The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-02-10
WADswoRTH, MEDINA Co., OHIo. }
December 20, lSj2

several bl ds with one batch OF grains Of iato,Ina
ton.
WADswoRTH, MEDINA Co., OHlo.
December 20, lSj2.
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DEAR SIR:--Wishing to know something about
Your country, it is intention To become citizen
Of ii, trust You viii pa.d,n the liberty have
taken OF addressing TINS to YOU. wish to make in
uI res alb ,ut the agricultural ca acties of your
c0u ltry !. Is il whit wtnld be called a fair wheat
growing country! .. l. it good for wi,eltas Iowa
and Michigan' 3. Can YOU raise 4 good corn
they can in these States! j. VIII the common red
clover flourish and DO well! 5. What Mind o.. tim
Der have YOU the Minnesota river vaiicy! Please
name the different kinds prrf,cu!ayiy. 8. Please
state about the number of bushels per av-
etage Of wheat and that be produced. Z.
Please state abou, the usual time in the i that your
river closes, aud about the time topens the spune
5. Also be particular To state about the quantity ot
hay necessary to keep COW or yoke OF oxen through
Your winter. 8 Also state whether YOU have pient,
OF springs Of soft water, and what kins OF fish
abound in your brooks, creeks, rivers and lakes. Al
so whether your country is well stocked with game.
and the kinds. 10. Also whether vou have prairie
chickens aud oual.. IL. Please state whether ,ou
have Wild turkeys m your forests. II. Nht thcr you
have any Wild bees III your forests. l3 Please state
whether you have necessarily to keep your cattle in
shelter in WINTER to protect them from the cold. IL.
Please state whether YOU consider youc country a
good stock raising country or not. Whether 1t i
good for sheep. i. State also what are worth
Per yoke; also aud good horses. Is. Say also
whether YOU would advise company to bring stock
with them from ths State, purchase it in Illinois.
II. Please state whether yOur climate is healthy and
steady, and whether persons from this latitude can
endure your temperature better than they can
Our chansablc climate here. l8. There aiout
thirty families hero WhD propose to move 10 Iowa
Minnesota in the spring; they are intelligent and
substantial citizens and wish TO farming
all bat myself would prefer selling goods aud have
small capital Of about 1900 or I 1900. Can 10
wei it'll that amount IN trade IN your country, In
short would Won advise lis to com, to Minnesota in
preference to Iowa! Please embody all the in:orna
tion in ,our reris yo" can about yom country, and
you will confer favor that will be property aprre-
ciatei. Hoping to hear from you, have the honor
to b.,
Respectful, your obd't serv't.
). NJ. BLOCKER, p. NJ.
l. We consider ii one Of the best wheat countries
on the North American continent.
,. Better; for here we have, IA four winters
of five, from on. ~ three feet OF snow, which re-
mains from November I'LL Aprii.
3. Just good.
4. First-ratc.
5. Hard and soft maple, OAK ash, white and black
walnut. b,sswood, cottonwood, blackberry, hickory,
Sc, of the largest and heaviest growth.
q. Thirt, to forty OF wheat and fifty to sxty Of
corn.
Z. Closes between the tenth and twentv-Gith of
November, and opens from the first to the iteco,h Of
April.
8. About two tons to COW. 1t can be procured
in anv quantity expense Of three four dollars
per ton.
9. Plenty Of them all over the countryside best
kind OF water the greatest abundance. All kinds
of fish that are found fresh anywhere in the
Mississippi valley OF Eastern States, including the
spotted 'front.' arc found in abundance here. Plenty
of game, Of course.
T. Myriais Of prairie chickens. and quai's
iust b,cinnin. t. come. Oar onquirme friend will
seco!iect that this l. bird That travels ahead
Of civilizalian and Improvement We saw flock
lat October in tie vicinity OF 81 Paul. They are
becoming plenty in the adjoining counties of Wis
consiu.
H. In some portions Of the country recently celcd
by the Indians We understand there wild turkey.
There arc none, however about St. Pau! north Of
here.
i2 Yes.
l3 Of course i, is necessary, if you have any
gard for their comfort. The mln who would ave
cattle without shelter, in any country north oi the
Ohio river and fJr two hundred mics south Of ii,
does not deserve ever to be able to cattle.
a. Ne should think region neai iy every foot Of
vhich-tiniber aad p'airc--was covered with thc
mos, iux,t,ant rruwih Of nutritious paStiUa,e, and
ua,c,ed every half mile b, crystal lakes linpid
sprinr streams uoui class aa; where tocrab!y
toisrahly fair STOCK =. owing y. This Is pc
ture. in miniature ot the VII lie 4 Minnesota Sheep
canuot ia.i T. be pioitable bra ich oi hnsband'y
here, AZ well as horned ca'tl7. horses and hogs.
Is good yoke of cattle viii comnland from
seventy to eighty collar; he-a mich co~s twenty
70 Twenty-Five and fs; rate horse hom cishty 10
one hundred and twenty dollars.
l6 With the present railroad facilities, You had
leter sell Your stock in Ohio, aud purchase an Hi
nos.
II. The climate is healthy and steady, and per
sons who have endured tn. changes Of your region
AND its attendant damp winds, express decided
n,a,,rsnfc for th. region We have aIgcedy. n,aa,