The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-19

LETTERs FROM YAz00
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AGRICULTURE Al. LET rs FROM YAzOo
SWAMP 40
Not long sinel visited the lower part ofstbe
state--and while there, and in going and return
ings had frequent conversations on the subject
% cotton growing and agriculture n eenefal, with
gentlemen Of this state and Loaisians. and
~ order 70 comply with promises made Ii some of
these conversations, now propose Eor your notice
the fFstof series Of ''LeHer from t.e Sgdu,'s
OF the character designated ID the captions ana
II yon favor she undertaking end can occssioH~
ally snatch few minutes between supper and
bed-sine, (or in the day time live IN the cotton
feid,) viii endeavCr u furnish You 1 number Of
the " LettsTSu each week, and may eontinus them
indefinitely, as circumstances may Indicate.
/ am one Of the many Iuot of de JeiDl who be-
lieve that most Of The evils and disadvantage
real and supposed, seen and unseen, attendadg
upon cotton planting, are owing 70 bad manase.
ment--to the want Of . regular pursuit % aprO-
per systsm-to the want Of proper adapisnon Of
labor and capital to the present stuasiOn and pro.
babIe prospective cOnditiOn Of the cotton maFket.
believe tbatcOtton planting, II rightly Pursnedy
even with euch market as we now have, IL nol
50 bad business as is generally supposed; and II
lt Is not now more profitable than any other rsgn-
liar and permanent business III the South, it's be
cause proper system 81 economy, adapted tothe
location and natural advantages Of Mississippi,
and 70 the demand, consumption and growth else
81 where Of our staple production, IL NOS pursued.
And, sir, / must be permitted in the outset, In
this preliminary letter, to lay charge against the
planters Of Mississippi, which Think 10 cleaF-
" and Individually sustained BY ePparent laeltsand
] which think will be most readily aaSsntsd BY
all candid and rejecting men. sItsis thiss-they
4 are too much opposed 70 iSlsoOasion There, il .
e spirit abroad in the land which takes pride in main
tanning an unqualified and universal opposition to
innovation Of any kind. Any change, however
important, or easily made--howeyer loudly called
Il for by changes elsewhere in collateral or extra
neous interests-how readily Soever the Importance
or necessity Of such modification may be assonted
tonay, though our Interests are seentO suffer, and
the remedy as plainly seen TO invite; yet there ID
Dot only strange and unaccountable backward-
ness in the adoption Of such remedial measures,
but il il hardly more than the truth 10 say, that
e men Of intelligence, property and influence really
take pride to themselves in being among the last
to adopt any enterprise that Is not Of legitimate
ancestral tradition. The bag must Be carried 70
uttteNttu ttAS tuOot Vtp gu0 Altu ot01e IN the
N other because thatis the way my father done,
~ andI know that il does very well.1
n And. Mr.. Editor, II at this place you hear any
n one cry CUT in tone likely to iniurs his lungs
or THAI your Scamp letter writer is wild theOris,
eager 20 adopt every new say-so or think-sO which
- found a6Oat, tell him not to be aghted, for h,
shall not be hurt.
II isnOt my purpose, in the letters which NAV
" follow, to say much upon improvement in yarn,ise
Orc1ltUsting the soil. There is considerable inn
Provement Of this kind already going forward, and
he many valuable suggestions Or the sort are con.
~ SANITY being made in our agricultural and Other
papers,. shall try rather to inquire into re n0Os
proper adaptation Of sIaUe labor on MIssissiUD,
plantation 10 its various branches If enaDIovmet-
- what kind, and how much cotton ought 70 be made
to or attempted, and what else may properly be &C.
rty cOmPlished by the labOrs? how ought plan.
Ation expenses to be provided? and what ought
70 be done with the cotton when made? will form
dy the chief subjects Of inquiry And the investipa
n ion will BE attempted with strict regard TO the
his cotton trade and markets the agitation Of the tariff
ed question, and to such portions Of western aqreu
tpre and trade az ws-a are or have heretofore been
-, directly connected with.
nrt And now, sir, thinking have made about pro-
r. enough forOne eyening,I will bid you adieu
ed for the present. RIA.
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