Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-11-13
Review of the Season.


The past season has been remarkably
healthy. Ia our own neghborhood there
has been almost no sickness at all; and the
doctors agree that, it has been melancholy
healthy time. There has not been an in
termert in the Lancaster buryipg grounc
since last Marcb--and this in a prccinc
which contains more Than 200 legal voters
Men have been able to labor, and their labol
has been well rewarded, this year. Lead
orc. although not raised in unusual album.
dance, has, on the average, sold for higher
prices this year, than il has before com
manded for ten years. There has been less
money and time wasted, Of late, in litigation
about mining, than formerly. The ngricul-
tural productions of the season. in our coun-
~, have been fair; and we should Judge,
would nearly supply the home demand; aud
itmust be remembered, that VIC have in this
county, mining population Of diggers,
smelters, &C., and their families, of many
hundreds, who are consumers of agricultural
products, but not producers. The crop Of
winter wheat, was probably never better !;
and il is TO be regretted that more acres were
not sowcd last fall with winter wheat.
And here, by the way, we win remark,
that on fresh, new soil, too little seed wheat
per acre, is usually sowed. Two bushels
per acre, is not one grain too much; and we
say further, that there is every encourage
nIent to extend the cultivation of winter
wheat in our county; for it is crop which
we have never known generally to fail in
our soil until the harvest of 1916. Spring
wheat, of which much was sown, is very
plump and heavy, especially that which was
sowed before the severe snow storm about
the lst of April. W. wunt a better supply
of grist mlls--hulf dozen more in Grant
county, would find profitable employment
and save great deal of money here which
we now have 10 pay for the purchase Of flour
made in Iowa. The crop Of buckwhcat, of
which the consumption is increasing, in spite
Of the nniayorable report Of the Boston COM
mittec condcmning il as unyholcsome food,
is very good this fall. Farmers cannot be
too careful 90 have il clean and well ground
aud bolted, il they expect to sch the flour at
81 per hundred.
The crop OF corn, is not quite an average
one; but we observe that wherever il was
planted early and were cultivated, the crop
is good. very good. II is well enough for
our farmers TO learn, that lndian corn is not
quite spontaneous crop here. No crops
much deficient this year, except potatoes,
which have had most extraordinary growth;
but are almost universally destroyed, or par
TALLY DESTROYED 10y the rot. Those who took
pains, when digging, 90 sort and save their
seed potatoes, viii he well paid for their la
hnr. Potatoes are selling at 90 cents and
corn at the same price. We are all suffer
inS Immensely for want of open, cheap com
mm,ication with market. The rivci Is low
fteighis very high, aud transportation up OF
down the river, not only universally high
but uncertain at amy price, The great trad,
and resources Of our region, viii soon fore,
AN eastern outlet for our trade; and man,
are now full of hope aud confidence in III,
eNertions making for the connection Of III,
mines with the Atlantic, by continuous
Railroad.