Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-13
THE STATE OF iowa.


crat, published II Brookrille. Ind, was writ
ten iareply 10 . paragraph tia, appeared in
the American, a newspaper. published in the
ashe town.. which spike disr@agngly OF
Iowa. Mr.. CIAkKsoS, the writer, has for
sTensy years been conductor Of ncWspa-
per and quite recenGy made a tour through
eur State, examining its resources and its
adaptation TO farming community. He
therefore speaks from personal knowl dse
win tho !sra Fever Atate'
There is such rush for Iowa lands, snd
such tide OF emigration in that direction,
that croakers begin to proclaim that 'the
Iowa fever is about over" As sensible
men, We ought TO look at this subj ,ct ii
there is IL be revulsion in matters in that
region. il is cruel for utsc heads TO permit
the sfnpe minded populaee to rush into
danger unwarned II will not do {, proph-
cts to saeeringly say "am my brothers.
keeper
But what i. taking the people 10 Iowa,
This is a ser.ous question:, and should be
laosed iull Ia the I. ce by every man before
be sells his farm. and dgags his family TO a
new and unknown country. Ii is not sui
tcieBi excuse that yon were carried away
Nv the popular Juror. But III matter is ofsui-
&c col importance to demand the closest
scrutiny. VIII you do so, or will you risk
the consequences, and then when you have
S1uandered your means. and bcggared your
family, regret your rash step.
We therefore propose to look to this
question, and five err in any matter, for the
sake Of the interests of cro~ding thousands,
we ask to be corrected.
81 Iowa is larger than any other State of
the Union, being about l4,0C0 square miles
larger than New York. Ii has more rich
agricultural lands than any other State in
the Union. In this matter We speak not at
random. There lie ia Iowa 100000 Of
acres~two thirds oil which at least is equal
10 any other lands, in any State, already
cleared, and ready for cultivation. Or in
other words there are in Iowa about 49,.
GOO COO of acres Of rich prairie, requiring no
tedious labor to convert it into productive
farms. This is more land for real cultivation
than there is or ever viii or can be culiiva-
ted in New York and the SIX New England
States. And when cultivated will produce
double the amount TO the acre on an average
Of the products Of Northern farms, and with
half the labor per acre. And although there
lie large portion Of Illinois equal in fertili-
n, and produciiyeness to Iowa, We, the
South half of Illinois will not compare with
t-in fact large portion is useless. So
we can safely say that lows in few years
will have more good improved farm lands
than the three States of Ohio Indiana and
Illinois. We dare any one that doubts this,
u test il BY the figures. By the census OF
1850, We learn that Ohio had e,s5l, 493 acres
Of improved land, Indiana 5 ,046 SAB, and L.
iinois 5.o39,545, in all l9.9ST,5s1 acres.
Wher Ohio, indiana, aud Illinois, shall add
40 per cent to their farms, they will fall
short OF the amount which will without the
least contingency or doubt be cultivated in
lows in few years. This is allowing for
1900, 900 Of acres in that State for waste
and timber, and for wasting with towns and
cities. This then is the extent Of the field
for agricultural operations. l. il not large
enough to command cur respeetl
1t s healthy. This We have spoken OF
10 previous article. But it is useless to
dwell on this subject. All the land on the
face of the earth North Of 81 degrees l.
healthy, unless there be some imnit date 10
cal cause for disease.
Its natural commercial advantages are
not inferior to any inl,1a4 Safe Its East
whole extent BY the mighiiest rivers in the
world, the Mississippi aud Missouri. II has
also the Des Moines, the Iowa and the Ce-
dar rivers, all navigable for some d:stan, e
in wet seasons.
Aid in the construction OF its artificial
channels of trade there is Likely 10 be mLre
sense manifested than 10 most States. The
Railroads projected, and now ing yigor-
H., ~ a.
With each other, and fsr en- ugh apart not
to conflict with each others III erests, Lut So
as TO accommodate all the citizens Of the
State. They all ran from a to Wesr
from the Mis- issiapi 10 The u ssUuri In no
ufeI State has Nature 90 positively directed
where the great thoroughfa O. should b.
nisde-aud 10 where has man been evident.
~ So willing 10 listen to the /, acbings Of
Providence. Tie Roads al run in about
,qu.-I slant parallel int through thu State
There are Tour Of them Row 20 far I'D, anced,
iIat 10 one asks "wiil they ever be built"
Iowa !. finely waiered. The water from
sHrirgs and wells IL fine, cool and healthy
No difficulty In this respect in any part VI
the State.
Stone coal is abundant This in prairie
country is Utmost Indispensable. With il
tgr y GOD. In fact without il, the country
would not be very dcnseiy populated, as oh
lis Bal Der is needed for fences and buildings
10 most parts OF the State, Juding stone
j. piaBty, ind 10 some places vi superior
eilalty-bo lin estone and sandst, me- This
Is IN item that cannot be overlook, d. Por-
lions Of Indiana and limos are 50 destitute
o bu ding material, as TO Gepretitte the
value Of their rich Ian h.
fhen i has the sol MISUNDERSTANDING
t--.lyers, and Ra'lroads. to mike il great
agricultural State. In our nrXt We propose
q speak Of its timber, The soil and the kinds
q crops the farmer mustre!y On for lis staple
Ptotucts. &. +. CLaKKsoA.
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