The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-04-07

state OF Iowa. To-day Iowa atands
the peer Of any state or territory
west In NIL that goes to make up 4
great agricultural community. Hut
mnny Of us having tried this glorious
State Is to 40 years, and finding orr
earthly possessions growing less and
less naturally enquire us there moth
Ing better beyond North cast Iowa
has tried grain farming hy itself and
failed. stock and grain, and general.
~ failed. but now tho dairy tcrcam,
cry business Is being tried with fair
success. The advantages are good,
grass four months, cold water the
whole year. cheap lee. good health
for, man and bcnst when we'll clad
and sheltered. think cows can be
kept we'll here for Is To 20 dollars
cnch per year. The gross returns
may be any where from 20 to 30 dol
lars. according to market. The labor
not fur from 10 dollars for each COW
with good management and fair pri-
eos; 20 COWS will give support 70 u
small family. Should prices drop
would success continue, and To what
could we turn for u living?
Is there any thing better souths
Let us sec. from & to II months green
grass, plenty OF water, plenty Ut
rain. Lands much cheaper, some
better, some worse, old and new.
The quality Of the grass much the
same. Stock Is not troubled us much
with flies and mosquitoes "a north,
/ speak OF central TcXas. Cows arr
large and when properly handled Il
mean have the calves kept from
thcm) are excellent mixers. Dairy
products are much higher, New Or
leans being our best market to-day.
Milk every where South Is 4Octs per
gallon, and that il not all, the Lead
ing crops South are Of greater value
by the acrc. Sugar. Cotton. Tobac-
CO, Corn. Lnnd and Labor arc cheap
CT, seed very cheap, the outlay Is far
less upon the crop, you have more
time to perfect ii and when you har-
vest, it brings more money. For In
stance u crop Of sugar often brings
over 500 per acre, some claim As
high as $500, cotton from $40 to $50
tobacco from 800 to $500. corn, oats
and wheat from $50 to $40 dollars
The crops are sure Of success and
the loss Of one crop can be replaced
by another the same season, some
times supplemented by u third
Again the people are Very friendly,
and so anxious for Northern farmers
to come among them. They prefe.
white labor, white ncighhors. white
rulers. don't blame them. The
Southern Lion Is just awaking, the
chains of slavery have fallen from
black and white. a new order oil
things bursts upon his vision. The
hum OF business arouses his sleep.
ing energies and activity and pros
perity attend every enterprise.
The Northern Bear must suck hi.
own claws eight months Of the twelve
1t is nota dreamlcss sleep, for hi,
shaggy hide does not entirely pro
tcct from tho fierce blasts az win
ter. So he dreams Of artificial hea
from costly wood or more costly coal
and after a long awaking finds the
rcsult-ashes. Then comes .the tug
ofwar.' The roads have been block,
aaed. He must have wood. Scet
time is III hand. but the long winte
has consumed his grain. He mus
make hay while the sun shines, TO
it don't shine long and then the carl,
frosts have nipped the late grass
buckwheat and corn. It's "hurr,
scurry.' each day shorter and NOR
important until the inevitable bl IL
Yard closes the scene. and the bea
goes to his long home. Not 50 tn
Southern Lion, the winter Is his har
vest, all the eight mouths he gather
in the cotton and the corn. profita
bic farming operations continn
through the year.
S. l.. CARY.