New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
AIICHIGAN.
AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
NEw-YoRK, May SO.-The State Of Michigan in
which have just finished a tour of 600 miles, half
the distance in open carriage the country roads,
is full of promise in all her crops. great breadth
of wheat was sown last Fan, aud the plant is
in fine condition. j saw some fields in which it
stands already q feet high The oa looks well, and
the corn planting is over. was surprised TO find
vegetation generally, even in the nOrtherly
parts of the State, further advanced than IN New
York. From Saginaw, on Lake Huron, to the State
border near South Bend was hardly out Of sight of
peach or apple orchards for a single instant. The
latter, especially, present charming aspect and il
Onc-fOurth the blossoms yield fruit the crop can
hardly fail short OF 100000 bushels. The cherry aud
The pear promise abundantly
The western part OF Michigan. along the lake shore.
is peculiarly favorable to the peach being To Chicago
what New-JerSey has long been 10 New York for the
supply of this delicious fruit.
The winters OF Michigan are much mder than in
Ncw-lork and Western Pennsylvania. The ground
is clear from frost eight months Of the year. and zero
is the extreme temperature except i'm few spots ON
the high northern border The soil is of the richest
have Travelled over all the States north of Tennessee
and east OF the mississippi, and have seen none TO
suTpass it. The timber clearings are covered with
the wood mold OF centuries and il will take long 10
exhaust their power Of product The land is held at
reasonable prices unimprOved as low as s. an acre
in some districts; but the improved near towns and
within reach of the Chicago market readily command
culture Michigan cannot be exeelled. The immera-
tOn has heretofore been small bu is now on the in
crease. told that five or six hundred Germans
arrive daily at Port Huron and Detroit by the Grand
Trunk and Great Western roads, but they pass
through, mostly for settlement beyond Chicago
This is because there are railroads from that point
running into the central part of the State Il will
not be long now-peTbaps not anOther year. before
the iron horse will make the rich agricultural regions
accessible.
The lumber interest is predominant in the north
en- part of Michigan. Her pine lands are sending an
immense prodnct to the eastern and southwestern
markets. The AK sounds eyerywh0re everywhere
you hear the puff Of the steam sawmIll and every
where you see mountains of boards waiting for trans
port All the streams are blockaded with lOgs,whch
measure from two to three feet in diameter. Black
River, which empties INTO the ST. Clair below Port
Huron Is packed with logs for distance Of 20 miles
from rs mouth, and 30 is every stream that flows
from the timber regions. l will not venture TO say
how many millions Of feet cut in the State but
suspect about as many as there are dollars Ia our
National debt. Sage & DeRraw's mill at WinOna cuts
100000 year. aud was told Of new mill with
capacity of 90, 100000.
! wA1 aston shOd at tbs variety and extent Of man