The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-30
WESTERN KANSAS.
The Secretary of the state Board of Agrt-
culture Has Good Word for That Sec

The Secretary of the state Board of Agrt-
culture Has a Good Word for That Sec
ton
TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. 25.-Secretary
Coburn, in speaking of western Kan
Sas and its future prospects. gives the
following as his views:
There was never before such q favorable
time for the ambitious. industrious. willing
worker. native or foreign 70 take Up his abode
in that region and there begin carving out for
himself home. 3 competence and az identity
IS presents Itself in this year 1898. Not that
they would all become rich; that is impossi-
BILE in any country. but the sum OF the COM
forts and Independence they could acquire
would be so much greater than many OF them
know in their present situations as TO make g
contrast most striking.
Some Of my reasons for this belief are these:
II is thoroughly demonstrated that western
Kansas possesses climate, taking the whole
year through. nowhere surpassed for healthful-
ness: it is equally well demonstrated that is
soil under favorable conditions OF moisture is
productive 70 = limit as vet unmeaSured II
there are seasons when that fractional part Of
the rainfall which is utilized proves insufficient
Tor maturing crops il is pretty well established
That there i an ample undergroG nd supply
available for the using which viii 90 far toward
Insurlng crops every year-Such too as the most
noted agricultural states elsewhere are not
often able 10 boast Of Further. choice
land there without stump stone. hill or
raVlne. every acre fitted by nature for
garden can be bought AT q lower price ana OF
easier payments now than ever again. ana ad-
accent 10 LAND no better that this year will pro
luce crops On one acre sufficient 70 purchase
I've and even ten equal acres.
However, 7 think that irrigation. with us
large possibilities, is 10 be secondary in i'm
portanee 20 deep tilisge by thoroughly loosen
ing and disintegrsting the compacted under
soil 70 the depth OF fifteen or twenty inches: IN
other words subsoiling, whereby The rainfall
viii be safely stored in lis proper reservoir.
the bosom Of mother earth. available later for
drafts at times when most needed. instead Of
running 20 waste alG working devastation by
foods
One encouraging fact i tcat oar people are
studying as never before TIE conditions con-
fronting them. the cause Of pas; failures and
the requirements FOR future success. This de-
termination 70 better understand the obstacles
to be avoided OF overcome. 20 utilize the ele-
ments al hand and 20 work out their own pros
perl;y on their individual farms, rather than
wait for legislation and appropriations 20 make
them prosperous, & tire best possible augUry Of
the triumphs they viii vet achieve
The superb crop conditions now existing VIII
have great influence n restoring confidence.
but i the plentiful! rains OF ne present season
cause our people 10 lessen ;teir efforts In as
pertaining AID preparing e use al possible
water supply and % Re careless in planting
crops no; well adapted q their attitudes or 10
consumption OF sale when produced
: great mistake viii be mace and progress
given q serious cheek
Those who hold the fort viii always be giaG
they clc SO. i they profit BIZ past experiences.
Intensive farming (bstter and less. rather than
more. Judicious selection Of crops TO plant.
subSolLIE- harvesting he rain waters, irriga-
ton and the rearing OF weI-bred farm animals
will afford "a way out infinitely palmer and
more reliable than any likely to come ready
mace anC bearing q legislative ;-ade marx
ron either WaShfur-pr NJ