Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31
IMMIGRATION


The Executive COMMITTEES appoint
ed by the Audrain County Board of
Immigration for the purpose of cor
responding and cooperating with the
State Board of Immigration, compos-
ed of Messrs. William Pollock, j. j.
Steele, A. G. Barnes, Louis Phillip
and j. j. Gill, having organized by
the appointment of a secretary pro.
tenn. has addressed the parent board
and received a reply with a circular
in which are the following inquiries:
Are there many improved farms in
Audrain county for sale? What are
the lowest prices for the first, second
and third class farms now offered for
sale? Are there still large bodies of
desirable unimproved produ ctive
lands in the market? If so at what
price per acre for the best of them?
Is there any considerable quantity of
government lands in Audrain county
open to entry? What lands are own
ed by county railway companies or
other corporations? If any, what is
their character and value? What adj
vantage does Audrain county offer
for settlement by colonies? What is
the yield, per acre, of the following
agricultural products: wheat, corn,
oats, rye, barley, potatoes, timothy,
clover, hungarian and millet, broom
corn, hemp, tobacco, cotton? To
what extent are cattle, sheep, hogs,
horses and mules raised for market?
What grasses grow for pasturage?
What is the extent of range or wild
pasturage? What wild mast? How
Is Audrain county adapted in climate
for grasses and in springs and small
streams for dairy %purposes2 To what
extent is dairying pursued as an in
dustry? What is the proportion OF
woodland and prairie suitable for
cultivation? What proportion of that
is cultivated? To what use can the
land which is not tillable be applied?
Do your springs and small streams
furnish a sufficient supply of water al
all seasons? What is the number OF
public schools? and of private schools
and colleges? Give the number Of
churches and their denominations
What school or public libraries
Number of Grange, Masonic, Ode
Fellows and other societies! What
is the rate of taxation in the aggre'
gate for all purposes? Is the popu'
lation of Audrain county increasing
by immigration? If SO, from wha'
states or counties? What railroad:
are being built or proposed? Wha
saw mills, grist mills or other manu-
factories have been built within tn,
past four years?
A very good idea of what the Stat
Board needs can be obtained from
these questions. The Importance o
furnishing correct answers can be a:
readily appreciated. Those that W
wish to induce to come into our D;.ds
~-o mainly fn-nnrs uho 1o-~<-l--
able Statistics. When sr,cb are ser
to the State Board ttey will be filed
published and distributed after be1n
arranged and classified. A registr
will also DE kept of every tract {
land ID each county for sale, with
brlet description and price annexed
Or course the information sougl
must be gathered from each count
separately, and as no committee, n
matter how vigilant, could furnish re
liable answers to all the inquire
made, which must vary somewhat
each particular township, farmer
are requested to send in Response
from every part of the county, al
dressed to John J. Gill, secretary pr,
tem., Mexico, Missouri, who wi
compile them and transmit a conden
ell report to the State Board.