Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-09-21

delayed our start SO thatit was nearly moor
before we got to Mr.. Humble's few miles
further UP, where we took dinner. Mr.. Ell
has good farm and is harvesting heavy
crop. From here we passed to the Willow
Creek settlement around Corvallis
Crops in this vicinity are good. There are
some Of the best farms here to be found upon
the valley. Among those who appear to be
well-fixed in this neighborhood are Messrs
Elijah, Milton, William and John Chaffin
John and Jacob Golf; William and j. B.
| Mitchell; M. Prince j. Slack and j. Hull.
Mr.. Il. Chaffin is one of the first settlers
here, has good home, well improved and
convenient for dairylng. He has fine col
lection of small trllits-currants of several
varieties, gooseber1ies and plums. The
| plum trees were bearing, though not loaded
with fruit. We also noticed some varieties
of trees, among which were ash and elm.
Mr.. Slack was the only representative of
Bitter Root at the Centennial He spent
several months at his old home and visited
several States, but says he would not give
his home in Montana for one in any of the
States he visited, provided he was compelled
to live in it. Persons who have become ac-
customed to our free mountain air, cannot
comfortably exist in the hot, snltry and
crowded States. Mr.. Jacob Goff has as fine
a field Of winter wheat as ever grew out of
the ground. 1t is variously estimated that
it will average from fifty to seventy-fve
bushels per acre. There will also be other
good yields in this vicinity.
Corvallis contains two stores, a saloon and
a blacksmith shop with Johnnie Summers at
the forge.
From Willow creek we continued our
course up the valley to Gird's creek The
Joseph Pardee's. This gentleman's farm is
hard to beat and is remarkably free from
frost. He has q nice little orchard, the trees
being larger than those we saw at Mr.. Bass,
and appear to be healthy and doing well.
These are the first peach trees Of any prom
ise we have noticed in the Territory.
From Mr.. Pardee's we passed oyer to Mr..
A Chaffin's, where we found a resting place
for the night. Mr.. G. has large farm, and
a commodious residence. He has fine lot |
of apple trees growing some of which are
nearly large enough to bear. Tie has, also,
q three-year-old stallion, Of considerable
style, which he will enter at the Missoula
fair as a trotter.
Glrd's creek Is. good farming district.
Messrs. Birch, See and Burnley are among
the prosperous settlers on this creek
Travelling on, up the valley, four miles
brought us to Mr.. J. 3. .Catlin's, OH Skalka-
ho. Mr.. 9. has q large farm enclosed, a
good residence and a yard nicely ornament
ed with trees. lie has, also, splendid gar
den and fine lot of small fruits. Promi-
nent among the farmers of this settlement
whom we visited are Messrs. O'Leifler.
Hart, Quirk and Hartman. Spent couple
Of nights with Mr.. Catlin, visiting in the
the meantime, among the farms near by.
Mr.. Hartman is giving considerable atten-
ton to fruit. He has a fine lot of small
fruit growing, some of which are bearing.
lie IS, also growing splendid lot of melons
this season, some are of very good size.
Skalkaho, Aug. 81, 1876. r. Ms.
BOULDER VALLEY LETTER.
EDITOR HusBANDMAN: Haying pro-
crosses slowly, owing to SO much wet wealth