The Washington times., 1895-03-24
GERMANS FROM THE WEST.

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An agent at Cambridge, Nd, settled in
1894 twenty families of Germans from the
West, and says that many others have come
in and rented farms, with privilege OF
buying.
In Haraldson, county, Ca, over 5000
acres have been bought in small tracts for
orchards and vineyards by over 200 per-
SONS from other States. AT Centreville,
Miss, twenty two farms We're sold to
buyers from Illinois, Kansas and Penn
sylYania.
A correspondent at Gillett, Ark, says
| that over 100 families settled in that
county in 1894, and that large number
has come In since, including one colony of
eighteen families from Iowa.
A real estate agent at Pocomoke City,
Nd, writes: II have never known ths
demand for farm lands in this section so
great as at present During the year
which has Just closed / sold about so
! farms. The farms sold range in price from
| SO to $50 per acre"
An agent at Little Rock, Ark, says:
''In the last six months 900 families have
settled in one county in this State. They
are principally homeseekers, who have set
! tied as farmers"
report from Petersburg, va, says:
1--WE sold to parties outside of the State
! OF Virginia during the year 1894, 43
| farms, aggTegating nearly 1000 acres Of
land"
STREAM OF HOME SEEKERS.
Another letter says: THE stream Of
home seekers from other States to this
section has, within the past year, at
home seekers from other States to this
tanned q magnitude undreamed of before.
! Yet realize the magnitude OF the exodus
! from the northwest. Many families from
| the west are very poor-almost wholly des
titute OF means. but Others are coming well
provided with money, and many of our best
| farms are being bought for cash"
In letter from Crowley, La, ii is said:
For the last two or three months our Of
flee has been crowded with home seekers
and settlers. The great business here has
been rice growing. and for the last two or
three years farmers have been able in
most cases to pay for their lands out OF
| the first crop.
products. This parish will probably
We are beginning now to diversity our
| plant more oats this year than the whole
| state OF Louisiana has done for many years
| before. A larger area will also be planted
| in corn than formerly. The growing of
| fruits, such as peaches, pears, figs, plums,
| to-, is also coming more and more into
| prominence. This is a magnificent coun-
| try for all fruits of this sort. The cul-
| tivation of small fruits and vegetables is
| also extending rapidly.
s UNDOUBTED ADVANTAGES.
|. A wealthy financial house in Memphis
| writes as follows: "The members of this
| firm came to the South from Indiana in
1882, largely as result of the interest
| which the Atlanta exposition caused.
| We are glad to find that men from the
| North are at last coming TO realize the
undoubted advantages which the South
| presents.
1.-THE normal trend of immigration for
many years should have been South, and
we have no doubt that The natural advan-
tages of the South would have made il SO
| but for slavery and feelings aroused by the
| war.
Among Southern men OF our acquaint-
] ance there is but one feeling in regard to
this immigration. 1t is welcomed with
the strength which ii would, perhaps,
be difficult for the immigrants themselves
to understand