The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-11
Immigration.

OOm Ill lSSlOU0T hlllcDTOW COu-
cludes his last crop report with the
following suggestions on immigra
ton. There are large bodies of
lands IN the western portion OF
Giles county which must be subdi
vided and sold out or given away
to immigrants In alternate sections
prefitably. Those who own these
lands might profit by the sugges
tions of Col. K. and at the same
time do their country some service.
He says:
Never since the establishment of
this Office has there been so much
enquiry from abroad for informa-
ton pertaining to our resources.
Large tracts of wild land are in
growing demand. Notwithstand-
ing the presence of yellow fever il
Memphis, immigration is turning
with an ever increasing current to
our borders. Judging from the
number of persons from the North
with whom have conversed, and the
number of letters / have received
daily, 1 am of opinion that within
the next six months we shall have
an accession to our population of
many thousands of active, energetic
and hard working people, who will
utilize what now contributes moth
ing to the wealth of the individual
or to the prosperity of the common
wealth.
1t will be well for those counties
desiring immigrants to offer some
extraordinary inducements to Sc
cure a start. Nothing so much at
tracts an immigrant as another i'm
migrant well contented in his new
home. 1 would advise that local
organizations be formed in every
county, and some land be secured
to be sold at small price, requiring
the immigrant to pay one third
cash, giving him four or five years
within which to pay the remainder,
the implements put on the land am
ply securing this. The land should
be surveyed and divided up into
tracts of so and 100 acres. Itshould
be borne in mind that it is not the
wealthy, usually, who emigrate, but
those who find that the ever increas-
ing wants of their families in thick
ly settled districts tax too severely
their incomes, and compel them to
seek new homes where each mem
Der may find the means of employ
ment and subsistence. Such pop
ulation as this has made the great
West the center of population and
production,
Tennessee has millions of acres
of land naturally far more fertile
than the soils in the New Engl and
States, which by the patient toll OF
industry can be made productive,
and supply permanent sources OF
revenue to the State. This should
be occupied by population who
know not how to farm without ma
nuIe, and who are content at first
with small but sure gains. The
successful colonization of many OF
the Western States where the eli
mate is vigorous, and expensive
methods of irrigation have to be re.
sorted to in growing all crops
makes it certain that the unoccu-
pied lands of Tennessee would
prove a boon to the emlgrant
classes.
Great surprise is sometimes man.
Tested by our people that immi
grants should select the poorer
soils of the State for occupation
This surprise should vanish at once
when we reflect that this soil which
we call ''poor" is to him fertile. Il
is rare thing in many portions o.
the elder Northern Atlantic States
for farmer to rely alone on the
natural fertility of the soil to pro
duce any crop. In fact, his hardest
and most constant toll is to in
crease his manure heap, and this i:
pursued so diligently that every
portion of the land which he cult
Yates receives liberal application:
of manure, either home made or ar
tificIal. The land to him is but /;
sponge to receive the manure anC
give it out in needful quantities tt
the growing crops. A healthy HON,
is to the immigrant Of far more i'm
portance and concern than what W,
call fertile soil.
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