The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-16


New Hampshire. ................. $40, 80
| Vermont. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 49, AZ
MaSSach useCtS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES @,zoo.S ~
Connecticut OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 746, p
Rhode Island. Observation-Disclosures. 345, 90
3,7O1.51
The combined area of these states il
66, 463 square miles. Kansas has al
area of over $4,000 square miles, and ;
population of 1 ,427, 096.
The production of corn, wheat anc
oats in the six New England states fol
the year 1890, as reported by the United
States department of agriculture, wa:
17,471 900 bushels. 1t is estimated thai
Sedgwick county, Kansas, will produce
this year nearly 100000 bushels Of
these three principal cereals, and this
within an area Of 1,008 square miles.
If all of Sedgwick county was under
cultivation the production would equal
that Of all New England.
The estimated value of the crop this
year on a conservative basis is $780,
| 600.
! Kansas as a state raises enough to feed
New England, and have enough left TO
feed her own people. And Sedgwick
county raises a sufficient amount to sat
isfy any one of them. Not only does
/ Sedgwick county produce grain in
abundance, but her vegetables, fruits and
food animals cut very important figure
in the wealth Of this country.
Ga1ou-iol- cO11rt,- hoe I'd I,
would do credit to some portions of the
east. This orchard consists of over 500,
600 bearing apple, pear, peach, plum and
cherry trees.
The report for 1890 shows Sedgwick
county as having 49,625 head of hogs,
$685. head of sheep, %, $50 head of cattle,
or a total of Sc, $50 head of food animals,
and II, 3l8 head of mich cows.
The area of Rhode Island is about
eighty square miles more than that of
Sedgwick county. Rhode Island contains
$40, 500 people, while Sedgwick county
only has population of 43, 626. From
the official reports we find that Rhode
Island does not produce enough cereals
for the consumption of her own people,
and is dependent on the west. Sedg-
wick county, not containing the popula-
ton, has a surplus for shipment; conse-
QuentIv in a measure contributes to the
support of the east. Rhode Island is a
large manufacturing state, and as long
as Kansas and other western states do
but little manufacturing, will exchange
for our raw products; but as soon as Kan
sas puts in manufactures. which she
will do sooner or later. the condition of
things will be materially changed. Kan
sas is destined to be one of the wealth
lest in the Union.
In 1890 Rhode Island had 90, 231 head
of sheep, 1876 head of swine, "a ,041
head of cattle, or total of 5S, 068 head.
Her production of corn, wheat, and
oats was 555, 900 bushels.
Sedgwick county produced in the same
year, which was a poor one, 2,572, 900
bushels, while the number of cattle,
sheep and swine was &c. $50 head.
Connecticut, with an area four times
larger than Sedgwick county, only pro-
duced 1884, 900 bushels in 1890, which
was only 252, 900 bushels more than this
county in its poorest year, and Con-
necticut has a population of 2,014,000
people.
Massachusetts, with an area seven and
half times larger than Sedgwick
county, and a population of 1865, 900,
produced in 1890, 9, 466, 900 bushels, or a
little less than Sedgwick county.
New England does considerable pork
packing, and it is not out of place to
compare the pork packing at Wichita
packing points. The official report of
the summer packing for 1890 in some of
these cities as published by the Gin
cinnati Price Current is as follows:
New Haven, Conn............ IA, O24
Providence, 4. I..................1l 9, 400
Worcester, Mass .................. IS 4S1
Fall River, Mass. Observation-Disclosures. SO, ia
Total. ............. 40, 0l9
The same report credits Wichita for
the same period with 193.69S head
In other words Wichita packs more
than half of the four largest packing
centers of New England, outside of Bos-
ton, combined. These comparisons are
given to show that if the agriculture of
a country has anything to do in increas-
ing the value of property or contributes
in any measure to the support of either,
then Wichita must be fortunately
located to become city of no mean i'm
portance, and must be recognized, sooner