West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-19

ioi EI"EtHE AFTER attaining lis growth .
and does not stand thick enough on
the ground for hay. 1t grows about
fifteen inches high, is a reddish color
when ripe, and has the appearance
OF blue stem. Tue bottom lands pro-
duce a growth.resembling very much
the grass that grows in sloughs in
w. Va. 1t is not SO coarse and il
more nutritious, and makes excellent
hay, yielding from two To three tons
to- the acre
Cherry County, unlike many por.
tions of the West, is well watered and
timbercd. -Four rivers. nine large.
and a great many small ere, Ks. and
lnnumerable lakes OF various sizes
furnish never failing supply of pure
water for stock, lie timber is found
along the water courses oak, ash.
cottonwood, bOxalder, cedar and hack.
elerry trees abound. The bluHs and
canyons produce a small growth Of
pitch pine. The largest pine trees
will measure two feet through at their
base. Hundreds of settlers houses
are built wholly or in part of pine logs,
and their fuel is gathered from this
source of wealth so scarce in Nebras.
ka as free as the air they breath.
| There is timber enough on these
streams to supply the county with
fuel for twenty years by which time
artificial timber can take its place.
Aside from forest trees. wild plums
grow in abundance, and small fruits
are in endless variety.
Cherry County has about the same
climate as places in the same latitude
East, except that the atmosphere is
dryer, and being near the mountains,
is not so subject to the visitation of
general storms. AS rule we have
an early spring. Farmers can begin
tiIIing the ground and planting crops,
the latter part of March. Corn can
always be planted with safety in
April. The summer months seldom
being the long heated terms they do
in the East, though there are many
hot days. During the five years set
tiers have occupied this county there
has always been rainfall in sufficient
quantities to insure crops.
Eastern parties pobably are lie.
sirous OF knowing what crops we can
| produce. Prior TO the advent of the
railroad, the few settlers here raised
nothing but vegetables having a mar
ket for them at TT. Niobrara, flour
miles east of herr but Tor nothing
else. Since the railroad came, and
with it numerous settlers, corn, wheat,
oats and millet have been grown.
Most OF the corn has been grown on
new sod, and has been known to
yield as high as forty bushels shelled
corn to the acre. They plant the
corn with 8, spade and that is all that's
done to it till it is gathered. A few
fields grown on ground year old,
yielded from forty to sixty busheles
per acre. The large dent corn is the
variety raised. Probably one hun
dred acres would be the limit of the
wheat sown in the county which
ranged in yield from fifteen to TWEEN
ty.fve bushels rer acre. We will
challenge the world to beat us on
oats millet and vegetables. OF course
no small grain was raised for market
but farmers in the vicinity of Valen-
tine, rec eived so and 80 cents per
bushel for their corn last fall, and a
corresponding price for potatoes.
Hay sells for 81 so per ton. Val
entine being the county seat of Cher.
ry county, and the seat Of the L. S.
land office, the base of supplies for
Fl. Niobrara and Rosebud Agency.
go miles north in Dakota surround.
ed by exccllect supplies with the
best water power in the State and
with no other town within forty
miles to compete with, must make
good town it oas $50 inhabitants.
The many inquirers about the towr
and county from Eastern parties
mean something. Come before other
railroads get in and select your land
while you can get n free home.
Though you don't have Eastern mar
kets at your door, you can make more
on a farm here than others, because
you have no capital invested but your
own labor and your residence il an