Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-24
CITY NOTICES.
4 Fortune for an Industrious Man
who has a Small Capital to Begin
with.

who has a Small Capital TO Begin
| with.
There are many citizens of our State, as
well as those of our Northern and Eastern
| States, who have capital invested in United
| States bonds, railroad stocks, ETC., etc,
| because they imagine there is nothing else
| in which they can put their money that
| paws SO well, that is as convenient, that re-
| qures such little trouble 1t is a law of
| God, an ordinance of Heaven, that man
| shall work; hut he endeavors to evade that
| law by disgraceful idleness. The only safe
| path to wealth is that of industry. The on
| " way IN which to build up fortune worth
possessing is by toll. We need energy and
| industry, and we must have it. The lands
upon the market IN the State of Tennessee
stand forth inviting men Of industry to ac-
cept of wealth - a fortune; and when it be-
| comes properly known that our State is of
fering real and tangible inducements. emf
grants will flow IN, our UnOccupied lands
will be settled, and Tennessee will become
one among the wealthy States of the Union.
| There are large farms being offered at from
s., 900 to S1O,0 which will demand ten
times that amount within the next five or
ten years Since 1854, the farmer in Ten
nessee has made money. To-day there is
no ayocation 50 sure and so profitable as
farming.
A. G. Goodlett, Esq, of Charlotte,
Dickson county, Tennessee, is offering for
sale farm lying on the Tennessee river,
i'll Humphreys county, Tin what is called
big Bottom, y containing eleven hundred
and eleven acres, which can be bought for
SIP per acre. The dwelling and out houses
are in good condition, and the soil is rich
river bottom" adapted to the growth of
Indian corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco, broom
corn, peanuts, etc, etc. Suppose we take
the two last mentioned products and calcu-
late the profit that can be made on one
hundred acres of this land We will take
60 acres in broom corn and 40 acres IN pea
nuts, Broom corn is worth $500 per ton
in New York, and peanuts are tiUctuating
from 81. % to 81 per bushel. Hands can
be obtained at from so to $15 per month,
and seven hands can, within SIX months
from planting time, cultivate the crop and
get 1t ready for market, besides tending
Indian corn and wheat sufficient to supply
the farmers family with bread and food for
stock, etc. From two and ahalf to three
acres Of this land will produce one
ton of broom corn, and one acre
will produce from forty to sixty
bushels of peanuts, and $1,000 will sup
port the farmers family for one year, pay
extra hands that may be necessary in cut
ting, threshing and baling the broom corn,
besides boarding the hands and paying
freight to New York or st. Louis.
Then, estimating the broom corn at
$50 per ton, and peanuts at 81 per bush
ell, We have the following:
80 acres broom corn. II ion to 8 aares, 10
tons "a SljO .,..3jlOOU W
40 acres peanuts, 40 bush per acre. 1900
bush. q Sl.............-. 1000 90
$4,000 90 |
7hands for months q SIS, each, per
month. $50 % |
Amount for incidental expenses 900 10
1880 90 |
Net profit. .......... 1910 90 ]