The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-13
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I. There Is no one spot Of earth that com
biues every desirable characteristics. Will
the absence Of all that ara undesirable
Where the soil Is richest, the ,pioneer !;
apt to be exposed to fever and ague, OF
some other form of bilious disorder; whers
you have no forest to clear away, you viii
probably pay dearly for fuel and fencing
| where you have short, mild winters, you
will have long, dry summers, with . super
Eden, we infer, must have been located In
the other hemisphere.
ii. A healthy atmosphere Is hardly less
essential than fertile soil. In vain shall
your fields be black with vegetable mold, II
you must lie shaking when you are badly
needed between the p!Ow handles. Do moi
forget this in choosing q new home.
III. Vicinity to coal Is an important con.
sideration, even though no mines should be
opened for ten years to come. Even though
you mean to live wholly by farming you
should give more for land partly underlaid
with coal. So value iron or other ores, even
though you may expect never to dig and
smelJ them. The same is true of water.
power.
w. The diverse attractions or recon
me.r'ations of various localities may be
roughly indicated as follows:
MICHIGAN-A5undan and excellence Of
timber, largely white pine ready access to
navigable water; climate tempered by Dor
dering lakes.
ILLINoIs-Soil exceedingly fertile; tim.
Der rapidly growing where it has been def
cient; multiplicity OF completed railroads;
central location.
INDIANA-A very fair distri ibutiOn Ct tim
Der and grass abundant deposits Of admira-
BILE '.block coal'' in the West, fIvcring q
rapid and vast development OF iron and
steel production.
WIscoNsIN-Much poor, but also much
good land timber abundant and good,
nearly covering the north half iron mines
of great promise in the northeast fair
State for wheat, middling for corn; millions
of acres Of g BOD soil and good timbsr still
untaken.
MINNEsorA-Severe and protracted but
steady eQuable winters with three or four
months of good shedding, espec' ally favora-
BILE to numbering and wOod-getting; good
soil OF wood and prairie admirably inter-
blended, especially inviting culture of
wheat or oats.
IowA-Barely inferior to Illinois in fertili-
ty, and the best State in the Union for In
dian corn-her praries rolling considerably
while those of Illinois are in the average too
fiat. Timber in Iowa, fair. No pine in
either State.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI puouc Idnu
that may be taken by settlers by payment
of $40 per quarter section for surveying and
title papers; much of it good for grain,
cattle and sheep.
KANsAs-Capital soil for grass or grain
timber fair in the east, rather scanty in the
west; settling fast, and we'll provided with
railroads.
MIssOURI-Much good soil yet unoccu-
pied, especially in the southern half of the
State iron and lead In large quantities
gsod promise ef other minerals.
CoLoRADo.-Pure air and healthful eli.
mate; no fevers: consumption, asthma,
bronchitis, &C., yield to the influence of this
climate, II not too deeply seated cattle may
be fed and fattened exclusively on wild
grass but should have shelter and
months hay provided for each winter; soil
good but requires irrigation; crops good
where irrigated, with good home market
at hand In the mines, which are steadily ex-
panding; timber scarce; coal abundant;
probably the best location for wool growing
on the continent; daily communication BY
through railroads with st. Louis on the one
hand, Omaha and Chicago, Salt Lake and
Such, to the best of our knowledge, are
the relative characteristics of the newer and
more sparsely peOpled sections of our
country now inviting immigration. We
cannot say which should be deemed most
for some prefer milder, others
q more braclng air; some incline to cattle
breeding; others to grain-growing. We
have said nothing of fruit but this does best
In the central States, worst at the two ex-
tremes; though good apples are grown both
In Minnesota and In Texas. Peaches flour
ish In the latter. not in the former. We
Judge from what VIC saw that Texas, next to
will produce the grape most lux
uriantly of any State in the Union.
But, whatever locality you may choose.
never fail to associate in companies of twen-
~ to one hundred families and make bar
"a ms In the great city nearest you for the
conveyance by railroad Of your persons and
goods to their destination. You may thus
save half the expense, while travelling far
more safely and comfortably than other