Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-14

The aessaI productions Of the abovs eight States n
1850 were y, ,000O0j bushels 81 whent l16 900 0G0
Of corn and 3s 600 bushes Of nwsst and Iah p0-
tstoes In 1903 they 5000 00o Bushels of wheat
100 Oo0oo0 husheH Of eorn ond 10 coo bunss of
tatoez La 1852 owing 70 the Increased attention that
had heen devoted to the cultivation q these articles
shers was raised IA te above tsteS s oo0 0oO bshsie
Of wheat $50 O0e 600 buEhsln of corn and so 600 OO0
bushets sf potatoes The ssnnated yield Of the pres
ant year, bsssd upon the number Of actually
known 10 be uudsr cultivaon will be IS coo 900 bush
els Of Weat $50 500 900 Of corn and 90 000 900 bushels 0f
Iest and Irish pOtzoea The snturs OF rice, during all
this time, which has always been alSOnthsrn stape and
which forms large portion and favorise srtcls Of the
food Of the Southern people, has received pTcporion
ste degree Of attention. and the yield PaFenlarly u
ring tbs yssr 1852 and 1865 has been quilts ss large AZ
In former ysars.
Stock Of Cattle ard Supply Of Neat
Il 1850 hsrs IN tbs abovs eight States 6sT 90
mileh cows, and 6500 working oxen besides an equs
number Of steers RAISED and tsttened for lie shambes
Tbs great demand FOR besf for food has kept down the
Increase OF cattle. But By the strenuous eEsrilons Of
the planters IN All he above States and the Attention
which they hEvn bestowed upon the rearing OF live
stock the above numbers hEye baen uresfv ugsrlv
maintained constantly Thus in 1863, the number q
mich 500 COO and Of aud steers a IL.
tie over million head Il viii be noted that say
nothing here Of the beef cattle raised either Texas
or in Kentucky or Tennessee. During iho drat two
ycAs Of The war aTss proportion Of The bsef ussd By
the SeHihsFn armies came from TOxass And although
this viii not be the this year. h nAy be In 1855
the Confederate plans succssd; and the cattle n tha.
State ars increasing At prodigiouB rate Large sup
South from Tennessee aud Kentucky, and this viii no
doubt sontinue 70 be the case 4uriRg this year.
Horses and Ahlss IN the SoHtk.
At the beginning offhs war there wsrs In the eight
States named sboss $50 600 head Of horses and s73
600 head Of mules besides million head OK horsss h
Ark ansgs Tennessee, HsntuckY and TexaA A large
proportion of tbs horses IN she four Gzfss last named
were made available for the purpose. Of the Confsde
raey in the years e6i and 1862 The loss and destrEc
tIon Of horses at the South during TIE has not be
% great a. Is generally supposed a. viii Be seen wbsn
come to speak OF the cavalry Of ihs- Southern
meE Crest attention too, has bean paid to the rails
ing Of colts and those that have grown since 1860
hnys nearly supplied tas losses sustained By the
atiea Of war Tbs eHtimsies OF the Confederate War
Department are that there Ia fhs sight States
named about 100000 head Of horses and 800 900
head Of mules. This includes thohs thai are now IN
the nilitaa ssrvice Bat the Confedsrsts leaders do
not depsnd upon tsse alone 10 suppy the loasos Whok
they have and must still sustain They depend partly
upoa Tsn1esEes and Kentucky. and partly also upon
the North, sE viii be when CONS to speak Of
their plans OF campaign for this year which Will do
In my next lettsr. DRUID.