11. Give an account of the building of the State Capitol.
12. Give an account of the floods in Kansas.
13. Give an account of the opening of Oklahoma. How did it affect Kansas?
14. Compare Kansas to-day with Kansas as it was fifty years ago.
5. What part did Kansas take in the World War?
16. What is the prohibition amendment? The woman suffrage amendment?
CHAPTER XV
THE INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS
The Earliest Kansas Farmers. Agriculture, the leading industry of our State, was for many years almost the only occupation of our people. The Indians were the first farmers in Kansas. The Comanches, in the western part of the State, were roving hunters, but the eastern Indians had permanent homes and tilled the soil. They were both hunters and farmers. A government agent in describing their mode of living says: “They raise annually small crops of corn, beans, and pumpkins. These they cultivate entirely with the hoe, in the simplest manner. Their crops are usually planted in April, and receive one dressing before they leave their villages for the summer hunt in May.”