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MOORE’S  RURAL  MEW-YORKER 
MAV  S 
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DAILY  RURAL  LIFE. 
From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 
VALEDICTORY. 
Foil  gevoral  years  I  have  each  week  iiiil  on  my 
wig  and  retii'cd  to  thin  corner  of  the  liuiuL 
Nbw-Yokker  for  the  inu'iioHc  of  liaviiig  a  free 
aud  easy  chat  with  it«  readeiH.  iVrhaps  my 
couvei'Bation  has  heoii  more  gOnsij)  tliuu  wimlom ; 
hut  of  tliia  otiicrw  must  decide ;  Htill  T  will  say 
that  tlio  luiiny  letteiH  received  addroHBed  to 
“  Old  Daily”  have  given  me  much  ploaHure.  and 
I  hope  the  wrilers  have  been  equally  jilcascd  aud 
benelited  by  my  answera. 
But  ohangos  will  come  and,  as  tlie  young 
folks  say,  “  best  friends  must  part,”  aud  ab 
though  I  do  not  propose  to  leave  my  friends 
belonging  to  the  great  Itural "  family,  still 
circumstanccB  compel  me  to  come  out  of  my 
half-hidden  rustic  domain  and  ontiT  a  more 
active  and  laborious  field,  or,  in  other  words, 
take  a  seat  at  tJie  hoiwl  of  the  IluiiAn  tahlo  and 
endeavor  to  do  the  lionors  incumbent  upon  the 
position. 
With  many  thanks  for  the  kind  words  ex¬ 
pressed  by  the  readers  of  the  “  Diary  of  a  Ilinal- 
ist,"  I  now  take  off  my  wig,  drop  my  nmn  de 
phiiiH',  and  subscribe  myself 
Yours  truly, 
Andkkw  S.  FruLKit. 
|,i‘l)oricultanil, 
A  NEW  VILLAGE -KED  CEDAE  HEDGE. 
Near  the  village  of  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  a  gen¬ 
tleman  by  tlie  name  of  ZiNOHKM  has  undertaken 
to  build  a  village.  The  wide  streets  are  graded 
—  curb  stones  sot  —  Maples  and  other  trees 
plankHl,  and  a  little  triaugnhir  jmrk,  filled  wltl| 
Fines,  Spruces  and  Arbor  ViUe,  ami  sunouiidcil 
by  a  showy  wooden  fence,  is  eorni>k'ted.  Already 
seven  bouses  arc  eoustriieU'd  all  hi  the  Ootlii<; 
style,  the  smslkvit  of  whioli  ci'sting  aliout  six 
thoueand  dollars  complete.  These  hou.ses  .aio 
models  of  od<L  thmigli  tasteful,  architect  tire. 
The  lotii  are  i)crliivi)8  SfivlUtl  inolosed  by  well- 
grown.  well-idunted  hedges.  Among  these  wo 
noticed  several  of  the  Ited  Cedai' — Juuiporus 
Virgiuiana — which  soomod  to  us  more  effectual 
as  a  protection  against  animals  and  far  prettier 
than  Uio  Arbor  Yitie  so  conunonly  used.  These 
Cedars  arc  thicldy  furnished  to  the  ground-  -threo 
feet  high,  and,  instead  of  the  faded  olive  hue  of 
old  Cedars  in  the  field,  are  of  a  pxuple  color  far 
less  dull  Uian  tlie  lifeless  brown  of  Aibor  Vibe 
during  the  winter. 
Mr.  Z.'b  residiince,  a  fine  mansion,  siUToimdod 
by  extensive  and  rolling  grounds  Uiat  tUsplay  a 
keen  loiowlcdgc  of  landscape  gardening— which, 
by  the  way,  is  his  profession — ^makes  a  piirt  of 
tins  village,  and,  indeed,  a  very  conspicuous  and 
attractive  part.  Adjoining  are  his  evergreen 
nm-Bories,  to  which  unu.sual  care  has  been  given, 
covering  jmssibly  thirty  acios.  It  is  from  tliesc 
that  tlie  evergreens  are  taken  to  plant  the 
grounds  about  the  new  liousea.  Only  those  of 
largo  size  aie  used,  which,  have  been  frequently 
transplanted,  are  easily  removed  with  a  ball  of 
earth  and  scarcely  know  of  the  change.  Thus 
the  grounds  about  these  dwellings  are  made  to 
look  as  if  they  were  ten  years  old  instead  of 
having  been  rccmitly  constructed. 
