Nevada County picayune., 1889-01-09
Nevada County.

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 different denominations, lawyers doctors and merchants. mere Is frst-class school with large atten- dance of scholars and number one teachers. In regard to railroads we have only one, with expectation ot more.
 : I do my trading at Prescott, bat Little Eo l. i, hu, | aiIos, rHn above l,, aud .sl. Louis Is easily reached.
 Having lived here so short time 1 have not the actual personal eX- pericnce that longer residence would give me, but ] think can give you an honest and truthful ac- count of my immediate vicinity.
 am raising some fine half-breed Percheron horses myself. turn my horses lose on my prairie pasture where they have access to pure wa ter gushing out of an artesian well into nice clean trough, and l have given them no food since of any kind whatever. and 1 now find them in splendid condition, and being young stock, that they have also made very ragid growth l shall commence feeding them ill January and on until the first of April, then turn them back in the pasture. Cat tie do finely here except in winter, when they are fed few cotton seed and hay. Hogs are turned loose in the woods to maAe their own living until fattenlng time.
 All the fruits grow on my place and all do well, except early peaches which rot considerably. and quinces which are almost q failure. though l have seen very nice ones on the mar 1et in Prescott. Portions of this county have been settled for many years before the war, but very thln- ly, and since the binding of the rail- road migration has been pouring in and around the towns on the road.- It is thickly settled by people from almost every section of the country.
 The prospect for improvement in the near future, is from the large number of emigrants who are eX- pected, and the large number actual ly arriving here now, which of course will enhance the value of land.
 The fruit of this State took the first prize at both the New Orleans Exposition and at the great St. Louis. Grape culture, from my own personal experience here, look upon as our greatest opportunity for a grand and glorious future of wealth and prosperity. Our native wines are eXcellent-superiOr, according to my taste. as table wine, to good claret. l am told that the scuppcr- nong grape. which does remarkably well here. produces a very superior wine, but l have never tasted any of It. l am fully persuaded that a young man of industry could make this one of the best paying industries of the Southern States.
 There are, l think, four or five different kinds of soil here-tirst, !, the stiff black land, which is the most productive, yielding, when well cultivated, from threefourths to one bale of cotton, and from twenty to sixty bushels of corn, according to season. Sandy black land is next best. Dirt land is a poor-looking, grayish soul, but yielding very well, and the sandy lands yield finely when fresh, but which am told last but a short time In regard to how the country lies l will state that it is generally hilly, but some of it level, and most land in cultivation, slopes sufficiently to drain itself well.
 All the country here is timbered except the prairie which has no tim Der save few trees on the little riv- ulets running through it. As to Ia. Dor, it is mostly negroes for farming purposes, and of the usual character, some good and some bad We have also class of white labor which l think is better than usual. We have a great many northern men among Us who are generally farming and do- ing well. The price of labor is from ten to fifteen dollars per month.
 We have all the variety of timber growing in the South. Black, red and white oak, walnut, hickory, ash, birch, sweet gum, black gum, pine and other varieties Pine, at pres- sent, perhaps constitutes our great est industry, as there are vast bod