The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-02-17
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For the North Iowa Times.
Fruit Tr0sO.

VIZ NHS III tHo NOTIucTu pOTIlOn U
Iowa, feel the want of Fruit and take =
great interest in anything that will bring
about this most desired object, an abun.
dance Of good Fruit. 1t has been said
by many that the North portion of ou,
State will never be good for the produc.
ton of Fruit, therefore many have nev.
er attempted to cultivate it, choosing
rather to wait and see what success thei,
neighbors may have before attempting
to do anything themselves. Now !
wish to c&l the attention of the Farmers
and Horticulturalists to some Of thecau
ses of failures in producing good fruit,
or in fact any at all. In the first place
all the trees that have been set out here
tofore, were from a Southern locality,
and lily calculated to stand our North
ern winters, and not only this, they
were grated and stimulated in growth
until they were little moro than sap and
bark, therefore the result is they may
grow and look we'll until there comes
one of our cold winters, and come they
will, and in the spring we find most oi
our trees dead. Now to obviate this,
we must, if we want to succeed, obtain
trees grown in our immediate localities.
and by all means do not take one that has
been grated at the roots. but take such
as have been allowed to grow from the
seed and if we want to change the fruit
graft in the limbs, then we will have
bodies that will stand the climate and be
more likely to succeed. I want to ad-
wise all Farmers that desire to raise fruit
to bear this particularly in mind, or they
may fare no better than have after
spending three or four hundred dollars
trying to raise an orchard. I am per-
fectly aware this will be met by all those
who have trees for sale as absurd, but
on this only have to say, "facts are
stubborn things" and there is no way
of getting around them. There are
many varieties that do not succeed here
that do we'll further south. and it be-
comes US to be careful and select only
such varieties as will do we'll in the
north. L. G, G,
WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. ed, SO.
Col. RICHARDSON,
Dear Sir :-"Thc Rubicon is pass.
ed" To-day the President sent in to
the Senate his Special Message accom-
panied with the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, earnestly recommending the ,ed
mission of Kansas under the same with
out delay, stating that it is the express.
ion of the will of the people Of Kansas
through the Convention legally called
and that it was the fault of those who
refused to vote if they were not repre-
sented. and that the people have the
same power to alter their Constitution
after admitted, that they would have to
form new one if refused admission,
and that he has before him 70 official
information of the result of the vote by
authority Of the Legislature of Kansas,
submitting the Constitution to the peo-
pie. and finally closes with the convic.
ton that his public career is drawing to
close. and protest against being in
luenced by other motives than those Of
patriotism and the highest regard fol
the welfare and prosperity Of the whole
country.
Senator Douglas presented petition
of Walker, Stanton and others against
the admis. ion Of Kansas under the LIE.
compton Constitution which together
with the Message 60 to the committee
on Territories. Douglas being Chair
man, with a minority of the committee,
will oppose it; but the majority. includ.
ing Jones of Iowa, will probably sustain
the President. A hard fight is pending
in which many naughty things will be
said and childish farces exhibited no
doubt.
Yours in haste, ....
WIN. M'CLINTOCK.
FEBRUARY 10th. 1883.
Mr.. EDiroK:
In looking over late Copy of your