St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-03-25

500 to $3.50 per solid cord delivered at the different
villages. Our proximity to the coal regions in this State
is such that the completion Of the principal railroads will
. cause coal TO be used TO a considerable extent.
The cost of living here is much less than most of the
older States The manner and style are more simple
and therefore accordance with the laws of life
and health than in older places.
The price OF most kinds Of labor is higher than at the
East AT th. time the price Of produce is low but the
wants OF the newer settlements West and North are like
y to be such to require Of the surplus for years
to come at prices equal or higher than in Chicago
market
The besrouc TO reach this County from the East is by
any of the usual routes Chicago thence via James
vile and Madison to Prairie du Chen upon the Mississippi
River, at which place and at McGregor upon the the
Iowa side Of the river, daily stages through two
days to different places In this County Another route IL
via Duneith, and if the Mississippi free from cc by
daily steamboats, cheap rate McGregor 90 miles
above or travellers the Mississippi at Dun.
lcth to Dubuque, opposite and from there come chiefly
by daily stages through in three days Heavy goods
mostly shipped via. McGregor, the distance is much
less for hauling by teams and the expense that place
from the Fast Is the Dubuque. From Boston
or New York passenger reach here from four to
six days total expense of from $40 $50 are
shipped from those places Prairie du Chen or McGreg
for from 81 so 81 so per 100 lbs shipped
to be delivered at specified time The transportation of
merchandise from the Mississippi River to Floyd County
+ costs from 81, 25 TO 81 ,75 per cwt.
The common roads naturally good except for a
short time in the Spring and Fall, and there being
high hills hauling goods is comparatively easy all
seasons.
The effect of the pecuniay difficulties Of the past few
months upon the price Of land and other things in the
settled portions Of the States worthy of attention.
Speculation in lands and paper towns has scattered actual
settlers over wide extent Of country-cheap lands being
the object sought by most Of them In this County the
land was entered by settlers and others two or
three years since. Much Of it, equal in quality the
proved portions, Is for the first offered for sale
at reasonable prices. Necessity compes to offer
lands at from SO to IS per cent less than they could
have taken for them year since. Some residents
with large amount of land will sell part Of their i'm
provements TO those who wish become actual settlers
Others who are seriously embarrassed, who Of
rowing disposition, will sell their farms at reasonable
rates. The result Of this will be rapid increase in the
population Of the County.
The difference between settling in this County and up
the frontier Of civilization is very great Here the
necessaries and comforts Of life can easily obtained
and settlers upon the unimproved lands will have the
advantages Of neghbors, schools, religious meetings,
| mills, mechanics, professional men, &c.
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per acre ranges from $500 $1,000 for unimproved
PRAIRIE and SO 90 $50 for timber according to quail
ty and location There is hardly any the county
that not well adapted to cultvatonhc dryet portions
being unrivalcd for tlage while the low intervals pro
duce an abundance Of hay which be had merely for
the cutting and curing the standing grass costing little
or nothing.
Breaking prare--frst piowing-costs 90 90 to - 90
per acre. II Is usually done the Spring and Summer
and crop Of corn is often obtained the year by
simply planting along the burrows. The the
soil is easily plowed and titled with team and will
produce excellent crops of wheat oats potatoes corn
Chinese sugar cane, &c This all the required
bring the land under culture, and the yield is
prsng From 30 TO 10 bushels of wheat IS Of oats SO
TO 100 corn 200 to 400 of potatoes the acre
mon. good supply Of garden vegetables is essential
good health and these grow in the greatest profson and
almost spontaneously. From 40 acres are sufficient
for farm, and will produce Of most crops three times
quantity at one half the labor and expense of New
England farms. The cultivation and harvesting of most
crops is done to large extent by labor saving machines
Very little grain is threhed by hand Corn is not
hoed but cultivated with horse implements made
for the purpose. Wheat and and laid ready
for binding into sheaves for from SO cts TO 81 90 per
acre and at the rate Of 10 20 per day by single
reaper. Thrcshing and cleaning the costs from
N o cents per bushcl.
The cultivation of fruit has already received considera
BILE attention. large number Of Of various kinds
haS" boon planted and doing well Several nurseries
within the county are now stocked with trees and
shrubs brought from Eastern nurseries grown here
from the seed Wild fruits abundant, and afford
good substitutes for the cultivated kinds. Apples large
size, plus of excellent quality grapes gooseberrc ras
berries, Strawberries, &c, are highly priced by our
housewives as luxuries for the table.
More settlers needed to be a help TO another
We not nsesbe Of the great importance of securing
large class Of intelligent and vrtuos among
the early settlers possible Such receive
all due encouragement We farmers occupy and
improve the present waste ands-mechanics and labor
ers to aid in developing and supplying
immediate wants Sensible men and women, who are
able and willing to aborfor it is place for drones
will readily find employment at good wages All the
neeessaries of life can easily be obtained In numbers,
there is now no lack Of professional men, Females
peciay are wantedn families where they be upon
an equality-as teachers-and wives for the great
my Of deserving bachelors.
People upon arriving will here find good society com.
posed chiefly Of inhabitants from the Eastern and Middle
States, and will only be surprised to find things far ad
vanced in SO short period.
This County produces enough of kinds of the
necessaries Of life for home consumption and of many
Ahus IL price Vi some OIL THESE L. |
lower and labor higher than in the Atlantic States, the
soil far superior that they be produced so much
easier, cheaper, and in greater abundance to fully
compensate for the difference in labor and price.
We believe that the field for useulness--the oppor
tuniy 70 do good and TO make MONEYS much greater
here than in the old and ticky settled States. The
chances OF pccuniary gain are more frequent and within
the reach Of ALL New society Of such plastic nature
that superior minds cannot fail 10 make decided i'm
upon the present and future condition Of the COM
munues in which they reside.
We do not that success Is obtanabe without labor
that economy not necessary that hardshps pr
vatons are not to be endured but when consider that
the sun shines upon no arer better portion of our
country, VIC think have right to be little cn,hus
astc in advocating its advantages.
Our object Is not build up what are understood as
" paper towns !" in the West, any particular town
village or city but simply to make known some of the
facts in regard 10 the location and advantages Of Floyd
County, and from experience furnish some useful
hints TO those contemplating making homes the West
Though perhaps liable 10 be looked upon by with
dErst, from the course pursued by those pccuniary
interested in some particular towns, it is believed that
this article has higher motive, namely TO confer as
great favor upon any who may be induced to settle
within the County, as upon the present inhabitants
AL classes, before starting, will wisely To count the
c"s-pecuniarily and otherwise-ofa removal to a dis
taht State and those with families successful bust
ness, had better and for themselves before de-
Gliding 70 leave their homes. they conclude 10
Change their residence, the information obtained will
amply compensate them for the expense the journey
But single individuals those with families in health
with but slender Of support and no certainty of
ever securing home and a competence, wish to ex.
changc an uncertain and perhaps unhealthy mechanical
or manufacturing business ut the East for good health