The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07
Southern
Lands.

4
raising lands of that section, a (
man whose experience has
taught him the value Of farm
lands and how TO use them, and
who knows what the cost and
profit Of farming in his section
are, has recently visited several
localities in the Southeastern
states from Mississippi t0 Nir-
ginia, examining into the farm
conditions, the crops grown, the
forage plants available the
Iquestion of producing cattle
and hogs. and the prices at
which lands may be purchased.
His conclusions are interesting.
One Of them is that the returns
from the lands OF his owl state
bear no comparison 20 those
from the land in the various
, districts I'm the Southeast he has
b inspected "Why." he said, lin
some districts ! first concluded
the lands were not good This
, was from a first view of them.
- When ] Investigated I found
them bearing great and profita-
2 bic crops Of cotton and corn and
other crops. The prices for these
: lands were very low. In another
I section l was told that the lands
r. would pay Is 20 30 per cent. on
4 their cost. My conclusion was
I that 10 would be easy 20 make
a all that was claimed for the
l lands. 1t seemed 90 me that a
good farmer ought nearly q
make the purchase price from
one good crop. / have no doubt
that IN many cases more thar
this can be done. y on know we
= frequently only get S3 90 s. an
4 acre rent for our 800 90 Sl25 an
acre land 1 discovered that N
the Southeast You have splen
did variety of good forag'
q crops. The North has nothing
like the number and valuable
character. The cost Of making
pork. Why, 10 costs very littll
e. in the Southeast. You Nigh
ie almost say that it costs nothing
.d for all you have 20 do is TO le
e., the hogs Craze. They feed them
"a selves. OF course. YOU have tn
z, cost of the land. and som
h expense in putting IN a forag
n 3 crop. / saw some districts Il
Of the South where the land
~ especially appealed 10 me, land
y as valuable for what they Wi
IS produce as one can find any
n, where, yet only a few dollars
ld relatively, an acre. There
lg some land which, am tolC
Dn may be purchased at $50 70 81
at an acre, that Will give goo
he returns on 5000 an acre, and
he would be held at that IN OF
Sc. territory"
N. In an agricultural pap,
he which reached this office a fe
"a days ago, two pages were give
40 up TO the advertising az
he description OF what is set fort
ar as a particularly valuable ira
ar of farm land In one of the Il
ed Western states Emphasis
he laid on the fact that it W
M produce alfalfa, that fruits CT.
of plentifully, that dairying
ras most profitable, that it has pu
of water, and that the climate
delightful. Ii has a light, fe
ted tile, loam soil, slightly mix
.ay with gravel. That sounds hi
em some of the soils of the Sout
til east. 1t describes conditio
eld which prevail at most places
all the states south of the Ohio a.
der east of the Mississippi. 1t
ers quoted at $S5 an acre, said TO
ties an unusually low and attracti
at price. There is no doubt tn
eld the land is worth what is ask
irt, for il, if the conditions are
nst described. But what can a m
Ter. do for $s5 an acre, or even mr
ere less than that in the Southea
nile What are the differences
sral location which should aft
cen land values and the profits
be farmers! The w estern laI
~, n tl-n~soI - - - hoe ~ II h n,