Skagit 50, Stulaquamish 25, Snoliomisli 20, Skykomisk 40, 
Snoqualine 40, the prairie and pass 20, Cedar river 25, the rich 
lands lately discovered between the Cedar and Snoqualmie 
rivers 50, White river and branches 40, streams emptying into 
Washington and Squak lakes 20, Dwamish river 12, Puyallup 
20, Nisqually 55, Des-Ckutes 20, Chelialas 70, Wynushia, Sat- 
sop, Black rivers and lake 60, Skookumckuck and tributaries 65, 
Johnson’s river, Umtulah, Whisk-kali and other tributaries of 
Gray’s harbor 55, North river, Willapo and other tributaries of 
Shoal water bay 35, Columbia river 100, Cowlitz 65, East fork 
20, Lewis and its forks 30, Washugal 10, Salmon river 20, on 
the Pacific coast, Quenalt, Raft, Oliaklet, Quelliheutes and other 
streams 90, Okeko, Claim, Fisk, Elwa, Dungeness, Squimbay 
and Port Discovery 80, Chimicum and branches 30, tributaries 
of Hood’s canal 100; making in all 1318 miles of rich bottom 
lands, ranging from two to five miles in width, together with 
numerous small creeks with equally rich soil on their banks, 
averaging about a mile in width, making about 400 miles in 
length, altogether sufficient to furnish upwards of 20,000 farm¬ 
ing families with 160 acres each. And in addition to all this 
there arc innumerable tracts of good farming soil upon the 
table lands.” 
We endorse this estimate as reliable. Governor Pickering is 
an experienced farmer from the state of Illinois, and his opin¬ 
ions are worthy of respect. Hon. S. Garfield, the present dele¬ 
gate in Congress from Washington Territory, and former Sur¬ 
veyor-General of that domain, whose opportunities were good in 
observing the farming resources, says: The valleys of the 
mountain streams which come from the mountains and empty 
into the Columbia and Puget Sound, or discharge their water 
directly into the ocean through Skoalwater bay and Gray’s har¬ 
bor, are very rich, and sufficiently numerous and extensive to 
furnish homes and farms for a large population : the uplands arc 
either composed of clay or gravel. . . . There are also in 
this region extensive tide-flats easily reducible to a state of 
cultivation and inexkaustable fertility.” 
The extent and capacity of our farming lands is ample; 
farmers from the north and eastern states are pleased with our 
soil, and are gathering profitable returns. With the means em¬ 
ployed for tillage and raising fruit, the products of our lands are 
gratifying. 
