Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-26

unheard of energy and economy. Cotton
they had no confidence in or use for
they determined to cease making q Greg
to benefit only tsx-ga!herers and speeu'
lstors. Looking upon everything RrouLd
them, they saw almost starvation in the
| future. Cotton, as we have said, was
well-nigh sbJured; they could not eat 1t,
but corn, peas, potatoes, ETC., they could ;
hence every man planted for an ample
supply of bread and forage. For whether
| he got money or not, ne would have the
wherewithRl TO support life. Now then
1t will be readily seen why the farmer is
so cheerful In the latter part Of '60. In
| the two preceding years he was COM
PEELED to pay out ali the money reeeIved
for cotton for provisions, and more too.
| Now he carries the same money home.
In other words, he will buy from his own
storehouses instead OF patronizlng those
OF the Northwest.
The forage for q wofk-horEe or mule,
when purchased from abroad, costs
shout Sill per d11nla1s in the city; ia the
country, ssy S125. The same forage has
been produced this year for about S25 I!
Here is 8 saving Of 500 per head on all
the work stock. The allOEaDee Cf bacon
for q workipgman is 172 pounds per an
NUN. Heretofore it has cost about S26.
We can produce it for So The bread
each person has eaten has cost S12 so to
$50. Fur IS We can have better article
At home. [ know that l have not pre-
senled this case as strongly as ! might
baye done. But 1t is unneces sary to
spend ink upon It. Every men in the
land has but to lcok around him and ex-
anime the facts as they exist, and draw
hIs own conclusions. Let him carefully
snaIyza the causes of failure In 'G6 and
'6T, aud the reasons for success in '6S,
and / think that he will coincide with
what has here been written. 1t is prob
able that / have fsiled to put emphasis
enough upon the fact Of the contraction
of the area heretofore planted 10 cotton,
and the great amount OF labor
performed by the white pecplei
also the better work of the blacks,
rs additional cause Of success. Much
more labor has been performed by the
population Of the country, and the surface
OF hoed-crops being smaller, better eulti-
walton than previously has been the re-
suit. These points should be carefully
noted ard considered by those parties al
ready preparing 70 enter into the new
sDec,lLdti0ns in cotton plsnting for 1859.
Sixty-six and siXty-seven killed oil spec
ulatiOn, and to some extent sobered the
negroes. The wrecks scattered along the
shores of those years serve now to Buoy
cut the straight channel: and whoever
leaves that channel and disTegards the
experiences OF the past will split upon
old rocks which have scattered the for
tunes and buried the hopes OF so many.
Set il down as an sxiOm, that extensive
or exclusive cotton planting t0iU bring
ruin to all tCho engage ia il.
But on theother hand, cotton planting,
coupled with an abundance Of corn,
grain and hay, 10 make bread and meat
and clothing for hoLae consumption, AMI
cotton, beef, milton, butter and wool for
export, is the greatest occupation upon
which 8 man can enter. That system
will develop the vast resources and capa-
bilities of our soil and climate; the other
mas alresGy impoverished us.
And hence the deduction that Cotton
Is King only when his laIdsr and grana.
ries are flied at home, and will be
greater still when be sits enthTOned on
wool sack and spreads his own butter on
his bread ard therefore ! urge that
handsome pTemigms be offered soF large
crops Of corn, oats and clover, 10 make
proper rotation in thorough system ct
Southern farming.
We win next consider the praetica'
bIlity OF producing the several amounts,
per acre, of the various food crops, SIS
mentioned,
10 BE CONTINUED