New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-23
WHOLE No. 1900.

these. and In some pafts ~ Michigan, AZ every les
r0is there arr low wet lands more or ess covered with
water during part OF the season and always saturated
with o. which tcn0m.natst the marshes lhef
Art covered with aquatic grasses which start early and
vigorously IN the spring arording excellent ieed iof
cattle, lCu -h 10 l. found that the number and quantity
I 81 the good grasses them diminish the more they
are ted. Thee both the pastures and meadows Of
the settler and 10 this Gay there few others IN the
parts OF Michigan IN which travelled Cattle pastured
on them attain the highest condition and the coarse
hay which they furnish i by al kinds Of stock
The Inhabitants usually assert that Is superior % the
tame hay but this DO not believe. The marshes
are usually destitute OF s standing fallen timber snd
instead of being llcd with gnant surface water ike
many OF our Eastern swsmps they are supplied with
living water from springs In their bottoms Il uni
versa.y claimed By the inhabitants tha they are hot
productive OF thet ID health which Is commonly conss
quent on co large proportion Of swampy land in a
country am inclined o. think this Is true and that 10
attributable 60 the absence % the ordinary decayng
vegetable mattero swamps and a. the clear and living
character of the water.
The sol OF Michigan where travelled Is universally
ssndy-on the surface me sand entirely destitute Of
stones with the exception Of an occasional patch Of
boulders and gravel below. SOmtmes the gravel sp
prOsches the surface sometimes II Is not exposed,
sections extending down ten or fifteen feet exhibited
the railroad banks and in other places. 90 far
could Judge In the absence OF chemical tests by the
sand pebbles &c the soil manly the detritus OF Phi
mary rocks. The marshes OF course, contain more
muck. several sections OF them exposed in
bitches The dark colored muck varied from one 70
four feet in depth and rested sand gravel The
soil of much OF Michigan Is OF a good chsrscersome
Of not 10 be exceed in any portion OF our country
The crops look we'll though the Winter Wheat sown too
early in the Fall has been much injured by the Hesssn
sly. The Weevil the scOurge OF our Eastern wheat
fields has msde It's appearance there 80 far as could
learn. The Potato Rot Is comparatively unknown ho-
taOn ia crops 20 be very little regarded IN Mchi
sn and the farmers have done much sustain their
lands under the hard cropping which they have sub
ccted them. Many farmer has never sOwn spear OF
clover or grass hauled twenty i've loads OF
viz rf
Will bear much abuse but there is limit 70 the capsc
ties of all soils and when that Il oveTstepped the i'm
provident farmer hnds late that would have been
TAR easier and cheaper 10 have kept up his lands tnsn
Is 10 rCs'0re them from poverty and exhaustion.
! got but a birdseye view OF Npsianti Ann Ar0or,
Jackson &c, from the railroad, but all Of them are
prosperous and rspidyincressing villages remained
several days in the vicinity OF Marshall and visited por
lions OF the country lying back OF H. IL Is an active
business place of 500 inhabitants pleasantly and health
lis situated In the midst of highly fertile and healthy
egion. Ii contains intelligent, enterpnsins and
public-spired population. Indeed here, as in almost
every village over the broad West" n traveller un-
prepared for the fact would be struck with surprise Al
the uncommon ability and intelligence manifested by
the OF the population. Here are no drones, and
few ounces such are not the men who carry the ban
ner OF Civilization into the wilderness They are the
resolved and iearess-the stout OF heart and Limb
men who preferred 20 brave the hardshps OF the viii
derness and the unknown maades OF new country
and climate to living IN dependence IN the East They
the class of who had rather nedr out dc out
GET out by any other means than rHstwS OUT Hence
IL is that many Eastern men with some small capital
ia the way of education and ability, and who expect 10
make a mushroom growth into professional or political
greatness by setting themselves down among these
Western Hafircs,' mud themselves wOeiuliy ilsap
pointed. True, many an Eastern boy OF whom little
expected has here pushed his way 10 reno~n ana
fortune. But II is because NE thing nas m h'n the
stirring events OF Western life have but pecked The hre
out OF his flint This might not have happened East ne
might have lived and died with ut showing his mete'
but Il would have been none the less IN htm.
