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other -mall grain lias been Rood while the j • field lt;ifciiro has been very large. Sod corn j1 yield- thirty and forty bushel* lo the acre aw! j many field* of cultivated corn will yield c eighty ami ninety bushel* to the acre. To- j * Ict0*0 :«nd cotton may also l»e -uccwsfullv planted, while the vegetable yield i* very large. Timber in plentiful enough for present u-e. Many have come to the condu-ion that it in nut Btcenrr to hare a Urge tract of tiiuler in the imiuedtate vicinity of every (arm. Wire will no doubt be principally used for fences, ami coal of good quality may lie found near the surface on nearly every quarter section. A tine qualitv of water in a Nindunt and is oUained by sinking a shaft four or five indies in diameter tn the depth o! ten or fifteen feet. Tubing is then insetted and the cost of the entire well h from ten to twenty dollar*.i’uhlwcll i* continually improving ami enlarging. Although i*ut a few months old, it has a good and profitable trade, extensive bti-ine- house* ami many neat and tasty residence*. It is the Urgent and most pros-pemu* lown in Sumner county and is destined to become a place of lt;t.n*idend»le importance. I-aw and onler are aridlr enforced, and very few scenes of violence occur. A I- . though situated seventy-five miles from the i : railroad, lier public spirited citizen- are fully ' alive to their railroad interests, and are Con* I fident tliat in a few months a line will he ex- I *' tended t«» this print. The trail is the great ! rt romruenial highway of the Southwest. Ev-*erv sea-lt;*n many hundred t«»ns of good* are I Jj freighted over it to the various trading prints, •. govemuient forts ami Indian agencies of the : Southeast. That the county north will lie- 1,1 come »o thickly -ruled that the farmers will not allow Texas cattle to lie driven through. Then Insecure this important trade the railroad uiu-t cnuie to the north line of the Ter-rilory. For these, and other reasons, the i 41 peupkr of Caldwell consoler it iertaiii that w they will secure a railroad. I.«!.FM:nI*
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The Leavenworth Weekly Times
Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1871
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