world. In tliis market there were received and 

 disposed of in the past year 2,126,575 cattle, 

 3,714,404 hogs, 980,078 sheep, and 96,657 horses 

 and mules. Of these there were driven out for 

 slaughter at the local packing establishments 

 1,242,289 cattle, 3,544,800 hogs, and 776,691 

 sheep. 



In 1901 the State had, besides 202 colleges, 

 academies and high schools, 9,406 free public 

 schoolhouses, v/here 383,175 pupils were en- 

 rolled, and 11,536 teachers employed at an 

 annual outlay of $3,211,451 for salaries. The 

 schoolhouses and school property are valued 

 at something over $10,000,000. The State Uni- 

 versity, at Lawrence, takes high rank among 

 like institutions in the older states, and the 

 same is true of the State Normal School, at 

 Emporia, while the State Agricultural College, 

 at Manhattan, is claimed to stand at the head 

 of the list of the agricultural colleges in the 

 United States, and therefore of the world, having 

 enrolled about 1,300 students the present year, 

 1902. The institution for the education of the 

 deaf mutes of the State, at Olathe, reflects credit 

 upon the State, while the same compliment is 

 due to the school for the education of the blind, 

 located at Kansas City. 



The number of church organizations aggre- 

 gates about 6,000, having a membership of 

 325,000 and property to the amount of $8,000,000. 



In the line of newspaper and periodical liter- 

 ature there are now being issued and maintained 

 within the State more than 830 publications, 

 representing every county, and recording the 

 history of the people of ail communities and 

 neighborhoods. Of these, 50 are dailies, 638 

 weeklies, 2 semi-weeklies, 115 monthlies 10 

 semi-monthlies, i bi-monthly, 11 quarterlies and 

 5 occasional. 



Of state, private and National Banks there 

 are 541, having deposits aggregating over 

 eighty-seven million dollars, making an average 

 of $59. 28 for each inhabitant. 



In the main, Kansas laws are liberal and just. 

 They favor sobriety, morality, industry, whole- 



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