Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-10
:. --rTCR ASKING INFORMA-
TlON IN REGARD TO mVS'
rAyA AND IT'S ANSWER.

r1ON IN REGARD TO mOS'
TAyA AND IT'S ANSWER.
NoBoB. Barren County. KY,
II June 49, 1874.
Dr.. A. j. HUNTER:
Desiring to learn something OF tue ~
sources Of Montana, and learning nu".
| ,ri.,nI of YOUR residence in BOZeinan, you IT
requested to give me brief outline VI TN
cass.bilitIcs and promise Of the country-lt'
Climate. soil, productions, grazing. SANITARY
oorditinn. etc. Are the Indians dangerous
doctor. myself and many mere, ~lsl 4
emivrate to some new country the coming
fa;l. and are undetermined as to when par
Of tie great West We shall settle in. M
Is the best and cheapest route from mere e
Roxeman? MANY are heartily sick Of thi.
regicn: ... .oo, am
Your Humble Servant.
HENRY ). FRAZIER.
BozEMAN, NJ. r., July 4th, 1874
EprroR COURIER: The foregoing being
/ one of numerous letters Of the same tenor
have received from old friends in Kentucky,
Tennes> ee and Missouri, have thought II
would not be Inappropriate to give brlel
answer to- the intelrogations embraced IN II
! in the COURIER.
rirst. Within the limits of Montana, owing
70 Typographical causes, we have varied
Climatic conui::ion though the climate may
he nronouncel eql,ac!e In any given section.
In farming districts the winters are usn-
! ally mild and open. and the summers uni
formlv cool and refreshing during the nights,
with few days OF progressively high tempera-
ture, such as is generally expericncedin the
Mississippi valley In the months OF July and
rsNiG hSn rnff n MIR "
Of our atmosphere, are IF lnfreqUelt vista
ton. and though, smallpox. and other infcc-
tious diseases, have been brought within our
borders several times by stage and steamboat,
they have never spread aud become generally
prevalent.
Second. The soil is deep. strong and rich
usually black vegetable mold from three to
ten feet deep. But until the present season
irrigation has had to be resorted to !; this year
40 far. We have had an abundance Of rainfall;
and old settlers positively assert that the at
mosphere is gradually becoming more hui
mid as settlements extend. and predict that
in the future irrigation will bc the exception
rather than the rule. But after the settler
becomes acquainted with the 1sodus opsrandi
of =, titicial irrigation he views it as an adj
vantage rather than drawback. Being billy
country and threaded all over by myriad~ Of
crystal streams. the natural creeks are easily
and inexpensively diverted and the water led
BY the hoe wherever the cultivator wishes to
take it. Thus the Montana farmer never lies
awake at mig in fear of his crops whitening
in the hot breath Of drought vsitations. Yon
would soon get used TO irrigation and be
pleased with the system.
81. The cereals are the chief agricultural
productions OF this Territory. With tie al
Of railroad communication-whicb
we certainly will enjoy within the next tour
would soon justly be con-
gitlered the greatest wheat producing region
Of the continent. Que hundred bushels have
often been produced to The acre, and in fair |
growing seasons forty may be claimed As 4 |
reasonable average. Oats and barley. it is |
claimed by many, do even better in this coun-
~ than wheat. and good success has bcen
net in the cultivation Of rye. Owing to the
,eol. bracing character Of the rights, Indian
Orn does not do SO we'll. Most of the root
rOps produce fabnlously. and our potatoes
re pronounced tie hts Favored in the world.
nd often yield 40 bushels 10 the acre. Fruit
las not yet been fully tested. but has proved
succ IS SO far as tested If favorable localities.
41h: AS grazing country Montzna cor
=. icncc OF the last year fully de1co strate>
his. One hundred Thousand head Of cattle
il es.imst1s. persisted The last vi ter iu
Ftah, Nevauc anu :. ansas bat if a llocf was
Dst IN MoEtaaa fruc, cold or starvation /
ave not heard OF It. Cattle are never fed
ere IN the winter from the stacs, hut roam
ie wild, unenclosetl ranges, and usually c.::-
nue. rolling tat until the new grass appears
, the spring. | know this statement mus,
'cm to you incredible, but it Is absolutely
'ue. In this dry. pure atmosphere the grass
lres on the stalk, rctainin. through the
nows OF winter 50 per cent. of its nutritious,
uaiifits; and stock never tail to find ridges
nd knowles. when the lowest valleys ar,
reply covered with snow. on which they
btain abundant subsistence. The ..bnrc6
ras>' which rankly spreads over this entire
1untry u nearly. if not Quite, nutritious as
ats ard the ranges are il!i,nitable in extent.
[ontana will surely Become the great live
Ock centre of America.
9th. more liealth}tsl country have never
nown. 1t is the natural sanitarium Of the
,ntinent.
18th. The Indians have given US some
ouhle in the Yellowstone valley, where
n interested in farming; but it is believed
'eir power wi, will b: completely broke n and
'at they will be fully subjdgatcd within the
rxt year by Gen. Clusters military expcdi-
"n and various extensive prospecting ex-
ditlons that are in contemplation.
TN. II you start this season you had better
I out about the first of September and
'me ~ rail TO Goyinne. in Utah; thence
trough. distance Of feur hundred miles, ty
agons. You can purchase horses, mules
oxen. and wagons, very reasonably at
lat point: And would advise you 10 come
rect to Bozemaa. and then locate over in
10 Yellowstone valley. There is an abund-
nee Of frst-class unoccupied land there.
ygs.] ee>,s~
As Information has not been asked in re-
erd to our mineral wealth. will not UNDER
Ike to enter into details in regard thereto.
lmce It to say our mines Of gold, silver,
'Pper, iron and ceal sre inexhaustible.
A. j. HUNTER.