Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-27
Cure for the Texas Fever

,ceu, not satisfied, wish to go to Tex
as to do better. If they were to stay
in Tennessee, work as hard, endure
as many hardships, economist as
much as all have to do who go to a
new country, they would be infinite
ly better of. To those who have
contracted the Texas Fever, we CON-
mend the following extract from a
letter in the Jackson (Tenu.,) Wing
written by reliable gentleman:
Ours is not farming country
We are too far west, and always too
dry; the corn crop is diminutive in
quantity, and inferior in quality
Ia an excursion, not long ago, to the
northern part of the State, we took
much pains to ascertain from the best
sources, the probable average of the
corn crop. The result of these in
quiries is a conviction, that, north,
the product does not exceed a fair
average crop of the State--that in
Middle Texas the proportion dimin-
ishes to third, and west, not one
quarter of the amount required for the
population. Some recommend. in
strong terms, irrigation. Certainly IT.
rigation is essential in southern coun
tiles, but systematic irrigation is very
expensive, requiring the surface to be
perfectly graduated, so that water
may be completely taken off as well
as spread over the surface, at pleas
ure. Our psRVailiug winds being from
the north, and blowing over land and
not over water, impart no benefit in
a dry season. but aggravate the evil
by creating more rapid evaporation
where there was too much already
The best preventive against the evils
of drought here. is the frequent STIR
ring Of the ground, and keeping it
constantly permeable to atmospheric
air, and whatever vegetgble nutrition
it contains--a system 10 direct oppo-
sition to something You have often
heard, to wit: Things grow in Tex
as without work. This country is
better adapted to wheat than any
thing else; the soil contains alumine,
slick, carbonate of lime and oxyde OF
iron. But by far the best business
here, is the stock business, and it will
after awhile be an object of great ma
tional concern. Yet, many who en-
bark in it will fail to realize their gol-
den dreams; and when the fever has
passed the crisis, it will be found to
depend for success, like every other
money making business, upon the
knowledge, prudence and economy
with which it is managed.
Our times are tight. but not "hst.
We give you some of our prices:
Corn, none; meal 50 per bushel; flour
from $40 to Sl4 per barrel; bacon
25 cents per pound; Irish potatoes "a
per bushel. Here ends our list in
the provision way.
Dry Goods bear enormous prices
Money is worth 5 per cent a month;
the people of our county is much dis,
tressed, and there is some sucingdone.
We have no factories at stand still.
no deserted work shops, no idle YES
sells at our wharves, but we are fol.
lowing suit; we have all suspended,
and are likely to remain so for some
time.
The grasshoppers and locusts are
destroying the crops, and from re-
view of everything, it is very evident
that a failure is certain with us again
They are rapidly advancing on US from
the west, and devouring fields and
gardens as they come. Letters from
a reliable gentleman at Seguin, say
that ali Is gone in that section
In Gonzales county, nothing is left
In the town Of Gonzales, they attack.
ed the dry goods in the stores;
houses were not in the way, Tor they
could crawl up one side, oyer the top
and down the other, and in their
march, take everything, In our
county, they have just fairly got to
work, and our crops are fast disap-
pearing; they are not to be seen here
and there, but everywhere by millions.
The fill a stalk Of corn and cover it.
and consume it in second. The
Gonzales Enquirer says,one OF onr lar
mers last week, caught upwards of one
hundred pounds Of grasshoppers in
about three hours He weighed one