The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-06
A Northern Mans Impression of the
'.Old North State"
From the Bath New Yors Star.

From the Bath New Yorl star.
Editor Star:-In answer to the questions
invariably asked bv ny friends-"How do
you like the South and what are p1os-
poets of getting along there ?" l would
like to make the following brief replies.
through the State:
My object in going to North Carolina
was to satisfy myself 10y personal observa-
tiens, whether the favorable reports l had
received from the central section of the
State could be relied upon. 1t gives me
pleasure to say that the advantages are
more numerous and greater than | was led
to suppose. A Northerner IS at once favor
ably impressed with the kindness and so
ciability of the people, as well as their
eagcrnesS to welcODle men OF energy and
enterprise to settle among them. In TACT,
they seem heartily tired of the old state of
affairs and are extremely anxious to have
the ''Old North Sta;e' attain the prc-emi-
nent position which rs great diversity Of
products entities it to occupy.
The lands in the central section will pro-
duce in perfection everything OF value
grown in the North, and in addition will
grow tobacco, cotton. peanuts, jute, and a
great variety of other valuable products
peculiar to the South. This great variety
Of products is of immense Importance to
the farmer, and gives him a great advan-
tage over settler in the West, as their efforts
are mainly confined to the production of
corn and wheat, an industry in which they
find themselves in serious competition with
other farmers in a dozen States and terri
tories around them. Grasshoppers, potato
bugs and other noxious insects never trou-
BILE the farmers Of North Carolina, while
their less fortunate brethren of the West
nave to battle against these pests year after
year, and, as is we'll known, their crops are
frequently destroyed by them.
As the State is one of the oldest In the
Union, it has the advantage of we'll estab-
lished roads, bridges accessible markets,
churches, schools, etc. Its situation is also
greatly to its advantage, as 1T is over 1000
miles nearer New York city and the great
business centres Of the East. than Kansas or
Nebraska.
The temperature Of midsummer is not SO
excessive or trying as is frequently expert
enced in New York State, while the mild
ness of the winters is such that pioughlng
may be done nearly at any time.
With all the advantages which this sec
ton affords, good improved lands can be
had at $40 and $12 per acre, with from
three to five years time and in many IN
| stances even more favorable terms can be
secured. 1t is unnecessary to go into fur
Their details, as | have brought North about
600 Volumes Of an interesting work, issued
by the State, for free distribution, entitled
What Northern men say Of North Care
lima 1t contains a resume al Tie material
resources of the State, Uy Prof. w. c. Kerr,
and the proceedings Of the convention OF
Northern born residents of the South re-
Gently held at Charlotte, N. c.; also letters
from ex-union soldiers, giving their expert
ence, with facts concerning crop, climate,
health, etc. Any one wishing further IN
formation can obtain a cop of the under
signed, corner Of Fowler and Fourth streets,
B~ath-on-the Hudson.
Respectfully yours,
THOMAS B. RYAN.