The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
To w. n. HATCH.

puDilSneo ID last Week EACHAESF's
that a goodly number Of your citizens
are DESTROYS Of procuring homes in this
State. notice in a previous letterof
yours that you had visited Middle and
East Tennessee and was highly pleas
ed, and recommended to your North
western friends that country as very
desirable to live in; and, while all you
say of Middle and East Tennessee Is
true to the letter, l have no doubt
but, had you extended your travels
west of the Tennessee river, you would
have been still better pleased. 1t Is
true that, with the system of farming
practiced here since the war, much of
our land has been abused and is not
so productive as it was only few
years ago; but, with a r itation ofcrops
and proper cultivation, only a few
years are necessary to restore it to lis
original fertility. Such Of our land
here that has been properly cared for
is as good as ever-in fact, is getting
better.
Cotton, tobacco, potatoes, sugar
cane, the cereals-in flct, nearly eve
rything except the tropical fruits-do
well here. Owing to the fac; that we
have been giving too much of our at
tention to cotton, wheat has been al
most entirely neglected since the war;
what little has been planted has. been
done so hurricdly and badly that the
yield has been very smtil-generally
from FIVE to fifteen bushels per acre.
But where the necessary p .ias i tax Il
in planting the yield is much CRETE
and Of i fine gu lily. All kind> OF
fruits do well here, though but little
attention has been given ii until VIII :
ia the past three or four years. Fo!
the past two or three years large gu j.
titles of the small fruits have hc,n
shipped to Chic 30 and and other
northern cities, and Is proving to r.
very remuueraiiye business; last ~
one mar sold 4 III usand doll rs worth
of Strawberries from Nv. ceres Of land.
The Memphis and Louisville and New
Orleans, St. Louis & Chiclgo K. rs.
crossing at Milln, with their uAee-
tions, afs'rd US ample SHIPPING iAciii-
ties in Ill directions. Taking allthing-
into consideration, | am certain tnat
We have homes here in West Tennes-
which you can safely recommend t.
your friends, and 10 section is mo.
inviting than right here in the vicinity
of Milan, and assure you that all Of
youi "enterp:ising, wiie-awakt, & OF
men" who nay choose to come here
will he heartily welc me. Land can be
nought here for less now than 1t a-y
time since the war, owing to failare il
crops last year. If we NIKE good
crops this YER (ani there are fine
prospects now, there will be an I'D
vance in The price. Land near Milan
say from one TO five miles with
pretty fair improvements, Gu be
ought now for $40 to $50 per Hc.r,
and from that distjnce further Out
from the railroads proportionrtely
cheaper. l have in my mind at this
iime several valuable bodies If land
one tract Of so acrcs-.elonging to
estates of deceased persons, that vii
he divided into sma Ter tracts this sum
mcr OF fall and sold for division. Ow-
ing to the great scarcity Of none!
here, these lands will he sold much
under their value. Besides, there are
persons here owning large hotlies oi
land vino have wisely concludodto sell
off portion % just such men as 80"
propose to send, at comparatively low
prices, Now is the time to huy IanG
here. Land is generally sold here for
one-third cash, the balance in pay-
ments Of one and two years; very Otter
on longer time.
You ask as TO the opening for man
utacturing. 1t Is certainly. as good as
anywhere in the Union. Everything
our farmers use, from an ax-handIe
up tn m wers and reapers, are .rought
here from northern and eastern man
utactories, and large quantity Of the
timber used in these mdnuflctories is
obtained here il tennessee. They send
here, get our timber, make it int
agricultural implements and send
back here for sale, having to pay
freishts botn ways. You c,n readily
see til" advantage such manufactures
would have We're they operated here.
\ cotton and " olen factory could be
DIS successfully operated here as any
where in tile Union.
l have tried to answer your ques-
tons as correctly as I can, and have
briefly alluded to some of the icriuce-
ments .felel by this part of the State.
Other Inducements might be named,
but | have already extended my letter
too | ny, l viii cheecfuily give what
ever other information your people
may wish, and should any of them
wish to come down here and look for