Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-05-26
A POPULATION OF $4,000
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The last report of the state superin-
| tendent public instruction states that
there are in Kansas 512, 300 children
of school age. The number of organ
lied districts in which schools are
maintained is 8.505. The number of
teachers in the country schools 1875
| in the grade and high schools. $3.50
total number of teachers in the public
| schools. 1,175. The average teacher
salary in the common schools is $50. so !;
in the grade and high schools, $40 SO !;
cities IF the second class, S64 In
49 counties out of the total 10, there
are women superintendent of public
instruction. Full 80 per cent of all
teachers in the state are women. In
addition to public schools there are
four large state institutions of learn
ing, not mentioning Industrial schools,
military schools. training schools
schools for the blind, reform schools
and schools for the deaf ard dumb
Moreover, there are Is private colleges
and universities. The per cent Of
illlteracy is very small.
Leaving the subject of schools,
would add that Kansas has inexhausti-
bic coal mines. gas and oil wells, one
of the largest salt mines in the world.
and the most extensive sugar beet
factory in America previous to the
Underwood Tariff law which has para
| lyzed more than one American indus
try. The salt mines at Hutchinson
are 800 feet below the surface, and
said to be 300 feet in thickness, extend
| ing over an area, the extent of which
| iC caoraolxT lzv,nuyo Tho ~
mining the salt is by running a stream
of water into the mine, thus dissolving
| the salt, then pumping up the brine
/ and evaporating it in large pans
similar to the process of evaporating
sap in Vermont for making maple
sugar.
The wheat crop of Kansas last year
was TT. 200, 900 bushels North Dakota
came next with $780, 900 bushels,
less than one-half, and all other wheat
producing states fell below North
Dakota. By drawing a line four
inches long. and below it another, one
and seven eighths inches long, you
will see the relative size of the wheat
crop last year, to largest wheat pro
ducing states. Kansas had more thar
double that Of any other two states
and the prospect for the coming crop,
| am told. is as good. or better thar
last year.
The corn. crop of Kansas has been as
high as 225, 200, GOO bushels in a single
year. Not space to mention alfalfa
one of the greatest and most profitable
crops, cattle and hogs.
The potato crop Of Kansas is only
fair Vermont beats Kansas fol
spuds | remember we'll the good ole
III IaA !
raise back in Vermont. Presume they
have long since gone out of fashion, a.
fashion works a change in potatoes a.
we'll as in women's hats and dresses.
AS further evidence of development
| will state that there are registers
at this date, $1,000 automobiles il
Kansas.
All the foregoing statements ar,
taken from official records and reports
| would not, however. have you
readers gather the impression tina
Kansas is altogether flowing with mill
and honey, as that would be mislead
ing. We have floods, cyclones ant
billiards.; hot winds, drouths and bal
politics; grasshoppers. chinch bug
and hog cholera, cranks and Hessial
flies; and any one of these plaques i
. liable to drop down upon Us at an.
time like bomb from a German aero
plane upon defenceless women AM
children in England.
While l have lived in the grea
, West for nearly half century, an,
it has dealt kindly with me, yet
still love dear old Vernon
the land of my nativity and the hom
, of my boyhood. and I writing this, no
to induce any young man or woman
leave the old home to come to Kansas
, but. on the contrary, l would advis
them to stay in the old Green Noun
: tain state and help to develop he
many resources, improve and increas
by intense and scientific farming he
, agricultural products, conserve he
: forests and utilize her water power. ]
ought to be misdemeanor to cut dow
maple trees Denuding the hillside
, of her forests has been the ruin O
many Vermont farms and caused tn
, brooks to go dry. bad policy Vel
, mont is almost without competitor j
the maple sugar industry. and l al
/ persuaded that with greater care, tn
t output could be largely increased an
) the quality improved, and that woul
mean more money for the producer
Vermont maple sugar is made nowher
else except in Chicago. and the Chicag
crop has been materially reduced sine
the pure food law went into effect
There are, however, people out her