The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-10-12
Our Own State.

Rev. Mr.. CLARK, late of Rhode Island,
who was recently announced as having &C.
cepted call to the pastorate of the Myrtle
street church in Saltwater, has entered up
on his ministerial duties.
Mr.. SETH LORE, risiding on the old Ter
ritorial road in Houston county, informs the
Winona Republican that from twelve acres
he has, this fall harvested 1000 bushels OF
corn-equal to eighty bushels per acre and
the wheat crop averaged thirty bushels per
acre. AS some indication of the extent to
which sheep are being imported to this
State, Mr.. Lore states that he has yarded
200 sheep within the past three weeks, on
their way from Eastern States to the inte-
rior counties of Minnesota.
Mr.. BRAMAR, of Wyattville, Winona
county, has given some of his experience iu
thresbing wheat. He says that for one man
he threshed l25 bushels, being the yield from
four bushels and three pecks. The average
yield to the acre was forty bushels. For
another, he got yield of twenty nine BUSH
els to the acre. The general average he
estimates at twenty five bushels per acre.
W. L. CLEVELAND, of Highland, Blue
Earth county, has harvested three acres of
Yellow Flint corn, which yielded at the rate
of 100 bushels of shelled corn to the acre
We should like to see this beat
The Mantorville dodge Co.. Express
says several fine focks of sheep, amounting
to perhaps 1000 in all have been driven
through our place within the past week
We noticed one very fine flock which had
been brought direct from Vermont aud
another from the State of New York.
Mr.. P. Scheitlin, of Minneapolis, has been
engaged for some weeks, in shipping for
New York, a large stock of Ginseng. We
understand that he sends about $50 casks,
averging $50 lbs. nett, making in all about
40 tons of the root. A heavy export OF a
wild, uncultivated root.
The St. Peter Statesman says that the
pre- emptors at the land Office in that place
have averaged % to 80 per day.
THE Farbau|t Republican in noticing
the importation into that section, by Mr..
f. w. Dixie, of about six hundred fue.
wcoled sheep, that had been selected with
great care, says:
We are glad to see the attention of our Min.
nesota farmers turned to that branch of hus
bandry which we believe t. be the best bust
ness they can engage in The cold, dry atmos.
phere of Minnesota winter is peculiarly Sdap.
ted to sheep; while the cost of sending so
pounds of wool from Minnesota cannot be more
than the expense of sending bushel of wheat
weighing 81 pounds. The cost of raising 500
worth o! wheat would be fully equal to The
cost of raising the same amount of wool, many
think more, and we have heard wool growers
who paid careful attention to the care Of their
focks, estimate the value of the increase equal
to the cost of keeping. II so. there is q vast
difference in the proht but considering the
cost equal there is a difference of some SIS
profit o. every 500 worth sent to market.
The Lake City Tribune, speaking of
some wheat raised there by Starr & Gay
lord, says:
The wheat has been threshed, and yielded
trifle over seventy.n nine bushels. The gr. und
measured one ard three fourths acre. and the
amount sown was two bushels and twelve
pounds. Had the wheat been one third thicker
on the ground, the yield would have been sew.
enty bushels to the acre. The wheat can be had
for five dollars per bushel-just half what the
seed cost.
Some of this seventy bushels to the acre"
wheat, was exhibited at the State Fair.
Around the main head, on each stalk, Other
and smaller heads wire grouped. Some of
our farmers procured small quantities OF the
seed. We shall be glad to hear OF their
experience in it's culture next year.