Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-03
TURNING TOWARD THIS SECTION
Renewed Interest in Eastern and
Southern Farm Lands.

Southern Farm Lands.
With the disappearance Of low
priced lands in the western states AMI
the rising prices Of farm products In
all the markets of the world, the lands
Of the eastern and the southern states
are attracting the attention Of our
stock -raisers and farmers. and their
value as producing acreage IA now be-
ing more appreciated.
It is evident that for cattle, sheep
and hogs. these. eastern and south
feastern lands must be relied upon to
supply the country to far greater ex-
tent than has been the case during the
last half-century. and ,..e millions Of
acres in New England, the middle At
lantic and the south Atlantic states
are available for 3stock-raising pur-
poses IL undeniable. I-s u.
The finely watered. well. sheltered.
rich pasture lands Of the mountain
ranges Of the states Of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, virginia. West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee. North and South
Carolina, and north Georgia win sup
port millions Of cattle, sheep and hogs,
and with Increase in the number ~
agriculturists cuitivating the SOIL and
producing corn. wheat. oats and alfal-
IA to greater amount than at present.
these herds and fiocks. reared 80 ciose-
ly to the city markets. can be made az
profitable as the animals raised one or
two thousand miles away in the west
ern states and brought long distances
to these same markets.
The rise IN values Of western lands
has made these eastern acres connpara-
lively cheap It has changed the con-
ditions which prevailed In the last cen-
tury. and which populated the west
through settlers from the eastern
states, as well an immigrants from ev-
cry country in Europe.
There. has been for the past i've
years decided movement Of popula-
ton from the northern to the southern
states, and each year that movement
takes with It greater numbers OF the
northern people. Git e,9s
From Maryland to Arizona, all
through the southern states belt, this
influx Of the northern people Is well
marked and defined. and I'm states like
Florida the percentage Of northerners
is very high and growing with every
year.
The majority Of these newcomers
are agriculturiste, seeking iow-priced
lands In milder climate, and ready to
lend their energies and use their means
In promoting the development Of the
state and the section In which they
have taken up their abodes.
Within the past few weeks the Ger
man steamship companies have ar
ranged to place in. service additional
steamships from Europe to the ports OF
baltimore and New Orleans. thus IN
creasing the facilities for irimigrants
to come through these ports into the
United States.
This cannot fall to give the south
thousands Of additional cultivators Of
the soil, and whether they come to pur-
chase lands to cultivate for themselves
or simply to labor for others who own
the acres, they become valuable fac
tors in the development Of southern
lands. 20
Maryland and Virginia, two states to
which Baltimore is an open door. can
offer these immigrants lands we'd
adapted to their use. with locations an
to the country's great markets un-
equalled, with excellent transportation
facilities by rail or water. and these
lands at prices absurdly low. when
compared with those OF other states at
the present time. - ..i5 p5
1t is great opportunity that Is Of
fered these states to secure desirable
immigrants through corporation with
the great steamship lines Of Germany.
and It is just as great an opportunity
for the immigrants to secure for them
selves, at small cost, lands that within
the next decade will bring double the
prices that they can be bought for to-
day,-washington Post.