New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-08

Summers are not cloudless nor rainless. Weeds
are far less persistent and pesent here than at the
East; while the Air il 20 uniformly dry and brscing,
ard the days 90 generally tempered BY f'esh
breeze. that the human frame maintains IFS elias
ITCHY in rpite Of severe aud continued eIertion-
was never before in . region where so much could
be accomplished TO the hand in Summer a. ju,t
here.
Ard yet-snd yet-my early prejuices in favor
of q refreshing shower occasionally are not fully
overcome dislike 10 look for miles across so rich
and beautiful valley {. this Of San Jose, and see
paralysis and death the rule, greenness and life the
exception / dislike 10 see cattle picking st the
dry, brown heritage, and can't help thinking they
would like a field Of sweet, green clover or thick
blue grass good deal better. This may be mis-
take on NY part but, if co. it ia one that does credit
10 their discernment and taste. And like to see
a garden planted in ~ell-grounded reliance on the
rains Of Heayen-not dependent for its very exist
epce on the "saki' or artificial brook which am
always glad to see flowing into field, 10 matter on
which side of the Rocky Mountains. l believe
firmly in Irrigation; but prefer land that there is
some credit in irrig,ng to that which must be ir-
rigated or it might better have lain unpowed and
unsown.
Of course, it is understood that Irrigation is eX
ceptlonal, even here. All the grains are, grown
here without irrigstioD but the small grains are
hurried up quite sharply BY drOutb, and in some
instances bhghted by it, and at best are doubtless
much lighter than they would be with good soak
ing rain early in June; while Indian Corn and
oct Roots and Vegetables can only in favored To-
calities be grown TO perfection without artificial
watering. estimate that, if all the arabic land in
the State, fertile It undoubtedly is, were season.
ably planted TO Corn and fairly cultivated, with
out irrigation, tie average yield would fall below
ten bushels per acre. Hence every garden through
out the State, save part of those near the coast
and within the immediate influence of the damp
es.breeze, must have its stream of water or 1t
comes to nothing, and various devices are EN-
ployed to procure the needful fluid. OF these, L
ike Artesian wells far BEST and they are already
numerous, especially in this valley But ordinary
wells, surmouDted BY windmills which press every
casual breeze into the service and are often pump
ing up good stream of water while the
owner and all hands asleep, are much more COM
mon, and are found to answer very well; while some
keep their httle gardens in fair condition by simply
drawing water, bucket after bucket, in the old,
hard way. In the valleys, and perhaps on the hill
sides as well, it is generally held that the Vine re-
quires no irrigation after being set two years, and
the better opinion seems to be that Fruistrees,
after two years watering, do better without
have not yet satisfied myself as to the feasibility Of
supersediDg Irrigation by Deep Flowing, though
my strong conviction is that every orchard and
garden should be thoroughly dug up and pulverized
to depth of three if not four feet and that those
90 treated would thereafter need little if any, srt
fetal watering. hope TO learn further on this
point.
Let me close this too long letter with grateful
acknowled gment to an emigrsnt-M Shoals, l read
his name-who found my trunk by the Three
Crossings of Sweetwater (not in the stream as
supposed it was) and brought it along over three
hundred miles to Salt Lake City, where he deliver
ed il to the California Stage Company which for
warded it to me- Mr. S. writes that he found 1t IN
or beside the road broken open; but, as do not
miss any papers of consequence, presume no'hlng
of much value to me was taken from it. How it
came in the road-tbe half mile between the station
whence We started that morning and the place where
missed it having been twice ridden over In quest
of il within half an hour after its loss-I have not
vet been able to conjecture; and will thank who
ever can to shed even ray of light on the subject
| IfMr Shoals will favor me with his address, he
will add sensibly to the debt already owe him.
H. q.