The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-29
WE'RE MARCHING ON.
Mr.. Coburn's Reports Show Develop
ment in western Counties.

The first returns Of agricultural sta
tisties Of Kansas for the year 1905 are
being received at the Office Of the state
board of agriculture. Ten abstracts
have so far come to hand, all from
western counties, and the compilation
of the statistics now being made by
Secretary Coburn discloses some sug-
gestiye and interesting facts as to the
growth and prosperity of that section
of the state.
Four of the counties which have
made returns, Cheyenne, Logan. Sher-
man and Sheridan, are in the north
west; Lane and Trego are in the CEN
trail west, and Clark, Kearny, Kiowa
and Haskell in the southwest.
During the year ending March 1,
1906, the population Of kiowa coun-
ty had increased over 10 per cent.
Lane and Trego over 13s per cent each,
Cheyenne about Is, Sheridan nearly
II, Kearny over 19, Clark II. Sher-
man over 80, Logan over "a and Has
keIl over 81 per cent. The average
per cent. of increase in population OF
the ten counties named is over IS
per cent.
The acreages planted to field crops
in these ten counties this year have
in most instances been considerably
Increased Some of the less fmpor-
tant crops show a slight falling OF
which is much more than accounted
1OE DN tic dQQALAOiAdt aCIES QCNOAC4 u
crops which have made Kansas IA
vorabiy known agricuIturally.
For instance. the average increase
in winter wheat in the ten counties
named is over q per cent; spring
wheat shows the remarkable gain il
acres of SO per cent; about 8 per cent
more land has been planted to corn
"a per cent. more devoted to oats, Il
per cent. more to broom-corn, and Il
per cent. more to Kaffir corn
The dairy products make a very
good showing for the year, as do poul-
try and egs sold. which show over IA
per cent. increase. Animals slaugh-
tered or sold for slaughter show al
increase in value of over so per cent
and the wool clip has increased Is pei
cent The number of horses on hant
is 10 per cent. more than in 1905, anG
mules and asses "a per cent. Sheer
and nnilch COWS show decreases; Other
cattle have increased over IL per cent
and swine have increased Sc per cent
in numbers.
According to the returns the croT
of dogs is in a lamentably fiourishinE
condition, the reports indicating tina
their numbers have been augmented
I by over 16 per cent. during the pas
year; but the reports also suggesi
that the sheep are either being bettei
! protected or that the ours of western
Kansas are losing their lust for NUT
ton, as the number of sheep reported
killed by dogs is only nine
According to the returns the value
/ of farms, Including Improvements. hat
increased remarkably in the ten coun
ties named In 1906 the valuation
was $20.492,9 ,911. and this years re
ports show it to be s27.S3S.812, or
gain of nearly 81 per cent
The figures as a whole indicate tina
there is abundant truth in the tale
of healthy growth and real prosperit.
/ in the western counties of Kansas
The figures convey. too. the informa
4 ton that real estate boomers. or tn
men who have land to sell, are not tn
only ones who profit by the progress
shown. but that the men who ar
fortunate enough to have under thei
control and to properly develop por
ton of this territory are among thos
whom fortune favors