Show i y FROM MILLARD COUNTY fi aug 17 1864 EIDI eidl DESERET NEWS ti 1 DEAR BROTHER presuming I 1 a few liela steisa from millard county might not ba be entirely un P interesting to your readers I 1 take the libert ilbert liberty yi to drop you a line our citizens are now busy in the harvest field A taw faw eary ear yip pieces ces of wheat were cut some weeks amo ago ago but t the crop trop in general IB Is now being reap reaped e ad and so far as I 1 have le learn ed promises prom isea a lich tich reward to the hus bus husband baud band man no very great amount amoura of grain ig Is raised lo 10 and around fillmore city but the lack will be in a great measure if not rot altogether supplied the present season by the excellent crops rai ed at int deseret dea eret city a fine grain growing region en cn the sevier river about thirty miles to th the northwest of suar sugar oane there will pro probably bably babiy be bean an average adf rage crop raised inFill in Fill morL morel how it agin is in 0 her parts of the county I 1 am not advised fillmore filimore promises to be a find fine fruit growing district it is really gratifying to behold EQ soi many fine orchards aliis atlis where a few years ago there was nothing tobe lobe been seen but base sage brush peaches will be very plentiful and there mil be quite a quantity of a ane fine assortment of off choice apples and plums yesterday br starley and myself had bad had bad had bad the pleasure of visiting a few of the orchards here and we wo v saw some soine as title fine looking appes app ca and plums aa as one need wish to 0 o look upon to name the proprietors prie tors of ot the various orchards ae we visited and to enumerate the many varieties of fruit growing 1 therein would perhaps trespass your valuable time and space but to giva givy ginyou ati ou an n idea of the size of the apples I 1 cannot forbear mentioning that we found one in br stokes garden that measured 11 5 16 inches in circumference one in A henra 1112 2 inches and one in br wm stott Is 12 inches we ve also gaw saw some boma fine looking pears peara in br A russells orchard one curiosity I 1 saw in br starlena Star leya garden was waa a yearling plum alum trea tres bearin beaning bearing ir quite a quantity of fruit I 1 may also mention that I 1 noticed in orchard some soma of the finest black and white while mountain currants seedling I 1 had ever before seen some of which meas measured ared 2 1116 11 illg ilig 16 lff inches in cir clr cu hoping you will excuse this perhaps too lerl lengthy thy scrawl I 1 subscribe myself yours youra very respectfully JOHN KELLY |