Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-15

down TO saw-mlls convenient TO the farming
country, and there manufactured in lumber
for home or markets. In this feature alone,
a farmer settling in Minnesota would have no
slight advantage over the inhabitants of the
States, lying farther south.
In regard 10 1rater for farming purposes,
few lands ale more literally supplied with
this element in all its purity. The rivers of
the Territory are Tor the most part navigable
canals, affording abundant facilities Of inland
navigation and inter-communicaton
But to her system Of Lakes, large and small
from those hundreds of miles in circumfer-
ence TO ponds 100 feet in diame,er-and TO
the springs flowing from them, must The far
mer In Minnesota principally look for his
homestead supply.
These lakes dot the whole country over,
and hardly a farm could be opened on quar-
ter of section of land anywhere, that would
not border upon one of these beautiful sheets
of water, or possess within its precincts one
or more of the little ponds referred TO.
The small as well az the large, are filled
with the purest sweetest and most wholesome
Of living water. Indeed, there is no stagnant
water in the country. A puddle in the mid
die of a travelled road, in a rich black soil
we have seen clear itself Immediately and
become pure and limpid. Even the marshes
and tamarak swamps, which are invariably
supplied from either some near or distant
lake, by lis waters percoating through the
sandy drift substratum,- contain pure wa
ter, that may be drank, not only with entire
impuuity, in the heats of summer, but with
retreshment, as the writer Of this has in per-
son experienced. A similar experiment with
the swamp water of The lower country on the
Mississippi and Ohio, would be like drinking
in poison and ready made fever.
The practical results Of tdrming in Mime
sofa, so far as tried, confirm the theoretri.
cal anlicipaions:
First, as 10 Indian Corn. The following
extracts from newspapers published at St.
Paul, the capital, will afford an idea of It's
adaptation 10 the soil and climate of Mime
sofa:
"GREEN CoRN-Mr. Bass, of the St. Paul
House, RECALLED his boarders with an excellent
mess of green corn, yesterday. We believe
some Of the article has been on private tables
in our town heretofore this season, but this
is the first we have seen at any of our hotels
Our neighbors three hundred miles south Of
this are scarcely ahead of lis in this respect"
The above extract is from the Minnesota
Register, of July 81, 1879. In the same num-
ber of the paper, the Prospects ofthe Crops'
in the Territory, are thus noticed
"The corn crop all over the Territory, so
far as we have learned, looks remarkably
fine and promises an abnndan, yield. Any
persons residing in more southern region,
who are skeplical in regard to the capacity
of Minnesota TO procure corn, had beuerc come
up and take look al some of our luNuriant
fields. Ii is now in tassel, and will have a.
bundant time 10 ripen before frost. Potatoes
also look remarkably well. The season mas
been very favorable for their growth This
crop will yield upon our soil $50 and 800
bushels to the acre. Good potatoes have been
selling in ST. Paul this season, at one dollar
per bushcl."
The Minnesota Pioneer, another paper a;
st. Paul, dated the ID of August, lS49, con-
tains the following article
"CoRN Mr.. Hoyt, of St Paul, has presen.
ted us with some fine large ears of corn
roasting ears raised upon the sod-rhat is. the
first crop on the ground. The soil, Mr.. Hoy
says, on which this aorn grew, is of no better
than second rate quality of land, being very
sandy, yet the corn is now standing upon il
- f., high. The world may be safely chal
lenged TO produce better soil than ours fol-
Indian corn; and yet corn sold here last win
ter for 81 per bushe and will sell as wei
every winter for years. to supply the lndiar
and lumber trade, aud the wants of immi
grants"
The writer of this sketch saw the com las
mentioned, both at its beginning and maturi
ty We never beheld finer anywhere; anC
it matured well before the frost. 1t was 0
the southern variety of corn-though the ST
Lawrence corn of Western New York, is pro
badly better species TO plant in Minnesota
The next extract given below, is from ih'
Minnesota Chronicle and Register of ST. Paul
under date of September 22nd, ls49, as fol
lows
"Messrs Burris and Hone of Point Doug
lass left at the Secrelary's office on Monda!
last some vegetable products of their neigh
borhood which would astonsh the natives o
any country. The following is list Seve
raj ears of corn, measuring IA inches in lengtl
The seed was planted on The 18th day of Jun
had the crop was just three months in com
ing to maturity and ripening. Spring Wheat
grown from seed Of the Black Sea species
yielding forty bushslt 10 the acre sown o.
the sixth of June, and harvested about In
goth of August A head of cabbage, neasur
ing 4 feel inches in circumference. Seve
raj onions, grown from the seed this season
measuring one foot in circumference
'There is no richer soil in the world, no
a country better adapted to all kinds of farm