Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-02
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Plymouth. the County seat of Marshall
County, is located almost in the center
OF Northern Indiana. in a region OF coun-
Try which has lately been opened up by
the Railroads connecting the western
point of Lake Erie. with the southern
point of Lake Michigan. A reference 10
the map will give a good .lea of the 10.
cation. and the brilliant prospects of this
fine section Of country.
JohnstoUn pa Mountain Echo.
PLYMOUTH, ind. Jan. l 1854.
MESsRs. EDIToRs:-Permit me. through
the columns of your very excellent pa
per. TO give you brief history of my
adopted State. which may possibly be in
teres,ing to some of the inha bitants of
my native State, so fifty called the great
Keystone State. Indians, although not
the first State in the Union in its amount
of population, vet. in many respects. may
be regarded as one of the best in the whole
and real comfort. She presents TO the
view Of the traveller evident marks of be-
ing capable of supporting as dense pop
ulation as any other State containing the
same number Of square miles. Her soil
possesses all the elements of fertility
The county is well timbered having
some of the best timber found snywhere
in the West. and Of the kinds best adapt
ed TO the wants Of the settler Our for
esis supply the finest timber for building
purposes that could be desired II is no
uncommon occurrence 10 cut 1000 saw
logs on one acre of some of our heavy
timber,d land. Many of the Walnu; and
Poplar trees are from to feet in diam
ater, and from forty to- fifty feet to the
first limbs: yet there is such demand for
lumber that it is very valuable. Some
parts of sur country are high and dry
prairies of the most handsome appearance
the eyes ever beheld, with as rich soil
as You have in gardens. and from to 3
feet deep. The prairie will yield of Wheat
about % to as bushels to the acre. and
from IS TO 100 bushels of corn. which
finds ready market, and pays the hus-
bandman literally for the little amount
of labor expended upon it. We DO not
la Dor as hard here to raise a crop as you
do in Pennsylvania. as we only plough
our ground once Tor wheat, and never hoe
our corn.
Quite portion of the northern part Of
the State is what we call barrens By
this we mean that portion covered with q
small. short quality of timber. consis;
ing of Burroak. Hickory, Whiteoak. Vel
lowoak. &c. The barrens are equally as
good in quality of soil as the prairies. or
heavy tim bered land. and are much more
easily brought into state of cultivation
tAan the latter. as it is not necessary TO
grub it, il being easily broken up by the
large teams they use for this purpose.
consisting of from six to eight yoke OF
cattle. attached to plow that will turn
a furrow Of from two 10 three feet. and
will cut any root that may come in its
way. of not more than six or eight inches
in diameter. This may seem to YOU like
a singular kind of team to plow with.
bat in this State we are not very scary.
as our vision has been enlarged by seeing
farming done Oh large scale. II is no
uncommon occurrence to see farm Of
from 100 TO 500 acres Of corn or wheat.
and indeed. know one farmer who had
! 1900 acres Of wheat cut in one SEASON, in
the county adjoining this one. and it
averaged 80 bushels per acre. So great
fertility might cause you TO suppose pro-
duce to be low in this part Of the coun.
try. but it is not the Gaze. in consequence
of the facilities there are for taking it to
market Grain can be taken from here
to Buffalo. n. Y. for cents per bushel.
frequently; but generally at about 10 cts.
per bushel. l will here give you the
price of sundry articles OF produce:-
Wheat. 81 90 per bu.. Pork, 400 pei
hund.. Corn, 3S 40 cents per bu., Oats
33 cents per bu. Flaxseed. 81 90 per bu
Beef. $500 per humid. Potatoes, 30 to 40
cents per bushel.
OF Rye. there is but little raised: Eve
have no need Of any as The wiskey here
is made of corn. and we intend shortly TO
dry up the dram drinking establishments.
and. as matter of course. the horde OF
liquor drinkers will have to absquatuIa tie
Yours.
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