Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Look Before You Leap.
Anderson County Good Place to Stay.

| We are informed that seven or eight farmers
in Anderson County are now selling their stock
and preparing to go to other states in the hope
| that they may better their condition No one
realizes more than the newspaper man the effect
OF the great drouth that is now upon u.s. The
newspaper fraternity will, perhaps, suffer more
than any other class of breadwinners, but why
should we be discouraged? Why should you be
discouraged? There is no ,state i'll the Union
but what has suffered by failure of crops or
other inisfortunes. There is no spot on earth
that is immune against drouth insect pests or
other plaques. Kansas, considered as a state,
is, perhaps, as free from the things that bring
encouragement to the farmer as any other state
in the Unicn, while Anderson county, in par
tcular, has come up through the adversties of
the past with as few failures as any other county
in the state Stop and think of the past let
us remind you of few things Anderson coun-
ty has always, except one year in her early his
tory raised sufficient crops fol the supply of her
stock. But once have we asked for seed. We
have always been able to raise sufficient
amount for ourselves and to spare Some years
we have had failures in the western part of the
county, while the eastern part has had an
the upland, while the bottom land has been
very productive. We are now passing through
the worst year wehave ever had in the
history of the county, except one, but vino
is in want? The records show that the
number of people asking for assistance this
year is not so great i'll the past. This is
easily accounted for. We anticipated the
failure and saved our surplus. We ask the
farmer how and where are you going to better
your condition? The diversity of the soil in
Anderson county is worthy of consideration,
aud the multiplicity of crops that can be raised
here assures the success of the small farmer.
We do not always raise an abundance of corn,
but we always raise something and this in the
end is what brings success. The men who left
western Kansas ten years ago would have made
thousands of dollars where they have, perhaps,
made cents if they had only stuck to their farms.
In tie days of their adversely, Anderson county
was prosperous. She has always been prosper
Gus and she always will be. We should not de-
sert because for one year in twenty her soil
fails to bring forth its usual abundance. Stick
to your farm. Land is advancing Notwith-
standing the drouth, It is more valuable now
than il has teen for years. Our farmer friend,
look before you leap. In few years you will
be coming back and the old homestead that
you sold in 1902 will be worth from fifty to
seventv-hve dollars an acre. Remember that
in old Anderson county, You are not compelled
to rely upon one crop. You can raise cattle
and corn, wheat and flax, hogs and alfalfa.
Apples, the most expensive fruit in the market,
peaches aud berries, while the grass and water
of the county is particularly adapted to the
raising of the best horses in the Union. We
have timber and stone, lowlands and highlands,
rich land and grazing land; walnut timber wat
C0o1 oud u,i1e ,,roirio how frors the
southern part of Anderson county is sold to the
racing stables of the world. What more do
you want and where do you expect to find it?
We askagain that before you leap, you take
a long look.