Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-20

need but to repect the old saying.
Tickle it with hoe and it will smile
with u harvest"
Vegetation there is spontaneous and
luxuriant, Offering no comparison with
that of the Northwest which requires
the aid Of expensive machinery and
muItitudious hands 70 bring it TO a sue
cesSful state OF cultivation.
Aud right here we may say that this
matter of the employment of mschin-
cry aud farm hands is the rock upon
which our misInformed friends from
abroad have split.
The work of the Bonanza Farmer"
in the Northwest has been held up TO
dazzle the eyes Of immigrants who have
been led 20 believe that ii is simply the
exempli6catlon OF what may be ac-
comp.shed by any industrious settler.
Let Us LOOK into the real facts Of the
case.
The Bonanza Farmer" is a creation
of the nineteenth century and unknown
10 the verdant foreigner nor indeed TO
any other section Of the country than
the much Landed Northwest. He is a
man Of wonderful resources. Iu most
cases be has not risen from humble
origin, but with ample capital az his
command, has invested largely In farm
ing lands, live stock and agricultural
implements. So extensive a scale is
that upon which he operates that the
human eye cannot encompass tho eX-
tent Of his holdings. HIS cattle are
numbered by the thousands; he
has his own elevators in which 10
store his grain; he houses his employees
in q huge boarding house Of his own
erection; 10 is the vast array OF harvest
ing machines upon his place that the
prospective settler sees IN pictures OF
farming scenes in the Northwest. OPP
Grating on so extensive scale his losses
as the result OF untOward conditions are
reduced 10 the minimum. A profit so
small as 10 prove ruinOus to the average
farmer will net him large returns on
his entire crop. The prolific resources
Of the "Great Northwest" can therefore
be said to be out Of reach OF the i'm
migrant Of ordinary means. II is es'
sentially region OF mag nificent dis
tances" aud everything is done upon q
grand scale, reducing the chances OF
the ordinary plodder TO the minimum
and leaving him no compensation for
the many sacrifices be has been called
upon 20 make OF agreeable social life,
educational facilities and physical dis
comfort.
Contrast his condition with that OF
the truck farmer" Of the South, who
realizes a greater profit from his thirty
acres than does the Northern farmer
from 100. This sounds almost incredi-
bic, but il is fact.
There is no section in America to-day
that gives as full returns to the acre as
do the States Of Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, Virginia, Texas, Arkansas,
Maryland, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ten.
nessea, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Missouri and West Virginia. The sol
and climate unite 10 give these States
unsurpassed adoption and capacity fol-
/ the production oi agriculture
! Tobacco, cotton. sugar, IDdisu corn.
Shess, rye, barley Acc cstS-.aii tbs
cereals are grown hers in profuSs
abundance, Nowhere in the world
does the earth yield more prompt,
| certain and abundant return to the vi
talizing touch OF the husbsndman thar
/ in these commonwealth.
Much NAV be said likewise OF horti-
| culture. Nowhere can richer or sweet
er fruits, such as oranges, bananas,
apples, peaches, plums, grapes and
/ berries be grown in greater profusion.
Already are TO be found here very
many of the most extensive and profit
able orchards, vineyards and gardens
OF the globe, while marvellous but we
authenticated stories are told Of success