The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-11

puts his sugar house in OrGeti
gathers his corn and fodder, and has
some leisure time to spare during the
heated term. Cotton is planted in
April, is cultivated until the 1st of
August, about which time the first
balls mature, and cotton picking
commences about the middle of
August, and lasts until the end of
the year, as new balls continually
form and mature, until the plant is
killed by frost. An Industrious la
borer, who has the means to pur-
chase team, plow, harrow and gears,
can in one year lay the foundation
for a future competence. And in
five years he can be the owner of a
small plantation. UnimprOved lands
can be bought or rented at low rates,
but the heaviest expenditure is in
fencing. Rails, (or prieux as they
are called here) s feet long by 6 to
s inches wide, cost from $10O to $125
per thousand. But with care when
once erected the fence will last life
time. Good Mules cost from 5000
to $400 pair, corn 75c to $1.00 per
bbl, of about two bushels. Thirty
barrels will together with good pas
ture, feed team during the planting
and cultivation ofa crop. One hand
can cultivate ten acres of cane and
corn enough to feed his team dnring
the next year. When matured the
cane is worth as it stands in the field
from $50 70 800 per acre, according
to its distance from a sugar mill. If
the planter has a mill of his own the
cane will nett him nearly double
these sums at the present prices of
sugar.
To the day laborer this country
offers the greatest inducements. The
demand for labor is largely in excess
of the supply. A good field hand
commands $18 per month, with quar-
ters for himself and family and ra-
tions, being equivalent to $25 a
month all the year through. Labor
is the great need of this country,
and commands its own terms.
But 1 am asked can a man from
the north endure the heat of the sun
here. A northern out door labore1
can work as comfortably here as at
the north. The heat is greater but
not so oppressive, in consequence OI
the Gulf breezes of which l have
spoken. There are a great many
laborers here, both mechanics, anc
field hands, and they seem to endure
the climate as well as the natives
During the second summer of theil
residence here they will be subject
to acclimating fevers, am told, but
which are not dangerous. Mechan
les, and machinists are paid from 5;
to S. a day, and are il good demand
| All kinds of labor and business is
better paid here than at the norti
and it costs more to live here, all ar
ticles of food excepting beef, ric'
land sweet potatoes being more cost
lily. Physicians, Lawyers, Dantist'
&C., are paid about four times as
much here for their services, as like
services command at the north.
The great draw back to this coun
try is the lack of educational facili
ties. The head Of a family of chill
Idren should consider this point vel
before locating here upon planta
ton. There are no schools o
churches excepting in the villages
and even there, their schools vii
bear no comparison to our northern
institutions. They are as far behint
them as the country district schools
of fifty years ago is behind the pres
ent Union Schools of Ohio or New
York. But everything that is posi-
BILE is now being done to remedy thi
deficiency, and as population increa
ses the public schools Of this stat
will become what they are in othe
states, the nurseries and homes o
the youths of the country, the bright
est ornaments of the commonwealth
and the corner stones ofits prosper
ity.
1 have written this practical lette
Mr.. Editor, in answer to many en-
Iquiries addressed to me, and Whict
[ cannot answer in detail, for wan
of time.
I will in my next write more es
pecially concerning the people, socie
ty, politics DC.
am truly yours
J. X. HoRD.