The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-08-12
KANSAS As 4 FARM sTETE
sECRErARY coBURH ConPARzs THE
RECORD VIII THAT OF CANADA
In Each Of Three Years More wheat Was
Produced Than IN the Entire Do
minfOn-eAbIs BODY and Will
ing Hands" Required Capital

/
ing Hands' Required Capital
F. d. COburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, has issued a
statement showing the advantages of
farming IN Kansas, as compared with
farming in Canada. Mr.. Coburn is
afraid that Kansas farmers may be
lured into Canada by the glowing cir
culars sent out by the immigration
bureau IN the dominion. Several Peo-
pie from Sherman county have gone to
the Alberta country IN Canada, and
Others have gone from here east and
west IN the United States. The SOM
Der song of most that have left IS, I
wish was back IN western Kansas,
and some of them have retraced their
steps. 1t is a common failing in hu-
mainly to think that every ship is an
enchanted vessel except the one on
which we sail, aud Of course Kansas IS
no good until you have TO subsist upon
| the husks of a 'fairer'' land. If ever
there was a sane word said to the peO-
/ pie here, it is this: Stay in western
Kansas; and If ever words fifty spoken
seemed like apples of gold in pictures
of silver, these words would be to those
of limited means who want a home:
| Come TO western Kansas
The secretary says in the course Of
his statement:
Kansas IS a producer of some great
agricultural statistics and they reveal
a degree of prosperity without parallel.
They also tend to make competitors
uncomfortable and seem to suggest that
| those who are already here would do
well to stay. For some time Canada
has been disseminating circus-wOrded
circulars about the productivity of their
soils and their wOndrous crops, especial
stress being given to her possibilities as
q wheat raiser, but official statistics, re-
/ cOrding what has actually been done,
show that the state of Kansas alone in
each of the years 1900, 1901 and 1908,
produced more wheat than did the Do
miniOn of Canada; In the three years
aggregating 268, 817, SIG bushels, or
more by nearly As million bushels, or
over II per cent. than the total prOduc-
ton of Canada for the same years.
And most any year any three or four Of
the more eastern counties in the north
ern tier yield more corn than is grown
annually in Canada.
THE ADVANTAGES OF KANSAS.
OF course Conada is not without her
advantages for possibly less than six
of the twelve months she furnishes ex-
cellent skating, sleighing and tobog-
gaming, and her dairymen have estab-
lished a reputation for industry and
thrift. But the same energy and CAPT
tai invested in Kansas, where climate is
miider, winters shorter and less expen-
sive shelter necessary, would doubtless
bring greater returns, as Kansas pro
duces in abundance the best Of milk
making feeds and markets are nearby.
There is no likelihood of Kansas be
ing persuaded that their lot can be i'm
proved by moving away, but to dis
satisfied farmers in other states and
even those who are subjects of a king,
the true story of Kansas agricultural
productions and possibilities, as com
pared to those of Canada, would seem
like fairy tale.
Many authentic instances might be
cited where the value of one seasons
crops in Kansas have more than met
the entire first cost of the farm. As an
illustration of how many farmers in
Kansas have prosPered, the experience
of John Domain of Edwards county in
the western half of the state, is given,
as reported by himself to Secretary Co
burn and published in one of the boards
recent publications. Among other
things, Mr.. Domain says:
ONE FARMERS EXPERIENCE.
''In the last ten years have increas-
ed my wheat-growing from $50 to 500
acres. There was only one of these
years in which lost money, the profits
in other years varying, sometimes be-
ing large and in others small. 1 had
| $40 acres in 1901, yielding 10000 bush
els, machine measure, and by weight
II, $50 bushels. stored :, 800 bushels;
sold the remainder at threshing time at
on average of 50 cents per bushel-
The entire crop netted me, above the
cost of production $1,000 I do not,
however, advise wheat raising as a
speciality. 1 raise wheat as a side issue
Raising cattle is my chief occupation.
I like Kansas and would not exchange
It for any state in the union. I like to
make money and like to spend 1t.
went to the Paris exposition in 1900;
also visited my old home in Belgium"
The practices Of Mr.. Domain are
much the same as those of the more
successful Kansas farmers, namely, be
sides raising a variety of grains and
grasses. live stock afford the greatest
revenue, and from the latter source is
derived the largest proportion of the
states wealth
The only capital necessary to success
IN the Sunhower state is an able body
and willing hands intelligently employ
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