrast TO Klnsls-gtmatkabls
rrCsrta OF the latter StAte-Jaha Brown,
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SIC Ia! Correspondence Of ne Ia4uigenetr.
MIAMI CtUSTY, KANSAS, December o.
lspent about three weeks in the terri
tory Of New Mexico and would have beer
glad to have spent even q longer time hat
circumstances permitted. 1t is an inter
es:ing country, and notwithstanding the
fact tha. 1t has 80 much unproductive land
so much mountain and so much foot hill
and as yet scarcely more than one inhabi
tant TO tho square mile, yet 1t is country
that has large aggregate OF mining and
agricultural wealth, fine climate, great
deal Of beautiful scenery, and is land
that Is destined to be in the future IN i'm.
portant part OF our great country.
The statistics Of imortality show that 1t is
an exceptionally healthy country. It Il
common to hear the remark that people
dry up with old age in New Mexico snd
blow away. 1t certainly has very dry and
bracing climate. For this reason it Is a
good country for persons With consumptive
tendencieF. Ita climate Is raid to be almost
specific for catarrhal ailments. In the
mountains and foothills there Is almos. no
humidity whatever in the air. The nights
are cool and the days warm the year round.
The mean annual temperature at Santa Fe
is 81 degrees. us
PROGRESS OF NEW MEXICO.
Notwithstanding New Mexico was inva.
ded by the spaniards as early as 1540-ten
years after their conquest Of Mexico pro-
per-yet It's progress in population and de-
relopment hes been very slow. It is now
attracting more attention than at any time
in it's history. There is no doubt that as
tho heretofore more attractive parts Of the
country i'll up New Mexico will be much
more In demand as a field for the tide Of
emigration from the old States and from
Europe. Its population increased 80 per
cept in the last decade, and at no time
have i,s mineral resources and its ranch.
ing capacity attracted as much attention, as
at the pTeeent moment.
Oae OF the great drawbacks Of New Mex.
leo, as OF California, is monopoly in the
shape OF large grants OF land, the same old
Spanish grants, and another Is the lack Of
water for irrigation. In ssme places arte.
sian wells are o success, but In most places
they are not. And yet / believe that some
day, either through an increased rain fall,
or BY reservoirs in the mountains, such as
Fremont proposed f1r Arizo ona, or by both,
the vast plains Of New Mexico, so fair to
the eye and yet 80 Inexpensive TO tillage,
will be reduced TO cultivation. It may not
come until the great public domainin 9th.
er States and Territories is closed up, and
until population once more presses upon
the means Of subsistence, but plains that
will produce sage brush in their present
arid condition, and bunch grass far back
from the wafer courses, suihcient 10 Iced
immenso herds OF cattle and eheep, all the
year round, will not remain.a desert In
the last thirty years. the area oil increased
and increasing rain fall is said 10 have en-
larged 400 miles west Of the Missouri river,
and there are those who believe that the
LAYING or iron and steel rails, the building
Of telegraph lines and the planting OF trees
will vet work marvellous revolution as
regards an increased rain fall.
Here in Kansas, from whence l write,
and where have been for week, the
ayea OF increased rain iall Is said to be
showing ITSELF 10 the increased production
of the western portion OF the State. There
| ia 40 doubt that the line Of aridity and
bauenne:s Ia being pushed west. Coming
hero from N.w Mexico, one sees both In
Colorado and In this State an increased
number OF wildmills for pumping water,
and II is noticeable that tho frontier Of cot
Element Is pushing further weJt every year
through this increased water supply.
A GREAT STATE.
Ipeyer realized 80 much as on this trip,
what a great State Kansas Is. Perhaps my
spiourn in New Mexico hiss made me more
appreciatiye OF lis wonderful progress as
nm agricultural commonwealth. 1t is
pleasant sight 10 see white farm houses and
good barns, plenty Of school houses and
churches, thickly dottipg the land. Also
to see ileldsgreen with fall wheat. and IL
IlimitsbIe acres standing in corn. 1twould
soem as II Kansas had produced corn
enough for the whole country. Here In
/ Miami county, which Is one ot the great
corn counties Of the State, there Is appar.
emily an Egyptian wealth OF this great
cereal. and along the highways leading to
the county seat, and 10 other railroad sta.
lions, there Is an endless procession oi
Wsoona. drawn by robust horses, hauling
corn 10 market at 50 cents per bushel.
And vet. Notwithstanding all this corn
i,r shipmsnt to Kansas City, st. Louis and
Chicscs. l am told that the larger portion
oi the crop will bc fed to hogs and cattle
g, well have the farmers OF kansae pros
nUrsd durisr the laat few years that they
ali have more or less live stock on theii
farms TO feed their corn to, and they art
snti,.iently intelligent to know that corr
and nav feed In their fields, even II in thai
nav they get no more than so cents pei
hnshel for il, pays them far better thar
when hauled 10 market. Farmers every
where eyen In tho new states who as ye
srs cpltiyating virgin soil, are realizing
that the fits. necessity Of good husbandiy
;s N N rtturu as much as possible to the soil
Esnce the meiority Of them are using o.
tho means in their power to increase thel
. live stock. -
DRAWBACK TO STOCK RAISING.
There is one drawback to Kansas stool
ral.ipg that compares uniavorably evel
! with New Mexico, and that is the lack o
winter pasture. The native or prairie gras
deadens and dies out here after the fire
fall fros,s, and does not come again unit
I Nav. In other words, 1t disappears earl!
and returns late. In California and EeN
Msxico all sorts Of stock Craze all winte