The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-14

| we'll. That time has come. The set
| tiers have got the soil in good condition
| so far as the wilderness is concerned
| They have tried to pillow it and have
raised a few crops But neither the
| trees that the government urged them
| to plant nor the dammng of the draws
| has made the yields that they expected
and there is a very general desire to let
| the states west end be used for the
! things that il is capable Of. The state
| legislature al the recent SESSION dispos-
| ed of the state irrigation plants and
| thus admitted that the experiment was
| e failure. The expensive windmills are
being sold for a song and the depart
ment of forestry viii close the incident
with report OF the proceeds TO the
governor. The desertion OF that part OF
the state to the cattlemen is the best
thing that could happen to it for they
will succeed where the farmers could
not.
Besides this there is new king in the
field-alfalfa. This forage grass is so
hardy that neither drought nor tempest
can drive il out when once IL gets a
hold. The trouble in getting IL started
is more than offset by the permanency
of the yield. The cattle can pasture on
it and then =. can be cut Then they can
pasture on il again and then another
cutting. Four crops in season is not
unusual and the roots Of the grass GO
down 10 the very bottom Of the soil.
The secretary of the state board OF agri-
culture has warned the farmers not 70
set IL out in the orchards. for IL will
suck the moisture from the trees and
make them wilt and suffer. In the
fields of this hardy plan; the hogs can
be fattened in this way all over the west
end Of the state.
The cattle are coming into this section
almost as fast as they cid in the cattle
trail days. when the herds were driven
u from the ranges OF the Lone Star
state. Then. in one year. just thirty
years ago. the cowboys brought over
1 900. 900 head hare. and they were the
kings OF tina. day. For several years
this trade was the asecen5ency, but Il is
nox reIegated 10 the rear by the four
linss 81 railways that are built 20 the
gulf One winter the cattle could not De
Soli and thousands OF head persisted on
the plains out her IN the short grass
country. A. one Little station sixty car
loads 90 hides were shipped from The
effects Of the storms. The cowboys also
suffered sni a dozen or more Of them
perisned But that tine has passed and
the arrangements FOR The making Of me
shor. grass country a cattle region are
completed on a scale that includes these
contingencies. There are many unoccu-
piei houses in the towns and they are
beng moved 20 The ranches FOR the use
q The he-5srs- Cattle. and sheep. TOO.
will have shelter from the esEsrest %
'ae blizzard The effect viii Dc % make
the profits more certain
A trip over ehs country around -h,s
.5wn shows large number a. deserted
houses On the claims and = - even worse
IN The farther western counties. There
1ne may ride a dav and see only a sex
houses of any description r i fhe re-
s-IIt o, The foreclosures ard the failure
% crops II previous years TIE banks %
one county are even making nice thing
f-y-n ne deposits. ma: me county places
n their hands and wa.ca !, has % usz
fa- a. this the Taz. shows hor prs
persus the people are cecorsax Taey
have got dogn 20 fhe rocs-a-5.so-5 ana
are ready % make tire best ~ sainxz
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