The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-03
PORTAGE SENTINEL.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.


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LEVEL FARMS VS.. UNEVEN FARMs.-There
is no doubt but that level farms are over es-
timated, and uneven ones under estimated.
Our attention has recently been called TO
this matter by inspecting couple of farms
in this county, as unlike as two farms could
well be, and making an estimate Of their re-
spective capabilities. No. is located in
Freedom, and consists of about one hundred
and ten acres, nearly as level as a house
door. So far as we could discover, there is
but one kind of soil, and very limited vuri.
ty of trees-only tho midland trees and
shrubs. 1t is almost entirely destitute ot
stone and water, and large holes, or basins,
are dug to catch water for stock. 1t is real
ly midland farm, (meaning between high
aud low land,) adapted to small range of
crops, and productive and profitable only
when the season exactly suits it. No. 2 is
in Muntua, and owned by our firm democratic
friend, MARVIN Cook. 1t consists of one
hundred and twenty acres, and is bounded on
the west by the Cuyahoga river. Along the
river, there are twenty FIVE acres of rich first
bottom land, that no drought, howevrr Sc
we're, will ever dry up or make unproductve.
Next comes the second bottom, or step, con-
tanning about thirty acres, on which the pro.
prietor's dwelling house and other buildings
are located. On this bottom, the soil is
light, warm and rather gravelly, end as DIFF
ferent from the rich prairie like first bottom
as can be imagined, This second bottom
averages, we should think, forty rods in
width across the farm, and is just the kind of
land for garden vegetables, corn, potatoes,
etc. Next, ascending formidable looking
hill, is a slight plateau, or semi bottom, we'll
adapted to orchardng or sheep raising. This
semi bottom is quite narrow. On the top of
the hill, at an elevation, we should Judge, of
150 or 200 feet above the bed of the river,
are some thirty acrrs of level land, having
dark loamy soil, that no wet season can
ever drench or render unproGuctive. A fine
orchard, laden with fruit, and heavy crops of
grain, gives the hilltop quite cheerful ap.
pearunce. Between the second bottom and
the top of the hill, there is very extensive
stone quarry, from which stone was obtained
TO build the railroad bridge across the Cuya-
hoga river, near Mantua Station Let us
look moment at the capabilities of this
farm. Here are no less than three or four
distinct plHteaux, or fat surfaces, comprising
three or four different kinds of soils; and, in
all, adapted to a great range of crops and
seasons. Fdrther, on this one farm, all the
lowland, semi. upland and highland, trees and
shrubs are we'll represented. There are no
less than forty six distinct vrieties Of trees,
moi reckoning shrubs, Springs of pure soft
water are found around the buse of the hill;
and water can be carried INTO every room of
III" 7roprietor's dwelling house.
PROCEEDINGS OF TIE SENATORIAL Con-
ENTIoN.-Pursuant to a call published by
the Senatorial Committee, for the District
composed of Summit and Portage conr ties
the delegates met at FrankIin Mills, Portage
county, Ohio, and organized by appointing
Hon. R. A. GILLETTE, of Ravenna, Presi.
dent, GEORGE MILLER, of Summit, ond JESSE
PACKER, of Portage, Vice Presidents, and
8. SrRAwDER, of Ravenna, and R. 0. HAM.
MoND, ofAkron, Secretaries.
On motion of ANDREW JACKSON, JASON
JONES, of Summit county, was declared the
nominee ofthe Convention for State Sena.
tor by acclamaton
On motion, the chairman OF the Executive
Committee of each county were appointed
a Senatorial Committee for the District.
~. CONVENTION ADJOURNED.
't' r. A. GILLETTE, Prcst.
R. R. g. oS91iWDsp; H1n%osD, Secretaries. /
j. LARGE CROP OF WHEAT-Jos1AH KENT,
Esq, of Suffield, has farm of 246 acres
Sixty acres of this, he put into (bue stem)
wheat. HE has tbreshed % acres, which
yields, On the average, 80 bushels per acre.
The balance, it is estimated, " i'll yield not
less thani25 bushels TO the acre-maling
the total yield of 60 acres Of wheat to be
l640 bushels. Mr.. Kent has contracted his
wheat at such q price that he will realize
somewhere between $4,000 and 2400 for the
crop. twill be hard to find field of wheat
IMP Portage county, or in Northern Ohio equal
to this. The staff of Life can't be held at
starvation prices much longer. There is
rejoicing in every harvest homo all over the
land.
MAKING RoADs.-R. II. CLARK, Esq. of
Rootstown, has handed us communication
upon the subject of making and working the
public highways. The crowded state of our
columns will not permit us to publish the
same at length. After offering numerous
objections to the present mode of doing the
business, itrproceeds to advocate the plan OF
contracting che repairing and keeping up of
the roads to responsible men, who, for
specific sum, will do the work. tits matter
worthy Of consideration.
90, 49, r p: >.
HIRAM IEsT1rurE.-The Hiram Eclectic
Institute has commenced its fall term, with