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means to buy small farms and stock them without incurring debt.” It 
is proposed in Stafford, Virginia, to induce immigration “by giving 
homesteads to immigrants, and selling in small portions on long time.” 
In Charlotte, Virginia, “‘ farmers from Europe are wanted to work on 
shares of crop for a series of years until they are able to buy small farms.” 
The following extracts relate to inducements held out to settlers, either 
from other parts of the country or from Europe, by several of the South- 
ern States : 
Warren, N. C.—The principal cause of discouragement with our farmers imme- 
diately after the war was the disorganization of our labor system and want of 
capital. These causes are gradually disappearing, and we are more hopeful of the 
future. We have a healthy climate, pure water, and a good soil. Our population is 
refined, educated, and intelligent. What we need are capital and immigration. We 
want men with money, character, and energy, to buy up our surplus lands and go to 
work with us, and we have no doubt of a prosperous future. Our county was wealthy 
before the war, owning a large number of slaves; consequently we have plenty of 
labor. Laborers are beginning to work better and take less interest in politics than 
heretofore, and we think will continue to improve. A northern man can come here 
and buy 100 acres of land for $1,000; produce everything he needs for home consump- 
tion, and make profitable market crops, have mild winters, with very little time that 
he cannot do out-door work, enjoy good health, go to church on Sunday, and send his 
children to school during the week. 
Kauffman, Texas.—F armers here, by proper management, can succeed better than in 
almost any other portion of the United States, for this reason, that it takes less capital 
to manage afarm. Land can always be bought at fair rates, on terms suitable to a 
man’s means. There is a disposition shown to heip every new-comer along, and aid 
him with farming utensils. 
Williamson, Texas.—The State is fast settling up with a better class of immigrants, 
and lands have advanced more in the last year than for the ten previous ones. 
Fayette, Tenn.—The want is good reliable labor. The Department of Agriculture 
and National Government ought to aid us materially by authoritatively stating to 
the public that personal rights are as safe here as elsewhere. 
Prince William, Va.—Old farms here are too large; should be cut up into small farms. 
We have room for one thousand additional farmers in this small county. So say to all, 
come to our genial climate, where you can make pleasant homes for yourselves and 
families; where most every necessary of life can be produced by skillful hands. This 
will help us the most. 
King and Queen, Va.—The aid of capitalists and immigration of industrious laborers 
would aid very materially to develop our resources. We have a genial clime, and are 
accessible to the Richmond, Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York markets 
in from six to twenty-four hours. 
Marlborough, S. C.—This is certainly a much better country for those who wish to 
leave their old homes than any portion of the Northwest. Capital invested in plant- 
ing pays as well with us as it could in any regular business. We need skilled me- 
chanics and industrious laborers everywhere. We purchase largely of improved 
implements, particularly plows, all of which come from the North or West. We have 
every facility for manufacturing these articles, except skilled labor and the disposition 
to go into manufacturing. One county is improving, and our white people are all at 
work, most of them successfully. 
Conecuh, Ala.—F orm a club, each member to pay so much for printing; send cireu- 
lars descriptive of soil, climate, products, fruits, &c., over the West and Europe, and 
let every farmer who has over one hundred acres of land give every alternate forty 
acres of land to every actual settler. We have thousands of acres of land in this 
county that could be given away, and the people, or rather the present owners, would 
be better off by doing so, and as Com. Maury has said that every actual settler is 
worth one thousand dollars to State and county, we would soon be able to pay taxes, 
cultivate all the waste lands, produce three times more than we could consume, pay 
debts, and save money. 
Cherokee, Texras.—Our farmers have no cause of discouragement; on the contrary, 
they have much to be thankful for. A healthy country, rich land, good society, schools 
and churches in nearly every settlement. Many buy farms and make from 50 to 25 
per cent. of the first cost a year, from the crops grown thereon, besides supporting 
their families. I have known farmers to buy farms for $800, and make a thousand dol- 
lars’ worth of cotton the first year, beside plenty of corn, potatoes, melons, and 
garden vegetables. Asa general rule the farmers of Texas are very liberal to emi- 
grants; will sell lands on one, two, or three years’ time, and furnish stock, tools, and 
provisions for the first year on credit. 
Perry, Tenn.—Our farmers, as also other classes, are contented and happy, and, the 
