Holt county, its soil, climate, and the advantages it offers to immigration .. . that isperfect? The North-eastern portions of this County are to a consider-able extent, destitute of timber. In some places, lire wood will haveto be hauled seven or eight miles, to supply any considerable de-mand. Fortunately those portions of the (Jounty destitute of timberare not distant from the coal mines of Nodaway County, and musteventuallj be supplied with fuel from these Fencing material, ofcourse, in the section referred to, is scarce, and the lack must besupplied l>iy hedges. Fortunately we have the
Holt county, its soil, climate, and the advantages it offers to immigration .. . that isperfect? The North-eastern portions of this County are to a consider-able extent, destitute of timber. In some places, lire wood will haveto be hauled seven or eight miles, to supply any considerable de-mand. Fortunately those portions of the (Jounty destitute of timberare not distant from the coal mines of Nodaway County, and musteventuallj be supplied with fuel from these Fencing material, ofcourse, in the section referred to, is scarce, and the lack must besupplied l>iy hedges. Fortunately we have the Osage Orange, whichwith proper care is all that could be desired We liave severalthousand acres of uncultivated lands that want men to buy and im-prove them. We have 3Iill Sites that are unoccupied on all ourstreams that want improvements to be made upon them. We haveFarmers who are attempting to cultivate three acres where theyhave only capa(nly for the proper cultivation of one. We want mento buy them out, and divide these plantations into smaller andmore manaueable IlOLf COUNTY. 35 We have no need of Doctors or Lawyers ; already those pro-fessions are over crowded, yet men of real al)ility could succeedhere, as they can anywhere. We have good Physicians, however,and a health} country, while onr Attorneys are up to the need especially more Flouring ^lills. Now a considerable por-tion of our breadstntfs must be brought in from other Stales. Weraise an abundance of grain, which is shipped to distant markets,worked up, and shipped back t(\ us. T4iis expensive operationshould be discontinued, and must be, at no distant day. We needa manufactory of Agricultural Implements. Every Plow, KoUer,Corn I lanter, or Reaper, used in the County, is now brought fromdistant States. But, it will be asked, will it pay to manufacture inHolt County? Page County, Iowa, is nearly destitute of timber,has no Railroad facilities or river transportation, and with no greaterpopulati
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