Bnt  what  wo  wislied  especially  to  caD  om- 
readers’  attention  to  is  the  use  of  young  lied 
Cedars  for  beilges.  Two  of  these  seedlings  a 
foot  high,  taken  fiom  the  fields  and  cut  back  a 
little,  were  not  recognized  in  oiu-  gicmnds  the 
next  season  by  several  borticuUural  gcntlenicn, 
one  of  wdiom  is  quite  tUsUngnishod  as  .such. 
They  arc  as  compact  as  the  Irish  J  uuii»er— more 
prickly- more  spreading— more  hardy— will  boar 
the  shears  as  well,  and  can  be  procured  in  many 
sections  for  the  trouble  of  going  a  short  distance 
after  them. 
It  would  be  advisable  to  esbiblish  a  nursery 
from  which,  after  a  second  transplantation  and 
cutting  back,  they  could  ho  removed  to  the 
hedge-row. 
®  - - -»■»"» - 
THE  FORESTS  OF  THE  WORLD. 
Land  and  ^YATEK  gives  some  tables  or  esti¬ 
mates  in  regard  to  the  area  of  land  covered  by 
forests  in  different  countries  which  are  probably 
vei-y  near  being  correct : 
The  forests  of  Europe  are  ostininted  as  being 
600,000.000  acres  in  extent,  or  about  20  per  cenb 
the  whole  area  of  the  Contiueut.  In  North 
America  it  is  rockouod  that  1,400,000,000  arc 
covered  with  trees,  of  which  000,000,000  are 
in  British  Nortli  America.  In  South  America 
forests  occupy  700,000,000  acres.  The  total 
amount  for  the  two  continents  of  the  New 
World  and  Europe  gives  3,600,000  geographical 
miles.  Tlic  proportion  of  forest  land  to  the 
wliole  area  of  Euroi>e,  as  above  stated,  is  com¬ 
puted  at  2(1  jatr  cent.;  in  America,  21  per  cent. 
Supposing,  tlicrefore,  20  iwif  cent,  to  be  tlio  pro¬ 
portion  in  Asia,  Africa  and  Australia,  the  grand 
total  of  the  forests  of  the  w'orld  cover  a  space  of 
7.734,000  geographhxal  miles.  The  areas  of  Slate 
forests  and  woodlands  are  cslimated  at  the  fol¬ 
lowing  figures  in  the  following  European  coun¬ 
tries.  — Prussia,  0,200,000  ai'res;  Bavaria,  3,2tM,- 
000  acres;  France,  2,700,000  acres;  Austria,  2,- 
230,000  acres  ;  Uaiiovor,  tKKJ,fl00  airrcs ;  Wurtem- 
Inu'g,  400,087  neros ;  Kaxony,  301,000  acres ; 
England,  112.37G  uitcs.  The  range  in  bight  of 
trees  varic.s  from  the  miniature  alpine  willow  of 
a  few  inclies  in  bight  tfl  the  stupendous  Welling- 
tonia,  which  grows  t<.>  a  bight  of  3,60  feet,  al-  i 
though  indersl  it  is  stated  that  one  of  the  erica-  ! 
