The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-01-15
Wants InformaiiOr.

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The following letter has been handed us by
Mr.. Cathcart, Postmaster at LIE Sueur, i'll order
that we may answer it, which We do with pleas
ure. We have also a letter addressed us by an
old friend and acquaintance from the same
place, asking similar information so we pre-
sumo We can kill two birds with one stcne,"
or rather appease the hunger Of several birds
with one batch of grains OF information.
WADswoRTH MEDINA Co., OHIo
December 20, 1852.
Postmaster at LIE Sueur, NJ. T.
DEAR SIR: Wishing to know something about
your country, as it is my intention to become a
citizen of it. trust you will pardon the liberty
have taken of addressing this to you. wish
to make inquiries about the agricultural ca
pacties of your country. l. Is it what would be
called a fair wheat growing country? 2. Is it
as good for wheat as Iowa and Michigan! 8.
Can you raise as good corn as they can in those
State? 4. viii the common red clover flourish
and do well? S. What kind Of timber have
you in the Minnesota river valley? Please
name the different kinds particularly. 6.
Please state about the number of bushels per
acre on an average Of wheat and corn that can
be produced. 7. Please state about the usual
tiluC iLi tAC Aoll tHdt Jul llNci ClOSeS,
about the time it opens in the spring 8. Also
be particular to state about the quantity of hay
necessary to keep a COW or yoke of oxen
through your winter. 8. Also state whether
you have plenty of springs of soft water, and
what kinds of fish abound in your brooks
creeks, rivers and lakes. Also whether your
country is well stocked with game, and the
kinds. 10. Also whether you have prairie
chickens and quails. IL Please state whether
you have wild turkeys in your forests. II.
Whether you have any wild bees in your for
ests. Is. Please state whether you have ne
cessarily to keep your cattle in shelter in win
ter, to protect them from the cold. ii. Please
state whether you consider your country a
good stock raising country or not. Whether it
is good for sheep. Is. State also what oxen
are worth per yoke; also cows and good horses
Ii. Say also whether you would advise COM
pany to bring stock with them from this State
or purchase it in Illinois. II. Please state
whether your climate is healhy and steady
and whether persons from this latitude can en-
dure your even temperature better than they
can our changeable climate here. Is. There
are about thirty families here who propose to
move to Iowa or Minnesota in the spring; they
are intelligent and substantial citizens and
wish to commence farming all but myself;
| would prefer selling goods, and have a
small capital of about Sl2OO or $500. Can
do we'll with that amount in trade in your
country? 10. In short would you advise us to
come to Minnesota in preference to Iowa .
Please embody all the information in your re-
ply you can about your country, and YOU will
confer favor that will be properly apprecia-
ted Hoping to hear from you, have the
honor to be,
Respectfully your obd't servt.
S. BLOCKER, p. NJ.
l. We consider it one of the best wheat
countries on the North American continent.
2. Better; for here we have. in four winters
out of five. from one to three feet of snow,
which remains from November till April.
3. Just as good
4. First-rate.
5. Hard and soft maple, oak, ash, white and
black walnut, Eastwood, cottonwood, hackber-
growth.
.. Thirty to forty of wheat and fifty 20 sixty
of corn.
I. Closes between the tenth and twenty fifth
of November, and opens from the first to the
fifteenth of April.
g. About two tons to COW. 1t can be pro-
cured in any quantity at an expense of three or
four dollars per ton.
Q. Plenty Of them all over the country-the
best kind of water in the greatest abundance
All kinds of fish that are found in fresh water
anywhere in the Mississippi valley or Eastern
States, including the spotted trout, are found
in abundance here. Plenty of game of course
TO- Myriads Of prairie chickens, and quails
are just beginning to come. Our enauirins
friend will recollect that this is a bird that nev-
er travels ahead of civilization and improve
mcnt. We saw flock last October in the Vi
cinity OF st. Paul. They are becoming plenty
in the adjoining counties of Wisconsin,
IL. In some portions of the country recently
ceded by the Indians we understand there are
wild turkey. There are none, however about
st. Paul or north of here.
II. Yes.
Is. VI course it is necessary. if you have any
regard for their comfort The man who won}d
leave cattle without shelter, in any country
north OF the Ohio river, and for two hundred
miles south Of it, does not deserve ever to be
able to own cattle.
IA. We should think a region nearly every
foot OF which-timber and praire-was cover
ed with the most luxuriant growth of nutritious
pasturage, and watered every half mile by crys-
tai lakes or limpid spring streams, would class
anywhere as tolerably fair stock growing
country. This is picture, in miniature. of the
whole of Minnesota. Sheep cannot fail to be
profitable branch of husbandry here, as we'll as
horned cattle. horses and hogs
Is A good yoke Of cattle will command
from seventy to eighty dollars; fresh mich
COWS twenty to twenty-five, and a first-rate
horse from eighty to one hundred and twenty
dollars.
l6. With the present railroad facilities you
had better sell your stock in Ohio and pur-
chase in Illinois
II. The climate is healthy and steady and
persons who have endured the changes of your
region and its attendant damp winds, express