The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-29

bushels; our corn belt, in which cOun-
ty had produced over 10 million BUSH
els in one year; our grazing belt with
a million cattle; our fruit belt, in
which all kinds of temperate zone fruits
are grown successfully; our mineral
belt, coal, lead and zinc, the latter be-
ing the most extensive in the world;
our salt deposits 300 feet thick; our oil
and gas fields. In the eastern half of
the state all farm products are profit
ably grown. Tame grasses are grown
in all portions of the state; timothy,
clover and blue grass in the east; alfal-
ia in the west. Forage crops, such as
sorghum, millet, kaffir corn, etc, pro-
duce abundantly. 1 know of no terri
tory 200 by 400 miles in extent where
a greater variety of products can be
successfully grown or a greater number
of industries can be prohtably conduct
ed than in Kansas. No more opportune
time than the present was ever present.
ed for the selection of a home in KAN
sas.
LAS a result of the reaction from
boom prices, lands and other property
in our state deprecated in price far
below the actual worth or value ana
today the homeseeker can procure at
very reasonable price an ideal nome
without being subject to the uncertain
ties incident to pioneering we nave
demonstrated our ability to lift noun
tain of debt with the products OF our
farms; the tide has turned in our favor
and undoubtedly in the near 1uture
situated so favorably with reference TO
transportation facilities and markets
as Kansas lands are, will advance IN
price. The man possessing from SZ,UUO
to 81 600 can purchase a good lou acres
capable of supporting an average fam
lily, surrounding them with AL the com
forts of life, with something lett Tor
a rainy day. The man with less money
can secure time with easy payments
and a low rate of interest on deferred
payments.
lowing to the long time in which
both spring and fall planting can be
done here, a man usually farms TWICE
as many acres as is farmed by one
man in such states as Indiana ana III
nOis. Kansas invites the farmer OF the
east who is laboring to pay interest on
a large mortgage, the tenant FARMER
who can never accumulate sufficient TO
purchase a home in the east at exist
ing high prices, the man whose farm IS
too small to enable him to divide WIN
his boys, and all others who desire
good homes, to visit us, look US over
examine our resources and become one
of u.s.
Mr.. Coburn closes an interesting ar
ticle with this suggestion; In my Juog-
ment there has never been such an
suspicious time for the ambitious, in
dustriOus and willing worker, American
or foreign, to take up his abode in KAN
sas and begin carving out for himself
and his home, a competence, and an
identity as now presents itself. Lands
will never again be so reasonable in
price nor will opportunity probably
ever again be more numerous or in
viting for ground floor investment in
any one of our los splendid counties.
Those who seek to better their con
ditions should come and see for them
selves. To see is to believe"
John H. Churchill of Dodge City and
J. E NissIey of Topeka have written
at length on Kansas possibilities. Here
are a few of the things Mr.. Morton
claims for Kansas:
kansas has some of the richest
cement beds in the world and furnished
nearly all of the cement for the ex-
terror of the Worlds fair buildings
Kansas has the biggest orchard in
the world, and furnishes apples for the
royal households of England and Ger
many