The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-06-01

France, IN reducing the average SIZE OF iarns
TO an area Of three or four acres, held Under
Their laws Of descent by distinct proprietnrs
And in part Of Scotland, and in Ireland, tracts
Of a similar size are held by separate tenants
And It Is precisely among the asaniry of
France, the croiilcrs of Scotland, and tie cot
tiers of Ireland, that -iagnation and desola'ion
have oycrspread The land, and seiui-harbarism
and starvation. the people The division of land
for cultivation into very small tracts, IS des,ruct
i've Of it, yalue. The soil of France is, on an
average of unusual fertility, and It's climate 80
GENIAL IA TO be favorable To great variety of
productions. Vet there, with dense popula-
ton of its own, and in She neichhorhood Of
Grea, britain, with It's mighty cities. the great
est market N the world, the average 'alue Of
and i only five or siN dollars per acre-,s less
than in Virginia In England, the average si1e
Of tracts held by the several sorts Of tcr1rc Is
about 80 acres, which Is about as small n can
hc made rroiirahlc---as small as il compatible
with the due rotation of crops. n Judclcns yari-
ETY. # stock. and the prompt adoption Of IN
proycmcnts in culture and utensils In France,
! he owner of three or four acre farm, worth
only Twenty-Five dollars. cannot of cours, af
ford ia huy mn i.nproycd nlnngb--much less
can tho renter Of sucb a trnet in Ireland II
Wotlld en-t mora than the whole eron h. worth
teeord;us,ly n l,r,e n-onoy,ion 81 French ,nl
Irish tillagc IL performed with the spade at !,
great expense ci manuel ahor and, aeeot,l-
ing'y, i is in IN land, chiefly, where the
tracts are large that the modern Improvements
IN agriculture have been madc--and there the
soil ia mora produeiivp md profitable That
SOME of the Nirglninu-, instead of adopting
some of the new methods of preserving and re-
storing the fertility Of their lands, choose - en-.
igratc tu i,S States, where the soil l. a. adv
rch by nature, and is cheap results from mere
calculation and comparison oi the cost IF the
two systems. And, i i be- found more profit.
able io remove to new than to remove nm od
soil, !, l. an evidence OF thrlit rather Than pow
eril IN the cmlgrani. And Of this. the superior
ity oi the new Southwestern OYER the new
Northwestern States, which will appear by 70
comparison of their property and population, IL
ample prooft.
Hut the impression exists that the pppulabeh
Of the South, IS section. is really stationary,
or declining. And tins being assumed, 1t Is r.
la,9'sed evidence ila, the people Of The south
arr n''gr1'ing' rither RON "l'@a''7'a''',' VIM
IT. mau'ut'hs' or WIN us Pr"sr''' """ ~
P'o'N' '' u''t "' Nto9 i"'"'" ~ w.
are uh'Noi !" ''e ''' se'' vi " f'l Ia
,l''--or '''"' "'' '''se ''"'''' 10 ''P'''''''
ne, D. .p.,...t..t..,,o r. .doa,,.+ f,..,,
a. e.. ST.. a. -, ,,,,.i...a,,..,, ,,d h..
of.rrine. The rs,idne. r.prc.cnltag the NATIVE
uopulati.,n doe. moi iudifate 50 ssr.at n natural
',r,.,.,. 81. tho rre...t,, number r. peonr m the
Snutl,a m state.
Df ,he forei,tn entrants M register was
kent uptil lS9. From tbst 5,ei1 1910. IL
49,. -a. ,,.a .........i,,... g..
,L,. r.,nrns m, lor,,. number. eame by the
way Of canada. for Which. during con.idsr-
Ink. n.r,od m, facilities were greater than by
,hs d,r.., rant. Th..c have been estimated
nj half the number registered in the custom.
hons. \.sffntHu however. the ~ Lobe number
.'.ll...,, ..,.t. - 49,. i.,,.,..t ...tp,,s-..
y" ~ hllili"h' Ni"u ~ "' ''"'''
nave seen, thef natural increase w lN''l year -
could not have beru lo.' than halt % mllbou'-
maxim. 800 gIl Now o., W'tc yptui.i .od
IA.n ,,..f -.o s,.t... u..lat,. .,l ar.
...... .tl t....y ,g- ,Yt L.,