. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. imilar usein that famous section—and we have an idea of the hand tohand progress that the moral and material forces of Unioncounty are making. There is an almost ideal blending of theconservative and the progressive ideas. Tlie two meet in a finecomposite—a guarantee that every step made in the onwardprogress is a real one and shall not be lost. SOIL AND CLIMATE. Prosperity may be l)uilt up;)n different interests. l)ut
. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. imilar usein that famous section—and we have an idea of the hand tohand progress that the moral and material forces of Unioncounty are making. There is an almost ideal blending of theconservative and the progressive ideas. Tlie two meet in a finecomposite—a guarantee that every step made in the onwardprogress is a real one and shall not be lost. SOIL AND CLIMATE. Prosperity may be l)uilt up;)n different interests. l)ut there areonlv two things, and they taken together, which guarantee 8 l)eyond peradventure a lasting prosperity. These two are favor-able soil and climate. Towns are often made rich by the manu-facture of a single article—but the market may decline and thewhole cosily fabric of a profitable industry be rendered an agricultural section with a soil easily adapted to anindefinite variety of crops, a climate alike suitable, with anequable rainfall, there is no possibility that the population willnot always bo happy ancl ])i()sporous. l^nion county is free. UNION CorNTV ColNT IIolSE. fi-()iii excess of heat or cold. Spring- and fall arc ideal; in thesummer the days are warm l)nt tiie nights pleasant. Winterbrings no excessive cold, but there is enough to be bracing. Onan average there are ahiuit two good snowfalls a year, scarcelyever over six or eight inches in depth. Rainfall is well distrib-uted so that every section of the county is well watered. Thenorthwestern border of the countv lies on the Kocky river, while 9 the Catawba flows near its eastern border. Into these two coursesflow numerous hirge and small creeks, traversing every sectionof the county, and furnishing many acres of bottom land,upon which corn grows so vigorously. Much of the soil isnaturally very fertile, all of it may be made so. The wholecounty is remarkable for its healthfulness. CROPS. T
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