The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-23
TIE STATE OF KANSAS
Sane d he Impressions il Made o. a
Tr1EeIet ThrOugh it
Its Farms and its Prssperisy.--PrO-
hIbItioa That PrShIbits---The Rail-
roads Of the StAte-.-Cenfort for the
Holders Of Farm LSazs.


eompauy with other Eastern gentleman.
and the following from The pen of SIR.
Pratt gives his expressions:
Kan-asi Historic K1nsss! The happy
hunting ground of the rel InsH befO.e
he became the vlrtiIn of tlie pa. efac1's
civilization aid the paleface's rum! The
range of the mil Inn-h .rded buffalo.
whose ..wallOws'' are still TO be seen,
and whose bUnes are not yet ali cvl-
iected aud sold 20 the dnroinan'lc bone
desleri The place Of the old SAINTS Fe
trail. along which thousands upon
Thousands of fortune SEEKERS aud iOnkers
for = bett+r country Uearilv plndded.
aud many dropped out through exhan~-
ton. disease or the deadly auark of the
sneakinE Indian. The bloody sEirmi-h
ground In the great bart which made
this country Ga truth the laud at the
freei The scene az the operations Of
the murderOus, pillaKIng border ruff III!
The land Identified with tie dreams, The
hopes and the edost, OF nub (. fAnA.icl
ODD JShH Brown! The state which has
taken nf the best blood aud brains II
New England. aud which maV Vet Uur-
strp New EnK!and in other this p h.
much a. she now dues III agriculture!
LITTLE CoNPARIsJE.
The magnitude OF Kansas cannot he
appreciated without sight of IL, bur n
liitle comparison with CnuuerTiCut NAV
help our readers who have not seen IL
10 unirr-'auI IL .it'lr. Cnr"r.''ic'l.
hS- Al meA al 1914 square m'ir%. ~
sAs iH- Nh area ~ Si.3l8 sq-i;ir nj 49,
Cunn,Sricul hr- righr counties Kansas
has r.H nd Il hers l.
Tuors good farming land In S-vrra' at
these counties Than I'm NIL Connecticut.
And 81 forth and so nn. Bur here i
pn use In Multiplying hTrrra. fn'v
vii not make HnvhuIv rPHlizs the vast
mess at The Kansas plains aud the mag
Indecent distances b,.rween her borders,
AGRICULTURE.
or course Ktnsas Is and must long
continue tn 5e chiefly distinguished for
her abb Nv 70 feed the hungry. Here
again Ff9'isriCs Sre ~ ll1lS Use ~ me
who reads them At diSiAurs. l. i we'll
SunuRh to know th1t she will produce
This wear So Ob0.0l0 hnshpls nf vhatt
alone and thtr SIT" NJ haze Sl04.
oOO,0O0 worth at agricultural prndurI-
for sale bs<iieS what she useS ~ home.
These arr impressive Hgurps Rur whom
you ride nil dav ard ~ night thrnue!
vast fields of corn. tnrnugh v,;.teT y aius
thirklv dotted with the -tackrd wheat:
when Won ~er every u mere the iIrmhlin.s
machines whIr ing ouLIhP plump gi.,in;
when you wax In cnruti.-ldS where IL
would be cav IN get lost; when Won 500
eDrn 10 feet hi III. With Orrs un IN III"
air thIt = tall man cannot reHCc them
Nhen vna see even the weeds gig1uti"
that Won cannot see ever them; sui
when Won innk upnn TIE aiinOsr iimi'l-Ss
stretches 81 dark. rich soil S"vu W h
winter wheat. Won bPYin 70 rem Ire whr'
agriculture I'm Kansas NAV ina"n. And
when VOu that nian Gan raise hftv
bushels Of corn fo the ATE ff'rPn or
twenty bushels If wheat without rpa "
working more than three months In 'hr,
gear: without trnuhing himsef 4hout
fertiIixinR the nlnoer tnn Ur"'ific ..or.t T.,
Won wonder why the N'w EnQlsul farm
or u conferred ~ get up ~ or
O'clock IN the mNrninQ. ''fnrk over aud
hRu' manure In tho Spring. f2hf lik" ~
Traian aRainsi ~ee,Is hngs etc during
the summer. pick SHINES duriu0 he fall
and spensl the winter IN win Sffnrr IN
get mrnurp enough TO pnnh'e his ex-
A4us'e' Sni' tn hear = crop. No wander
the kIrsRs farmer In inahv cases longs
"shlft'PsI" 10 y New Eng'anhpr. He
dosen'r have tn he alwavs grinding aud
scraping and guessing. Tie ran afford
70 he ShiftleSs. and |, T. ou'Y fair 10 say
that In MANY cs>Ps IT, Is when Ia. iSu'G
he Is SbOut the mast favored inhahltaut
OF this great. gl"TinnS aud comparatively
free country. He has u" hos. sud hr
tsn't uf the Kind that would stand much
boosting. II lac found him<.' In danger
Of being huSSed he would pIGk up his
traps and start far Oklahoma ar Sunr-
where Else He has more than hr ,-in
eat aud sometimes more THAI hp can - I.
And thiS wear h- IL e~UPciallN cO"k nf tli,'
Mrllk because the European t,rnl"rs have
not had good Luck. lie Wi. f'.,.d Eur.il,
faf "a IL Al
Some Of the facts af k4usus farming
are almost Incredible IL New Enylaud
farm-TS- who have To work very hard fnr
what they get. Think Of u mHu yr'Iiug
. farm In Cunnecticut and paN Ing for II
the first year and saving surplus. This
Is common thing In Kansas. What
New Englandrr most misses In krhsRs
farms are the gar,iens Aud fruit trees
which are found 0n every R'n'd New
England farm. The Kansas farms are
great level aires ulrv"teH mrinlv to
wheat aud corn. Bat mnrr attention /
now being paid fu fruit and vegetable
growing. ami Il will not he long i.s'f'rp
Hsusas will lead the wor q iu these ~
sprcts. She can de- IL. for she has the
soll and the Climate % doit with.
The RAILROADS.
or incAlculabl- Importance To The de-
v~lOpment pt Kansas Sre the rOailrna1l%.
There arr not lpSs than 9.O0) miles "f
railroad IN The state. A look ~ The nall
ruad map of the state SHOw~ shat -,
SF1skly have ihe railroads CarTIrI un the
work az extpnsiun that In the great
farming regions few OF the farmers are
more than ten Ral e. from "a r1ilrAd
etaslon. and na0ss az them are mu'-h
uesrer thar that. This gives evrrN b'',lv
narksf. asd u rivi ling Snd
developing pswer wh"ae influence can
NOT wel. lie ovt restimsted And IL Is
evident that the managers of the great
roads lIks the Airhison. ROck T<.Snh
aud Missouri Pacific are giving
- n.a~.s,is of Kanass the rer,