lypti  often  reaches  a  bight  of  420  feet  in  Victo¬ 
ria.  In  Selavonia  a  tree  called  the  sapin  attains 
a  big) it  of  27.6  feet,  aud  the  umbrella  juries  of 
Italy  200  feet.  The  California  big  tree  is  said 
to  gii  tl)  96  feet.  The  disstriietion  of  woods  and 
forest. s.  however,  is  enormous,  arid  in  tlie  ma¬ 
jority  of  instances  no  attemjits  are  being  made 
for  their  rejiroduction.  In  .Soiitli  Afr  ica,  wo  are 
told,  millions  of  acres  arc  destroyerl  and  made 
waste  annually.  In  New  Zealand  the  30  Jier 
cent,  of  forest  existing  in  1830  hiul  sunk  to  28  in 
18C8  and  to  18  in  1873,  wliiel*  nite  of  diminution, 
if  continiiorl,  would  result  in  tlio  total  destruc¬ 
tion  of  tire  New  Zealand  forests  by  1889.  In 
America,  in  the  United  States  osjreeially,  the 
consumption  of  timber  is  enormous,  and  allbough 
jniblic  attention  bus  Ix-eu  called  to  the  matter, 
and  the  United  Ktates  btatnto  of  March,  1876, 
iiujxisos  a  line  of  or  a  year's  imprison¬ 
ment,  for  wanton  injury  or  destruction  of  trees, 
aud  also  a  fine  of  $200,  or  six  months’  imprison¬ 
ment,  for  allowing  cattle  to  injure  trees  “on 
National  grouirds.”  tho  yearly  consrunption  and 
improvidmit  use  of  timber  is  ulrirost  incredible. 
Although,  says  tho  Seientitre  American,  there  arc 
no  availablo  statistics  to  show  tire  exact  rate  of 
speed  Nvith  wliieh  they  arc  iming  nji  the  wood 
siijiply,  it  is  easy  to  see  that  it  is  being  done  witli 
gi'cat  lajiidity.  Taking  the  legitimate  rise  of 
timber  alone,  industries  based  on  ita  manufac¬ 
ture  constitute  the  second  in  point  of  magnitude 
iu  America,  and  are  only  oxooodcd  by  tlio  iron 
interest.  About  1.69,600  persons  are  stated  to  he 
crajiloyed  in  jirodnelng  sawed  lumber  alone ; 
$11.3,. 600,000  are  in  vested  therein,  “  and  1,295,000 
laths,  .3, 266, (kX). 000  shingles,  and  12,750,000,000 
feet  of  timber  are  yearly  mmuifttetnred.”  On 
tho  soeondury  industries  based  on  ih<»  nse  of 
lumber  as  a  raw  material,  carjienlry,  cabinet- 
makiug,  sluji-buildiiig,  etc.,  millions  of  penjrle 
are  eioployed.  Aervuiding  to  Prof.  Brewer’s  as¬ 
sertion,  wood  funns  tlie  fuel  of  two-thirds  of  the 
jjopnlalion.  and  the  juirtial  t'uelof  nine-tenths  of 
the  remaining  third  ;  mid  this  to  the  fonner  esU- 
niate  and  some  geiie.ral  idea  uill  bo  obtained  of 
the  eiuirmous  drain  upon  ,\mericau  forests  that 
is  constantly  in  jirogress.  As  a  fact,  it  is  well 
known  that  in  1871  as  many  as  10,000  acres  of 
forest  were  strijrjied  of  their  timber  to  sujrply 
Chicago  with  fuel,  and  yet  no  attempt  is  made 
to  reproduce. 
- - - 
BEAUTIFYING  COUNTRY  HOMES. 
A  WRiTEii  iu  the  April  Wide-Awake— an  excel¬ 
lent,  finely  -  illustrated  inoutldy  magazine  “for 
boys  and  girls”— hut  instructive  and  iutero.sting, 
we  should  say.  to  grown  iieojile  as  well— con¬ 
cludes  an  article  entitled  “  lYee-Planting  for 
Childi-eu,”  as  follows : 
To  those  who  live  in  the  country  upon  fanus, 
let  mo  say — first,  jilaut  your  tiocs  about  your 
homos,  then  about  tire  f.nrm.  I,oai’u  tliat  he 
who  plants  a  tree  beautifies  to  that  extent  his 
home  and  hcuelils  ovory  monrher  of  the  family. 
