. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. IfyorKxir Coxnr tioxs. 05 ! one of tho 0 a biomlcr " two bliuk'H ul food two Olio cow in 0 lii;;li road in Oliio, the ccesa of one i'opros<Mit;i- 1011 tho hiif- in Kansas Ik, bulk for u" ill niiiid, porior rioh- ibbivviatioii A dairy avo- ducc is usu- i novor yot ity is ono of \vs, and tho ous tributa- issippi, after nty is very ro are many iiient


. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. IfyorKxir Coxnr tioxs. 05 ! one of tho 0 a biomlcr " two bliuk'H ul food two Olio cow in 0 lii;;li road in Oliio, the ccesa of one i'opros<Mit;i- 1011 tho hiif- in Kansas Ik, bulk for u" ill niiiid, porior rioh- ibbivviatioii A dairy avo- ducc is usu- i novor yot ity is ono of \vs, and tho ous tributa- issippi, after nty is very ro are many iiient is rap- Dttoms have tarios of the shelter has ily plentiful iasing. The 1 which tim- s, for about id crops, and I from inun- at indicated of very fine growlli and admirably grained. Tlio bulTalo jrrass whioh hixH boon Hcvoral times nionticmod as very sweet and nutritious for eattlc, and whieh wo have mentioned as being supplanted by blue joint grass oil the plains, is said to be a peculiar growth, whieh dies out when the soil is loosened by cultivation, and immedi- ately therouiion a bettor product comes to tho front, as nature is seldom cijiitent to carry only ono arrow in her ipiivor. y\i\ Dar- win, in his "Origin of Species," mentions many ins».»nees whero the .soil of a region having been burnt ovei, another variety of l)laiit,s, such as tho oldest inhabitant had never seen in that area before, im!"odiatoly appeared. Similar results were wlien soil f. )m e-iisidorablo .iepths was .spread upon the surfaoo of the land, and n<. lin wh n the subsoil was brought to the surface in many ther â were uistinet lloia theretofore unknown in tho country, or found only in rare iiistanc . at some disttuicc, unless the soil had been disturlicd. S' ji more curiously it apjK'ars, that in dilferont loealities tho sue 'â¢-. of varieties can be calculated upon ;ifter a few oxjieriments, with very -reat certainty. Whether thcso changes are pn/.u :


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