Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-18

the car load when possible, filling up with
grain, lumber (f allowed) or anything Of that
kind.
Good horses are high here. Small pon,e,
of Texas or Colorado breed, are worth from
$50 to $50 per head. Mich COWS are worth
from $50 to $50 per head. We would aivise
| all who can to bring team and COW or two
with them.
Many ask what is the best time of year TO.
come. Our answer is "when you are ready"
If we were coming here again, as poor as We
| were when we came. we would do as we did
then-come at the first opportunity. But if
| we could come as and when we wanted to, we
would come in the fall or early winter, and
take our land, then bring our family out in
March.
Soldiers have this great advantage over
civilians. We can select their land and hold
it for them six mouths, then they can come on
all ready to 60 to work. thus saving the ex-
pense of one trip.
We will send full instructions about taking
land in this way, with power of attorney
ready to fill out We charge $40 for locating
soldiers claims, and we are locating hundreds
of them. We have an experienced locator
who carefully examines every claim selected.
One word in conclusion: they are going
rapidly. By summer, even, there will be few
left. We would advise all who want 100
acres of land under this, the most favorable
law ever passed or ever will pass, to come
quickly. Every claim taken under this act
will soon be worth from 500 to $500.
THE WEALTH OF AN AGRICULTURAL STATE.
Kansas is an agricultural State. 1t has no
gold or silver, no iron, just coal enough to fur
nish fuel. 1t is the farmers and stockmens
State. Its developments simply shows what
good old Mother Earth, when in her happiest
vein can do. agriculture" says Cotton, ais
the most certain source of strength, wealth,
and independence commerce, in all emergen-
cies, looks to agriculture both for defense and
supply" The growth and prosperity of Kan
sas afford striking illustration of what intel
ligent farmers, with productive soil and.a
genial climate for their workshop, can accom-
plish-what wealth they can create what enter
prise they can stimulate.
When we read that Kansas produced last
year, 1874. 10000 bushels of corn, the nine
figures set down do not convey any
adequate idea of the bulk and weight of the
crop But when it is stated that the corn crop
of Kansas for 1885 would fill 4S5,OOO freight
cars. and load train 2,847 miles long-reach-
ing from Ogden. Utah. to Boston-we begin to
what the figures stand for.
The wheat crop of the State, last year, was
called failure. 1t was, for Kansas. And
yet it would fill 1889 grain cars, and load
train 1879 miles in length. The oats crop of the
State, for the same year, would fill AZ, 1885 cars
and load train 260 miles long; while the hay
crop would load 76S,534 cars, making train
4, $40 miles long.
These four crops of Kansas, for 1885, would
fill ,329, 8OS grain cars, and load train 1904
miles in length. In other words, the corn,
wheat, oats, and hay produced in Kansas last
year would load train reaching from Boston
to San Francisco by the Union Pacific route,
and back again from San Francisco to Boston
BY the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe route.