I continue my monthly correspondence
for your paper.
The Weather has been dry and warm since I last
wrote to you. we have had 2 slight showers during the past
month. Barley harvesting commenced last monday the 23rd and
some wheat in the big field was cut on Saturday last. Much
of the crops however have suffered materially for the lack of water;
by good management and much physical labor the waters of the Big Cotton wood have been brought Northward as far as Kanyon
creak by way of the canal, and have been used on the
10 and 5 acre lots, which will help some fields of grain
that would have been almost an entire failure; br J. Wright
reports the wheat crops for 3 miles around Fort Brigham completely
eat up by Grasshoppers. The tobacco worm in great
numbers are eating up the Potatoe vines, but we manage
to kill them, for they soon grow so large they are easily
seen. Many fields of wheat look well and the city Gardens
promise much, but city kanyon creek is very low.
The arrangements of the committee for the national
celebration of the 4th of July, have been made on a large scale.
We will have a grand military Review and the Legion are
making preparations accordingly. A copy of the programme has
been forwarded to you by the post office.
Prests. Young and Kimball have just returned from
spending 3 days on the island examining their stock.
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T. D. Brown has been appointed to superintend the
making of a canal for bringing the waters of Weber river
to the Hot Springs 4 miles north of this city, the operations
to commence immediately
We hear of a very large emigration for the mines
and it is reported that 25,000 head of stock are on the way
by the Northern route.
I am happy to be able to inform you that the
choice fruit which you sent to your friends in this Territory
have been grafted and most of them have lived and are growing
finely; also some choice Fruit mostly apples were obtained
from the East which are alive and doing well. We
consider this a great blessing to our thriving Territory.
It is a general time of health, but great scarcity of
bread, but we look forward for the coming harvest to re-
lieve the wants of the people.
The Presidency and Twelve with their families are
all well.
yours truly,
W. Woodruff
[P]S. Bro: Cannon I have a fine orchard of 50 seedling
apple trees growing, about one half of them begin to bear
fruit for the first time this season. I want to graft or bud
my orchard with better fruit, and I have not yet been en
enabled to obtain any States fruit; you will do me a great
favor if you will put me up a package soldered in a tin case
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of choice apple cuttings, or any good fruit, so I can graft
next Spring and send me the names of the varieties and
their numbers, and if some thrifty cuttings would retain their
buds live to be set this season so I could bud from them
I would be glad, but I do not know whether buds would
live or not after a voyage by mail; but we know the
grafts would in the Spring, but for grafting they will want
to be cut in December or January I suppose or sometime
in the winter. I feel anxious to get some fruit from the
States and those that are now growing in this city will
not do to bud from this Season.
W.W