The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07

GOOD EsULTS.-We remarked in our
Immigration number" by way Of
apology for calling the attention Of u
contemporaries of the State Press to its
contents, that each copy might bring
athousand dollars into the State. Bros.
Battle. of the Tarboro .S~Outherner,
Boylin of the Monroe Express, and
Allison of the Hendersonvllle Neu Era
were SO kind as to take the view we
did. and notice the number. not as a
puff of the paper. The ~.Southerner
says
This number is full of statistics
regarding of the State and Is
the very thing to give information to
emigrants. As Bro. Shotwell say
leach copy may bring 10000 in the
State"
Our anticipators were more than
realized. Every mail brings letters of
inquiry, both to the Governor, the
Agricultural Department, and o~urself,
from parties outside of the State. In
addition to those last week, we mention
tlIc lulu" ny n tlCi HAL III ANCN
Jersey writes that in consequence of
DIR. Gleitsmans article on the climate
of y. c." he will shortly start for
Asheville, and may bring out three
families. Col. j. Z. Payton of Had
dontield y. j., writes, Il am prepared
to endorse Gov. Vance's statements"
and says he should prefer that his sons
who are in Texas should settled In n.
C.. or Va. Col. John A. Buell. of Granite
MARYLAND writes: Il am much pleased
with your paper of the 18th. We are
getting up a small emmigrating party
of about ten families to settle in your
State some time in the coming fall.
Send copies of the paper to the follow
ing names, and it will bring others no
doubt" Mr.. ]. w. Lang, of Brooks,
Me-, writes that he is taking measures
to bring a colony to the State, to locate
on some hallway route, and engate in
raising fruits and vegetables for mar
ket. He wishes information, advice,
description of lands, location etc. etc.
Lands must be low-priced, and suita-
BILE for cultivating fruits, vegetables,
grains and grasses.
ID. B. Sturgeon, a member of Ohio
Legislature, writes to Mr.. n. Puma
dore hat he designs going to work, as
soon as that body adjourns, to encour-
age immigration to the South. He
says: 1--WE must induce the surplus
population of our cities to locate on
the soil. L hope to persuade many of
our working men in the cities of Ohio
to do so as the best way to meet the
pressing wants of their families"
Other letters we give Heratim, as
follows:
Your paper of Jan. 11th., a mum
Der of copies of which were sen me
from the Dept. of Ag., is a rery rdlu-
able one for circulation here at the
North. I irish 1t could be seen and read
by all our people. So many are now
contemplating emmigrating somerhere
that such statements of facts as 1T con-
tdins must result an good for the State.
Similar statements have been made
in letters and newspaper articles, and
in other ways, by myself and others,
yet it will require "line upon line and
precept upon precept" to convince
our people that North Carolina is real
ly a desirable place for settlement, and
that its natural and advan-
tages are really great and varied, much
beyond the conception even of multi
tudes of those who were born and
have always lived in the State. The
old idea promulgated in the geogra-
ply, and seemingly confirmed by what
travellers see along the coast routes.
is still prevalent, and it is very hard
to overcome this idea and prejudice,
for it is still very generally believed
that North Carolina is a vast swamp,
where yellow fever and malarious dis
eases exist, or a sand Barren the
only growth of which is the pitch
pine, while the fact that these regions
w hoe eAecuu "eSt lIOLu INC COAST,
owe more than one third of the State
is unknown, or ignored, by the null
titude. The real fact that t%wo-thirds
at least of the State has a strong clay
soil, and that a clay subsoil prevails
even in the sandy region, and that
oak, hickory, and other hard wood, is
the predominant growth of two-thirds
or of the State, is, however, be-
coming known within the last two
years"
So that with the work contemplated
and being inaugurated by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and Immigration,
if sustained by the cooperation of gen.