The Land Seemed Much The Same As
Ours, A Rich Black Loam, But Very Much Wetter, Marshes Everywhere.
They Have Broken Two Thousand Acres Since The Beginning Of June,
And Were Busy, Whilst We Were There, Cutting Hay, Mike Hoping He
Had Already Got Over Five Hundred Ton Up!
We drove one day to see a neighbouring farm which is said to be
the "boss" one in all the country, belonging to a man who has been
out five years.
He was just starting to cut his two square miles
of wheat, and we watched the seven self-binding machines with
great interest. They seem as light as a reaper, and the machinery
comparatively not intricate.
We were driven through some standing corn, which was rather
agonizing to our British ideas, but he thought nothing of it. The
straw was four and a half feet high, and he hopes to get forty-two
bushels to the acre. His farm being on the Snake River, and having
many creeks running through as drainage, is a great advantage. His
vats were pronounced no better, if so good, as ours at C - - Farm.
We remained at Warren a day longer than we had intended, as we got
to the station just in time to see our train move off. We accused
Mike's Irish groom, who is quite a character, of bringing round
the carriage too late on purpose. If he did, I think all the party
forgave him; we were very happy, it gave us another night of
A - - 's society.
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