The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-11-26

November lllh, 81.
FRIEND RICKETTS, :-Forty-eight hours
from the >pring.hke weather of rome, ! am
IN The midst Of Il snow Storm We struck
the "snow line :" five miles south Gf this
place. This portion Of Upper Canada is a
new country Guelph which now has a
population Of 3 coo. was founded ahont 80
years ago. The original forest e,owth prin.
cipally pine and cedar, is lplled in the winter
aud suffered to dry in tie summer, then fired:
green grass grows spontaneously; the slumps
soon rot and the farm is cleared. The soil is
black loan, with clay Sua>oil. iime stone
Is abundant on the rivers, and is regarded as
cheap building material though sawed
lumber Is worth but 81 per 1000 nearly all
the houses are of stone. This is shire town
and the AsSizeS are now IN session. Our
Elkton lawyers when admitted to the Canada
bar must provide themselves with white
handkcrchics. to distinguish them from those
not engaged in the Case before the court the
handkerchief is tied loosely over the collar.
When addressing the court, they don the
Oxford gown.
The great staple is spring wheat. saw
sample weighing Go lbs. to the huSh,l: that
crop had averaged over 80 bushels to the
acre, and was sod for 81 90 per husliel.
was assured 5j bushels were sometimes har-
vested. though 40 bushels. learned. was
about the average. They pillow sod in the
fall. aud as soon AS the frost is ont in the
spring. cultivate. SOW broadcast and harrow.
The stnhbc is succeeded the following year
br root crops. Hands hire for the season of
six months at SO TO S$l2 per month: car
pente,s for 81 % per day, the latter board
themselves. No corn is grown: though they
raise some heavy porkerS on the English pea.
tour garden pea.) 1t is sown broadcast;
they get 40 bushels to the acre, which are
now worth 50 cents per buShcl Samples Of
oats are good. Barley is also raised but is
not CONSIDERED good paying crop noticed
a few patches Of winner wheat, that looked
pretty well.
Before the Reciprocity Treaty, their wheat
brought ftom 80 to 70 cents huShcl. Several
gentlemen III this portion Of Canada have
devoted their attention to growing pure
blooded stock: pigs, sheen and cattle B,lk-
shire of the pigs CntSwold and Leice Ster Of
the sheep, and Durham of the cattle. are
their favorites. They have them all OF grca,
excellence. have seen as good BrrkshmrS
and DurhamS in Virginia. and Mr.. Rev holds
flock of CotSwods, IN Delaware will com
pare very lavorably wi,h 'hcr best tocks
They get 5000 for calf under one year old
and S4C0 for one two years old. BpikShrrs
are low, only $50 for a pig six weeks old :
and lambs fiona &I5 to 500 each. Some
imported sheep had cost in England over
$500 each. They are all in high keep"
though not well protected, considering tn"
long, severe winters, the thermometer ranging
five to twenty degrees below zpro.
| have convrrSed with number If farmers
and have met with but one who ever employs
a negro. ] see no negroes: they are repre-
scented as lazy and lhicyiSh--Soon find their
way to the prni'enliary The white popula-
ton have little sympathy FOR them The
rarms are from 100 To 800 acres and sell
FROM S 10 to 500 per acre Deer are album.
dant few miles north Of this, N,ni>on sells
lrom 3 10 cents Der ID. The population is
principally English: number from The
Cni;cd States are engaged in business in this
portion of Canada. | find the people but
litle different from our nwn. and Judging
from their political discussions freedom OF
speech and corruption in Office is not mono
rolzed by Brother jonathan. W.