The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-23

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FOR THE YA zoo WIG.
AGRICULTURAL LETTERS FROM YAZOOI
SWAMP, NO. v.
In my last letter spoke Of the use o f cot
ton for bagging, clothing, &c. stated that
the introduction of cotton bagging, 50 far as
l had been able to learn, was very far from
being any thing like fair experiment, be-
cause the material was procured in the
wrong way. Most or all of the cotton that
goes out of the Mississippi river is suffered
to get wet more or less. When this cotton
is slowed close in the hold of a vessel it will
in short time undergo partial decompo-
sition. During voyage to Europe every
pound of this wet or damp cotton becomes
perfectly rotten. A voyage to the Northern
cities in most cases, orly damages it par
TALLY. 1t may readily be seen that the low
price at which this article can at all times |
be purchased, favours its appropriation to |
the use above alluded to. And hence
much Of the cotton bagging we see is not SO
strong as hemp. But if cotton be selected
for this purpose By the planter in the field
of the refuse of the crop, it can be sold as
low as the half dam aged cotton above spo.
ken of, and still is as sound, as strong and as
| good as the best cotton.
also intimated that some 80 900 bales of
cotton ought annually to be consumed in
Mississippi. But this we cannot do until we
get over an old habit. We have grown up
with the idea migrated in almost indelible
| print upon our minds and habits, that we can
use nothing except what we buy. 1t is buI
just now we have ceased to buy corn at :
dollar bushel. when the cost of hauling j
home was more than would be the cost o
raising it on the plantation. And we nov
use nearly the same kind Of economy in reIa
ton to our coarse cloth. We buy blankets
from France and other places, bagging from
Kentucky and India. and linsey from Ken
lucky and the Northern cities, when we car
make the articles at home, quite as good am
at one halfOr at one fourth the cost. / thnl
it would perhaps be an improvement in tn,
trade, and economy on our part, if we wert
q to bug cotton in France, Kentucky and Bos
ton to make our coarse cloth with. But
f perhaps, we can getit cheaper at home.
To use cotton for our coarse cloth would
q open new market for low price cotton 70
j something like the following quantities:
The last Census showed about 10000 negroe
in the State. 1t is presumed about 100000 Q
these are engaged in the cotton feld:-
lbs Of CO.
: They will require three suits year,
! 9 yards each, cloth to weigh, ave.
s rage lib to the yard, 100000
e Other negroes, say half that quantity, $4,000
: One pair blankets every two years, +"
each, 10000
: 100000 bales of cotton will require
|, Is yds. bag. to the bailey 100000
!. yds. q ID cot. to the yd. Begging
to weigh lib to the yard when
made, will take 5,4Oo,0l
Two picking-sacks year, ! ] yards
;, each, IL lb 10 the yard 9Oo.O
y Total number Of pounds Of cotton ll.O5OOt
! or q, CPS bales. to which IL We add 375 bales
i other uses it will give 30 600 bales OF cotton Viii
!, might be consumed in Mississippi every year 8
d But this is not all. Ifany given quaint
b of labor be Withdrawn from the cotton liel
and be employed in furnishing the plant
talion with supplies which would Ottlerwii
!, be purchased, it is equivalent, 50 far as Il
4 planter is concerned, to the finding of ne
D. market for as much cotton as that labor wou
IN produce. For the cotton'if made, would /
into the market we now have, to procul
ls money to be laid out in purchasing these 81
St plies. Then. if The cloth above spoken
s. be manufactured in Mississippi, it viii ben
O. tit the cotton. market as much az would .
* entire new purchaser to the extent Of Il
in cotton thatlabOur would produce. Il Is diff
er cult to tell how much this would Be- for the
he are various things pro and con 10 Be consi
i, cred. But fit cost as much Is panuiactu
e. as the price Of the cotton say ave cents
q, Popndl sor shs various kinds 0f ololh.Wh,