Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22

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 ,o 1I3,srd Trees sa the 1.as''o .ai. ...'t , I! As yOa proceed toward shei west chsw, , She Missouri, AayH ,sGsraz dO dOustery1 M, t s1ze ofl tho trees sAfminisl,sy ,as rweiM ns.
 the number of kinllss As yexl peneNxte, the bOrdare of fAeaLhdian vcusutrv. ieas-. , kingl eivllixatiOn behin2 you, f1ae sight of tofesss' IS nor aonger enjoyed, the, ouly~
 trees toobe seen being scsttAspd alofiSr.
 the banks of the streams. sa esssbo,oIe. Ag sh@lier and more rar9. finallv a7is-. l appearing alboeet1er and ,airihe rlace 4p.
 flew scatterinG willows aIideosiarw The greater portion of the Plains may lzs; saidr
 t0 De without timber of, any skindfri :An.
 10 the cause Iof .thisi nbsenee, Sscien&ifSs
 men sdisaereesi some claiming, that the 'hagh winds. which prevail in ISnobstrnct.
 ca torce prevent sthe growth and exists
 encel of no6r only ftrees but even the
 Saner grasses Thisitheory is well sup4,
 Psrted by factss as, unlike the Western
 praG1ea where the gTass often sattains ssr
 height sufficient to eunoeal aoaman oise
 herseback, the Plains are coveasd, by ar
 grass which rarely, and only under fatpr4s
 ape e,circumstaaces, exceeds threeinches
 m bsSghE | Another theory, also sorie-
 whatpiausible, is, that the entire pPlainS
 were'at one tinas' covered with timber
 mor8 or less dense, but this timber
 owngto various causes, was ldsssr0yed,i
 and h1s slnce been prevented from gfUWll ing or spreading over the Plains by tRS'
 annual fires whicA the Indians regularly create;' and which sweep over the entsfei counCy These fires 1Fe built nbyl lndlans m the fall to burn the sdried; grass and hasten the growth of ther pasy tsrage m the early spring. FA*ofinS the theCFy that the ,Plains swereIlat soae. tune ncoSeredf with hforssts, sisi itlie1 factA that,i ,ientire trunks or iarper trees fbnsA been found ina state OfSpetfifiSa<ioH 6nS elevated portions Iof the, icountryys nnilo farIremoved from streams of watsfs trff aTi4 In routing the Indians from theirswfnaR teru villages, we jinwariahlys taiscovexedb them loCated upono tliate point of ltiSex stseam promising the greatest supply 0ft
 ootsonwood bark, while the stream f1inS
 the vicinity of the village was completea4
 ashorna ef its supply of. timberltandp
 the village itself was strewur with the | whitea branches of the 1cottonwood, yen4a
 arety stripped of their bazka at wash somewhat amusing to observesaAGIndian1 , pony teeding on oottonwood, bark VThesi limb being usually ontintoi pieces aboutn fonr teet ulength and rtKrewn upon tho,s ground. thel pony, accust0mea bouthis.i kind of s"long forags,7 wouldfplace onel, lore foot on the limb in the sa ine mSnuerg Y asa dog securds aIbene, and enAwstho o.i
 bark from 2iAe AthouNfD mos iafForlfinr s anything, like the amosinf of nutfimenEo wnach leathef hay or grain does yeto0urni horses invariably cpreferred thafhaxk cf6w either, probably on account of ritsifrash4ii ness.
 The herbage to be fo1nd on the prin- |dpal portioRi ofnthe hRlairs1 iS usnally
 sparse and stupted in its growth, AlonR
 the banks of the streams and in fhe boC. tom lands there grows generAlly iiinn iin rtiSh Eabundance . species of grass often. found z in the States east, of the Mississippi btrt 1on the uplanas is produced What iss there known as the @buhalo grass" " indiseq 2 nous and peculiar in its character, differs t ing in form and substance from all othefr. grasses. The blade under ofaSyrprsbles
 circumstances reaches q growth usually! of from three to five inches, but instesad II of being straight, Or approximately 50, a1 it assumes 2 curied 0r waving shape, the grass itself becoming densely mat n ted. and giving to the fSot, when walls4 ing upon 1t, a sensation kihnihr to that ,produced by stepping upon moss or tho
 most costly of velvet carpets, s'.b aVh'' ,'9fo ]. Nearly all gram iniv0rots snimSR in-9 'habiting the Plains, excspt ths elk and
 some speciss of the deer, prefer the bsf- fafol grass to that of the l6wiahd-; and its is probable that even these e4cepti ti6ns T wodid not prove good if It were not, for affords good cover to both thsR elk Ind 'q hni nk,kI -CkEl2 il..- 1J1N herds grazing ldpon the upaAndsy, d. ,, though the grass isg gfaf mSre l11 1HfiSnsfi' and plentiful. On the Iowlands. Our donestic animals invafiabIY choeseY the q buffalop grass, ana experience denacnuo strates beyond question utliAs iE is thsS T most nutritious of all varietseso of wild 9, grass, od 5TSt,v ,stsS7un9Rasfh al god D 5 gaw r-rr--7--1-------- .oni1rsiy woi is AxoExAMrnn wos4EY ooF INrrArroN.9 d -LThe Legislature of PenfSsy ylvaniaf IS to t be called on during the, next sessioni tSL pass an act providing for the destruction
 Of weeds in athste State.9 Qwnersy ioccN5' piers or lsssees of leads ere 9to be com- ! Pelled to keep not only thsir farusss freBnl rom aQ such. weeds asa null wild carrot, Canada, thistle, hQrse nettle Ian2a au oxeye daisy, but those apoxtions ot,thenn pubic roads which pass through nor alrdi join, their properties. dY Railroada cempa- IE nies are to De amanable, t0 the provisionaao of this act. di As vsry much misehief. hasor been done by selling grass seed foulNithi 1 Y all these and more vile sseed ipersonsl ' who knowingly or even inadvertently de,i so should be .bropght within thAscope of sc this xacts If if is true 4that ais thea deriV structiol, of the poor is their. spovertys'.ss ssi 1t is equally true thata weeds produeeli, poverty beth of the farm aRd;the farmer.nif s,fE5I gg-------- LLa -r l1La sal oARm Q ,I .aS r9vsnn n3 sRdt aldiggcq yisgQd 5sui 2 = CoNCHRNIEG NEW iYoRKzRs. TIA. frea- i'd correspondent of the Cincinnati ", conamercas hinaseH New Yorker, 'ex-sa, bands" in this fashion: Il f New York is,is d 1lnhle Sfata kha4 Nan sraak claim An .ho