KANSAS 



3205 



KANSAS 



THE FARM 



Wheat 



Corn 



Cattle sold 



Hogs sold 



Oats 



Eggs 



Alfalfa 



Horses sold 



Poultry raised 



Mules sold 



Wild Hay 



Butter 



Hogs slaughtered 



Coarse Forage 



Potatoes 



Tinnothy,Clover 



Apples 



Barley 



Butter Fat 



Calves sold 



Kaffir Corn 



Garden Vegetables 



Peaches 



MilK 



Cream 



Sheep sold 



KANSAS PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on US^Government Reports 

 Millions of Dot lars Annual ly 



120 140 



160 WO 120 100 



THE MINE 



Salt 



Limestone 

 Lead, Zinc 

 Petroleum 

 Natural Gas 

 Coal 



THE FACTORY 

 Meris Clot King 

 Tobacco 

 Artificial Stone 

 Sheet Metal 

 Stone WorK 

 Leather Goods 

 Manufactured Ice 

 BrickjTile 

 Petroleum refined 

 Glass 

 Cement 

 Lumber,Timber 

 Bread, etc. 

 Foundry, Machine shop 

 MilK Products 

 Printing, Publishing 

 Smeltmg.Reifining Zinc 

 Railroad Shop Work 

 Flour.Grist 

 Meat Packing 



Rivers. Owing to the gentle, even land 

 slope, the drainage of Kansas is good. All the 

 rivers have an eastward flow, and many of 

 them a slight southern trend as well. The 

 Missouri, as stated above, crosses the north- 

 east corner, and into it flows one of the two 

 great rivers of the state, the Kansas, which, 

 with its tributaries, drains all the northern part. 

 Chief among the rivers which empty into it are 

 the Republican and the Smoky Hill. In the 

 south the chief river system is that of the 

 Arkansas, which includes as tributary streams 

 the Walnutj the Pawnee and the Little Arkan- 

 sas. There are, also, flowing out of the state 

 on the south, the Verdigris and the Neosho, 

 both of which join the Arkansas after crossing 

 the state line. Of lakes, Kansas has practically 

 none. 



The traveler through Kansas can follow the 

 course of a river in the distance by the rows 

 of trees which border it, for, save in such loca- 

 tions, there are few trees. The Federal govern- 



ment, however, has interested itself in the 

 question of forests, and has, with excellent suc- 

 cess, planted considerable areas, especially in 

 the arid sections. 



Climate. Kansas has a very healthful cli- 

 mate, chiefly because of its dryness. Clear 

 skies, bright sunshine, cool nights even in sum- 

 mer when the days are hot, fairly mild win- 

 ters these are the pleasant features. The 

 most unpleasant is the high wind, which in 

 summer is likely to be dust-laden. In the 

 northern part of the state the average yearly 

 temperature is 52, in the southern, 58; the 

 ordinary range in the course of a year is from 

 10 below zero to 100 above. 



Little snow falls, and the average rainfall is 

 but twenty-seven inches. This is very un- 

 evenly distributed, the eastern third having 

 from forty to forty-four inches, and the ex- 

 treme western sections from ten to twenty. 



Agriculture. The chief resources of Kansas 

 are its fertile soil and its favorable climate, 



