Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-07-14

h'i.ty anu !'editiiy SToWtil, anu are
hardy enough for the freezing. The
strawberry will generally bear the win
ter. but do better by being lightly
mulched. a@71Aa~ -
The warm growing season is short,
but vegetation makes rapid and Wig
orous improvement of il. The summer
heat would be parching and BURDEN
some but for the almost constant prairie
breeze-sO invigorating, so timely, and
so desirable just then. The muggy,"
sultry heat of hilly or mountainous and
heavily timbered sections is rarely felt.
Oxen are worked throughout the sum
mcr, the lolling" time is extremely
short, and have not known an instance
of melting down" during the ten
years | have been here, which / credit
much more TO that refreshing breeze, so
pure and reliable, than to good care and
watchfuiness. The out door laborcr
seldom needs fan to blow or a bush to
shade him; his muscles do not relax
and he does not faint for want of fresh
air to breathe. 4 ga s..#y.g.
NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
The climate is healthy, the soil is deep
and rich, and the water pure. Wells
may be sunk almost anywhere, and a
depth of only from fifteen to thirty-tive
| feet is required to furnish living water
or the clearest and purest quality, about
the depth necessary TO be secure from
the heat of summer and frost of winter,
ana furnish water at any season of the
year OF nearly the same temperature,
tasting cool in warm and agreeable in
cold weather. The water of the rivers,
springs and wells, is hard, owing much
to the prevalence of lime stone. The
pure water, so easily obtained, must
continue to be, as il now is, Il fruitful
source of good health to man and beast.
The sloughs aud bottom lands present
good facilities for obtaining hay. The
slouehs arc so distributed that they are
accessible to inhabitants any where i'm
the county. They include our richest
soil and we have none too many. They
furnish our earliest wild feed for stock
IN the spring, and especially the choic.
est for milch cows. Within a few years
what marked change i'm the amount
OF manual labor required to produce a
given quantity of grain The inven-
tion OF labor saving machines, their ap-
plication to the business pursuits of life.
ana their introduction among the pro-
ducing classes, is elfecting u change. as
philanthropic as it is useful and endur-
ing, History will stamp this rs the
century of useful inventions--as MS IN age
OF progress ana improvement. Note the
change IN agricultural implements! -
Consider the advantages of the reaper.
IL cuts the amount OF grain in q few
days that would require the hard labor
of man Il season without il. 1t rem
ders the post once shunued the sought
one now. Behold the little mowcr--in
hay making it revolutionizes the bur-
den OF manual labor. Once, who chose
cutting to pitching and stacking? Now.
rnul-n raj
suiIiy rake work with that mere boy
hanalln2 it. Seated on his springs he
both guides his horse and controls his
rake with case, sis not this an i'm
pGoVanlent over the old hand rake of
other days? How long would II take
the latter to do an hours work OF the
former?
BY means of the corn-p,anter two
men and team will plant in checks,
and two rows alta time, rs fast rs team
usually walks, enabling the farmer to
do his planting in better season, which
IS n valuable consideration, and the
wheel riding cultivator following at the
needed time doing the work of two or
three common ones, and at The same
time almost dispensing with the hoe,
ana rendering the business a compara-
/ tive paStlmc, reduces the cost of raising
this staple marked percentage less
than formerly. Horse power and ma
chinery are fast being introduced and
substituted for hand labor, allowing the
/ body more rest and the mind more time
/ to improve, and giving new impetus
1 to agriculture.
! The Suriace-sO smooth and free from
stones and stumps-is peculiarly well
adapted to the use of agricultural inn
picments. i claim that il is as well
suited TO their successful and adyanta-
geous use ms any part of our country,
which the limited trials made with pos
/ itlVc aud HatterinE advantage to the
owners and introducers most clearly
show. II
The laboring class of our country
her hope and pride, our nations secu-
rty and defense in times of peril-can
here enjoy their full application to light
en- toll and increase gain. ..
..r. FIRST SETTLEMENT
/ The difficulties, the hardships and
privations attending the original settle
ment OF Il new part of q country, are
many and varied, and sometimes uneX-
pected, consequently unprovided for,
often producing discomfort and discour-
agement that a fair prospect for the fu-
turc cannot Danish. 1t needs a desira-
ble object, with determination and
iron resolution, nerved by all the slim
ulus of encouraging hope, to persevere
while bearing the incidental diilicul-
ties, and wait u better time in long wears
to come. TO one who has lived i'm a
thickly settled part, without it, u farm
home of pienty, IS, generally, a desid-
eratum. The very thought of it light
ems the burdens OF the hour. The youth
OF spirit is pressing forward to cross the
dividing line and press his own free soil
by moving TO Il new and fertile section,
with good health, economy, resolution
and perseverance, it can be obtained -
time will secure it.
More than ordinary difficulties Of
temporary character seemed to have at
tended original settlement here. The
first permanent location was made in
1854, and during the summer a few
patches OF prairie were broken late and
"a few other improvements made, but no
planting WAS done. The next spring
the first families came and settled.
quantity more was broken in different
Easts and some planted with corn, but
DeitS mostly late and unicnced, stock
aud frOst destroyed it. SO there was not
a supply, and importation of "bread-
sitiIs - was necessary. In the spring Of
1875, for the number of settlers, u large
breadth was planted to corn, and some
small grain was soWn, but the unusual
~ early frost OF that season "cut down.
much OF the corn before it matured so
another fall found them lacking grain.
Ihen followed the stormy winter Of
lS3G-'57, snow averaging about three
feet III depth, with an unusually hard
crust, rendering it both difficult and
dangerous to travel far from home,
which added to ti.eir trials and height
aued their distresses while enduring
other hardshiPs.
In the spring OF 1857 occurred the an
happy Panic induced by the Indian
tragedy near Spirit Lake, causing gen
era! removal, rs improbable as il was
unpleasant to the Inhabitants. / think
it was less than half dozen females
who did not leave the county OH the nc
count, and but few men, mostly armed,
staid 10 watch the course OF events, and
not until it was too late to put In much
crop WAS ii considered safe and aavisa-
bleto return and commence business.
So the fourth year passed without grow
inU a eiipnly