The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Of the season. at fabulous prices. and Boston with it's first fruits from which he realized $l00 per acre plus the cost of production. He starts North with his early vegetables and small fruits and brings home millions of dollars, while his family is conducting a successful family dairy on peavines. me present opportu- nity for the farmer in the South never looked brighter, and Is equal to that or any country if he will use his brain and his muscle. The South Is susceptible or maintaining twice its present population The rapid strides of the last decade have been marvellous and its future Is destined to surpass the expectations of its most sanguine people It has millions of rich undeveloped acreage at s to Na, waiting the coming of the farmer with small means, and will welcome him to climate as genial, to flowers as fragrant, to seen cry as beautiful and to sky as bright as any country on earth"
 MT. John Hamilton, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. observing the vast amount of land capa- ble of profitable cultivation, and arguing for a proper rotation of crops, writes The salvation of agriculture in the Southern States will come not from with out but from within It must be effected ~N- the land. The agencies that are to be most potent in aiding these land holders are, first, the agricultural college; sec ond, the agricultural experiment station; third, the agricultural institution, and fourth, the agricultural journal If these educational institutions are lberally sup ported and intellisently directed, 1t will not be long before the Southern States will be practicing diversified farming, cheapening their methods of production, improving the fertility of their lands and adding greatly to the comfort and pros perity of their agricultural people. By these means there will be given all over the South visible demonstration of what the Southern States are capable in the way of agriculture. The sight of this prosperity will, of itself, attract the bet ter class of intelligent farmers from else where, and the tire of immigration will be diverted from the great West to the milder climate and greater possibilities of the South"
 Oliver Wilson of Magnolia, H., whose opinion of Southern agriculture was changed by his trip. writes: That agri- culture has not reached it's possibilities in the Southern States is apparent to the casual observer, but find that better methods are being applied and greater interest taken, and I believe there are mary farmers in the North and West who are paying high rent. without even a hope of ever owning a farm in those sections who would do well to investigate possibilities in the South. where land is cheap and with proper culture may be brought up to a high state of cultivation. bringing prof. table returns to its owner"
 MT. John M. Stahl of Quincy, H.. Sec Of EarYnarc' NoffoNoI will show his faith by his works. He writes: '"The South does not know of its riches It has but touched the hem of its | esources. What I think of the South as a field for investment Is best shown by the fact that propose to invest in it all my surplus dollars from this time on."
 Regarding the opportunities for farm CTS in the South the following views are expressed:
 A. F. Strange, Walshville, Iii: "A soil which can be made profitable, with its low price and with the finest climate in the world will appeal strongly to the debt -burdened farmer of the North who can never get out Of debt on account of the high price of his land.'
 F. E. Nudge, LaSalle, Ill.,: You have good farm lands there cheap We have good farmers hera v-''N 'and soo high We must come to the land.s
 I. l.. hoDerts. Joyl't l.: T would advise anyone who Is seeking health, wealth and happiness to try the South. especially Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Of course, I a mtoo old to farm, but the young and the middle-aged should go to the South as think 1t far superior to the Western lands for ali purposes" Hiram Vaman, Verona, Wis: If Northern farma-s should invest in land in Georgia and york IS they do here and in the West, I see no reason why they could not make a success"
 P. c. Cunningham. Patterson. Iowa; 'I think that people from this section would do as well in Georgia or Florida as they can do in the West or in the North, If not better"
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