A stroll through the open woods OF Michigan IN the
month Of May is delightful. They are more like PARIS
than forests Flowers OF gay colors glitter at every
step but alas there ia one sad drawback on all this
horal beauty The lowers most OF them, are scent
less A beautiful flower without perfume Is like a
beautiful woman without corresponding beauty OF mind
After the fret gaze OF admiration is over the vermeil
tint OF the Leaf lip but forcioy calls attention
10 what is lacking But the birds the oirdshow they
swarm and vocsze the groves and neds OF Michigan
In the morning the whole forest rings IKE concert
room with their notes had the curiosity 70 sit AZ my
window and do nothing for half an hour but watch the
different varieties OF them which appeared IN signt ana
strive 30 identity the notes Of those unseen ones the
songs Of which could hear The clear whistle OF the
quail came necessarily on the score OF bob o
links duttered up and down, and twanged heir instru
ments ike mad A brown thrush poured mis- rich and
varied song from the topmost spray Of an applet
A couple OF blue birds fitted past, whistng notes OF the
tenderes dalliance WoOdpeckeTs OF various bues wen
by in their Jerking flight and red head sounded MS
shrill clarion dead locust summoning all s crawl
| ing inmates surrender at discretion. The mournfu
cooling OF the turtle dove the harsh Of the blue
Jay the OF the meadowlsrk robin, chirping bird
oriole starting Canada warbler, and host OF other
/ birds some known and some unknown 10 me were
| blcnt in the general chorus.
In an afternoon excursion nrst saw 4" break up
plow" in full blast Five yokes OF oxen were drawing
the huge thing, which certainly looked something IKE
pillow, but % the plOws OF the Eastern world II was
mastodon moose The east mould board was, say,
an inch thick the wrought share OF the thickness OF
bar OF iron, and the other parts in proporuonl The
coulter strong enough 10 sever roots or 9rnbs "a 'hey
are called in Western parance, had sort OF foot to H.
running the level with the bottom Of the-p o"
and into the part Of this the point OF the pOwsharc
was inserted 10 CITIZEN and sten the whole machine
They breaking up the soil Of ungirdled forest
filed ia some places with coppices Of young oaks and
hlckores from six 20 ten feet high On went the team
crashing through roots Of the size OF mans arm turn
ing down the lutte trees and laying over IN very work
manlike way all things considered furrow-s slice
twenty inches wide and seven inches deep. Occasion
ally mighter grub would nrest the career OF the
cattle for a moment but the boys driving would yell
and ply their whips, the cattle would spring forward
and the grub would come up with -" rip or break on
The brought 10 the surface by the pow and drag
and the young trees, gathered IN piles and Durnt
Behind the plowman stslked a mstronly hen, and a
whole flock Of blackbirds their bright yellow eyes and
glossy necks gancing in the sun. They were picking
| up the worms and bugs exposed BY the pow. Inc
blackbrds always in the suite OF the break up pow
aud come of from the marshes 10 follow H. as soon az
they discover il going in the field After the land Il
once subdued" blowing IS quite another affair IN
Michigan The soil Is mellow an ash heap, and a
light plow like the stubble plows Of the East Is then
/ used Very few Of the weeds which infest the cult
waited and other lands Of the East have yet penetrated
/ here no red root In the wheat nelds, and M
Canada thistles anywhere West OF New York But
understand that patches VI the latter have ap
0esred Michigan and that there Is one near MaTshal
Once rooted broad and fertile plains OF the West
they will spread ike pestilence incseuls0ly nJurng
the value OF the land and diminishing both the pronts
and the comforts Of the husbandman. Let not tne 10
haban.s Of the West put faith in the assertion OF every
wiseacre that has insllbe prescription Tor destroy
/ ing them They can be destroyed but il requires 4
prodigous amount Of care and laooran amount which
the mDroydent farmer ell and which the poor one
eann0, always bestow If they obtain footing In the
country therefore if one energetic man extermisses
them from his fields the next breeze may reseed nj
soil with them from the patch left 90 TO seed by Ms
negabor and thus the evil Is ncursble All the ,abie
spirited farmers In the Yves, should unite % meet this
enemy the threshold they would unite 10 meet an
/ invading army Indeed, invading army could leave
behind il tithe Of the permanent bad effects which
will ensue from the general Introduction OF Canals
thistles
saw some fair but tine cattle in Michigan, aud No
very good sneep The latter were generally large os
their wool was thin and cosrsetoo coarse 70 fet wei
and make fair faced CLOTH and on the other hand not
long enough for a good csrdng wool. And surely mere
can be very little Of mutton market Ia country o
new improvements ia the cattle and sheep Of ths
country are loudly called for The horses saw wer'
very psssabless good those OF the East The swine
/ were generally good Az a grazing country the osi
lands OF Michigan will never take tue lrst rank Coye