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Show I SOUTHERN LAND I ; OPPORTUNITIES m H. In tho current Issue of Fnrm and H ' FIrcsldo J. P. Carter, Jr., secretary H ' of tho Mobile, Alabama, l'rogrcsslvo H I association says that tho Gulf coast H I section of Alabama! and Mississippi H is almost a pioneer country. Ho says H that n few years ngo this territory K ' was grown over with a vast forest B ! of yellow pine, but that tho nxmhn B , has been at work and today thcro aro m thousands of acres of virgin lnlnd with H many stumps, all of which Is waiting H for tho hand of the hustler, who wish- H cs to mnko a living from tho sot), H I -v. hlch, by tho way, Is a sandy loam H In tho higher places, and mucklcr and B richer in tho river bottoms. Mr. H' Carter offers tho following warning H i about buying lrtnd In that part of tho K' ' country: B.lj "Thcro aro sevo-nl things to b3 H, f watched when buying lnnd n this E'j ' section. First, watch thu land cum- j jinny; second, watch tho soli; third, K ! watch tho location as to Immediate H market and railroads for tho distant H market, fourth don't depen . t o muc'i B on tho claims maclo by land hoIIuis; H ' ' Qfth, watch tho prlco asked for land. m "In this gulf region wo have thons- B ands of acres of boII that wl.l pro- H duco three crops where tlia soils of H t tho North and West w 11 hardly pro 1 duco one crop. This Is becauso we B ' have tho climate, never a drought, and a winter that Is short and mild. BBS We have a rainfall twlco as great as BBV the middle statos hnd well d'ctrlbut- ed throughout tho year. BBV "Hut wo havo somo very re r lend, BJB l.i. Mi that will not produce cceptln-; BBB at enormous expense. And that Is tho land you do not want, nnd tho BBB the very land wo do not want you to H have. That Is tho kind of land that ; you might buy If you aro not caro- BBVj "Yon must remember thht, since BBB this Is almost n pioneer's country you BB do not haivo to pay ns much for land BBfl ns tho farms of Illinois, Iowa and Bfl Missouri aro worth. If land Is of- Bfl fered at $10 nn acr-j do not bo afraid BBB of It, and do not bo afrhld of it as BBB high as $30 an aero. But when prices BBfl begin to get bcyctnd tho last named Bflfl figure It would bo well to mako an BBfl exceedingly closs Investigation to Bfl learn why It Is that high. The value Bfl Is very apt to bo an Inflated one, cans- Bflflj ed by tho Imagination of tho land BBfl salesman rather than the actun,! valuo Bfl as compared with other pieces next BBfl |