Year: 1859

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Now is thetime for seed sowing and ouI
farmers are not slow to improve it. We re-
ioice to see on every side evidences of thrift
industry and enterprise among this class Of
our population, giving ample assurance oi
plentiful supply Of the .'staff OF hfe,
Many new farms are being orened-and
many old ones enlarged, in fact we hardly
know of man who does not lengthen his
bounds and strengthen his stakes, by the
addition of liberal slice of OR fertile prai-
rie land to his improvements:


/ Rail splitting, log hauling. and in short
every branch of the noble art OF farming,
has progressed rapidly during the past win.
| ter, and the numerous saw mills of this re-
gion have contributed largely to the supply
OF materials Besides this. and best of all,
our good friend DR.. Bancroft, is busily en-
gagged in setting Usage Orange Hedge at
/ City cents per rod; warranting an impassi-
| bic fence to turn stock of all kinds. We
regard this as a most important matter to
our whole territory. and gladly call the at
tention of our farmers to it free gratis. It
will, if successful, not only remedy to great
extent the alleged lack of timber-thus pro-
noting the rapid, and dense settlement of
our fair domain, but viii add immensely to
the beauty of our landscape. Who has not
heard the Englishman dilate with enthusi-
asm upon the beauty impaired to his native
Isle by the green hedge rows of Hawthorn,
that adorn the rich wheat lands of the mid
land countries-and who has not read in
the pages of Bayard Taylor, and other trav-
elers and tourists oftheir picturesque effect.
as they greet the eye.


Let Kansas farmers then plant hedges.
They arethe cheapest and most durable fence
in existence, and as beautiful as they are
useful. . But there is another class of our
citizens to whom it is ''Seed Time" In a
different sense. We mean the inhabitants
and property holders of our rising town.
Let them not be penny wise and pound fool
lsh, now in the most important crisis of
their history. Let them not grudge the
cost of such improvements as will in
crease their facilities for doing business,
and add to the attractions of their embryo
city. Emporia from her beautiful site and
abundant natural resources, is capable of
attaining commanding position in South
Western, or Central Kansas. Let not an
ill-timed parsimony nip in the bud the hopes
of her friends, and cripple her march to her
high destiny. Let wise iberality, and
public spirit characterize all her movements.
Who will prove himself public benefactor
by planting shade trees before his premises,
along the street to delight the eye of him
self and his children, as well as the genera
tons who are to succeed? Who add to the
value of his own property and the good
looks of the town by painting his. now un-
painted and uuattractive looking dwelling ?
Who by display of good taste. and a small
outlay of money or labor, will do some
thing to make the home of his choice beau
tifuf in his own eyes and that of his neigh
bors. And still another class should re-
member also that it is ''Seed Time" with
them. We mean those parents, who have
children growing up around them, with
hearts and minds naturally as fertile as the
soil of our prairie-but like that pririe,
needing the hand of culture to bring forth
its inherent excellence. Remember that
the prairie brings forth only crop of coarse
grass and weeds, if left to the course of
nature only. and so with the infant mind
Let us all then throughout our County and
the sphere of our influence, exert ourselves
to establish good schools at once, that they
may SOW the mind of the rising generation
with good seed, before the enemy shall sow
tares. Parentsi behold it is ''Seed Time!''
Be not slothful in your sowing! Grudge
not the cost of your seed wheat, which
lightly sown shall yield increase hundred
yea, thousand fold. Let US say to all in
the beautiful language of Watts:


''Sow in the morn thy seed,


At eve hold not thy hand;


To doubts and fears give thou no heed,


Broadcast it o'er the land'