The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-12-29

and feed for our horses, and the Buffalo
supplied us with meat and his hide and
tallow supplied MS with money Tor our
a groceries aud clothing. and for the time
:. being We we're ms happy as kings. We
5. we're indeed lords % all we surveyed.
J. There was not n mean soul in the whole
Z settlement: everybody knex everybody
:. else. Occasionally new settler came,
z they we're welcomed with open arms and
e were one 81 US forthwith. We got our
e mail once month, sometimes oftencr.
a and sometimes not - often. 50 II drift
d: Ell along until the passage Of the home
: stead Bill by congress-. the close 81 the
!, war Of the rebellion aud then the build.
ing - the Union Pacific Railway, and
:, the future % the country ia an agricul-
tural way was finally established. Other
. settlers came here; some with a little
money and some with lots 81 energy
: From 1876 TO 1870 such strides % actual
development we're made in this county
that il is questionable whether lis lik.
was ever seen in this or any other coun-
try on the face Of the globe.
In 1870. II. - and - men made mon.
ey and spent il raising wheat II came
easy: il went easy. II was thought evi
IDENTITY a sure thing il could not fail
men went in debt, wheat failed. the gold
en- egg was not in the nest, and alas, and
alas, the opportunity a year or two later
10 borrow money, Was good. The won
derful exhibit 81 agricultural products |
at the centennial in 1876 10y the state, !
also agricultural statistics, induced men |
10 send money into the state Ia he loaned |
and il was loaned by the million mt IL.
~ and q per cent Men who were then
embarrassed slightly. borrowed money
at these enormous rates, firmly believing
they could come out on top, but when
another failure came many Of them were
! too far from the shore Ia reach il. aud 81
course no other help being near, they
had TO 60 down. This is an episode in
the history Of this county, suppose il is
similar in other counties. but there il
warning in il that all should heed.
At one 81 our annual fairs held many
years ago. Hon. George +. Anthony. at
the solicitation Of the board 81 directors.
made an agricultural address, in which,
after viewing with great pleasure the
wonderful exhibit 81 agricultural pro
ducts. he said: Il have no eulugy Ia offer.
fTr 4. -, |
ley, such a climate as there is in Kansas.
and an energetic husbandry, such things
are only matter 81 course. But il you
did fail, Why not have your agricultural 4,
society offer large premium for the best :
essay On the WHY'S and wherefUr,s 81
your failures, and have it made a part 4
Of your records, 80 that you can look at I
II occasionally, and il might be great ,
benefit To both you and the coming |
generations. Experience is a dear school. !
sometimes to the one who goes to that n
school, but happy is the man who can d
and does profit by his own and his new v
many have followed these suggestions. I
whether they heard them or not, and |
have done - Ia their profit. 4
When ] look over this country and see
what difference as compared Ia what c
Il was even twenty Years ago, feel I
proud indeed that ! am one 81 Saline n
cOunty's citizens: proud that IL is one 81 "A
the best IN the state. and that state Is L
Il a. |
That agriculture has been profitable g
here IN Saline county ! assert without q
fear 81 contradiction. That men who {
have engaged IN wheat raising alun" nave r.
been successful. however, Il somewhat q
doubtful: alsp IN corn alone; ar that D
have been ia any one brancn alone have u
made IL sin. Ny experience aud ui,s,r {,
walton II that ih"-" vino have gone ~ a."
ciuslvely Intnany IL these branches have Ia
nine out "a ten failed: this ~ not only -
true here but cl~-w mere. Many have a.
said and are saying that II don't pay To q
keep CONS: there IL no money ia them; n
you can buy cal .es cheaper than you II
ran ralse them. You should remember
that the same was said about hogs only {,
a short time ago. when now they will u
bring nearly six cents "a pound on foot Z
right here in SaIlna. II will bc the same a
with cattle some 81 these days. know Ia
some men who are making money even {
at the present low prices :,
remember father selling gnnd sized p
three and four year old steers at - and b
sl0 apiece in ISIS. and myself have sold q
hogs dressed at > cents on the market ia I
~. Louis. Notwithstanding the failures b
that have been made by individuals. &
none Of us would go back 10 s,
the times II no railroads. but plenty 81 n
buffalo: no improved agricultural ma u
rhinery. The old ways were very good IL
until We knew Of better things The
valley Of the Smoky once the grazing h
grounds Of countless herds Of buffalo. | J
The careless world receiving no benefits, p
not even knowing anything Of it. Now Il
every acre 81 il that was anything like al
prepared and planted Ia wheat n
has yielded thirty bushels per acre Of n
the finest quality, and is being converted n
into food for civilized man. II was raised u
al a profit mostly. and is supplied To all Ii
classes at perhaps the lowest figures 81
that it has ever reached in the history 81
Il the world. With these few rambling Ia
thoughts bid the readers good bye. a h
Happy New Year, and dollar bushel c
Tor wheat. .,
UF A PIONEER
COUNTY OFFICER.
On my first visit TO this county Of