Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
Tehacco Ralssnr.

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We clip the Following article from
tho Chilicotsc Constitution. 1t ap-|
plea as well to Lafayette 40 to Lie.
#ingston
The experience oflast season should
eause tho farmers, not only OF Ltv-'
ingston county, but OF the entire
Grand River Valley, to seriously
consider what branch OF agriculture
will on ihs average prove tho mos,
profitable 10 them. Notwithstanding
he almost ontire failure OF the wheat
tcrop. il is very probable that the ag-
grcgate value of tho agricultural pro-
,ucts Of the section named was as
great as that ofany in the ten years
proceeding, as il ia equally probable
that in the ten years 10 come,
relatively speaking, cur farmers viii
not enjoy a more favorable or prott-
,bIe season. Notwithstanding these
facts, the loud complaint of farmers
and especially small land owners, is,
that Turning don't pay.
Agriculture 10 the basis of all hnsi-
ncss.and the theory of the m%ultitadin-
Gus forms OF industry that engage the
time aud call out the labor of mankind
lis that tilling the soil does justly re-
muneratc those who follow that avc-
cation for a livelihood. In all
,ges farming hasma,tc men rich and
Independent, and when it ceases ia
10 so. tho seasons will have quit fol-
lowing each other in their turn.
While this is true, experience in
thousands of casus yearly demon,
,rates that farming does not pay every
one who engages in it, and probabl!
never will; but we affirm u belief
that where farming fails to pay il
Missouri, it is not the fault Of thc
!, climate or tho soil. In nothing is
!, m~isdirected labor more apparent thai,
lin the ann iii which tho owners
of forty ami eighty acre tracts in thu.
county have conducted their farms
These small farmers cannot make
. stock raising and grain growing pay.
tor the reason that il is not i'll the
nature of things that it should. o.
course each farmer should produce
! considerable stock and grain, but
i something else should be his leading
line. That something else is tho
srca; staplc-Tobacco. This is {
y crop that rarely ever fails it finds &
fayorite home in our soil and climate
aud it matters not how large tie crol
: market cannot be gluttcd, and consc.
: !qucntIy it is always i'll active demand
! at good prices. If ten acres out o.
every forty III this county, Tor even :
: less number) were devoted to tn!
d growth of tobacco. it would double
the aggregate value Of the agricuitu
{ raj products of this county. in whic!
II event we should see no more har.
times.
r The great advantage to the commit
! nifty at large attending the growth o
Tobacco, is that it is not consumed n
home. Its buyers arc abroad-in the
East and in Europe; consequently it,
sale would bring in money. the pres.
ence Of which would be beneficial to
all.
The time is near at hand when
farmers shouid arrange their hex:
summers work. We urge upon
them. and especially upon small land
owners, and if they have not taken
rearing of a crop CT tanacco in their
calculations, 10 alter their plaus and
do SO. Livingston is one of the to-
bacco counties of the State, and
where the peculiar soil ia fonnd re-
lQuisite to o fine and successful growth
of the staple, it should be improved
TO the last acre and rood. 1t will
pay better than anything else and is
less liable to failure than any other
crop. Turn over a new leaf-a to-
bacco lraf-with the new year, and
raise Livingston to the position de-
signed for her by nature-that of the
first tobacco producing county in the
State.