The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-28
Judge Mclean dissented.
From the Burlington Gaxstte, Non. "a.

Advantage and Prospects 81 Iowa.
Our opinion 10 sometimes asked al to the induce
ments our State offers to the emigrants, and par
ticulary a. to its agricultural advantages. short
article this subject will perhaps be acceptable
to come Of our distant readers. /, s,.. - ! -, T.
The State extends from near the forteth parallel
tude that s found to be the best adapted to those
agricultural products that are most depended upon
and cultivated in the north temperate zone. The
best and most prosperous parts of the Union lie
between these limits. Minnesota and Wisconsin,
TO the north, have the disadvantage Of longer and
cooler winters, while the more genial climates to
the south Of US have the drawback of slavery to
contend with. These things alone will have much
effect in directing the stream Of emig ration to
confines till density of population close the en-
trance.
There is but little difference in temperature be
tween our State and those east Of US under the
same parallel; We consider, however, our falls to
be lees subject to early frosts, and winters to
be dryer. Winter wheat often suffers from the
absence of the projecting SHOWS that are more apt
to shield it in Michigan and Pennsylvania. From
this cause we are inclined 10 think the average
yield Of that crop is somewhat less with than 1t
is in those last-named States; but the unrivaled
richness Of our soil amply compensates for this in
the mcasureless returns OF corn, oats, pumpkins,
potatoes, and esculent roots In general and other
The country about Burlington ia becoming ceie-
brated for the growth Of fruit; and we have no
doubt that our bills and bluffs would make as
As far AZ L has been tried the grape does WELL
For arrangement of surface, and adaptation to
agricultural purposes the interior Of Iowa 10 proba
bly, the finest region that the sun shines on 1t is
demonstrated, by actual survey, that no State in
the Union has 90 small proportion Of inferior
land. The timbered lands are less extensive than
the prairies; these latter frequently stretch away in
large, undulatory swells farther than the eye can
reach. The extent Of prairie is sometiu es con.
sdered an objection; but we are satisfied this will
prove to be an error. Compared to the lifetime Of
labor it takes TO open farm in the woods, the 10
cility with which can be established In the
prairie s most striking and gratifying to the set
tier. Sufficient timber for all necessary purposes
can almost always be obtained within reasonable
distance, and artificial groves OF that most useful
and ornamental tree, the locust, can be easily and
quickly raised. Nothing can exceed the beauty of
prairie cottage surrounded by its grove of To-
custs; wherever met with, 1t marks the abode Of
taste and comfort The Prairies are commonly
rich 10 the utmost possibility Of fatness One
character pervades the State much that in riding
over ii the monotony Of its very beauty and for
tilty becomes tiresome, a. Nf.' "a" #u'
Limestone 10. we believe, distributed abundantly
over the whole State. We do not know much about
it's coal fields; but there 10 reason to believe that
they are equal in extent to those of any State in
the Union. 49,.
buque. OF the other mineral resources of the
State we know but little. geological survey we
consider to be much needed; it could not fail to
develop new resources of wealth. Professor Ow-
much limited to the eastern and northern por-
tions. %. ..'s.' 49, o.
The pineries Of the Upper Mississippi of
much importance to the States below. They must
continue through countless ages to yield immense
supplies OF lumber to all places to which there
sufficient facilities for its ransportation and when
the rail and plank roads now contemplated shall
be constructed lew portions Of State will need
to complain Of deficiency of timber. ".';s'-,...
In point Of salubrity, Iowa IL not surpassed by
any OF the new States. Of course il is not exempt
from the diseases incidental to rich and uncuti-
waited regime; but. from the opepness Of the coun-
try 1t is less liable to the scourge of malaria than
most Of the other States have been. Take it al.
together, IL il a most attractive country for the
emigrant; and 10 marching, and will continue to
march, with rapid strides In wealth and popula.
ton. T. .'l IS l,u"1g -, -
In 1886 the district of Iowa contained 10, 5Sl in
habitants In 1888 the Territory contained %, $50.
In 1910 it numbered 42ll2 in 1874, 81 ,92l; and in
1850 the State contained 1921 If Wisconsin
hasincreascd its population with somewhat greater
rapidity, II is because that State has greater ia
ciites of approach from the east, and because she
has her emigrant agencies in all the large com
mercial cities. Iowa has not taken these paine to
obtain settlers; she depends upon her own attrac-
tions, and when once the castern communica-
tions, by means Of railroads now under way, are
completed, there can be no doubt the great West.
ern wave Of population will speedily roll over her
broad surface, and the whole State become as O
blooming garden. ,A.-..3t ..s p. ,
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