A  country  home  is  never'  beautiful  without 
trees,  and  the  love  which  unites  tho  family  is 
rohlied  of  one  of  its  hai»i>iest  modes  of  expres¬ 
sion  and  sympathy.  In  the  improvideuce  tluit 
has  ever  ruled  in  our  country,  in  tho  straggle  to 
turn  all  things  into  wealth,  may  be  fouud  tho 
Bocrctof  onr  wintry  villages  -the  desert  fields — 
tho  eheerless.  uninviting  door-yards;  and  wo 
mar  vel  not  that  as  tiro  refining  iulluoncos  of 
education  are  felt,  the  Western  woman  cries  out 
that  she  is  “hungry  for  Uio  sight  of  a  tree!” 
Nowhere  is  tiro  beauty  and  utility  of  tree  eidture 
recognized.  Forests  arc  cut  down  hko  weeds. 
The  most  seniccablo  natural  hedges  that  shelter 
from  the  blighting  wind  are  slanghlereil  for 
fire-wood,  nio  lands  of  the  homoslead,  instead 
of  growing  rich  and  more  atti'aetive  to  children, — 
richer  in  actual  value  as  well  as  iu  the  loving 
traditious  that  should  heap  rip  with  ovei’y  gene¬ 
ration— which  sliould  finally  stamp  every  spot  of 
ground  with  some  reverential  or  endearing 
memory,— are  wholly  bereft  of  then-  ebarms. 
It  is  for  you.  young  friends,  to  change  tliis. 
Bearitifid,  trce-sirrrounded  lands— the  wooded 
hills— the  shady  slopes,  are  the  nurseries  in 
which  love  germinates  aud  grows  strong  among 
the  children  of  God — and  they  are  tho  natural 
inspirers  of  reverence  for  him.  Tho  bleak, 
naked,  cheerless  homes  and  fields  arc  the  natural 
concomitants  of  sorrow — of  exceeding  poverty. 
They  are  fitting  areas  in  which  to  expiate  sins.” 
|!oinolo(iical. 
BELLE  BONNE. 
Mb.  a.  B.  Adi.en,  writing  to  tire  Oardoners’ 
Chronicle,  says ;  “  It  is  tho  richest  and  most  nu¬ 
tritious  of  all  our  sweet  apples.  It  is  of  a  large, 
size,  nearly  that  of  the  Pound  awcctiiig,  and  when 
ripe,  of  a  golden  green  color.  Tire  juice  is  of 
such  a  high  flavor  tlrat  I  have  often  seen  it  gran¬ 
ulated  into  sugar  when  the  fniit  was  baked,  as  it 
oozed  outside  of  It  on  the  dish. 
“  Tho  Belie  Bonne  rijicna  about  the  Ist  to  the 
niiddlo  of  October,  and  althorigb  called  .an  au¬ 
tumn  fruit.  I  have  kojit  tUem  in  a  cool  iijrpcr 
chamber  of  my  lioiiso  whore  it  did  not  freeze,  and 
also  in  a  well-aired  cclhir,  into  tire  following 
April,  Althongb  a  little  shrivelled  so  late  in  Urc 
sjning,  the  fruit  still  retaiued  its  fine  tlavor. 
gimjrlc  as  you  Uiink  it,  there  are  few  dishes  that 
Uic  unvitiaU^d  taste  among  us  lictter  rehslies  than 
a  baked  Belle  Boimo  Ajrple,  sliced  with  criiinbled 
bread  into  milk.  This  fruit,  also,  with  cream 
aud  bread-and-butter,  lunkos  a  delicious  dessert, 
nird  is  far  preferable  to  the  best  of  pics,  for  it  is 
equal  to  these  in  taste,  and  much  mure  easily 
digested. 
“  I  wish  some  of  tiro  London  fruit  dealers  would 
make  an  imjrortiou  of  a  few  of  the  superior  sorts 
of  American  Sweet  Ajrplos,  for  I  am  confident 
I  that  tlioy  would  soon  obtain  liigh  favor  among 
I  their  customers.  They  can  begin  to  do  this  in 
July,  together  with  peaches  and  other  fruits,  in 
I  refrigerators." 
