Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-07

1lNAns LHNFNkAH
sauspieiously. A eloudless sky n bright
Sunshine promise well for January, eigh-
steen hundred and sixty-six. Our streets
are full of eager seekers after farming
laborers and farming implements. The
icotton making fever has assumed the
character OF an epidemic. Everybody
seems intent IN buying or renting lands,
Har going in on shares" or forming part
inershiPs, with a view Of becoming loyal
subjects Of old King Cotton. Advices
from Europe, showing an important adj
in the great staple, only aggra-
Yates the desire to become planters.
Then we are to have the Mississippi.
river Ieveed, our fine bottom lands re-
claimed, and the certainty Of making 8
crop almost insured, and under all the
circumstances, we cannot blame those
.iesirous of realizing largely upon Their
available capital, who elect cotton rails
ing as a means to the desired end. What
ENTERPRISE promises a larger per centum
On the amount invested, with less risk o.
failure, and an easier realization Of fund.
when the crop is made, than cotton plant
pgq None. Its calculated by shrewd
and experienced planters that forty dol
ars Der acre. under the new order OF
bings. will plant and gather a crop o.
,otton. And when it is remembered
/. hat from three hundred TO five hundred
,ounds of lint cotton are raised r.
he acre and that cotton viii, in
lam probability, be from fifty cents
10 seventy-ive cents per pound mex
winter. it is very easy TO account for the
-aneral desire TO cultivate u great
Southern product. Numbers of your
4 .eaders will thank us for the following
brief statement, which viii have its sig
Hnifcance to them at tins peculiar season,
#wben they are counting the costs of the
agricultural outlay which they may be
contemplating; and We can assure them
4 hey may take the statement as q safe
rpide and rule of action Twenty acres
we viii suppose the amount to be cult
.rated; these viii take n good mule,
which a be bought for one hundred and
. eyepty-ive dollars; two hands, az
wentv dollars per month, four hundred
and eighty dollars; meat and bread for
'.ame. one hundred and sixty-eight dol
ars: four piows, twenty-five dollars +
.-wo hoes, three dollars one set harness
live dollars; corn for mule, one hundred
.~Iollars; total, nine hundred and ffty-siT.
dollars. Anaverage cropon these twenty.
lcres, on such lands as are offered for
rent in Phillips county, Arkansas, may.
ie safely set down at three hundred and
fifty pounds Of lint cotton to the acre,
which, at fifty cents per pound, the
probable value next winter, would bring.
he nice little sum Of three thousand five
hundred dollars, leaving q clear profit Of
wot thousand five hundred and forty-four
dollars ontwenty acres, with your mules,
your plows, hoes and harness nearly as
good as new. This accounts for the milk
m the c~ocoanut, and proves that the war
only temporarily depressed old King Cot
ION. and that one of the very best invest
ofcapital OF ourage, section plant
ING. It should be borne in mind, 900, that
the very lucrative business Of raising
stock nay be carried on for a trifing eX-
.1ense in connection with cotton plant
ny. The whole Southern country is al
most destitute Of stock, and for years 10
come horses, mules, and horned cattle
Iwil command high prices. Nearly
every plantation for rent or sale has,
what IS termed in common parlancc
ranges attached. or excellent grazing
places for stock. These ranges are mostly
made up Of extensive cane breaks or cane
.felds, where the young and succulent
Of that nutritious plant offer the
.Gnest grazing for horses, mules andmiich.
COWS to be found anywhere. The mild
mess OF the climate IS most favorable e.
..he growth and increase Of stock OF every
description. and the woods abound iE.
mast, 50 that with very little trouble and
expense you- intelligent stock raiser.
could not but prosper here. Hogs and.
sheep thrive in these ranges, and as fat
land tender mutton as l have ever eaten,
Twas supplied from sheep raised in the
Of Phillips. Then there IS the
Of fruit, sadly neglected here, but
most successfully achieved when any at
benton has been given to the subject.
.Our very temperate climate, warm,
early springs, and rapidly eliminating
summers, give Is fruit fully n month
ahead Of the fruit season even in the
Middle States, thus giving Is a start Of a
full month in the market, If we raise
fruit for sale, or our tables Il month,
indulgence in that luxury, in advance of
our less fortunate neighhors 81 the Mid
die States. There is one reason for the
easerness to invest 10y purchase in real
estate so manifest just now, which must
be apparent to even the most casual oh
server. Lands that were worth from.
sixty to eighty dollars per acre.
before the war, are now selling az,
from twenty-five TO thirty-fve doilsr-I
per acre. Excepting the temporary
arrangement, in the item of labor, there.
IS no real cause why lands should not De.
worth just as much now as they were bel
fore the val. 4 year or two win remove
.hat arrangement as the labor question:
is fast solving itself and yielding to the
rdinlry run of things and hence the wis-I
dom Of buying lands at the present.
time. Parties too, who would cultivate
their own lands if they had the means
and To whom a year or two will bring thei
means Of 50 0%ulUVaJing, are IN a manner
compelled to sell or rent at a sacrifice
now, what they hardly could be induced
10 part with twelve months IN the future.l
Hence, those OF your readers who would
own a cotton plantation had better TAKE
the hint. The golden opportunity foi
investment Is now. We are gratified 60.
state that five hundred hands ,colored
commence operations on our new leYees
to-mor-ow, This Is nothing less thaus
expected from Gen. Carr whose energy
and zeal IN this behalf commend him IT,
the warm appreciation Of cur citizens.
Cur Cirouit Court resumed its session.
yesterday, but viii adjourn sine die in ~
lay or two.
We had our oity elections so OFF OnE
Monday soberly and quietly, resulting inE
he reelection Of our worthy friend, Dr.
Grant for Mayor, and nearly all the
city officers. II is worthy Of note. {
Is we predicted in our last letter, thar
he law Of the Union Legislature, requir-s
NC a test oath 70 be taken, before thes
privilege of depositing the ballot was
flowed, was ignored by the several
Judges al the several prccincts in the city.
This obnoxious measure, which was AMI
asult to our people and q stigma upon
he e~scutcheon Of our State, had been
declared unconstltutiona by our Supreme
QUIT, and Of course ceased 70 bindS
uybody thereafter. AL legal voters
therefore,, who had taken tho amnesty
ath and oath Of allegiance, were very
roperly adraitted to the ballot box. This
the first public reputation by our
Of the extra Judicial legislation
T the Union Legislature Of Arkansas
nd the first public enunciation Of their
etermination to go back 20 the old land
larks Of Constitutional liberty.
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