Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1852-11-13

! tlol L doubt not would ensure an average Weld
OF from - to 30 bushels per acre. Oats follow
nearly the same law as wheat. The summer is
too dry, and the nj hts too COOL for the success
full cultivation of corn. Yet have been infor
med by several farmers that they have had a
yield of 30 bushels per acre, Potatoes grow
finely, yield WE'LL and are better in quality than
| have used elsewhere. Onions are cultivated
with hig degree of success. A nei rhbor Of
mine last fall gathered 80 bushels of ohio IS from
a spot Of ground not more, think, than 3 rods
square Last spring was informed b. an in
| tell GENT friend of undoubted veracity, that a
gentleman residing on the Columbia bottom, in
the vicinity of Fort Vancouver gathered the
| preceding fall, from a small spot of ground, 80
Bushels Of Onions, many of which measured s
inches III diameter La these cases the seed was
planted IN the spring, aad onions were gathered
in the fall. The turhips of Ore ron excel any
thing of the kind that / have ever seen or heard
of. L have seen IN Iltitues of turnips that were
as lar re as peck measure and some that am
conhdent would not have gone inside of q halt
bushel. Beets, parSnipS, carrots tomatoes, cab
bage, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins beans and
peas all grow well, aid yield finely, aad with
very little labor. Melons and cucumbers do not
generally grow So large as i'll the states bul they
are numerous on the vine, and well favored. /
had fine garden last year, containing more or
less of all the aforementioned vegetables: after
planting it never received stroke from either
plou n or hoe; every thing fourished AMI pro-
duced finely; a ID at this hour there are in it
abundance OF p1taaases, cabba res, onous, pars-
nips, carrots, radshes, turnipS, iStarI, lettuce,
beetS, all, except the potatoes, green and graw-
ing.
IL. "DO apples, peaches, &c, bear well every
year, where there has been an opportunity OF
giving them trial, or do they miss some sea-
sons There several small peach orchards
nut maav miles dista t from my residence,
which were planted 81 .ce my arrival in the
country. Their owners have informed me that
they have invariably b0rae On the third year at
ter plaut.ns the seed, and they have not missed
bearing ole sedSoA up to the preset date. la
one of those families young lady accidenty
found peach seed, planted ii: the third year
sold dollars worth of peaches fir IN it, on the
fourth year 50 d, think, II dollars' worth OF the
product of the same tree. There are few old
orchards in the country the lab rs OF the dis
char red servants Of the Hudson Bay Company
The trees, both apple and peach, so Tar as nav
knOged &c extends bear re ;.lar Y, and the fr il
is of a tOlerable quality, some oi it excellent
A gentleman near Milwaukee, on the Wylam
mette, crossed the pai4S in 1917, brought with
him small grated trees, is rearing a large Rarse
ry; has now pear, apple, pea p, ald plum trees
bearing; and the fruit is said to be of most su
per:Or quality.
II. rs the Willamette valley capable of
sustaining double the population that it now
contains, each settler getting the quantity of
land that the present law allows him?' have
no! the means, at pr1aSant, OF aScerianinr with
precision the number of claims that are occu-
pied, nor the exact quantity OF land that is un-
occupied, but my opilion, resting on general
knowlcd re of the valley, is, that it is not hall
occupied, except small bodies Of overhowed land
on the creek aud river bottoms. ! don't believe
that there are ten acres of poor land, and unfit
Tor a gr.cuturaI purposes, in the whole valley
What are now called the best CLAIMS that is,
those seized upoa primarily by the settlers, as
conbinin the three reat elements of convent
euce, good LAID, timber and water, are pyiAci-
pay held By claimants under the present law.
Bat the best land, the most 81 ghtlv locations iii
the very hear' OF the IRA ling Portions, and what
will ole day be the great ,ricultural spots.
mean the central portions of the prairieS, are
yet as the Creator left them, Lneultivated uIl-
claimed. Throughout these re ions water can
be easily procured by di 5gin :, they can be snp-
Piled with timber, either from the streams ira
versing the valleys, or from the nterminable
forests iii the mountains. This can be done too
with vastly less labor and expense than has
been re CURED to supply the prairie country in
the northwestern states, mach OF which is now
ii STATE of hi h inn ,vemeut.
l.. is there much land within the bounds of
your EeighbOrhoJd yet unoc,upied, which would
be worth settllny n:.e o.. reside ON the banks
of the Callinno2yah E.vel winch rises in the Cas-
cades, and hows a north-westerly course, until
as ianytion wlth the Hyllammette. At that
point, Albany, our equity town, where Mr. Mil
Ter has settled, is located. About the same dis
lance rom me, in southeastern direction, my
friend. the Rev. Wilson Blain, OF the Associate
Reformed Chur h, has settled down. The claims
imme Lately on the Callipooyah river are prli-
cipaly taken; but the plains on either side of it,
presenting handsome and good and pleasant
locations as any country presents are almost
entirely moccuped. In the quality OF their
soil, in the grass with which they are covered,
in the kamas with which they abound, and in
their healthfulness, | venture to say, they are
unsurpassed in almost any country. lou can
then, in view of these facts, jud &c whether such
plains are worth settling upon.
II. "What is your prospect at the present
time for a con re ,atiOn?" About Is months
asu or ,anized small con-, .atiOn i'll my
nei .hborhoo' to which place have latterly
confined my minister al labors. 1t numbers at
present / | members at It's or anization there
were only SIX. There is vet an abundance Of
good Iand in our nei ,hborho ID IN laimed: we
are ia the imme liale vicinity tie Wyllam-
mette valley river; aid small class ste tmboat5
are already runnn : betwe. n poiLt directly OPP
po5ite to US and Ore g,n cit. Two of The ftmi-
lies in ded in the or auizatiUn IN r tied with
me from the states. From the time o our leav
Ing the states up to the PRESENT date, have
preached to them occasionally, or stately, with
out any other authority than their invitation, and
the general commission, Go teach all nations"
What futurity may dis lose in relation to us is
known only by Him who can declare The end
from the be 5inning." AT present / think our
prospects fattering.
Is. a suppose you have secured good loca-
ton of land; how much do you hold?" My
claim, presume, embraces as good land as is
inthe valley. ] have plenty of timber Of good
quality: the Callpooyah runs through the mid
die OF the lot of $40 acres which reside upon
and cultivate.
L. $40 you know whether Mr.. Miller has ia
ken a claim of land under the law" | saw
friend Miller on last Sabbath, and heard him
preach: he and family are in health: | think he
has commenced a school in Albany; but wheth
er he has claimed land under the law or not
cannot say.
IL. Respecting your outfit for the journey,
which YOU also make subject of inquiry,