Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I received 24 Nos
of the Millennial Star and from a letter written by Parley
P. Pratt August 1848 I gathered the following concerning
the prosperity of the Valley in the first year of our settlement:
"We are blessed in gardens in wheat and
corn and in all things I have set my hand unto. I have
raised some sixty bushels of good wheat without irrigation
a few bushels of rye and oats and my corn in the field
looks as well as any corn I ever saw in the States. The
wheat crop exceeds all expectation. Oats bdo better than in the
States say 60 bushels to one of the sowing in good ground. Every
kind of vegitables suited to the Northren latitudes does well
Levi Hancock sowed eleven pounds weight of California wheat
on the 14th of April and reaped 22 bushels the latter part of
July. He sowed half a bushel of common English wheat
on an acre and half and reaped upwards of twenty bushels
One grain of seven eared wheat produced seventy two ears
Barley that was sown ripened and was reaped and carried
off. The land then was irrigated and produced from the
roots a fresh crop four times the quantity of the first crop
Oats that were sown produced a good crop and cleared. The
roots again sprung up and produced another beautiful crop
Three crops of peas ripened on the same spot of ground and
the peas of the crop raised used for seed. Beet sead planted
this Spring produce beets as thick as a mans leg and go to
