The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-06
KANSAS AND NEW MEXICO CON
PAaED.
BY Rfv. AxIILL PH1LIIPs.


MoRA. NEW NEItoo.l :
EFbrusTT q, 1854.
EDITOR JoUKNAL II zee that yOu
propose 70 send OF q BIf1si0eary fuua
Der Of the I3arh 70 lie senishls
seekers Of homes am glad, for their
sakes, and would willingly contribute
70 it III could. have been now two
yesrs and Q half IN New Mexico, and
t,sEe ssen it.ncrth and south, east and
West Hence, 1t is with tolerable
ku0EiedFe of this Territory and Ils
capacities for agriculturs snd stock
raising. that Lsay that Central Kan
sas, and especially Saline county, Of
fer far superior attractions TO stock
oEners and farmers than this Terri
tory. And what I say Of New Mexi-
CO seems 70 be probably true, also, OF
Colorado. Wyoming, Utah, and Ari-
zona. The climate Of ell these west
ern territories Is 90 dry that agricul-
turo is not possible, except In a few
favored localities. and by means Of
irFisation.- Nov, very fine crops can
generally be obtained by iFrigAting,
but twenty acres h as much as enc
man can well care Tor BY that expen-
slve and lahorions method. Profitable
agriculture is tins limited 10 raising
vegetables and fruits.
/ So, sROCK-RAIsINO.
.stock.raising has been profitable In
the past 70 a few men, who, by any
means, have been able to obtain pos
session or use Of thirty to forty thous-
aRa aores, without taxes, and whose
system 81 raising cattle or sheep has
been to allow the animals TO take
care Of themselves. The rain falls in
tolsTable abundance during July, Au.
gust and September. The short grass
that springs up during that time must
last the whole year. Five acres are
required to keep asheep, and from ten
70 fifteen acres to keep a horseo or COW.
From February to June all stock are
very thin. When stock ranches begin
10 crowd one another, the risk Of
heavy Losses during this critical pc.
riod q 80 much increased as to render
the business Improbable. But what
I wished, ia particular, 70 call atten-
ton to is that none Of thess western
mountain territories odef to the settler
the opportunity, that Central Kansas
offers Of prohtabls, small farms Of 50
or 100 acres. combining stock-raisng
and agriculture. Those who desire 70
combine home with farm that shall
give the farmer and his family q COM
Portable maintenance, win certainly
hnd In the rich soil and bountiful
rains and pleasant climate Of Central
Kansas, the opportunity that they
would seek In vain further west. The
kind Of agricultural settler that Saline
county, Kansas, calls for is the man
who wants to develop the highest pos
sibIllltles Of q small tract Of fertile
land, who desires to have many near
aud thriving neighbors, 30 as to main
tain churches Ct convenient distances
and 10 have good roads and good
bridges farmers whose generous RI.
valry is not In the size Of their farms,
bat 10 the GlorOtehTless Of their cHltiva-
tioa, not In the Number OF their cattle,
horses and sheep, but In their superior
quality; not in the semi-barbaric Rbun-
dance and reckless waste that gener-
ally characterize large estates every
where, but in the frugallty. economy
and thrift that lay the basis for a COM
pstence, and that at the same time de-
velop Ia the children the habits Of In
dustry and csTefulness that tend to
make their prosperity permanent.
The kind Of settlers az settlers they
oan be called that these western
territories afford a tempo
raEy refuge for, is the man who is tired
1f living where the wagon tracks have
become 30 thick, 10 whom the excite
nent Of hunting deer or bear is the
ielight Of life. and = settled and steady
the bane Of existence. II
my such stu linger around Salina, in
he interests Of Saline county, invite
hem to New Mexico and Arizona, for
know that their places viii soon be
sgeFly sought for by thrifty, indus
rious men, who will make Saline
OuRty what its natural fertility and
'osltion entitle it to be, one Of the
post celebrated agricultural counties
a the United States. II