]  .  ■■•*■**■ 
APPLE  CLASSIFICATION. 
The  Gardeners’  Ulironjdc,  in  a  review  of  Dr. 
Hona’s  Apple  Classification,  (of  wiiicli  wi?  gave  a 
synojrsisin  last  week’s  IIural)  thinks  (hat,  how¬ 
ever  nsefnl  it  may  he  as  an  aid  to  the  ineniory  of 
a  inufesHod  jromologist,  it  is  not  likely  to  he  of 
nnich  service  to  an  amateur,  or  a  young  gardener 
witlr  only  a  limited  knowledge  of  tlie  vaiities  of 
aiijiles.  It  deems  iUs  jmblication  jirematnrc,  and 
its  official  recognition  by  the  Royal  H.  B.  yet 
more-  so.  The  ('bronicle,  nevertheless,  expresses 
a  sense  of  the  obligation  Dr.  Hooo  has  conferrod 
on  jromologists  by  his  “  gallniit  attenqit,”  and 
confesses  that  in  this  matter  it  is  far  easier  to 
Offer  objections  than  to  substitute  a  Iretter 
scheme. 
■4  »  » - 
ABANDONING  THE  TREE  BUSINESS. 
A.  D.  Williams,  in  writing  a  caustic  reply  to 
an  article  which  appeared  a  few  weeks  since  in 
our  oolumus,  in  regar  d  to  raising  trees  on  the 
“high,  dry.  windy  jnaiiics,’*  says  tlrat  wild  seed¬ 
ling  forest  trees  are  so  nbrimlant  in  Nebraska, 
and  ti'ooB  are  so  I'carlily  raiserl  from  seed  on  tho 
jirairies,  that  all  the  local  niirHerjTnen  .arc  aban¬ 
doning  tho  bn.siiiohs.  This  is  good  news,  if  true, 
to  t’verybody  bnt  tho  nursorymen.  If  Nebraska 
farmers  are  so  weU  informed  in  regard  to  forest 
tree  culture  os  to  have  no  further  need  of  mu'- 
serymen,  they  are  far  ahead  of  their  hretlircn  in 
other  and  older  States. 
I  Gorkection.— Rpeaking  of  Beurre  Hnperliue, 
1  tho  word  ten  should  have  boon  two  iu  our  last 
issue.  We  hojro  to  eat  of  this  frail  ere  the  tr  ees 
have  grown  to  bo  ten  years  old  from  ti'ansjilaut- 
>  OF  WHAT  USE  WILL  “GRANGES”  BE 
TO  ENGLISH  FARMERS  1 
1  Tme  farmers  iu  England  arc  just  now  somc- 
I  what  interested  in  studying  the  irrogrcss  of  the 
I  Order  of  J’atrons  of  Husbandry  in  jVmeiica,  and 
I  tho  above  question  is  being  freely  discussod  by 
the  agncultund  press  of  Groat  Britain.  In  our 
last  number  of  the  Agricultural  Gazette  we  find 
tho  following  from  one  of  its  correspondents. 
I  have  read  Mr.  Wright’s  letter  m  yoiu'  last, 
and  also  one  ho  has  oontributorl  to  a  contem- 
jrorary.  The  latter  he  confines  to  an  onslanght 
upon  the  editor  of  the  Preston  Chroniclo  who,  I 
notice  iu  that  paper  of  to-day,  returns  to  tho 
charge  and  I  think  is  justified  iu  the  following 
remarks ; — “  The  most  practical  portion  of  our 
orticlu,  that  which  dealt  the  solid  blows  at  the 
‘Grange’  birsiuoss,  got  insorliou  in  the  Agri¬ 
cultural  Gazette  (formiog  tire  main  portion  of  a 
coi'respondfint’s  notice),  and  if  Mv-  Wright  felt 
liimself  equal  to  reply  to  it,  he  ought  honestly  to 
have  done  so  in  that  paper,  and  then  tire  reader 
would  have  had  before  him  both  oiu-  indictment 
and  his  defense.  He  does  figure  in  the  Agricul-  | 
tural  Gazette,  but  contents  himself  with  merely 
mentioning  unr  article  ;  not  ii  syllalilo  of  defense. 
