. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which
. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which is added the various routines, and prices of passage and transportation for emigrants thither, the laws, regulations and provisions for obtaining lands from the national or state government of railroads, counsel as to locations and procuring lands, crops most profitable for culture, mining operations, and the lastest processes for the reduction of gold and silver, the exercise of trades or professions, and detailed descriptions of each state ad territory, with full information concerning Manitoba, British Columbia, and those regions in the Atlantic States adapted to settlement, by those who do not wish to go west, and statistics of crops, areas, rainfall, etc. . turalmachines, he must take good care of them, not exposing them tothe weather to rust and crack and fall to pieces when not in use. If the farmer keeps as much stock as he should, say for a farmof 160 acres or twice that quantity, a pair of stout, strong andserviceable horses, a pair of good mules, one or two yoke ofoxen (better two than one), two or three good milch cows and halfa dozen pigs, and cultivates ten or twenty acres in forage grasses,such as Alfalfa, Hungarian grass, millet or Egyptian rice-corn, hewill, if he manages well, accumulate manures will restore tothe soil the elements which his wheat, barley, oats and corn havetaken from it, and though his neighbors may laugh at him fordoing so, his enorm
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