Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-10
A COMPARISON.
The Deyelopme Of Montana as
Compared with That of
Kansas.
What Kansas Had That Has
MoGt4ua in Mucn
Greater Degree.
Two Great Countries.

live & IA tee l,rirr par pI 1859 pfIs
! Htrr Imu ui 1874 ~ Ktust-, abolI
tHuy iru Wm", from '6g 10 ~,
neat L wurui, X ,nss.. Durlug the
tim" II -srr;a II rr r."-p ob,rrva-
tion and c'u-id r,h.r inquiry. ! fuud
thst n-jr had nrv-r h.-n uu-hrl II
wusti "uln or ANY I" her snI,ll grain,
r"l-sI nrr furtirr wr-r han Selma
~ uuI 20 ui,-- East of Il lswuftli, not
vi h-tan fpns there hal been a gmd
msny Mitm.Ts nIdr hv the people
settled "a hat country. wash ughI
that turre never cOuIi b. anything
rai--d here IN account ~ The sraI
rainfall, the s,ii ~n- Ter liz aud wh-r
ev.r IL wr pu--!b- O. grt u liiIlr
water 80 n, thu rrtutn was ..Iormuu.,
u" ms'i-r VII I r"- y, uruiar crop
was. In 'h- spring ur 1870 there ~, -
large 'louy -erIlpd ~ W'l-pa count,
annui - milrs w-st of Eilswurlh.
county sea' oi T. l-worth county, aud
after @o kinx v"iy hard for two Sea-
sons n great many Il the people b.
came dIsh.artrnri 10y thelr failures Ia
rais. anything, aud l-t their clsim-.
A good many other Instau e. at the
ssme kind could b. In-n uI"nrd, hut
ihi- onr will -uifi e TOR the purposes of
this article. Vow, 10y the Increase oI
rainfall and the us. VI windmiil- and
oIb-rr eans OF Irrigation the rerIlt l.
wonderful. There are large elevator.
ut every station along the X.
p. railroad; the country Il covered
with productive farm; all kind. ol
small grain l. raised, In the greatest
prufu-ion; no lin,t to the amount uf
cIrn that Is raised, but thy have no
local market for their produce, except
the demand that tner- IL generally IN
a thickly settled farming country. But
the country il prosprrou. aud mpr,v-
ing rapidly. Thare is no particular
locality that has u very large scope oi
Territory sri bItsry To il, Consequently
their surplu, grain i ha lied To the X
p. railroad sni sold for shipment ea-I,
In the year of 1867 that country be-
Gan To take start for the better, in All
agricultural potut OF view, and ha-
been kepplng IL up and Improving
sv-ry year, 50 tha' that portion of tn.
Great AnnericSn Desert has become II
great aud prosperous agricultural
county.
Now, from my observation and ex
perience In that country, and my ten
years observation, experience aud in-
quiry ia this, | am satisfied that the
valleys OF eastern Montana have II
great many advantages over Kansas.
First. | an convinced that the soil
here Is better, because vegetables
grow larger, wheat and oats weigh
more 10 tie hushel, aud we can raise
better barley and rye, and better hay.
We have more timber and coal, good
building stone; excellent clay for the
man fracture Of brick; good sand for
bnldiug purposes, 80 that every body
has the advantage of cheap fuel, aud
on all the streams plenty of timber for
building purposes, which is great
help, and absolutely necessary for the
succe-. and comfort of the settler.
There Is another aud the greatest ad.
vantage that a settler will have in this
country, and that Is, he will have q
good market for all that he eau raise
In the way OF grain and at remuuers.
tive prices, aud al ways will have, for
the reason that there is quite n large
extent OF this county that will never
be susceptible of surcessful cultivation
but is the best grazing land in the
world, and the cattlemeu are good
customers for the purchase of farm
products at good prices. At present