Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . te and soil were so especially adapted tothe growth of fruits that no time has been lost, and the extent of fruitculture in Eastern and Central Kansas is a matter of surprise tostrangers. No section of country, from the Atlantic to the mountains,gives more prolific crops of fine fruits than Kansas. Here is the list ofsuccessfully grown fruits: Apples, peaches, grapes, apricots, raspberries,pears, cherries, plums, nectarines, blackberries, strawberrie
Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . te and soil were so especially adapted tothe growth of fruits that no time has been lost, and the extent of fruitculture in Eastern and Central Kansas is a matter of surprise tostrangers. No section of country, from the Atlantic to the mountains,gives more prolific crops of fine fruits than Kansas. Here is the list ofsuccessfully grown fruits: Apples, peaches, grapes, apricots, raspberries,pears, cherries, plums, nectarines, blackberries, strawberries. The quality of Kansas fruits also deserves comment, for they are admittedly of fine flavor and beautiful appearance. Note this partial list of medals and awards won by Kansas fruit exhibits: ^ Great golden medal of National Pomological Society for a collection of fruita, unsurpassed for size, perfection and flavor. Philadelphia, 1869. 62 KANSAS Highest premium, American Pomological Society for * largest andbest display of fruit, unequaled in size, beauty and elegance. Rich-mond, Va., 1871. Medals and diplomas from Pennsylvania Horticul-. tural Society, St. Louis Fair, New York State Fair (Albany), NewHampshire Agricultural Society, New England Fair (Lowell, Mass.)>Illinois State Fair, Minnesotgi State Fair, and many others. 63 BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. By legislative enactment, a bounty of three-quarters of a cent perpound is paid upon all sugar manufactured in the state. During theyear 1891, three sugar factories were operated in Kansas—one at Medi-cine Lodge, one at Fort Scott and one at Topeka. Four thousandacres of land were planted in sorghum for the use of these factories,and 1,078,245 pounds of sugar were manufactured. The results obtainedat Fort Scott warrant State Sugar Inspector Kellogg in declaring thatthe business can be successfully conducted when the required con-ditions are fully complied with. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN KANSAS. Not so many years ago, it
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