Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-09-19

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Under the present syatem cultivation the average
of wheat tkcn from the English is from twenty five TO
thirty bushels The OF labor required accomplish
this comparatively lng. The writer formerly resided
in the great wheat growing country of Genesee the
Of New York; and understands the Of labor necessary
raise thousand bushels of wheat in that country and,
from observations Oregon he has been brought the
cuson that It requires much less labor to raise thousand
bushels the latter country than does in any part Of Gem
Flat The praies Of the Willamette and other valleys
unlike any thing that be found in any other country
They naturally very mellow and appear passing
them, though had been but two since they
were cultivated They swarJed with thick
ong turf the Western Staes but they be easily
poughed with good pair Of horses and with plough
ing are ready receive the seed, and seldom fail,
the first CROP bounfully reward the husbandman.
The first crop, however, is good the succeed
ing II is not thing for farmers without
using any extraordinary to take from fifty 70 sixty
bushels Of wheat from and this has been the
through entire fields.
Doubtless If farmers would take pains in cuvat-
ing the land they would realize much from the
than they do but, if they lose any thing in this
spec they gain equivalent in the immense number of
which they cultivate The amount Of English grain
raised by the different farmers in the country varies from fifty
to three hundred each As wheat suffers from
blight, and there insects to trouble it good crop
reward the labor Of the husbandman who his
seed day and night continue until harvest time This
certainty of good crop is owing much to the nature q
the climate the quality Of the SOIL Some other crops
certain. Potatoes frequently suffer from drought
also Indian But the soil and climate are well
adapted raising melons, cucunbers beets cabbages and all
kinds Of garden vegetables Apples, peaches and all kinds
of fruits which abound in New York; flourish far they
have been cultivated, and will become abundant
"Ths soil Of the middle region differs materially from that
of the low country II bears general charace and con-
ssts of yellow sandy clay produces in great abundance
kind Of bunch grass also variety of small shrubbery
and the pricky pear 1t is the almost boundess plains Of
this region that Indians raise their herds Of horses
II is thing for Indian fifteen hun
bred of these animals Large portions Of this country will
admit of being cultivated, particularly the river DE
Chues," the Urala and the Walawalia, while the whole
of its is admirably adapted purposes Of
grazing. The SOIL whole, though Of the first qual
ty, may be pronounced tolerably good
The upper region of Oregon sess fertile than the mid
die though there many thousands Of in various parts
OF OF good arabic land What has often been said OF Ore
gon whole may be said in truth of large portion Of the
upper country viz that III barren WASTE
pabe of supporting but very small number Of inhabitants
But this remark will only apply upper region Of this
territory To apply it to that part Of Oregon extending
from the Blue Mountains to the Pacific Ocean would be doing
the country great injustice for instead Of this being the case
it is the opinion Of those who have been longest in the coun
try and who consequently know best what the resources OF
the country that this portion Of Oregon capable OF sus
tanning large population all of the New England States
In fact the natural Of this couBty great and it
only for them to be known be duly appreciated
only necessary present single
show what the country would be capable of DOING provided
filed with industrious population. II will be borne in
mind that in the aof ls43 emigration arrived in the
try numbering from eight ten hundred But few
of these raised any thing by farming towards their support the
first year. In the fall Of 1914 another emigration equal
the former arrived and all those persons numbering at least
eighteen hundred with the former population. which
about equal the two emgatons depended upon the pro-
ducts of S44 for subsistence until the harvest Of 1915 Pro-
baby than one-ourh Of the entire population cu
waited the land in 1884, yet they all supported from the
granares OF the country Fifteen thousand bushels wheat
shipped the Russian settlements; thousand bar
res IF -four exported the Sandwich Islands, and thou
sands OF bushels yet remained hand before the abundant
harvest Of ls45 gathered in With these facts in view,
does require much foresight that Oregon and
tcU with any other portion of the world in supply
ing the islands Of the Pacific, the Russian settlements and
every other -four market contiguous with beadsus at low
reasonably be desired In connexion with this,
may be remarked that pork and beef of excellent quality
be raised in this country with greater and facility
than wheat And the climate being favorable for curing
them the time is far distant when these articles will also
be exported in abundance.
"Alreaiy there many settlers in the country who have
from hundred five hundred head of CATTLE and is
thing for to be the Of one hunded
hogs At present. however from the great influx Of popula-
ton these kinds Of property bear high price in the couny
but the time he anticipated when the home market will
not be extensive and the supplies from this quarter
must find outlet.
"As many portions of the country spruce, fir and pine
timber abound, and there many waterfalls which at
ford excellent hydraulic privileges the facilities for procuring
timber in the country abundant Already considerable
quantities OF lumber exported annually II should also
be observed that salmon any quantity and Of the very best
quality may be yearly bareled which, with the products Of
diaries that the country offers the greatest facilities for
Quoting, in addition what has already been said concerning
the products of the country sufficient show that the
ports of Oregon in proportion the number of its Inhabitants
may equal those of most other countries
There few countresn which poor place him
self above want with greater facility than in this This
the testimony of every that settles in the country But
every country has its defects and this certainly is not free
from them.
tbs not the garden Of Eden it barren desert. II
does flow with honey like the land Of Canaan, but in
places literally abounds in milk And, though Is
not land Of wne yet in the necessary articles Of
and oil it greatly abounds
Though gold and silver yet found in the rich
veins Of the earth, in great abundance in many Golfers
yet competency Of whatever always awarded
TO industry and economy. t
ssThat land Of mountains and Valleys Of rivers and
streams Of mighty and extended paires of saubn
climate and rich and fertile SOIL the foregoing remarks
will sufficiently show And in summing up the character OF
the country, may be said be the best country in the
world but it is well entitled to be called good country
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