Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-28

In another part Of this days APPEAL
we publish a letter from 4 correspondent,
at present q resident of California, who is
well known in Memphis as q high-toned
gentleman of enlarged experience in the
business of cotton culture, of which,
principally, his letter treats. He gives TO
the people Of the Southern States the first
clear and comprehensive account of the
enterprise Of Colonel Strong and brother,
formerly Of shelby county and proves
hat In cotton cultivation in Californis q
greater and more certain profit awaits
those embsrking in Ii than In the far
famed gold and silver mines. Colonel
Strong and his brother have done well for
themselves, pecuniRrily, so far, and in
the persistent pursuit Of this enterprise
under great difficulties have secured a
place among the first benefsctors OF Cali
fornia. An example so forcible is already
producing desired effects upon the people
of the Pacific coast. The Sun which sheds
its light for tho especial benefit Of
the people of Coluss county thinks
it may prove immensely profitable
and urges, in strongest terms,
that they shall embark in the
enterprise Of cotton-raising. 1t ex-
presses itself greatly encouraged by the
examples OF the brothers Strong, and
thinks the Inducements for abundant cot
ton crops in that part Of California not
surpassed by any other locality on the
Pacific, certainly not in the South. It
thus sums up;
Assuming the crop to yield two bales TO the
acre, and we have q crop of more value in
money than any other that can be grown. A
bale OfcOtton Of hye hundred poundsts worth,
say one hundred dollars. Two bales, then, Will
bring two hundred dollars. The expense can
not exceed fifty dollars per acre; and this will
include all the expense ofcultivating, piching,
ginning, balinE, etc. One good hand can
easily cultivate fifteen acres in cotton. II the
Yield is - much as two bales TO the acre II Will
require three good hands TO pick out as much
cotton as one hand can cultivate; that Is fifteen
acres, or thirty bales. The picking season viii
about the middle OF August In this
country and viii continue until the last IN
vember or the middle ofDecember-abOut four
months. In this time q good hand can gather
ten bales. We have hundreds of thousands of
acres Of bottom lands on our great river just
suited 90 the cotton plant. The soil requires
for this purpose no irrigation whatever. The
cotton plant requires but little moisture. The
dryer the season in the South the surer and the
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farmers upon the river bottom lands especially
to try q few acres in cotton.
We feel some pride in the work accom-
by Colonel Strong, for whom we
entertain, in common with all u people,
feelings OF neighborly friendship, and we |
are glad to be the medium OF bringing go
fully to the attention of the world the re-
suits Of his efforts. He expects to realize
fully twenty thousand dollars from his
one hundred acre tract, an amount that
would be exceedingly encouraging here,
and that ann fail to prove so in a coun-
try where the business of tilling the soil
Is as yet, comparatively in its infancy. We
commend the enterprise of our former
fellow citizen, and congratulate him upon
ais good fortune,