The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
West Kentucky.

Certain enterprising business men of
louisville have had issued pamphlet
eutitled Kentucky snd Louisville,
which is intended to be extensively cir
euIated in this country and Europe,
to attract emigration, which is mainly
devoted to the quality and quantity OF
our lands, their agricultural and min
eral wealth, etc. The part treating of
the State in general is from the pen of
Gen. Basil w. Duke. That part re-
latiug to the counties west Of the Ten
nessee river we give below. The prices
Of lands given in the article. which we
believe are generally correct, efsctual
IS bars the much talked of idea OF an
emigration bureau % the part of the
State, so long az Western and South
ern lands are held at present figures !:
Ia Galloway county there is large
proportion of very good land. but not
readily accessible. The best improved
farms in this county are worth twenty
FIVE dollars an acre; but large tracts
may be bought at very low prices, and
which if cleared and improved, will
make first rate farms.
The counties Of West Kentucky which
ere nearest the confluence of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, viz, Ballard,
McCracken, Marshall. Graves. Hick
mau, and Fulton-hsviug been formed
or made bs the alluvial deposits of
these great streams, or the sediment of
The vast inland sea which once covered
the basin where these rivers now drains,
are com posed of variety of earths
brought down by the waters, and com
mingled just as the subsistence of the
waters. Loans, clsys, and marls of
the qusrtenary deposits, mixed with
shales and disintegrated surface mate
rial derived from the neighboring coun
ties upon the eaet, and with carbon
aceous mould from the adjacent coal
measures. compose the soil, to which
calcareous matter is largely by the land
fresh water ziIeiis abuudAntiy scattered
throughout it. a grsyish siIico-cal
careous earth chiefly characterizea these
formations. and makes q soil especially
we'll adapted to tobacco. Potter's clay
Of excellent quality is found 10 the
river banks above Columbus.
These counties, IN addition TO to
bscco, all produce fine crops of wheat,
corn, timothy and clover. Fulton,
Ballard aud Graves are tho most fer
tile, although the lands in McCracken.
on account Of their proximity to the
growing city of Paducah are the
highest priced. The best improved
farms in McCraeken are worth sixty
five and seventy dollars per acre; SINH
lar farms IN Ballard aud Graves fifty
to sixty dollars; aud in Fulton and
Hickman from forty FIVE to fifty-five
dollars, according to the location
Second rate improved farms in these
counties are worth, from fifteen to
twenty Ave dollors per acre; but there
is vast quantity of excellent land.
uuiinproved and uncleared, which can
be bought in tracts Of from one hun
dred to one thousand acres for eight.
six, aud even four dollars per acre.
Farms in Marshall county are not 30
high priced as in the others mentioned;
the best improved farms selling for
twenty and twenty FIVE dollars per
acre, while uuimproved lands of best
qnsnfity are worth ten dollars per acre
All of these counties are magnificent
y timbered. and offer in every respect
superior inducements to immigration
Labor Of every kind, but especially
white farm laborers can obtain twenty
dollars per month. with board and lodg-
{nx. sd nsscbanics from two and
ht'f 70 ssar do.iass sse DAY."