Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-10
A BRIGHT PROSPECT.
Some Valuable Pointers from South.
western Kansas.
ENGLEwOoD, Kan, Feb. 8.

| ENGLEWOOD, Kan, Eeb. y.
| To the Editor of the Eagle.
The people of southwest Kansas and
| No Mans Land realize that necessity is
not only the ''mother of invention" but
that experience is the school that leads
to the most satisfactory and practical re-
suits. Many have fought against the
physical elements for years, and not IN
til within the last three or four months
have they learned that the hog raising
industry is the business of all other. Not
grain of the old field corn is neces-
sary to grow or fatten them. They can
be grown for stock hogs, or fattened for
the packing house so per cent cheaper
here than in Illinois or Indiana.
1t has been satisfactorily demonstrated
that the piemelon and other vine products
with cane (sorghum), rice-corn, Kaffir-
corn, etc., the hog will rapidly grow and
thoroughly fatten for the market. In
addition to this, alfalfa is perennial
plant. sure success here, grows early in
the spring and late in the fall; can be
moved as often as three times during the
season, and then pastured.
1t is declared by those who have right
to know that if sorghum was the only
product that could be raised here the
country can be made a grand success.
For hogs it should be raised so as to pro-
duce large stalk and seed. For cattle
and horses it should be sown
thick, SO as to produce fine
hay; then NOW two or three times
during the summer. You may thus
raise from fifteen to twenty tons to the
acre, and stock will not only live on this
but increase in flesh, without grain of
corn or any other feed during the winter.
These facts are being understood by
many, and parties are here already pur-
chasing sections of land preparatory to
permanent business. This region is easy.
of access, as Englewood Is the terminus
of the C. K. & w. railway, the end of
the division and in close proximity to
NO Mans Land" Seekers coming to
this point can easily reach other Iocali-
ties by stage or private ways.
There are three causes which will
combine in producing one of
the grandest permanent booms this
country has ever witnessed. First,
The ground is in condition to insure a
good general crop. Second, The great
hog industry, regardless of hot winds, is
a certain success year by year. The
third is the probable passage of the
Springer bill. The advantages it gives
to No Mans Land lnsures an lmmigra-
ton that will be immense. Hence, we
say to the man who wants a permanent
home, where he can find people who
must sell, where he can make money
easily, where the hardships of the early
immigrant have given way TO modern
civilization, good schools, churches,
railroad advantages, good markets, etc.,
he may find them yet little while in
this vicinity. where doubtless soon will
be established grand sugar plant. as
one man at this point. we hear, will bear
half the expense OF the plant. A salt
plant and other manufactures are also
the possibilities of the near future.
1t is SAID by those who have reason to
know that there is an excellent opening
here for a cash retail and iobbing house
in dry goods and clothing. Some party
with good stock will do well to look
after this opening at once. With our
proximity to the packing houses and
wholesale business of Wichita, and our
relations to the settlers of the Neutral
Strip. our location is surely an enviable
one.
Then come! Bring not only your
wives and children, but your hogs too,
remembering that a 7-months' hog is
worth more than 7-months' calf. and
so many more of them. "A word TO
the wise is sufficient" r.