His  reply  is  laid  before  a  class  of  readers  who 
have  never  bad  the  opporlnnity  of  bearing  the 
oQiorside!  Ho  is  unable  to  speak  in  our  jiros- 
ence,  but  cbooses  to  be  very  valiant  and  grandilo¬ 
quent  iu  uiir  absence.  The  fact  is.  that  all  the 
weighty  objections  wo  urged  are  never  dealt  w  ith 
at  all  by  liim.”  It  ocitainly  does  look  strange 
that  Wright  should  occnjiy  a  couple  of  col¬ 
umns  iu  your  jiajior  without  ever  .a  word  of 
reply  to  tho  extract  I  sent  you  for  insertion,  if 
lie  would  julojit  a  less  wordy  and  less  ‘frothy’ 
stylo,  plain,  jnactical  pcojilc  such  as  English 
farmers  are  might  be  able  to  get  a  clear  insight 
into  what  it  is  really  projjosed  tlic  '  Gratigcs  ’ 
should  effect  iu  this  country.  Mr.  Wright  tells 
of  muchthft  they  have  done  in  .\merica,  hut  we 
want  to  know  liow  they  are  to  operate  herein 
England ;  what  void,  left  by  the  nnmerous 
associations  already  in  existence,  (hey  are  to  fill 
in  tliis  little  countr  y  of  ours.  Aud  on  this  jwiint 
I  cannot  do  better  than  quote  from  my  old  jraper 
(established  tho  year’  1  was  horn)  the  I'r  estou 
Chronicle  wliieh  says : — ‘The  real  question  lies  ^ 
in  a  little  coinjiaMs : — What  jrrotit  will  an  Eughsh 
I'anurrget  from  a  ‘Grange'  that  he  cannot  get 
in  associnlions  of  his  ‘  own  choosing '  freo  from 
all  the  Hujicrtlnou.s  adrlitions  fium  .Vmcrica.^  In 
whiit  way  will  ritnals,  i-egalias,  wfcret  signs,  jmss- 
words,  and  suidi-like  things,  jirofit  onr  English 
farmers  'i  When  wo  sjKjak  of  jirolit,  of  coui'so 
wo  exctqrt  tho  ofiicials ;  they  of  course  will 
jirolit  by  the  utseU-ss  ti'iijr) lings,  and  adorn¬ 
ments,  aii<l  ritnalisin,  and  semi -mysterious  se¬ 
crets.  We  again  assert  that  iu  England  such 
things  are  out  of  jilace,  jmrjioseloss,  unlosa  in 
ConnccUuu  either  with  tho  growing  of  orojis,  or 
rearing  or  brooding  of  cattle,  or  eburning  of 
milk,  or  making  of  clrccsc,  or  buying  or  selling 
of  anything.  All  tbese  and  everything  connect¬ 
ed  with  farming  can  he  done  bettor  without  than 
with  them.  If  tho  ‘Granges’  liavo  been  use¬ 
ful  iu  Amijrica, — and  wo  never  asserted  to  the 
contrary, — well  and  good ;  hero  wc  have  no  need 
for  them.’  Let  Mr.  Wright  descend  from  liis 
literary  altitude  and  come  down  to  tulkinajilain, 
matter  of  fact  way,  wc  fiirmcrs  are  accustomed 
to.  Let  him  cease  to  gcncv.ilize  and  he  sjiccific, 
showing  exactly  what  (ho  ‘Granges’  will  do 
tliat  our  National,  Goiinty  and  Local  Agr  icultural 
Societies,  our  Gomity  Agricultural  (.’hiinihers  of 
Gomiueree,  our  Go-ojiernlive Srijijily  AKsoeiations, 
our  .Analytical  Associations,  our  Faniiei  s’  (3ubs 
cannot  do  for  us.  if  ho  can  point  out  j.irociscly 
what  all  those  associations  are  luialdo  to  do 
which  tlic  Grango  is  able  to  ilo,  then  our  farmers 
will  get  some  piactieal  information  upon  the 
uiattcr.” 
