The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-01-26
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~ "" 'he oou ~ aiVayS worth tile cost
OF breaking; and will, in good season,
pay for breaking and enclosing.
In the second year, the farm is in perfect
condition! There are no stumps, but the
sod is rottcd, and your field clear of weeds
and grass, is light and mellow as an ash
bank. In the prairie, too, a hand can cul-
tivatc one-third more land than in the tim.
! Der.
A prairie farm will pay for Itself three
times over, before farm can be cleared in
the timber
find Il very common error prevailing, as
to prairie, among the citizens of tie Allan.
tic Sta'es-i, is, that prairie is always fiat.
On the contrary, until country is settled,
much the larger portion Of the prairie is
hlgl, and rolling. The prairies are caused
by h'e, and the low wet lands not burning
so readily, are more often covered with tim
Der. So soon as the fires are kept down,
the prairies will put mp timber-in many
places the hazel will spring up in one year,
timber follows Immediately. and in few
years the timber will grow faster than it can
be used.
Such are some Of the inducements to
to those who can command labor; to those
who have, say one or more slaves, to settle
i'll Kansas.
l ought here to say that both in Missouri
and Kansas the winters are always dry, and
with but little snow, and hence hands are able
to work duringth entire winter. Consump-
ton, too, is almost unlIeard of among us.
2. Is sldvc labor prcftable in Kansas?
AS yet no opportunity to ascertain its val
lie has been given; | cam hence only refer
you to its value in Missouri, and say that, w.
ing in tile same latitude, immediately west
and long side Of Missouri. the soil and climate
Of Kansas cannot differ materially from those
y! Missouri. | an inclined to believe that
Kansas will prove even healthier than Mis-
souri,: there being less low marshy land in
KanssS. There can thus be no reason WHY
slave labor should not be rs profitable in
Kansas as in Missouri.
Anticipating that sucl inquiries might be
made during nv visit to Virginia, bvf.-s
leaving home, procured from intelligent
farmers in Platte, il county bordering on
Kansas, Il statement showing the amount Of
! land which one hand can cultivate, with the
yield per acre, and the market price OF tho
products at home. have no hesitation in
attcSti:g its correctness.
Amount OF land to hand and Weld per
acre.
Hemp to s acres 800 to 1,2OOIbs.
Cori-lO 10 5 acres 10 to 2Obbls.
Whcat-lO to Is acres 20 to 45bu.
Oats-lO to Is acres 80 to 40 bu.
Value Of products at home.
l1emP-2 l-2 tons ut $50 per ton 5000 90
Corn-l00 bbIs. ut 81 per bbI lOC 90
Wheat-5 acres-lUO bu. at 80
cents per bn. 80 90
Oats 5 acres-l5Obu. at 80 cents
per bu. as 90
Total least yield at lowest price s425 90
lIemp-4 l.2 tons at>sl3o per ton s425 90
Corn-300Lls. at So per Ljl. 600 90
Wheat-5 acres-225bu. at 81 per
bu. 225 90
OATS acres-25O bu. al 40 cents,
per bu. 100 90
Greatest yield at highest price $3.50 90
This will doubtless, seem an cxtravapant
estimate yet the quotations Of the mar kets
will show that the maximum prices are less
than the present market prices. Hemp has
sold during the past season for $50 per
ton. Wheat is worth 81 25 per bushel.
and corn So per barrel. The yietl, too, is
often greater than the highest. But it is
not less true that tho greatest yield and
highest price are not often together. Nv
Object is rather to show the least Weld and
the lowest price. Negroes field hands
have hired for some years in Western Mis-
souri, at prices which could not be paid, if
their labor were less valuable than as above
stated. Men, at from $50 to $3.50; wo-
men, at from $50 to $3.50 per annum, the
hirer paying all expenses and losing all
time OF sickness, the owner at no charge.
A woman, with two children, will bring from
$50 to 500; and girls, from ten to thirteen
years of aye, from $40 to $50 per annu,n.
now pay for one, about ten years Of age.
s6 per month by tho year. / need hardly
say that negroes must he healthy and profit.
able, or farmers could not pay such prices,
8. Is 1t safe to tuks slaves to Kansas
nop?
OF this there can be no doubt. They ara
less likely to escape than from Missouri; are
further from the underground railroads and
hiding places of the Abolitionists; while
the people Of the Territory are more on tho
alert, and watch more closely, those who
would steal them. "
Z From the law there can be no danger.
Slaves are now, and have been for years. IA
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