The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-10-09
DR.. TOM BURTON
Writes An Interesting LettertrOm
His Kansas Home.

After an almost objectionable de-
lay, will send you a gentle remind
er that all the Kentucky people in
the Prairie State are still on their
pegs and enjoying a fine rain that
came last night and thoroughly
saturated the surface of Kansas.
From all reports the drought is
assuming alarming proportions in the
East, but fortunately we have not
suffered a great deal from It. True
it has impeded the progress of the
farmer In seeding. and has cut short
the pastures, yet nothing has suffer
ed further than that on account OF
of the drouth. ss- ..uH
The climatic conditions this year
is sufficient to convince the most
skeptical, that other states and coun-
tries can suffer for lack Of moisture
as we'll as Kansas, and sill there are
numberless people in Kentucky, who
actually believe that Kansas is large
flat rock, where winds make up the
prevailing seasons and nothing Is
produced save 'sunflowers and grass
hoppers' Could those skeptics take
view Of this broad expanse of fer
tile prairie land, and note the magnif-
icent wheat and corn crops of the
present year, also the fine hay, alf-
alta, caffir corn, milo, maze and many
other products of the soil too numer-
Gus TO mention, saying nothing Of
Our fine stock and stock raising; our
wild game, our poultry, and our ia
cilities and advantages for producing
the same, would be convinced that
Kansas is not so bad after all.
We produce more wheat, more poul-
try and more salt than any state in
the union.
Our home county, Barton, produces
more wheat than any county in the
world. We have near four and one
half millions of bushels this year, in
Barton county. Reno county leads
all other counties in the world in The
production Of salt. The eastern part
of the state is adapted to fruit grow
ing, and there is an abundance of
coal, gas and oil in the southeast
Part, With all this, and thousands
Of other advantages and flciliiies,
there are hundreds and hundreds Ct
people back on these little hillside
farms in Kentucky, who work day
in and out, and all the year, and still
they can only produce enough to live
on, while in this country large per
cent of the farmers have good sub
stantial bank accounts and plenty
of stock, land, machinery and every
thing necessary with which to pro-
duce his crops and pursue his daily
ayOcation.
have time and again wondered
why these people do not seek better
situation, an easier and more indie
pendent living. Conceding that we
may have crop failure here, which
Is liable to happen in any country,
still If We can produce a crop every |
third or fourth year, we will make |
more money than you do in some part
of Kentucky If you have a crop every
Year NOW laugh.)
Why don't many stalwart young me
tske Horace Greeleys advice, and |
go west" There are golden oppor-
tunities awaiting them. There is
plenty of room-thousand of acres of
the finest and richest soil on the
earth waiting for the "husbandman.
Some will say, have no money wit
which to buy this land. but that is
no excuse. They can rent or lease
the finest Of farm lands.
have 800 acres OF fine land that
will lease to good man for five year
and he can make enough money to
buy q good farm, and money besides.
Willard Rose has a nice farm l mile
from mine, and l think he will be on