The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-19
CLIMATE OF THE SOUTH.
n CAREFULLY COMPARED WIrH
,H1ToFTaE GREAT NORTH WEST.
navel Arguments Advanced Favorable to
Immigration frop, Abroad-Contrast OF
the southern and Northern Farmer.

...bie In every way Tor agriculture"
yo.its.
I'LL. cities. with more enterprise than
been credited TO them. have seeming
~ mot with no difficulty in inducing man
....r.ng concerns to locate there and
t.sult the South has adv Alced rap'd-
b. n,t,yithst anding the vast quantities
~ Dor arabic lands and all OF the dssii1~
Conditions tending toward theiI 49,.
',e, thc resources Of the South IN
zion cannot be said 10 BE- deVcl-
3 q. Is degree In any way common
F.. esr.tc With her other INDUSTRIES, ,,.,,ooa
N.rt il-uucs nave b-tn auN1nSscu
.r rr..et OF the richest portion
l,T ..ntrv That OF sectional
OF I.. s. wed as "A reason for the
....i.Il.tlon from the norm but
lalN o. .r,.stmtnts Of northern capl-
r ~ recent years. induced py tne nearly
81" o' ..r q southern people. tends
isaIasc ta. minds OF the most rah1
fnlt such differences nave any reai
..f.uc. ana new reason must thett,
r. hr found for the timidity OF would
I." ee reflect that Of the mass Of
I,.sf.f and well read people or tne
rth. In exceedingly small percynttdse
ann idea of the climatic copdluOns
. south other than that commonly
.t.1 TO the countries Directly on me
...forial line. then may we loIIh So III
estimate OF what may Zoe eNpctS'..uI ,; ~.
o.-,ln OF merely ordinary m.SinSem6be
4 he way of an opinion on THIS suo-
I'm the minds OK those people OF ,d tne
nth who for any reason may cohIvn..
f,.e a change from one farming seCNCil
~ another. TO cross Mason anu DtHNG{h
line is 10 land In tropical country " me- thes
while possessing many adNdhNae'9 -.
80 ~ growth Of vegetation. soou Hndl
kcts. easily accessible. ely. sun posS,iS.
climate so torridE, as to PI proc fe
.ucrvation at any period OF the year ,t.o
sy nothing Of other Ill follo"ihs ln 10
80 thoroughly imbued with this idea
.ho mind OF the Northern farmer that
q, very letter % inquiry from abroad
..-eetinc the desira bility Of locations IN
tns country adapted 10 farming, pur--
-as ne makes but one reply ana thht
~ the effect that there Is a line d.
.fng This country mi two sections.
= -th Of this line agricultural pursults
.-e carried on for the most part tell'ocS
~.-, large cities. on dreary stretches OF
trts called parties across which the
u.-Is sweep with resistless fury: so
..3 in winter as 10 destroy cattle; 50
f.t in SUMMER as to become cyolonic ard
H.-frov buildings. on the whole. how
aver. while remote from markets ana
school houses. more than average sue
cess may be met with In the production OF
l..l~ and tnls region Is lar pieIcIdpttS
o. that south OF the line whose torrld
climate induces unhealthy conditions ana
renders IL undesirable for settlement.
I.nu as who, by reason OF the strict Eu-
r0rrln emigration laws, have the sole
means al hand for correcting the CT
r.reuus Impressions current among oui
-.rcfituents abroad, now rests the re-
sr.usibilitv OF taking up this subject
Jst AT a time when interest Deelns
& centre in the marvellous resources OF
Or. southern States and in recognition
Of our responsibility TO our readers we
have made some researches into the ell
m1t0lOgy and productiVeness or various
lthern States such as will surprise not
only our friends abroad but our German
American readers as well.
There can Toe one true guide TO the
footsteps OF our readers now residing IN
tl- Fatherland and that a conservative
statement as TO the various conditions
composing section Of this country
resembling in its many salient features
the country from which they emigrate.
Thus 70 invite immigration from sunny
Italy 20 Manitoba would be manifestly
wrong as TO induce the hardy Pole
20 settle in the everglades Of Florida,
and vet the trend OF immigration all
these years has been upon lines almost
as radical
have come alluring tales TO immigrants
OF great fortunes 70 be made in the rails
ing Of stock and the production of ce-
reals. Never is word said as 10 elm
attic conditions.
II is enough for the. immigrants to
know that success has been achieved III
the culture Of wheat and the raising o
STOCK 10y what means and by whom are
matters upon which the eXploiters %
northwestern farming lands are discreet
ly silent He = led 70 infer that coun-
must Of necessity possess all OF the
climatic influences favorable TO resi-
t-uce there.
investigate for himself he would find that
IL was leaving a country with an
r4uable variation in temperature for one
assessing great extremes OF heat ana
Dil he leave those parts of Germany
in the vicinity Of Munich. A 5la.isea.
with 81. Paul. Mimi. Moorehead, Mimi
or Huron. Dakota, as his objective
point he would be called upon TO relin-
Quish a mean temperature In January OF
ICm go degrees r an 10 % rV7lc'S
Fab for one ranging from l4.d degrees
O. 4.6 degrees, variation or from ~
degrees 10 - degrees. And IN summer
l. would find the land OF his adoption
fully as warm as that from "hlch "e
II he came from the vicinity of Leipsic
Berlin Cassel. Madgde1urg, Hamburg,
Carisruhe or Frankfort-on-;ne-Ma {
sim further variation OF 10 degrees
would result. .
within the Southern belt and witness
the marked difference In the range OF
temperature and the wonderfully close
relation between its meteoroioglcal coll
lItOus and those OF the country from
whence he came.
reference 10 the international Meteor
Do.dcal Observation Charts summary
~ which is given herewith. reveals the
fsct that the cities Of Atlanta, Ga. Mont
emery. Ala: Little Rock. Ark; Shreve-
trf 10: Norfolk, Va. and Abilence,
t.Yte have about the same mean tenn
f.rttura as the cities Of Menel, Munich,
tr-bach. Bresau. Bamberg. Frederick
fsf.r and WustrOw i'm Germany, While
savannah Ga: Jacksonville. Fa.. Mo
ll. Ala. Galveston, Tex, etc. have
practically the mean temperature OF
f.-rsI. Berlin. KEEL. Cassei, Magdeburg.
Hamburg Carlsruhe. and Frankfurt-on-
th,-M-ln.
such variations as occur tend for the
most Part coward even more equabie
Temperature than that found In the
vicinity .f thc German cities mentioned.
Thus iu tae spring and fall the tempera-
t-r-. While not reaching the sultry point.
W'fii-- for genial warmth against cold
~ editions abroad.
The summer in the South. long held
w as o. menace-the physical comfort
Wien viewed In the calm light Of scen-
t.le re- ~arch.
Thus he city of Mobile. Alabama, the
r'.f s,ufherly city In the State enjoyed
mean temperature through the month
D. July OF but - degrees while simulta-
hto4a observations at Berlin recorded
~ lr1rees
40 Atlanta. Ga, the mean temperature
ir July was 1875 degrees while eight
ttnll stations I'm Germany recorded a
m-rt higher temperature for the cores
i.fl'ng period.
From this II will readily be perceived
l.t Tire South possesses climatic advan-
i.s's 20 German immigrants unequallcd |
b. any other section Of the United States |
ii a. for It's soil we need but 10 repeat |