. Hidden treasures, or, Fisheries around the North-west coast [microform]. Fisheries; Pêches. .. The and humidity of tho climate « .oun- results upon vogetatiou ; often potatoes cabbages d otlun-vegetables are harvested only as last as they are ve- W. for irunily use. The season seven head, of cabl^a-eto each stalk, hard, sound, oxeellen , but not is r.' ast"hcnrsthead produced. Where the soil is the Eduction is abundant, and that too .ith nuxleratc tillage, u' potatoes dropped upon the unplowed ground covered V h a sho el-ploi
. Hidden treasures, or, Fisheries around the North-west coast [microform]. Fisheries; Pêches. .. The and humidity of tho climate « .oun- results upon vogetatiou ; often potatoes cabbages d otlun-vegetables are harvested only as last as they are ve- W. for irunily use. The season seven head, of cabl^a-eto each stalk, hard, sound, oxeellen , but not is r.' ast"hcnrsthead produced. Where the soil is the Eduction is abundant, and that too .ith nuxleratc tillage, u' potatoes dropped upon the unplowed ground covered V h a sho el-ploimh. and left until digging time ^ lur- r :^uU vl m. They were then harvested by ploughing them ,n husbrinoing hemtu the surface, and the yield wi h U^r^m we i^u^ ranged IVom .00 to 700 bushels to the . !^' There are portions of the United States pos- :' s;d of soii more uniformly good than that of Washington TeiTitorv. mi for variety and extent of resources perhaps no , . of he Union equals it. Agriculture and stock-raising are ; two and perhaps not the most important of its elements o '.mildiLpelity. The agricniltuial -d gn^siiig ca^^- itics of the country can yet scarcely be estimated. i>'^ '« "^ nation is so sparse, the process of culture so -'"ij^; -^J^ necessity for husbanding and applying fertdizcrs «« ligh tlui utmie can yet be determined in regard to the ciiltivab e or ss o- area of the country, or the possible capacity of giving Tie Ibr production. That fruits, flour, beef, mutton, oats, wool la ley, potatoes and other inferior products may 1. pro- uc d for expirtation in immense quantities, no one residing in tlL country eems to doubt. The winters are much milder and ^:rtlin upon the Atlantic seaboard, so that eoinjmra -J little of the products of the summer are consumed diung that ^^Ince leaving a much larger portion ^^^^^^^ t ion In many sections of the country no provision is made fo Serilig or iJeding stock during the j-lement weaUu.,
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