The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-05-30
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North lowa-Crops-Prospecsss


The prospects for Northern lows were
never more fattering than at present The
pressure of the hard times has tried the
country on its merits the dross has been
separated from the pure metal and it is now
demonstrated that Iowa has q sound bdsh.
The recklessness of speculation has passed,
and the people who make our State their
home, who come here intending to rcmsir,
are better off to-day, than they would have
been, had the Unsuitable thirst for tewn lot
speculations continued up to this moment
Money is not made out o. town lots, OF pa
per additions" but it can be found, Is,
and will be found in the well titled fields,
overAowing granaries and cattle herds ofour
industrious farmers. "s''"
Thousands of farmers who in '57-S and
Q, were contented to plant half crop, will
this year do all in their power to raise good
crops and large ones. The fault has been,
that heretofore our farmers have been able
to raise but just enough for their own use,
and there has been but small surplus
This will not be true hereafter, at least If it
is in the power of farmers to prevent it
1t has been said Of Iowa, "You have only
to tickle the soil with hoe, and it will
laugh with harvest" which is true but,
let it be borne in mind that however good
the soil may be it cannot be too well atten.
ded Farmers have repeatedly said to US,
awe can raise more grain and play halt the
time than we could in New England, New
York or the Middle States, and work like
slaves" Well, we assume that the position
is correct, but insist that more work WI
bring more grain, and better titled land
produce more than double enough to
extra labor, time and expense. But W.
assured that the time has come when
will not only be the garden of the W
name but her farmers will prove h
so in fact. The farmers are the bal
of the State, and with them it rest&
velop our almost unparalleled agrid
resources, enhance the value Of oura
and enrich the community at large.
We are satisfied from personal OF
tion and reliable information, that in
ell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakc4,
ette, Chickasaw, Floyd, Bremen and
ton counties, the amount of land under
tivation and in grain, is far greaterkfl
any preceding year, in some of tHsd
times as great as last year. The 0p
all kinds, as far as we are able to Lear
exceedingly we'll, and the prospect Isl
ing that Iowa will have large sur
the fall of 1860!
We have no particular acquainta1
thu South and Western portion Of the
but in a conversation with a gentlema1
an eastern State the other day we WEE
ed to hear of his glad surprise on viS
Iowa for the first time. He has tr1vs
in all sections of the State and inform
that in his opinion no one could BE- ~
suited for farming purposes than in NSe
ern Iowa. He expressed his unqual9
admiration of what he termed the
valley of the Cedar" and said that ~
he had witnessed the noble farms Of F1Es
ette, Winneshiek, Clayton and Allamakee,
he "desired to 50 no further" IF man
cannot he suited here, where will he 60 2"
We presume that our Eastern friend is
but one of the many thousands who have
arrived at the same conclusions. Let the
farmers take care of the farms aud the
farms will take care of them. The black,
frowning clouds of Hard Times are passing
away, and the day draws nigh, when Iowa
will bask in the sunlight of prosperity
The storm is over, and 1--WE still live.'