The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-01
LOST IN THE sUNFLowERs.
To the Editor of the EAGLE.


GARDEN PLAIN, Kan. June 80, 1891.
| Having been sojourner in southern
Kansas for short time and being 81
| favorably impressed with its beautiful
| scenery, its thrifty and enterprising cite:
and towns. and more especially the grand
| agricultural resources OF this country that
L cannot refrain from saying that this in
deed is the climax of creation. During
the past six weeks the writer has beer
| over several of the eastern states. but nc
where have l seen such promising pros
poets for all kinds of grain and fruit as
nave seen here. | have seen more wheat IL
southern Kansas alone than in any two Of
the states | have travelled over. The wheat
here is simply immense Harvesting i:
last drawing to a close aud threshing
machines are being tuned for the great
carnival.
In conversation with one of the leading
farmers here yesterday, he informed
the writer that he had just finished
cutting 300 acres of wheat which
would yield on an average thirty bushels
per acre. He also has 125 acres of oats that
VIII yield at least fifty bushels per acre
This IS not an exception, but is a fair esti-
mate OF the crop throughout this part OF
the state
With this enormous yield and the sta
pie prices which il is sure to bring the
farm mortgages of Kansas will be greatly
reduced and with the farmers judicial
management he will be placed upon good
financial footing. True. they have had
two or three partial failures in as many
years, yet the farmers of Kansas are not
in as bad condition as many of the polit-
lcai aspirants would have them.
The average Kansas farmer has less in
debtedness, is more prosperous and better
contented than can be found in any OF the
eastern states And this one fact alone is
interesting many OF the best citizens OF the
north and bringing them here not only to
better their condition financially, but to
live in a climate as pure and healthy as
can be found on the Pacific coast.
Another drawing card for Kansas is her
free school system, which is one to be just
ly proud of, and the first thing a northern
man does when coming west is to seek a
place near the school house, and this can
be easily had for schools and churches dot
the state from line to line.
OF the agricultural resources of Kansas
the half has never been told. The writer
has been in nearly all of the agricultural
districts of the north and east, but not
until visiting the magnificent country in
the north part of Sedgwick county was the
magnitude of Kansas agriculture made
apparent. Here the great resources of
wealth and the foundation of nation s
prosperity are seen in all their grandeur
and old Mother Earth dressed in her rich
est raiment seems lovelier than ever before.
For superb scenery and beautiful farms
this country can not be excelled even by
the banks of the famed Connecticut river.
On either side as far as the eye can reach
is nothing but fields of growing grain,
with her and there magnificent farm
house almost hidden from view by the
forest trees which surround it, while
blooming roses perfume the air with their
rich fragrance and bending to the gentle
breeze beckon you to their cool retreat.
While standin1 in some of these beauti-
ful yards at dusk of summer evening"
listening to the songs OF birds and the
humming of bees, one can look around
them and immagine they are in the midst
OF the Garden of Eden.