The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-11

grounds around it = Tumacacor mission, with highly
cultivated grounds and beautiful church. CalabaSa near
which lis gold mine very productive, but abandon
ed on account of the Apaehes,' etc
Near the San Pedro river extensive grazing lands,
where may s seen the ruins of hacendas and ranches
Here nnumerable cattle horses and mules raised in
former times but present there is inhabant in
the valley Owing the depth of the river below the
banks this valley much cultivated by the Span
ards but Mr. Bartlett believes might be rendered ayiia
bic by digging long irrgang canals in parts Of
the Rio Grande valley Immense numbers OF wild cattle
these grassy valleys Colonel Cooke in pass
ing through this district supplied his battalion of five
hundred with beef and the Mexican army the frontier
is constantly supplied from the herds. Emgrating
parties too luxuriae upon fine fresh beef while rayersng
this portion of Sonora their way to California.
West of the Santa Cruz is desert extending the Col
GRADE about which little is known and where there is
said be neither water WOOD grass Between the San
Pedro river and the Rio Grande there arabic lands
worth mentioning, but the high abeand which here
presents broad districts admirably adapted to gra-
ling "On the plateau of chihuahua grass found spread
ing districts fifty miles in extent, when a
barren interval of thorny chappara appears and for miles
blade of grass is SEEM Mr. Bartlett believes that
about two-hirds of this abe-land which extends from
about the parallel Of 80 deg 40 min where the Rocky
suddenly drop off the copper mines of New
Mexico to the 26th parallel be called grazing coun
try" But there is deficiency Of water here. The Misl
bres and the Casas Grandes rivers with the springs known
as Ojo de Vaca Cookies, and Pachetehu, the only
sources although just south of line ropous
fountains both in lakes and rivers
The productions of Sonora possess interest although
the uxurant valleys described do not fall within
limits The Taqui the Sonora, and San Miguel rivers,
ascertain from the work before rise very
boundary and possibly within it. The lat
ter two Mr. Bartlett followed nearly to their termination
and the valleys bordering them not surpassed in fer
y by any lands in the world North of the Both parallel
he found growing in the greatest abundance oranges lem
ons pomegranates figs ounces, peaches, &c At Ures
about 30 deg 40 mn the sugarcane was cultivated with
and cotton of superior quality had been raised to
some extent single date tree was found here. The
pomegranates of San Ignacio about sixty miles south of
line said be the finest in Mexico, and
abundant as be sold the Of from dozen
for ia cents Some specimens measured sixteen inches in
circumference
1t is curious fact that amid this exuberant tropical
vegetation wheat and thrive producing returns that
quite asonlsh On the estates of the Sehores Asase-
ranes the yield of wheat is from $50 to 800 to
This is the chief article of export from Sonora The
products of the Of Don Manuel Gandera, of Tapa
hui will convey idea of the great fertility of the bottom
lands of the Sonora river Mr. Bartlett paid visit to this
gentleman who is the governor of that State and
was permitted make the following extract from his farm
book of the last years product of his farms which lie
each other: