Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-26
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Notes frem fhe Oensns Of 1sS0.

Notes from the gensus OF 1850.
IL is interesting and profitable to ex-
anime info the amount Of Improved and
dainproved lands belonging to farms in
the upited States, the value thereof. as
well as the value of farm implements
and machinery. From this wa can learn
ayalnAbls lesson in regard to the real
progress in wealth made by the diferent
States of the Union. I wiIl endeAyor
to give in this article the quantity and
value of improved and nnimprOVed
land in few of the principal States and
other mAttera of interest connected with
agriculture, and reserve that Of farm
implsmsnts for subsequent article.
New York, the Empire State of the
the Union, comes frst in order
OF wealth and population, 2 She has
1855, ,405 acres of improved land and
6,6t6, ,65s acres Of uninproved land 10
farms, With q cash value of $s03, 343, ,593.
Next in order of quantity of land, in
farms, although no. next in wealth and
population, comes Illinois, the Empire
State of the West, the home Of Abrs-
ham Lincoln. The number OF acres in
farms 10 this State, in 1860, was 49,.
096,374 improved, and 1915 ,6l5 unim-
proved; cash value $408, ,944,033. Then
comes 0hio-acres improved, 1885,
394; unimproved, 1857 747; cash value,
s67s, $1,000.
Next ia order Of quantity u.s. orrather
was, Old Virginia, the mother Of Presi-
dents, and / think she has some less
just now in numbers Of acres, as we'll IS
in value Of lands, the result of hsving
bad the honor Of being the headquarters
for band Of robbers and murderers for
four years, who styled themselves the Cou-
federacy. Virginia had II ,43R RS2l acres
improved lands in farms, and 1869 ,2l5
animproved cash value, 1911, ,76l SOL
The old Key Stone State, Psnnsylva-
nia, comes nextin order. Although she
stands second in population, and in her
representation in Congress, she is third
in regard to valae of her farm lands, and
ffth in regard TO quantity Her i'm
proved land is 10, 46s ,296 acres; nnim-
proved lands 6,54s. .s44; cash value Of
ll. eeaO ngn TOT
Georgia, the Empire State of the 50
called confederacy, but now unmis. aka
bly, belonging to the nation known as the
United States of America, has s .062, 1853
acres of land improved and Is, ,587, ,732
acres nnimproved; cash value only
Sl57 or, ,s03. It will be perceived thai
willis Georgia has the greatest namber
Of acres in farms Of any State in ths
Union, save one, and that one . slave
State, (virgiuia), the value of her lands
is less than those of Michigan, which
number but 3, 3,476 ,296 acres unimproved,
and 3,554,53S acres improved lands.
What has caused this difersn ee :
Slavery, which has Also caused this
unholy rebellion and drenched th'
land in blood, and burthened the nation
with an oppressive debt. Nov, how
does our Owe State compare with ou
neighbor across the river, Kentucky
They had, 10 1850, nearly an equA
number of Inhabitants; Indiana having
only n few hundred thousand more thar
Kentucky. Indiana is free State
Kentucky Was then, and is still, slay,
State---ths last one in the Union, excep
little Delaware. Indiana had 8, S,242, ISs
acres unimproved land, and s,l46, 10.
acres improved land in farms, with
cash value of 1855, ,Tf2,176, while Ken.
lucky had 7,644, ,20s acres improved AM
1l,5l9,053 acres unimproved lands, with
cash value Of s29l, ,496, ,955, nearI,
5000, 600 acres more lands in farm
than Indiana Jet the value ofIthe land
in Indiana exceed those of Kentucky b.
sos, ,OOO, 900 80
The whole number Of acres Of Ian,
in farms in the Union is, improved, 1853
ll0,720 acres; uninproved 244, l6l,slS
acres; while the gross number of acre
uucultivAted in the Uniou amounts Il
1 ,466,a69, ,s62 acres.
II will thus be seen that Uncle San
bss still plenty Of land left TO sccoumc
date . large uuubsr Of bic loyal child
reu, aud is dssirous Of adopting man,
more into bis family and as az induce
nent to join the household, be propose
to supply every one wbo emigratss I
this lsnd aud sighi6ss bis intention o
becoming citizen, with farm of l6
acres II should be borne iu mind, nc
only by the loyal native citizens OF th
United States, but by the adopted cit
gems, that by an act OF Congress, know
as the Homestead Law, every loyal cit
zen of the United States, whether M
tive or adopted, or those who decl4s
their intention of becoming citiEen
can obtain a farm of l60 acres of 4
: good land as can be found anywhere
: the world, free Of charge.
; To the Republican or Union party al
1 the people indebted for this act Of hbe
, ality.
Previous to the rebellion this msa
Q ure was frequently before Congress, br
> failed to become 8 Law, in consequences
& the slaveholding aristocrats of Il
/ South, and the Democrats Of the Mort
their Aiders and abettors, who unit,
> and succeeded in defeating the bill al
: thus depriving Elany g worthy a.
honest man of Homestead, which
2 now acithin his reach, BY the acts Of
9 Union Congress and the approval of Il
p lamenfed Lincoln No country in II