The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-02
TO IlMMIGRANTS.
Reasons why They Should Locate in
Milan and Surrounding Country.

the State west of ofTennessse river, has
an area of about 10000 square miles.
In 1918 the Government oought this
rich body of land from the Chickasaw "
Indisns. when it became part Of the
State of Tennessee. In 1919 the
white men com menced moving into
the "district," ss it was then called,
and since that time the population has
steadily increased. In 1922 Carroll
county was organized, and Gibson the
next year. H,a
The population Of Gibson county
in 1880 WAS 5,S0l; in 1910, 1859;
in 1850, 19,548; in 1860, 21,777, in
1870, 25.666; in 1880, 1855, the
seventh in population in the State.
Out Of her population of 81, $50 in
1880, only r1Tforeiguer, were living
in the county; but quite a number
have moved in since. We have 1885,
426 acres Of improved land, aud
although there are fourteen counties
with larger areas, ours ranked fourth
in value of ali farm productions, being
S1,974,533 The value of our farm.
at that lime was "a, $3.50, 337-ranking
9th in the state. 1t will he seen that
they produced nearly one half their
value, notwithstanding the imperfect
system Of cultivation. In 1880 the
county produced 1852, 467 bushels of
wheat, 1,449, ,633 bushels of corn, A.
282 bushels of oats, 47,763 bushels of
sweet potatoes, 1881 bushels of
Irish potatoes, 9,272 bales of cotton,
$20,341 worth of fruit. The farm
stock was valued at s1,124,0l0.
Carroll county, adjoining uson the
east. has 126, 800 acres Of improved
land, worth s3,170, 500, and her farm
products were worth $1,232,749 in
1880. Her population that year was
AZ, ,103, of which only 80 we're for.
eigners. aaa.
The western and southern portions
OF this county are especially fertile,
there being some of the best farms in
the State in these sections, all of which
are tributary to Milan, There are
number of large farms in this part of
the county which the owners are will
ling to cut up and sell to small farm
ers on good terms.
Milan is about five miles from the
Carroll county line, and the following
description embraces the eastern por-
ton of Gibson and the western part
Of Carroll counties. The land 10 gem
orally level or gently undulating.
Out west of town there is some hilly
country, but not too mnch 80 to be
good farming land when well cared
for. The soil npon the surface is
loan, which is of color from mulat,
to to black, and varies in depth from
six inches to two feet. Immediately
below this loan il reddish subsoil,
which is very retentive of moisture,
and below this in most places are
found strata ofsand of different colors.
The soil is mellow and easily titled.
Our hilly or rolling lands, in the
hands of careless and indifferent farm
srs, constantly decrease in value;
while the very same kind Of land, in
the hands Of intelligent and energetic
farmers, who understand hill side
aitching and drainage, will not only
retain its fertility. but will become
more productive. Fertilizers, which
arc only beginning to be used here,
produce astonishing results. As to
the level land, it will remain good all
ways in the hands of intelligent farm
ers, without the use Of any fertilizers,
by proper rotation Of crops and occa-
siOnslly seeding it down in small
grains. As evidence ofits durability,
there il a uaeat deal of .ucb land hare