The Selection of Land for General, Farming in the Gulf Coast Region, East of the Mississippi River (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Selection of Land for General, Farming in the Gulf Coast Region, East of the Mississippi River (Classic Reprint) written by W. E. Tharp and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Selection of Land for General, Farming in the Gulf Coast Region, East of the Mississippi River The agricultural Opportunities in this section of the South are attracting many people from other localities, chiefly from the North ern States. In the last few years there has been marked activity on the part of real-estate and colonization companies, as well as of rail ways and some industrial organizations, in advertising the resources of this region and particularly in promoting the sale of the cut-over pine lands. The majority of the immigrants who purchase land for general farming have had little or no experience with such soils as commonly occur in this part of the Gulf Coast country. In too many instances the choice of location is largely determined by considerations other than the character of the soil or its adaptability to the kind of farm ing to be pursued. While accessibility to markets, the local facilities for transportation, and communication, as well as the general social conditions of a locality should be given due consideration, the soil itself is of first importance in the selection of land for a farm home. This paper discusses only the general soil characteristics, and but little more than mentions the chief problems in southern agriculture. It gives briefly such information as should be at the command of any one contemplating the purchase of farm land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.