Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

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wheat, showing yield from Is to 81
bushels per acre.
Q FLOUR,
Our brands compare favorably with
those manufactured at other points
both in quality and price.
OATS.
No better article OF which is grown
in the country than In this vicinity
The general yield being from 40 to &C
bushels per acre from an estimate Just
made SOC, 900 bushels of this cereal was
produced in our county the past year.
RYE.
IL also remunerative to the farmers
Of our county, yielding from 20 TO 30
bushels per acre, $1,000 was the pro-
duct Of 1872.
Spring barley IL generally certain
crop, yielding from 20 TO 10 bushels
per acre.
A reliable crop, yielding from 30 to
Is bushels per acre.
CORN.
This being the staple crop Of the
great west, all that is necessary to state
in regard to this cereal in our county,
is that our soil is as good Is fhe best,
and produces as well. As an evidence
the product of 1872 was 2,O0O,O 600 bush
els, making full average of so bushels
per acre on the prairie lands.
GRASSES.
Our soil is also well adapted to the
growth of the tame grasses, such as
Timothy, Clover and blue grass. The
native grass is qnite q source of re-
venue, being used for pasturage, and
tons Of il being harvested for hay.
TIMOTHY.
No county can boast Of producing
any better article Of timothy hay, than
our county its yield is from TX to
tons per acre, worth from " to $l4 per
ton. Our farmers are giving much at.
tcntion 10 Its growth.
We have not time or space to do
justice to this fonrfold remunerative
crop. First, its great yield of pastur-
age. Second, its hay crop. Third,
seed, and last, but not least, its fertiliz-
ing effect upon the soil. Suffice it to
say, that our soil is we'll adapted to its
growth, aud 1t Is coming into general
use.
VEGETABLES.
Irish potatoes heads our list, and are
grown extensively, producing from
one to three hundred bushels per acre.
Our estimate shows the product OF 1872
to be III, 800 bushels In the county.
SWEET POTATOES.
The brush and sandy lands Of our
county, produce hne sweet-pststoes,
the prairie lands, medium.
Vegetables in general are grown In
great abundance, and our soil and
climate is well adapted to all the varie.
ties grown in our latitude.
CATTLE.
We have in the county 20,OA head
of cattle, of which We can safely count
10000 head for beef annually.
HOGS.
OF this staple We have in the county
$4,000 head, 10000 ready for slaughter.
SHEEP.
We mako good showing, $1,000
head producing plenty Of wool and
mutton.
HORSES.
To this class of animals to which so
much is due to the advancement Of
civilization, we are greatly blessed,
having 10000 head on hand, in addi-
ton to that number of horses, We have
l,50O mules in the county.
We have already consumed more
space in showing up the products OF
our county, than we intended, but
deeming it important to set forth our
facilities for growing cheap produce,
you will have better base to figure
from when calculating the advantages
Of our point. And in addition TO the
above you may safely count upon one
laborer doing double work upon our
prairie land.
WATER, STONE, FIRE CLAY, &C.
We extract from the geology of Iowa
and our own experience confirms the
statement that in most parts OF the
county that never failing wells Of the
very best quality, are procured by dig
ging from IS to 30 feet.
STONE.
All along the Des Moines river from
the mouth Of Sugar Creek to the uorth-
wost corner of the county good build
ing stone can be obtained in great
from concrcci0nary lime
stone. The very best quality Of quick
lime is readily manufactured out Of
FIRE CLAY. sS
Beds of this valuable clay can be
found at many point IN the county,
susceptible of being refined for the
manufacture Of first class crockery.
CLAY AND SAND FOR RRICE.
These materials are abundant in all
parts of the county, and that OF the
best. f
COAL INTERESTS OF QUIZ COUNTY.
This source of wealth 70 our county
is incalculable. Her mines being rich
in quality, and apparently inexhausti-
bic. To give better idea, we append
the following report:
UNION COAL CO., OF oTTUMwA.
Organized in 1871. Mined in the
year 1872, 76,944 tons, and employed
three hundred men. Their facilities
for 1873 being greatly improved fully
warrants them in stating that They will
mine l25,09o tons during the year.
THE NATIONAL COAL co.
Just commencing business. have
i've men.
oTTUMwA COAL CO,
Mined 25,000 tons.
We have thirty other banks open in