New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-12
The Black River Regtcn-Jerersou COUNT
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Editorial Correspondence.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, TueSday, July g. 1850
knew before visiting i that Jefferson is one o
the beat Counties in our State, but fJuld it even
better than l expected. My three days were
mainly spent in the south western half of the
County, which | believe is the better halt, aad
have rarely seen more gratifying evidences Of ge-
neral fertility and thrift. The dwellings neat
and substantial; very few log houses remain on
the principal roads; Wheat and Rye are good,
though not very abundant; Corn and Oats are
thrifty though backward the apples promise fair
~ though this is Lot r fruit country; and as to
Grass, the world cannot beat it, From Rome
northward through Oneida, Lewis and Jefferson
Counties to WATERFOWL, thence south westward
twenty two miles to Pittsburgh, and thence south
by.westerly to this City-in all 40 miles, think
all the Grass / have seen-and the land i. hall
covered with twill average fully tun and a
half of cured Hay to the acre. The Pastures are
likewise green and luxurast. Potatoes never
looked more vigorous. The rains Of Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday last week I'VE had a
short, violent shower and a severe gale at Water
town On Friday evening, but earlier and less vehe-
ment than the thunderstorm in the Mohawk valley
have supplied all that was wanted to ensure
bountiful harvest. Wheat Rye and Grass need
no more rain, and are sure to be heavy; Corn,
Oats and Potatoes can do with very little more and
without any for the next fortnight. | think never
saw, this side of the Ohio, Corn looking uniformly
so well as it does through the western half of JET
ferson County. especially in Pittsburgh. The east
ern half Of Oswego County seems to have had less
rain and to be under inferior cultivation, though
even here there Is much good Grain and better
Grass, while the Diaries are doing exceLently. l
examined at the late Col. Meachsms Agricultural
Hall the finest cheeses | ever saw in my life
l think not leGs than 4 hundred, weighing from
100 to 40 lbs. each. believe this years Dairy
Produce throughout Northern New-York will be
twenty five per cent larger than ever before.
Jefferson is aCounty Of extraordinary resources
The Black River through nearly It's whole length
oAshes and foams over bed OF limestone, falling
twenty to thirty feet per mile, its narrow, square
sided channel being cut through the solid lime
stone and reaching down bat few feet from the
surface so as to afford more water power az less
cost than ever saw elsewhere. l am confident
this one river and its tributaries afford power sde.'
quate to the spinning and weaving Of all the Cot.
ton, Flax and Wool grown in the United States la
the West part Of the County Sandy Creek pours
in like manner over bed Of limestone afF,rding a
continual waterpower from its sources to the
Lake. Add to these IN abundance of 6ne Timber
with Iron Ore In the south east and Lime slmos.
everywhere, and you will not doubt that this
single County could eIly employ and sustain .
population Of hundreds ofthousands
WATERFOWL, the County seat, is village Of i've
to Elk thousand inhabitants, with ample water.
power to employ ten times as many, very'produc
tive vicinity. active and intelligent body of me-
| ohsnies, and three spirited and effective weskIy