Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-05-17

spring of s66 sowed in wheat, forty
Eve acres, which on being harvested
last fan, yielded one thousand seven
hundred and forty bushels-an aver
age of almost thirty-nine bushels TO
the acre, which is considered quite
ordinary. Some farmers have aver
aged from forty to sixty bushels per
acre, while others not yet properly
understanding how to irrigate and
work the soil have not exceeded twen-
ty or twenty five. bushels per arce.-
From the dates | have been able to
gather, relative to the wheat crop,
the average yield last year in this Sec
ton was a little in excess OF thirty
five bushels per acre. Some OF our
farmers raised the past season as
many as five. thousand bushels OF
wheat, others who devoted their at
ttention to the growing of corn, have
marketed fifteen thousand bushels OF
that commodity. The soil is adapted
to the cultivation of every variety of
the cereals. Farmers here are to a
great extent independent of the sea-
sons, hence more certain of an album
dant harvest # l 1
By conducting bitches from the
rivers and small streams, over these
Hands, they can irrigate the soil when
ever it is too dry. If much rain falls
the irrigating bitches are not used.
! Two or three years ago, when the
whole attention was directed to the
development of mineral resources,
bread.stuffs were shipped from the
States; now since the soil has began
to be cultivated, so large is the yield
that the supply is greater than the
! demand. s .I.. 4.
Few countries are better adapted
: to grazing than Colorado. The plat
cans and dividing ridges are pereni-
ally covered with nutritious heritage,
affording sustenance to the vast herds
tof cattle that are now being grown
there. So mild is the climate, that
Inc barns or other shelters are needed
to protect stock from the cold. Dur.
/ ing the entire year cattle Craze upon
e these lands and keep in as fine con
dition as the corn-fed stock of the
f States. As a ranchman remarked tC
G me a few days ago: in the States
d farmers harvest large crops of corr
h and fatten their cattle; we raise Oul
r corn, sell it, and let the cattle fatter
4 themselves. This is literally true
q 1t is not unusual to see in a single
% herd, belonging to one or two men
:. from two to six hundred head of stock
:. As the outlay is comparatively small
the raising of cattle is attended will
: great profit,
e. The climate of Colorado is delight
y ful. However warm the days ma.
70 be in the summer time, they are gen
II orally followed by cool and pleasan
nights. The location of the country
. the nature OF the soil, its freedom
81 from miasmatic influences, the purit,
n, of the atmosphere, and the exhilerat
al ing breezes from the mountain tops
,o all combine to make lovely and sa
: luxurious climate. Such a climate a
= ours is calculated to stimulate an
~ strengthen all the powers Of mind an
u body. Invalids who have made them
Il. selves the receptacles of patent med
n ciues aud nauseous drugs, all to n
"A purpose, will do well to remembe
that here is a balmy and inYigoratin
y climate, which, while it is not a pans
lie cea for all the diseases flesh is hei
ut TO, exerts happy influence on In
ri paired constitutions, and gives theI
at new strength ana Yigor. .oa
ho The admirers of magnificent lane
scapes, varied by The highest an
~ grandest elements of sublimity an
BY majesty, that compared with which
in the Landed mountain scenery of til
i'd Alleghanies and the rare and pictul
,r esque beauty OF the Catskills or til
. White Mountains, rendered classic b
i" the pen of our finest writers, dwindl
lg into utter inSignifcance, need no Ions
ar err cross the ocean to be gratifed.-
,s- Irving truly exclaims: "Never nee
,o an American look beyond his ow
. country for the sublime and beautifl
10 of natural scenery" In a wor,
nj natural scenery of almost every typ
,ly and variety may be found in Colo
IT. ado. .s
m In view of the many natural adval
:, tages which this territory possessC
we may truthfully say to all those WI
ar are ready to "follow the star of en-
OF pire in its westward course" Colo
ul- ado holds out rare inducements.
" Health, employment, homes an
: competence, if not fortunes, await 20
But tbs useless to attempt to descril
as that which to be appreciated and e.
al joyed must be seen, and realized.
ad Nj. L. SCOTT.
IN
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