Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-04-21
FROM OREGON.
The following extract from 4 lett

gentleman, formerly a citizen OIL
Did Lincoln, but now, and for several
Tears past, resident Of the State of
Oregon, on the Pacific Ocean, will
prove of much interest to our read
ers. The writer is a gentleman Of
lnquestiJnable veracity and his state
nents may be implicitly relied on as
Our country is admirably adapted
10 fruit: and the great demand, and
facilities for expectation all over the |
world, has induced farmers to go large
ly iuto the orchard business. From
1--WE hundred to five thousand trees
on farm is common. The fruit is
boxed up all along the Willamette,
which runs right through our country.
and is shipped to San Francisco three
days saiD and there brings from 20
to 25c per Id; or, if sold in the or
chard, they (apples) bring SIS per
busheI. Gen. Lovejoy, gentleman
Of undoubted veracity. says his last
crop of fruit will net him $1,000,
and be has but $500 trees. 1t was
thought for long time that bees
could never be brought here; and if
they were that they would not -four
ish. But this is found to be a mis-
take-they come in abundance and
flourish first rate--and what would
you guess they sell for? Sl25 is the
lowest price, and Sl50- per hive is
common. One Of my intimate fiiends
told ME yesterday, that he had
bought 70 stands off of a vessel, for
which be gave S2,500,and vas imme-
ately offered $500 for his Bargain
He thought he could do better--
Don t that beat old 'Kaintuckf' Our
principle or main dependence is small
grain OF every kind, vegetables, grass
of all kinds, and Stockton that it
Can hardly be beat. But coin, hemp,
cotton, and tobacco our climate don't
suit. We can raise corn on smsli
scale--the Yankees say about like
the Eastern States. | call it little
business. Our soil is very rich
not inferior to the best Kentucky or
Tennessee lands. We SOW wheat for
the best crop, in June, and then in
September Oh fallUw ground, and
February if the ground is in order,
which is commonly the case) is
about as good time as any. The
oat crop will interest you. We SOW
our oats in Marcb--we usually have
a good crop the first year, and nine
times out of ten, the second crop
from the same sowing will beat the
first, and even the third, will be a
pretty fair crop-and " heat in ev-
cry instance will do the same; but
from the fact that the field becomes
foul, rendering the wheat unsuitable,
We DON'T allow it to grow. Another
little thipg--ibe cabbage. | was
just out in the garden-the cab
bages all standing sound and good
and | noticed on all the heads cut
early last fall, from five to fifteen or
twenty young heads, big as your fist
cor less" Cabbagss will grow for
years ON the same stalk, unless an
extreme freeze, which rarely occurs.
This is fine day, warm and clear,
the first clear day We have had for
SEINE time-we have plenty of rain
10 the winter it is true, out it is full
ly couuterbalaneed by the fact. that
nothing suffers for raiA in summer.
We suppose our rainy season isabout
over--every thing denotes it. We
have had to feed nothing SO far, but
the uaiug horses and fattening hogs.
Cattle are in fue order on the grass,
some now good beef The price OF
everything keeps up. Two year old
steers $50 each, three year Olds, $50,
COWS from 80 to $50, horses from
100 to $500, ewes SIS, wethers Sc,
great country for sheep this--bacou
Is cents, butter, new, so cents, eggs
80, &c. Goods are plenty and cheap,
and can be bad at any store, for
anything We raise. You speak OF
great changes and improvements in
old LIncoln-I don't doubt it in the
least--and our little Oregon can
compare with any other place Of its
age, | reckon, SO far as big farms,
fine buildings, fine mills and ma
chinery, fine Literary Institutions,
&e. are concerned, but TurDpikes,
Railroads. or, even good common
roads, are not here. Society in
general is good no "dra wing" in
men. off from the river and hiV