Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-29

streams, are found ponds and lakes.
MI. Monahon's claim includes one of
these, which he drained at a cost of $50
only. and then had ff.y acres Of as good
soil as could be found for meadow. /
saw where such lake was drained Just
this side Of Newcastle.
II proved altogether too rich soil for
anything but grass, 30 he had to clear
away space in the big timber to make
bis garden and orchard. That drained
lake only required grass seed sovp ON il
without blowing. to become Q timothy
meadow producing three tons or over to
the acre. 4 Monahon had large family
70 support, and his reliance in part was
Q drove Of cows. A he was only q few
miles from Newcastle, he found there a
good market. His stock ran out in the
woods and, with some little care, In
creased and did we'll Cattle will do
well, with little care, all through these
woods, because there are little bottoms
and springs. Three years ago, when
snow fell three or more feet deep, Mon
ahon's cattle wandered away from home,
aud u was supposed they could no. sur
vive; but when the snow went on thew
all came home and he sold some Of them
Tor beef that were in az good order as
ms neighbour Stalled steers. Mr..
Monahou's case on the upland, and Mr.
IIbbstts' case in the Squak Valley, ]
have taken the liberty to quote without
permission, as illustrating how any man
With energy and strength can locate and
do well On the Sound.
As to clearing land, il will sound like
a Wild story to some readers to hear that
women and children can remove these
Immense forests, but Ii is possible. II
strong enough to drive two-inch anger.
they can do it. Every wOodsman knows
how he can bore two holes to meet each
other, one from below and the other
above. and putting fire in the lower hole.
can create blaze that will eat the heart
OF the monster FIR tree out and some
times devour the stumps. When the
tree falls, the body can bs burned up in
sections the same way. Patience and
continuance will soon clear a way for the
farmer to grow crops.
The time is not distant (even If il
takes generatiOns) when land in this
region will bear a high price. Nearness
70 market and temperature of climate
Will make this favorite region. On
these uplands can be grown all the &C.
reals to perfection. Hops will thrive
there, Tor they do well ON tho red hills
Of the Willamette. Mcmahon sent the
Bureau OF Immigration, at Portland,
specimens of potatoes, grown on his up
land. that cannot be excelled. The best
fruits, excepting peaches and grapes.
can be grown all along the Sound.
Your soil and climate enables you to
grow as fine prunes as the world ever
saw. Orchards everywhere look we'll,
yet you import apples from California!
The fruit interest should he made much
OF, ~ l will, with your permission, try to
show In another COMMUNICATION.
Though not living in Washington, and
without a dollars interest in your Sound
country, firmly believe that, in time,
your resources will demand q well-per-
fected agriculture, and that agriculture
will be even more important here than
elsewhere in the North Pacific. Your
Inducements for immigration are of the
best. The very resources that will in
sure your future-c0al, iron and forests
make agriculture moro difficult than
elsewhere, but they will insure it all the
gr' alter rewards. To sum up briefly, q
few years from now a good farm on Pu-
get Sound will be AS valuable, and prob
ably more valuable, than elsewhere in
Oregon or east of the Cascades. The
extent OF good country here is not half
known, and certainly (by the outside
world Is not half appreciated.