The Goodland republic., 1906-06-01

SHERMAN MENTIONED IN Co
BURNS FIRST REPORT.
Shows an Increase OF 50 Per Cent in
Population and Wen Up in
Lead for Progress

The first returns Of agricultural sta
tiStics Of Kansas for the year 1906 are
being received at the office OF the
state board Of agriculture Ten alb
stracts have 50 far come 70 hand, all
from western counties, and the com
pilatiOn Of the statistics now being
made by Secretary COburn discloses
some suggestive 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
tral west, and Clark, Kearny, KfOwa
and Haskell in the southwest
During the year ending March 1,
1906, the population OF kiOwa county
has increased over 10 per cent, Lane
and Trego over 13 per cent each,
Cheyenne about Is. Sheridan nearly
II, Kearny over 19, Clark q, Sherman
over 80, Logan over "a, and Haskell
over 81 per cent The average per
cent Of increase in population OF the
ten counties named is over 19 per
cent
The acreages planted to field crops
in these ten counties this year have
in most instances been considerably
crops show a slight falling OF, which
is much more than accounted for by
the additional acres devoted to crops
which have made Kansas favOrabIy
known agriculturally.
For instance: The average increase
in winter wheat in the ten counties
named is over p per cent; spring
wheat shows the remarkable gain in
acres Of 96 per cent; about s per cent
more land has been planted to corn;
"a per cent more devoted to oats; y
per cent more to broom corn and u
per cent more to Kaffir corn.
The dairy products make a very
good showing for the year, as do poul
#w=ww = - III IL
Il per cent increase Animals
slaughtered or sold for slaughter show
an increase in value of over so per
cent and the wool clip has increased
16 per cent The number Of horses on
hand IS 10 per cent more than in
1905, and mules and asses p per cent
Sheep and milch cows show de-
creaseS; other cattle have increased
over II per cent and swine have in
creased Sc per cent in numbers.
According to the returns the crop
Of dogs is in a lamentaby hOuriShing
condition, the reports indicating that
their numbers have been augmented
by over Is per cent during the past
year; but the reports also suggest that
the sheep are either being better pro-
tected 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,
has increased remarkably in the ten
counties named. In 1905 the valuation
was $2O,492,911 and this years re-
ports show il to be $27,83S,S12, or a
gain Of nearly 81 per cent
The figures as a whole indicate that
there is abundant truth in the tales Of
healthy growth and real prosperity in
the western counties Of Kansas. The
figures convey, too, the information
thai real estate boomers, or the men
who have land to sell, are not the only
ones who profit by the progress shown,
but that the men who are fortunate
enough to have under their control
and to properly develop a portion OF
this territory are among those whom
fortune favOrs.