The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27
OUR RESOURCES,

AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS. juno g. 1874
] MEssRs. Bowman Co, Gents Phase send me I
copy of your Weekly WORLD, and also copy % the
Massachusetts, Agricultural College heading Room
! and Oblige those Of US who are about % 20 West
Yours. 10. w. II. BLANCHARD.
The foregoing was received ct this Office
while the last issue Of the WORLD WINS being
printed. and was responded to with copies Of
the paper. showing the worst feature Of oul
Territory-its frightful taxation. In the pres
ent number, copies of which will also be for
warded, we will endeavor to show some Of the
more inviting aspects Of the scene. and how we
make the money to pay the enormous demands
Of the tai. gatherer. We desire first. however,
to give our Massachusetts, friends notice that
they need not come expecting to get rich in a
day or year. To do 80 will be to suffer dis.
appointment. Idaho is place in which. indus.
try economy and frugality will not fail to meet
with q generous reward; but here. as else
where. fortunes are won, not found. The no
ton generally prevalent East, that Idaho ID
valueless except us mining country. is also
erroneous. Our mines are rich, and have, 81
fur, proven themselves capable Of supplying
the wants Of much larger population than We
now have. but the productions Of the soil and
the yield Of the mines by ordinarily intelli.
gent cultivation, forty bushels OF wheat. oats.
rye, barley-Or corn. can bs produced to the
acre, in any part Of Idaho Territory, while
vegetables. adapted to growth in the temperate
zone, such as cabbages. onions, beets, carrots.
parsnips. potatoes. beans. peas. aud hundred
other things. yield as largely as in any portion
Of the Pacific coast. or about double the aver.
age yield Of the Atlantic States The cereals
sell readily in market at three cents per pound.
vegetables at from two to five cents pound.
Potatoes yield better. we think. than almost
any farm crop, and pay better for cultivating.
We have known $500 worth Of pstatoes to
be sold from thirty-two acres. in one season.
the price being three cents per pound. Several
varieties of fruit. such as apples, plams. peach.
Is. pears. apricots. grapes. trawberrics. black
berries. raspberries. and such things. are pro-
duced abundantly. and sold readily at from .
cents to p cents per pound.
Stockraising. though new. is already Ia.
crative business with us aud will continue Ia
be 20, as the demand tor all kinds il on the in.
crease. Wool is worth from 20 to 30 cents per
pound. owing to the quality; the demand be.
ing always equal to the supply Graz,ng is I'M
surpassed. Wages on farms from fifty 10 sew.
enty five dollars month: in the mines from
two dollars and ifty cents to five d"llarsa day.
Carpenters' wages are from s, "a Sc day
stone masons and brickayers get from So Ia
$40 a day: clerks. book keepers. and such. are
paid from 500 to $3.50. and in some instances.
We believe. as high rs $500 month. School
teachers. first class. get from Is 10 $50 a
month; second class. about 500 10 SO. Good
board at hotels and restaurants can be had a,
from S. to $40 per week; beard aud lodging
from sl2 to SIS Suits Of ready made cloth.
ing (gentlemen's) rang. in price from SIS tn
$500 Ladies' wear 10 40 mixed that we can
give no general idea Of its cost. but presume
the prices are about proportioned to other mr..
ticles in the country BY the foregoing 6gurc.
it will be seen that the rewards Of labor here
are large, IN comparison tn other countries. i'll
not large in proportion tn the taxes we have to |
pay; and whoever comes here determined to
abide and earn an honest living. will succeed.
with probably as little effort as in any other
country. But We advise none Ia come except |
such as are willing to work and work hard
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