The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29

nal wilderness till the war put an end to
the slave system of labor, broke South
ern society into fragments, and with
rude, disrupting hand prepared the way
for new system of labor and Il more
congruous population to develop this neg
lected country. That population is set
Ting, slo Wy as yet from the North and
Northwest. where the rigors of long Win
ters tax to the utmost the vitality of man
and beast, to make homes in this salubri-
Gus cline. where the Winters are COM
paratively short and mild, and the Sum-
mers, without being oppressively hot,
are agreeably warm, and the mountain
air and water the purest and best ever
enjoyed by man. The land here is COW
cred with a light growth of timber, com
posed principally of oak. hickory, chest
nut. poplar, hcmlock, and other woods
of less note. and the soil is light loan,
mixed with 4 great abundance of mica.
On the southern slopes of the mountains
the land is somewhat stony, but it is al
most as clear of stones on the northern,
eastern, and western slopes, and in the
plateaus, as the prairies, and the most
easily cultivated of any soil have ever
been familiar with. There are tens of
thousands of acres of
SPLENDID FARM LANDS
all through this region of country, that
can be bought for Sl00 to "a. 90 per acre.
and which will not cost much more to
make ready for the pillow than good
dressing of lime or phosphate for the
wheat crop in the older Northern and
Middle States, and the quality of soil
will compare iavorably with that OF the
cid States in the early periods of their
settlements. In climate and soil this
country will probably excel any other
portion of the United States for grow
ing apples, peaches, pears, plums, etc,
California, for producing the latter,
will probably excel. Grapes, such as
Catawba, Isabella. Delaware, and small
fruits of all kinds, attain the greatest
perfection if cultivated with the degree
of care and skill they require to make
them success anywhere. There was
abundance of peaches here this season,
wherever orchards were grown, the most
of them being seedlings, but many of
those even were large and fine fruit.
Apples are large and of fine flavor. show
ing the capability of the soil and climate
to produce the best in quality and
abundance in quantity, if properly sup
plemented by skill and intelligent labor,
which is rarely, if ever, the case
For Bookkeeping, this country would
be hard to excel, if modern science and
improved methods in the art are availed
of by the apiariSt. The fora is continu-
Gus through the season; and those periods
of drouth not being experienced here
business of bee culture further north
and west, and the Winters being mild,
with warm, bright days. which allow the
bees to winter on their summer stands
without danger of perishing, if properly
prepared i'll the Fall.
If farmers of small means, who leave
the old States and turn their steps toward
the Western plains beyond the Missouri,
where winds and drouth and insects force
the settler to constant battle to main
tain his ground would come to this coun-
try, with the same industry. in few
years, they could have rs profitable farms,
vastly more comfortable homes, and never
feel the risk and fear of failure to both
health and fortune, which are a constant
menace to settlers who leave the old
States to try their fortunes on the ever
wind-swept prairies west of the Missouri
f. F., f.