Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — Jennings County Letter. [ARTICLE]

Jennings County Letter.

Editor of The Jasper Count* 1 Democrat: I have just returned from Alabama. I have always had a desire to locate in some of thoe*|| southern states. I have mad® !r|| thorough investigation of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and have c onclnded that when a man leaves Indiana, he leaves a I mighty good state. Those old southern states have been farmed J too much and the wet season* J have left the soil lifeless. The 1 entire crop depends on the use | of fertilizer, which costs from $2.00 | to $2.50 per acre. The rain in the spring effects their planting season more than ours. Central J Tennessee has an immense com | crop; Alabama has a poor crop. ' The high lands are too high and ; the lowlands so low that they easily ■?, overflow. From Bowling Green, % Kentucky, to Jellico, Tennessee, is extra fine land, but too high in J price for the ordinary man to buy V even a small farm. There is no such thing as a crop failure, and I usually there are two crops. The i wheat crop cut off and the second ? crop of corn or potatoes is about matured. These lands are all farmed by colored people, usually hired very cheap. After making a thorough investigation of these southern states, % the writer returned to Jennings county, Ind., fully assured that there is no locality any more highly favored with good soil and good seasons, cheap lands and good markets, than old Jennings. Hence I am now engaged in erecting a neat, new. six-room cottage for a permanent dwelling. I have \ investigated the soil, climate, fruit, water and health, etc., and have arrived at the conclusion that | none can surpass old Jennings, v Our com has ripened and some will do to crib. As we have had no frost our corn grew to maturity and is sound. We don’t have any soft undeveloped corn here. Wheat sowing is the order of the day here and a large crop is being sowed. This is true in all states, a large acreage being sowed, and if it should be a good yield, 30 1 cents a bushel will make the farm- 1 er almost poverty stricken, prosperous, in so much so. that he will want to go to the Phillipines to : help catch the McKinley elephant. Let me say to the farmers of Indiana that farming don’t pay anywhere like it used to, and all the soft snaps are taken in. If there ; is an opening for a few cheap farms to go on the market, there! are men ready to pick them up. 1 Only a few of the cheap farms in Jennings county are left, though ! E. C. Davis still has a few bargains. There will be quite an emigration from northern Indiana to Jennings this fall. Crops good, weather cool. It ' has been well said that it knows! just w hen to rain and when to quit in Jennings. In my conversation with Hoosiers in differenti states, 19 out of every 20 regrets having left old Indiana. Th®l| writer can truthfully say we never | had better health than we havo ; had this summer. The health of of our community is good. We live in a Quaker neighborhood. | They have a nice church and have preaching every Sunday. Don’t : never be afraid to settle among the Quakers. The nature of my experience amongst them here hae 1 been most pleasant. Well, to my friends, I say that I will be found two miles west of | Butlerville, while time permits . me to survive. Rev. Peter Hinds. Buterville, Ind., Sept. 18.