The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-29
CouRTLANp July goth. 1875 .

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am tempted to write you and through
the TELEGRAPH, my Kenosha County
Friends, for to me all are friends as there
is no eImity cultivated at this end of the
line, however others may feel. Feeling
a good deal worn down with labor and
care last Spring, I concluded TO return to
this, my native State. and visitonce more
the scene Of my childhood. According
ly, after having my wardrobe prepared
by my good woman, left Salem, bid
ding good bye to all on June 10Th, stop
ping the first night in the beautiful city
of Kenosha. The next day I glided
smoothly by rail down to Chicago. The
balance OF the day I spent in looking
about that place; called at the Western
Rural head quarters, and also visited the
Mower and Reaper establishment of the
McCormicks, who are doing large brs-
mess and sending out good machine.
From Chicago took the cars to this
State. making the first stop at Rochester.
| spent a few Lours looking over this
beautiful and wealthy city-then took
the ola Central road and came down to
Auburn where began to feel at ZONE, as
this is the capitalof Old CaYuga, my ma
tive county HIRE I met the first of my
boyhood acquaintances which gave me
much real joy. Here ! also met citi-
zen of Kenosha-Mr. Enoch Van VIE,
W hich though a surprise, gave new zest
to my happiness. From Auburn tock
the Southern Central Railroad and after
ride of tw enty miles hauled up at Locke,
small village in the southern part of
old CaYuga county. Il would be inter-
ling to know why this town had so fa-
NOUS a name, or was FAMED after SO
famous an author [ notice other towns
are PANIED about here after ancient and
famous men, as Legard, Dryden. sc.
Without doubt there is a history to all
this but who knows this history? That's
the question. But I am rambling. wish
to tell you something of what | saw on
my route east connected with farming,
for with this branch OF industry / have
always been identified.
After leaving the eastern shore of Lake
Michigan / found the country suffering
for rain, and crops of every description
were back ward and thin on the ground.
1t rained the night Ipassed through Can
ada, and from that time to che present
there has been sufficient amount Of rain.
A great change has taken place with oats
and barley since the rain began to come;
indeed everything has felt its reVivify-
ing influence, but nothing has made so
rapid and marvellous growth as these
crops or kinds of grain. The hay crop
is not large one but is much better than
was expected month ago. Glover, as
with US in Wisconsin,, was badly hurt by
the winter, and is necessarily short
crop. Writer wheat however is the
greatest failure of all the crops have
seen In all my travels. I have seen but
one good piece, and that was in the town
of Genoa and was drilled in with heavy
coat of the Buffalo Fertilizer. If this
Fertilizer will make the difference / saw
it must pay to nse it, for think it was
the heaviest stard of grain l ever saw,
and looked grand beside the thin, short
and scattering wheat in the same loctiity.
There is one redeeming feature about
winter wheat this season and that is,
what little straw has survived the wins
ter will be we'll filled with good plump
berry or kerael. Corn is backward aud
in many places thin on the ground, ow-
ing to the ravages of the w1re.worm and
the failure of the seed to terminate. The
weather must change soon to warmer
state or corn must be a failure. Three
frosts in June and three in July does not
very promising outlook for
corn. Potatoes arc looking extremely
we'll. and I should judge that large
area has been planted. The Colorado
Beetle is here but not in strong force yet
Zabolt as they were in Wisconsin the
second or third year. Peo2 pie arc fight
ing the bugs by picking, and with Paris
Green. | have seen but one piece of
potatoes where the bugs had trimmed the
the stalks bare of the leaves, SO deter
mined arc the people to save their pota-