, 1859-04-12

while lhe water is clear "a ery5tA aiid pure as
water can be. This lake, nearly three miles
long, is connected with two others, each Of which
is about half tho size Of Fairy Luke, and all Of
them abound With fine fish and orc flcquented
during the summer By immense hocks Of wild
fowl The country around il undulating in aIl
directions, and consists Of prairie aeven or
eight miles in length By two in breadth, harine
the Big Woods on the ouc side, and some fine
grures On the other. In these noods are some
considerable elevations from which ynsied md
extensive vleTs can be obtained.
JAe Ashley River, ycry fine stream with
good water power, rcns through this ral1ey and
JOINS the Sauk some three miles below kandotta.
Along its course are estensive meadows; where
great quantities Of excellent hay can be cut
and as It Is necessary to feed stock about fire
months in the year, this is Of course great ad-
vantage to the settler. That this wild grass is
Of good quality is very evident from the condi-
tion Of the cattle everywhere seen.
on the whole; OFT rumble among the groves
aud over the plans VAS morc pleasant than
profitable, SO far, at all events. as game WIS
concerned, for, although We saw quite number
OF prairie chickens; We only bagged four Of them
These, however, afforded the chief materials for
ning with great deal Of relish and gusto:
Mc found that our friend who had remained
behind comfortably quartcred By the side Of n
warm stove, hid really obtained considerable
amount Of interesting information; which viii
here embooy ~: the benefit Of the readers Of
the press ASD TRIBUNE.
lsr-THE CLIMATE or CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
kandotta is nearly in the centre of the State,
and therefore observations TINT have been made
here will answer for large portion Of country.
1t was my own opinibH before came to Mime
sofa, and is the opinion now u rex7ly eyery
person in the older States, that the winters here
or1r +hasn r$.I
severity; whereas, SO fur is this FROM being the
case that every one have met with is decidedly
Of the opinion that the winter is i'll many re-
spects the most agreeable portion of the whole
year. For instance, in this settlement, there
have only been leo days from the 18th Of No
vember, (when winter fairly commencedJ until
the present date, February .5th' which were 10
ing in The open air! Nat q droc cj ruin has
fallen during the whole of that pc:isl IF four-
teen weeks! Think Of that, ye mud bcdrageled
denizens Of the Eastern States! The weather
now is and has been for aconsiaei all length Of
time the most delightful that can we'll be co,,-
ceived Of. A bright sun shining in n clear IN
clouded sky with scarcely brcuth Of air to dis
turo the :erenity Of the scene. Just warm
enough TO be agreeable to those who. afe string
around; just cold enough to prevent the snow
from thawing. In fact through the whole win
ter there have been only three OF four DAYS when
the cold was intense, and only about the same
number when IT was warm enough to thaw.
What winter climate can be conceived of more
agreeable than this: Then the amount Of snow
that has fallen has been neither too little nor
too much. About fifteen inches perhaps alto-
gether, and steiELing has been excellent from
]he hrst tall OF SNOW up to the present time.
oD-THE CROPS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
Many persons imagine that the climate here
is too cold for the ripcning Of corn. Never
was there greater mistake. If the right kinds
are planted and planted early they will CONC IL
perfect maturity in good season before any frost
Gun affect them. Many persons bring with them
tue large dent corn raised in Southern Illinois
or Missouri, and perhaps plant it late, and then
complain that their corn has been touched by
tile frost before it is ripened. This kind is not
ut present adapted to the climate, although
have little doubt that it will become perfectly
acclimated utter two or three years planting.
But even if it does not ripcn sufficiently fur seed
corn, it will nuturc well enough for feeding pur-
p"ses Then as to wheat, barley, rye, outs,
beans, potatoes, beets, turnips, cubba!es, &C..
no country III the world can be found where
finer crops can be raised than in this part Of
Minnesota. Very little has ny yet been uone in
the way Of raising fruits; and apple and pear
trees brought from more southern iutitudes are
liable 10 be cut of in winter, if not properly pro-
ttcted. Thousands Of fruit trees are now, linw-
ever, being raised from the seed in nurseries,
and they stand the climate well; 80 that thcreis
no doubt VIC shall hare plenty Of fruit within
tie next five years. In thu mean time there are
many varieties Of natire wild fruits to BE- foun!
in almost every part Of the country: cranbcr-
rus, gnoseber1lcS, currants, raspberrirs straw
bcrries. plums, 4c., grow abundautly and are Of
IN excellent quality
3n-TuE SOIL or CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
After stating what kinds of crops can be raised
md in kuc!t abundance, it were almost super
huous to say n word about the soil; yet per
haps few particulars may not be uninterestins,
The soilis fur the most part black loanl yarv-
ing frum two TO si1 feet in thickness, and having
something's clay and sometimes gravel sub
sull. Where it has the latter, crDps are sure to
mature much moro rapidly than in the former
case; and anothcr advantage is that Immediate
ly after rain tic farmer can 80 to plouEhing or
planting. without waiting day or even IN hour
Thcn there il much bluck sund in the soil that
it attracts the heat Of the sun, aud thus it is that
crops mature as rapidly as they do. Nowhcrci is
tue ground filled with stone scarcely i boulder
is to be found except in the s1ougls and mead
ows. l do mt mean TO be understood that
there is no stone III the country; on the con-
tray there are numerous qnarries Of lime and
uirr stone i'll most parts. There is no hard
scrabb!c' here, where q person can scarcely
find the soil for the rocks that it; nn the
contrary, here the farmer can put Ills plough
'''F" tlt' ground and drive AHEAD without let or
hindrancc.
IA. 10 show more clearly the nature of the
soil here append an analysis nf it by rruf
Hayes uf Ht,ston, Mass:
M'SSE.~rA.-TAs dark cnlnrrd hnc trxtuyd soil
:l-,ul,ng IN "'Sa|''c matter. aud highly fertile.