The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-16
JUDGE BALDWIN OBSERVES.
Saw Many Signs of Improvement
While in New York State.

cities 1t is Dulldlng everywhere,
and the people of the east seem to
have caught the western fever OF
rustling and actually move more
rapidly on the streets than they did
on my previous visit.
"The farmers in New York raise
winter wheat altogether, and this is
raised in very small tracts. That
crop was harvested in the latter
part of June and averaged from 20
to % bushels per acre. 1t was a
good crop but Immediately after it
was gathered dry weather set in
and the remainder of the cereals
raised in that State, notably the to-
bacco crop, suffered severely. To-
bacco is now one of the largest, if
not thelargest product of New York.
Potatoes come next and it was ad-
mitted by all the farmers with whom
1 came in contact that as result of
the dry weather the products OF
these two articles would be cut
down to about a one-third yield this
year. Everything else has suffered
accordingly. Take the fruit crop OF
that State, for instance. Every
thing in the fruit line is raised in
central New York, and everything
does we'll with the exception of
peaches. The apple crop will not
be over quarter crop this year.
The good and bad crops go by
patches. In some sections you will
see trees loaded with apples doing
nicely. In other sections the fruit
will be scattered on the trees SO
that it will be difficult to see any
from distance. The pear crop is
good, and the grape crop will be
fine, but plums, peaches, etc., all
fell behind their normal yield, and
if New York State were to be de-
pended upon for fruit this year
there would be some high prices.
"We did a great deal of driving
my wife and l. during the several
weeks we we're in the State. You
know there is large quantity OF
stone and numerous hills all over
the State, and the natural inference
is that the roads must be rocky,
but l don't know when I have trav.
eled over better thoroughfares. The
farmers have been, and are still
and they are aided by towns ano
villages, engaged in improving the
wagon roads every year. All the
stone gathered in along the high
ways are taken to one of the many
rock breakers found in the country
and after they are crushed the
gravel stones or macadam is taker
back and placed on the roads from
which the stones came, and in case
this is not done gravel is hauled or
to the bad spots, and as result
New York is we'll in the lead in thu
matter of good roads.
'Time works wonders. l was q
years old when I left New Yorl
State or rather it was about 4:
J years ago when I left. 1 knew
nearly everybody in Ira, the home
Of my birth and where I was brough
up, and many of the farmers in tn,
country around. Where are they
now? Gone. Many are dead. Som'
have moved away, and of the man,
: people that l knew when I left tn
home of my birth I only met Is o.
20 on my recent visit to the town
The great grandchildren of many o
the farmers of 40 or 80 years ag'
are to-day engaged in running tn
farms Of the great grand parents
who have gone to their narrow cell
for eternal rest. My wife, who's
native home was in the county nortl
of Cayuga, or Onondaga, only fount
about 20 of her school and play
mates-more than I found-ant
were told that the rest were deat
or had gone to seek their fortunes il
other spots of the globe. She ha.
no living relatives there, the las
living relatives having passed
away four years ago. I have onl,
two brothers-on 80 years old, VIII,
is very feeble, and on account Q
his dangerous illness we returned
to New York State. He was so il
when we arrived that it was two o
three weeks before I could talk t
him, but his condition was improv
linz whom Loft Tbo okho~ h~o+h a,