The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-09
PROSPECTUS
OF
The American Cotton Planter
AND
PROSPECTUS
THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH.

The publication of the American Cotton Planter
the publication Office in the City of Montgomery,
Alabama, early day, in Monthly Numbers as
soTored and neatly stitched We attempted
TO continue the publication of the Cotton Planter
during the war, and did for ono year, at most
ruinous cost. With the June number for 1862, we
suspended its publcJtion-when we lad down the
pen for the Scape and went into the service o. our
country surgeon, where we remained at our
ST. till the close OF the war The disastrous war
compelling US to suspend us puDIlcatlon, natlIS
closed shall resume it, in the same fine style
! and vigorous efficiency i'll which suspended it.
We he Ieynted nrincinaily to the planting inter
est of the Southern States 1t is true, by the war
we have lost slave labor, but we have not lost
our fine lands, nor our superior genial cLmSte-the
! combined capacity of which have heretofore and
will enable US to produce the finest quality OF
| Cotton in the world We have now clear field
for the exercise of Southern energy intellect and ca
! pacity. We not near ruined! Let US arouse us
! 10 action-energetic industrious and persevering
| acton-and by the blessing of God this beautiful
sunny South will again. and very soon, smile In
'nG In 6e na@es 20 of this Rural Magazine much atten
ton will be devoted to the subject of well organ
lied system of labor for our plantation purposes.
We shall also urge upon planters the Importance
of combining Farming with Planting Grazing
Stock raising, Fruit Growing, and all horticultural
productions thus diversifying labor into its most
profitable ehannels-securingt to our glorious country
the boon of independent prosperity, plenty and
health.
In resumng publication of the Cotton Planter we
are still actuated by the motives which impressed us
r lance of combining science and improvement with
Agricultural operations. If possible, it Is even
the war, the negro and the Overseer the main
reliance-and they did bring present profit but at
- most ruinous waste to the soil of country
These are institutions of the past Our true
interest for the future lies in the channel of fos
u terng and building up our Agriculture upon en-
;, tirey different and improved basis We must nov
- combine farming with planting and foster grazing
4 with stock raising, in country, that may
and improve the wide waste of exhausted
soil in our land We must also encourage and pro
III mote, by al means manufacturing and the me
$ chanic arts, for which our country affords ever
natural facility. The columns of the Cotton Plante
and Soil will not only be always open for commu
eS vitng such-but will be the staunch and uncOmprC
e. missing advocate of their introduction and encoul
agement in our system of industrial economy.
In common with our fellow citizens of the countr
we have lost much by the war-very much for u
and while our profession offers perhaps brighte
field for pecuniary gain, yet snch Is the deep II
terest feel and take in rearing the standard
excellence in our Southern Agriculture, Horticu
ture and Stock raising that we are ImPelled to II
task before us with the bare hope" that our effort
in this great and good work viii receive at least
compensatory patronage at the hands OF the planter
is | and farmers of the South.
:, we ask our friends and the friends of Agricu
* tura Improvement in the South TO aid us in extern
ing the circulation of the CottorPlanter
So Our CHANGED RATES.-The very high price OF
the necessaries of life with all printing material Al
- | paper, occasoned by the destructive war out
- which we have SO recently come, with the reduce
value of the currency, compel US us 10 advance .
M price of the Cotton Planter, for the present or
lily such time when living and expenses come down
co old prices.
One copy, one year in advance. ..---.----.-S5
fe- Six Copies year in advance. 10
no All Post Masters requested TO act as agen
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