Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-12-11

'FRONT.' Monroe Press
Grand Traverse, Micbisau,
Your readers are doubtless well informed
as to the geographical position OF the
Grand Traverse country few words viii
therefore suili 'c as TO ITS Size AMI location /,
but Of it's resources much mlrc could be
said than time or space will admit.
Grand Traverse Bay is 81 miles in length
and varying from ! to - miles in width.
and divided mt the southern extremity by
peninsula of ~ mics wide making in all
over 100 miles OF farming coast, backed By
an agricultural country extending wost To-
Lake Michigan, south and cast u the Man
l-tcc River, and north to Mlckinac, and all
fertile and tillablc except some cedlr land
near Mackinac, and a narrow strip OF pine
land on the Bourdman river. Bat few
tracts of SO large extent can holst Of so
little waste The soil is IA sandy loan and
gravel with a clay subsoil. Some locIli-
ties are clay entire, other places mixed clay
and loan but the sandy l0am prclOmi
mates, and lime is universally found in all
soils and one of the principle ingredi nts
in their composition. The soil is also
quick and durable. 4hc first shown by the
quick start and remarkably RAPID growth Of
vegetation i'll the spring tie latter is
proved by sight at the crops now raised
on those old Indian fields, drilled by raising
continuous crops OF corn and pOtItos almost
from time immcmJrial. 1t is also lccuh-
arly adapted to the raising Of wheat, owing
to the steadiness Of our winters and their
uniform mildncss and continuous moderate
depth OF snow also on account Of that iu-
gredient-hmc, before spoken of. The
average yield has been - bushels per acre,
and rs fine wheat as any country can grow.
No failures have occurred since my first
knowledge of the country, now four years.
Corn, even OF the Ohio dent kind, ripcus
readily, though northern kind is prelera-
blc, and is considered "A safe, good crop
/ For po, utocs and oats, and other c1lr,e
, grains. it has no superior. Potatoes, cs-
| pccially in quality, have few or no equals
| and quantity is anything hut small In
fact, all root crops, turnips. carrots, Nc..
grow enormously large. and owing to the
/ peculiar Syll, the quantity is universally
superb.
There is not doubt as to its fruit grow
/ ing qualities, as is shown hy the mission
; orchards and native apple trees of l. wears
! staining, which have never failed to pro-
duce large or iair quantity Of huIt Tx
/ + riuent, with the peach have J.. u -1'l~-
factory, but not So extensive as with the
apple.
The climate for i northern %. +. good.
n"1 WIN com pare '"'''" " WIN 'tai 'l''h
further south owing ploaaJly t. 1t, lost-
/ tion on and near those deep waters . Liza.
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'ur "l".tr N,''Hti is Ee!HAtLA'!' o.'l
W. ,'7 l'"5'u anu MOI severity, AS our c-.t
I'' 'na. aeDsT" was /, H1I' p''l" I'D, an.
pu' l,t'io U' ,"''' Ih'oT5' lho"~I .'"f
are an ncgI,'' ana uSou 70 H''I "dNAh
~ "9 ,s .nS Csc III al .ouh'f9a W'ti'
u'i''I ''o""u lu'u'Cr c''b WOOL o'iR
t"l'S' &C., p''nS 'neh uocA'' ana b1hk''
''i S"' ~
Nv u'itco VI inc country is 'tli HN.
senuy Io'lin', some 'r".VS l'Nt'' Na'
sunni StIe"IuS IL amounts 10 rouS SlheeS' bu
sG"oi"'y Slt'hH's l'SH we'll am covered
"lno,I ",'uUuV cA'r 'rp'lo!'' WIN n'''
gown VI tAhoeI Vi various hlnu7' O'e''
anu Ill lle III inc main well m'Srd Wl''
iyin' VI" "Su, q toM G"riry' "c'nI'c" H'
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"o,IoinH' ~ n"Ilo" OCi
iS reputation III "c.'IH Is u"I ltS Jus
uuoS' ana mas no superior, mel her is II tA
celleu IN ITS lurlty ol ar a'd crystai'lG
""'er' "hlch IN all plfts apouhl' y i1
s''Snant "ulerS ana marshes, WIN u
usual a''ehuAhI HA'uEc5 oI cHlIl5' icN,T-