Correspondence From Cheboygan

Mn. Editor- So many persons have in(Hiiredof meregardingCheboygan County and its prospecta, that I thought it would not bc out of place (vith your pertnission) to answer them through your columna. Tliis county is situatcd on tlie extreme north of the Lower Península, on tlie Straits of Mackinac. The county seat is Cheboygan ViUage, a place of 3,000 inbabitonta, situuted at the mouth of Cheboygan river. This stream, with Mullet's Lake, Burt's Lake, Crooked River, and Crooked Lake, is navigable to wlthin six miles of Petoskey. The village has a fine harbor, which is being greatly improved; and it has almost tlaily steamers to Detroit and Chicago. By niean8 of the lakes and streams all of Cheboygan County, parts of Einmet, ütscl'o and Presque Isle counties, are made trilmtary to Cheboygan and its lumber interest There are four or flve saw-mills, all doing an immense business. The village has grown very rapidly duiing the last year, and bids fair to be the most thriving and prosperous place in Northern Michigan. THE CLIMATK. The climate in the summer is cool and invigorating. While there are some very hot days, the nights are uniformly cool. This county is as healthy as any part of the State, and for many kinds of sickness t atlbrds entire relief. I have not for years been as well as I have been since I went to Cheboygan. The winters are cold "Jut the temperatura uniform, and the cold not felt as in lower latitudes. THE SOIIi Ís Ín some places red clay, in otheis sand with clay subsoil, and in others swamps with sedar giowing lo them, and which when cleared and drained make the bestof farming lands. In some places there is a ! light sandy soil which is of no practical valué for agricultural purposes. AGRICULTUKE. Good farming land can be had from f 5 to $25 per acre, according to location, soil, and improvements. Wlieu I say farming lands, I mean lands. that have and can produce as good or better crops, both as to (liiality und quantity, as any part of Michigan. This of course is a new county, and ha-s not been farmed systeuiatically or scientilically, bilt the resulte produced will fully warrant tlie above stulement. I visited the county fair this montli. There had been four weeks of almost incessant rain, and the show of producís was sniall. But I saw there enough to prove to me tliat Northern Michigan would one day astonsli ilie State with its value as an agiïcullural district. There were on exhibition line specimens of winter and tpriag wlicat, pronoiinced by experts to be of the best qnality; and the yield is large. Oats are a good erop, and a sure one. C'orn this year has done well, and I was surprised at the size of it as fully matured. Yet I onderstand that as a rule it is not a safe erop. Peas are used as a substitule, and the product is great and the peas perfectly free from bugs. I saw bnckwheat, beets, carrots, turuips, onions, squashes, cabbagef, that would compare favorably with any produced elsewhere. Tomatoes are not a sure erop, but this year they ripened very well. The potatoes were a sight, the largest and finest I ever saw; perfectly solid, and free from blemish. If any county can produce better, larger, and more potatoes to the acre than this county, I should üke to know where it is. FBU1TS. Applcs are beginning to be grown, aud the farmers say they can be successfully produced. I saw some fine specimens. The smaller fruitsare cultivated with great success. Plums, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, and whortleberries grow abundantly, and are of the fiuest quality ; and I understand that grapes can be successfully grown, although very little has been done in that direction. TIMBKK. The lands in this county are not all pine lands by any means. Great tracts of lands abound covered with the finest beech and maplc, black and white birch, elm, basswood, and some oak. These are all good f:irming lands, and can be bought at fair piices. POTATOES. This year Cheboygan County isshipping large quautities of potatoes to make up for the sniall erop in Southern Michigan. Two years ago this same county took first premium at the State Fair on wheat and potatoes, and this year Cheboygan County made no exhibit ; but another northern county (Chippewa) in the Northern Península, took the first premium on wheat. These factsshould makp i - u tnw.Jo iiie Morth and see if in our own State the best part of it has not been overlooked la the pursuit of green fields far away. RAILBOADS. Cheboygan now has a railroad, and it is only twelve hours' ride from Ann Arbor or Detroit. It has unlimited water communications, a healthy clinmte, and a productive soil. Who can doubt that it will have a prosperous future ?