, 1879-05-10
WEST VIRGINIA.
Farming in That State
For Thf Tribune.
Dr EDMUND E1IlEE-

Northern cities Tor, II employed, 30 Mengerly
paid that they arc forced to 1.-Two from hand TO
MOUTH, whose condition would be vastly im-
proved II they were to settle in somo new ser-
tion, where labor competition Is no. 80 active,
and whcro well.dtrcctcd work yields a more
abundant hnvoss Of the necesaaries OF lie. To
some Of this class VIC maY be doing an essential
service by brief statement Of tic advantages
which West Virginia offers to the Industrious
worlsIngman. These advantages may be sunl-
1narIzed as fullows: Ncarness TO all tho
great markets; superior character Of
climate anl great fertility OF soil; low price Of
land and direct and chcnp transportation for Its
products TO tho seaboard: Immense resources
III mine and Forest md sparonesa OF population,
which makes labor the one thing most neelful
to physical prosperity, and renders tho laborlng
1nnn-ns he should be-tso must valued anu
respected member Of society.
West Virginia lies directly at our doors. It
Is only 400 miles from tho scaboard; nnd not so
far away that the Northern emigrant, In going
to T., Is nlto9c.hcr cut oil from his "basc Of
| suppltcs.n II he should bo dissatisfied and bo
out Of inonoy, he hns ou1y to take to his own
legs to be back In hts old homo boiore be has
ba!f outworn stout pair Of broQans.
It has the finest climate in tho world. It Is
dry, with sufficient moisture to promote ycgeta-
ttou. but not enough to hc iniurIous to health.
It ID mild. While sometimes decidedly cold,
und at other timcs tolcrably hot. neither ex-
| trcmo Is ever Of long continuance. The gcn-
| cral temperature Is OF q pleasant medium. OBJ
servatlona takeu during twenty. three ycara show
| tho thermometer to have ranged as follows:
! Spring. 81 degrees; summer, u 1cgrcos; ut
tu1nn, 90 degrees, md winter, E degrees; the
av$ bsen only 81 desseosEa I tempeeatro :n%s esi1u
| more favorable, perhaps, to the mental nnd
physical development of the human race than
my other on The globe: Hlstory shows TINT MI
mated ID countries having mean an an
saress a eSag R% . 1t. to sss
ton above the sea, Is the climate Of the
France, mud Great Dritain; and those countries
have produced the people who have becn suc-
ecsslycfy, tho moral and phys!cal rulers If nan-
kand. And What Is trno Ut nations is equnlly
ord.oyeriuroIng aplri. from the jyw Pau7I to
the Corslcan Bonaparte, was ever born outside
Of these lsothcrmnl lincs; and this Is accordant
with great natural law, which haa hitherto re-
celved but little consideration: Physically, man
IS only thc.alr he broathes md tho ground he
walks upon; md these physical elements, It
would seem, hare to be tempered With certain
degree OF heat to produce md organization
tho spiritual autl intellectual forces. Near this
refined, tcsthetlc naturs of Tie Greek;
near , TINT Of forty.0ve, tllo harder, mar
Heel iee nhunn n.ns%at ~ u saon. Ama hs
his sevcn.leagucd boots, fs Just now strldlng
acloss a, snls . eantinent. IL uie mean between
ene ,., tmo s;, nn Su ~. uo sne
0u ~ WY wou'u I eos'no .,1 .ns Eraeo ann neaaty
The Anglo-Saxou; and Ia this mem lies West
Virginia and tha pelt o., ol states that follow
IT, sa2e W,s,na ts1!e.a, haa ~ Ies %sss%asd hst
mes' AN. nt nasroa nas M psouaceu . th!s aaoa
lan, ia ,hqweset t1ch soii3 tae worthless mullen
VIII not proaaee tlio peantiinl noRer q tic
Geran.um aWu st 80 to aaa aioof-
fross @ ~ n,hd MGs. xdF.spoun9; , as snev afe
Sums o. Lonoo%n-nnao % nut neouaeoa ula Iei'
est TYPE oi american : 'a nanllood: And yet,
ero" n uP ~ tasS 1reat o,d sn1h .p oue 1ro INC
open a5 OF sne IT, E1eas m4f!a, laeg afe totay
on thu elobo. ING opening OF railways has
gwen them pnn ol az 1f0m ING outside world:
NeH ~ sgna asnots sngn Ee sSHooinasscF aa
en s i" rom er baSs of easy % indesnce, ~ *saa sna
1ney lnay yet ootic thelr origin, ana-to nso one
o. ulcir own pllrases-ucyelop "smaFtness"
mat can "outruh creation. unu give 1t ten miles
the start" ,v ,
Tho climate Of Weit virginia Is ALTO highly
favorable to agriculture. This fcngth of tho
growing scason, tue rainfall eycn'y distributed
throughout the year, anl the long periods
adaptcd to aceding and harvesting enaolo tho
farmer To conduct his operations under tho
!nost favorable circumstances. Ii is also very
healthy: s!at!attcs show that in no part Of the
world is there more general condition OF
health or iongsr,ltycd or moro, vigorous
population. This back-country people, enough
earalcas 81 dict md unc!canly Of l.aht, possess
great bodily vl2or, the result Of FREQ exposure
to tho ffoal alr uAd tho mid, equabla weather.
"Hea!thy" said ono nf them TO the writer, not
long ago. "Yo'a batter, b'llcvn It, stranger.
Folks Is SO healthy yere tliot they huv to move
coMt OF tlo State to !lia.n
Eliu soil Of West Virginia ta generally ot tho
highest quality One-halt Of lts forests arc
| oak, ,-,naKulticent trecs, growing frequently to
dfaa,etor OF eight aau nine feet atNl i,leht oi
| hundred to a hundred nnd twenty feet; a,nl
these arc tnterspersel with whiscwoao AM,
black "nlnut OF oven greater dlnlena!ons
These trars are unerrng Indicators of fertility
They never grow s1csp. upon so!! Of Ereat
their largest slze, tho soil Il often found oi d
dspth Of FROM s!x to eight toet. THIS seIl Is
e.t psrlsctiun every crop that grows In the tom
peratc attitudes. Owing to tic primitive char
aa artcIe vi food, Indian cor. ias always l,ee,,
Tic crop at greatest production. Tlo yieia