Froni  the  above  it  would  njrpear  that  Mr. 
Wright  who  Iras  gone  to  England  to  cstabUsh 
the  Order,  is  being  soinewbat  rouglily  handled, 
hut  this  wo  suiqioso  lie  e.vpeded,  as  prejudices 
against  Yaukeo  iustitulious  anil  customs  are  not 
yet  quite  dead  in  Mei  rio  England. 
(L-ittomoloniciil, 
KANSAS  AND  LOCUSTS. 
“  Do  you  think  Kansas  w  ill  he  subject  to  peri¬ 
odical  or  occasional  visits  Of  the  Rocky  Jloun- 
taiii Locust?”  Prof.  Rii-ev  answers  this  ques¬ 
tion  in  the  Weekly  Tribune  as  follows ; 
The  invasions  of  locusts  into  Kansas  ru‘o  oc¬ 
casional  only,  not  periodical.  Biuce  1820  there 
have  been  but  two  generally  disastrous  ones,  viz., 
those  of  18(56  and  1 874.  You  may  safely  coucludo 
that  tho  State  will  not  suffer,  on  un  avei-ngo, 
more  than  every  seven  or  oigiit  years,  and  iu 
future,  by  vir'tue  of  laws  that  Lave  been  enacted 
the  jiast  Winter,  and  of  the  experieneo  gained 
since  1874,  the  jieople  will  ho  better  jiroparod  to 
cojjo  with  and  subdue  the  trouble  than  they  have 
becu  ill  lilt!  past.  I  should  not  advise  ynii  to 
pusli  too  far  Wert;;  but  throughout  the  larger 
jiai't  of  KaiisaH  jMii  wiU  find  most  desirable  soil, 
a  delightful  climato,  and  an  intelligent  and  eiiUji- 
prisitig  jreojjlc  who  have  juospered  in  the  jiast 
aud  will  prosper  in  the  future.  As  I  answx*red  a 
similar  quc-'<tion  iu  those  coluums  a  year  ago  last 
October,  wben  a  gloom  bung  over  KsiisaB,  and 
there  was  quite  an  exodus  from  the  Slate,  and  as 
BuhsiHiueiil  events  have  so  far  confliined  tho 
opinions  thou  exjircsscd,  1  repc-at  a  few  lines  then 
written : 
“  if  1  hiwi  any  lutoutioii  of  settling  iu  that  State, 
I  should  choose  this  time  of  all  otliers  to  do  so : 
First  Because  so  many  of  licr  eitrzons  have  be¬ 
come  alarmed  and  are  willing  to  sell  lino  lioine- 
steadri  lit  a  groat  sacrifice ;  secondly,  l>ecauso  from 
the  past  historv'  of  these  iiivusions  her  jrcoplo 
may  reasonably  Vxjroct  exemption  from  them  for 
a  period  of  oigiit,  ten,  twelve,  or  more  years.  'I’be 
same  argument,  « Iso,  wUich  would  deter  people 
fi'oni  settling  in  Kansas  would  deter  them  from 
settling  hi  the  western  part  of  Iowa,  iu  Colorado, 
Nebrai^a.  Tex-as.  Miiuiesotn.  in  short,  in  any  of 
the  cormtry  500  to  6.60  miles  oast  of  Uie  Rricky 
Mountains,  from  Biitisli  .America  to  Mexico ;  for 
this  vast  extent  of  country  is  moro  or  less  subject 
to  locust  invasions.  There  are,  indeed,  few  parts 
of  the  country  not  subject  to  jieriodic  misfortune, 
either  from  meteorological  or  entomological  ex¬ 
cesses, " 
