Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-02-27

Tho planllng season api reaches,
Ald our iarmvrs are alrvsdy brsin-
hiag IA determine on what kind al
s7oPs they will raiss tho eO',ins
yesr
The season that has passed, has
Py0Ven lo lhe e0.lon growers, qnilS
profitable, and will induce Ihom,
and many others, We tear, 10 give
too much attention Ia cotton, lo lhs
neglect Of other aui equally impor-
: lanI crops and products, Ihe coming
sPrng,
There is no objection 10 cotton
raising, lh,re is no reason why =
limited quantity OF cotton should
nUt boo cultivated, hat there ara
many asd serious objections why
cotton sliOali be raised, 10 the eN,
ellsion and neglect OF brcadsIui.s,
sending our cation TO a foreign
market, aud importing from that
market, the neecssarics Of liis,
1--we can raise and ship sad sell
our cotton, al prices % justify such
a c0ur,e and lind that hy ~ doing
we could make money; that by 50
doing ws eau prodLc, Onr bread,
sIuils, our meat, Sc, aud that We
can produce ourselves, al lees prices
than we can raise them, then soma
excuse for persistence in such
course, may exist, but we aro not
aware that We eau raise cotton for
market ahd send away for supplies.
either TO advantage or profit, and
while We ARE no farmer, yet we feel
u deep interest in the farmers wcl-
fare, in which, perhaps, we nry lie
n little selfish, for on his prosperity
doth ours depend. in agroat meas.
ure aud for him as we'll ns other
clnsscs, do propose to labor.
We have n country capable Of
producing almost any kind OF grain
that may bo sowcd or planted
corn, wheat, barley, oats aud rye.
do well all through this State, aud
i1r cattle and hogs, wc know of no
better country, the pasturage and
range are good, So thHt not one in
ten pretend to winter their stock,
and the mast is so fine, generally,
that ms. Of the pork offered in
market is mast fed, and very liltlu
corn is used to fattcn the hogs that.
make our pork and bacon and when
and where, in this portion of Ar
ka"sas, do you hear o. u stall.fvd
beef?
Al tho present time corn is com.
mand,ng 75cts. per bushel, meal
from GOcts. to 81 90 per busheI. and
pork from s to 10cts. per pound,
when if that attention, that these
matters for our own comfort and
welfare demand. were bestowed on
corn and hogs, these articles need
not command over one half these
prices, and we question this moment
whether there has been enough
pork raised in this county t, supply
tho demands of its people the eur.
rent year, or until next crop, and
nothing has tended to produce this
state Of things, 80 much as tho
mania for cotton. 40,
1t is well enough TO ~ to rai,o,
cotton, raise enough to supply homo
demands, and some for market,
enough to bring some money in, to-
meet contingencies that will arise,
and to procure such supplies as we
cannot produce, but let lis no. be-
carried away with cotton. and then
be compelled to send the money VIC
get for it back to some outside mar
ket and pay large profit 10 others,
for hat we could ourselves produce
at half the cost of getting it here.
We desire immigration, and we
hlve the country that Offers i'iduce-
mcnts to immigrants to come and
settle amongst US, and already arc
they coming, and fast settling upon
the choicospots, and they will come
still faster, if they knew that in the
country where they seek homo
they can find abundant supplies ut
rates, saving the expense
Of shipping them here from for
cign market.
This is a plain subject, and we
deal plainly with it, and for the in
terost of all. We trust onr farmers
will see into it, and give it some
thought, and the coming season de.
vote more attention to corn and hogs
and less to cotton, and SIC by this
time next year, watch will provo
most profitable to them, to us and.
TO The country, cotton or the staff
Of fife Fort Smith Herald.