The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-05-26

to twenty dollars per acre, with good
prospect, as think, OF being worth twice
that in ten years.
Both Georgia and Alabama are ex-
tending inducements to northern people
to come in with their capital and energy,
and locate But ali the southern por-
tions of these states are 80 unlike the
north in soil and climate that northern
people would do well to study the situa-
ton thoroughly before they invest.
People who want the mildncss in climate
afforded in the United States may 90 to
Florida. Those will do best in Florida
who have plenty ofmoney. Oranges are
the rage, but it takes long time to get
| oranges, and it costs immensely to nurse
a grove into bearing Orange growing
is only an experiment. Nobody knows
| for certain just the kind of soil TO plant
them in; and what is unfortunate in
| Florida, where the best soils Is, it Is un-
| healthy; and where it is healthy the soil
will not produce anything without fer
tilization. This is not stated in the
newspapers As far As ] know, but after
more than four hundred miles Of travel
| in Florida, we concluded that sweet po-
tatoes are the chief production :" that
! Is, n Ike sense of being most easily and
most generally rroS8. We should not
know how to get ahying on Florida soil
- such living s. a northern farmer
would want. Floida will do to spend
| the winter in, If YOU get in a healthy
| place; it may do well for some TO live in;
| but in either case will take money.
may say in eneral way that the
| south Is no place fer poor man to move
| TO. The south Is full of poor people now,
and it will not helpthe matter for more
to go there. The scale of prices for
| farm labor tells hcstory-Ohio, SIS to
$40 per month; Katucky, SD to S16;
| Tennessee, SO to S12; Southern Ala
bama, IS TO S10 Florida, So to IS. 4
man who goes south should he able to
employ himself AMI others. With So
600 at his commad, if he is careful to
find the right placeto invest his money.
he may do well in he middle belt of the
south. He will badly keep out of the
hands of land agent, Of which the south
is tull, but he wants to give little heed,
and should take time to study the situa-
tion well for himself
Let no northern nan be deferred from
going south by the PARTISAN hue and cry
Of southern hate and intolerance toward
yankees. This is one of the devils own
ISLANDERS. Nothingpromises such imme-
date aid to the oppressed south as the
influx of northern energy and northern |
capital. This is perfectly understood |
and freely ACKNOWLEDGED, Every intel |
ligent person you meet and all the lead |
ing journals in the outh are vieing with /
one another, each il his special way, to /
encourage immigration. They do not /
want northern politicians to come down |
there and run Interstate and municipal !
governments, but they do want working |
and business men FINN the north to settle /
among them. AL such are sure of a cor |
dial welcome. / an quite. inclined to
think that farmers may do better TO go /
south than to 90 west hence send this |
brief statement, founded on personal ob
servation. No one has employed the
writer to say or not to say anything 1
whatever concerning the south or its /
people, and be has not the slightest in J
terest, except that of having the facts
known. J. 5. PATTERSON,
Erie county, Ohio.