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Letter of Judge w 3. Cunning
% ham on Mississippi Resources.
CANTON, Miss. March &c. 1873
". Il. Ve,6ehc. Esq, Harrisburg.
Pa. My DEAR SIR: l requested
Judge G.. &. Shackirtord. who Is
Judge of the circuit court in the
river district, to give re his views
as TO the soil, climate. productions,
etc, OF this county. knowing mat
he was "A gentleman OF high Char
acter, and that he had lived and
planted here fer so .ong 4 time, L
regarded his statements as ve'.
reliable and satisfactory. | enclose
the same to you, ana you can make
such use OF it and this as you see
fir. l think Judge Shackieto:d'
statements fully sustain all l have
said in my letter of March IS. II!
your people, desire any further IN
formation concerning our country.
or orr PEG pie please write to me
aud | shall respond tn your inlHi
ries. With much respect your
friend,
w. y. CUNNINGHAM.
GrEENVILLE, Miss, March o.
Hon. W z. Cunningham, Canton,
Hiss DEAR JUDGE: AS You re-
-GuaSted, | will write this letter,
which, under the circumstances,
will be but a poor presentation of
all the merits of Madison county,
Mississippi. l made Madison cOun-
ty my home in the year 1886, and
it has, to within the last two years,
been my home ever since. WIpn |
adopted it IS my residence IN 1856,
il WAS new country, but presented
such Inducements AZ caused it 20
be settled up rapidly Previous
ularion of Madison county would
COM pare favorably witt. shat Of any
other county in tie United States.
The gentle, undulatiug character Of
the laud, the fertility Of the soil, the
mild and pleasant temperature of
the climate and the heal,hfulness of
the region attracted to it y pOpu!a-
tion composed of the :luSt active.
Intelligent, cultivated aud refined.
equal to any in the South. l can
speak frcin the experience of tiiir-
~ odd years as 10 its health, and |
do not hesitate to declare that |
know OF 10 country that surpasses
it in that res pect. During the
whole period of my residence in
that county l have had 10 serious
attack of Illness. The land in 1886
yielded Il bale of cotton to the acre,
when well cultivated. 1t would do
so now if properly manfred and
worked, and with its clay founda-
ton no lanG receives manure more
kindly on yields a richer return to
the hnsbandman. The improv:t!eht
cultivation previous to the var i'm
poverished some of the fel:is, but
they can readily be restored by the
use ef manure, master and clover.
1t will produce cotton, clover,
sweet potatoes, and Irish also, and
all other vegetables abundantly to
the acre. Cows, sheep and hogs
are raised with the greatest ease
and at the smallest cost, and equal
to any raised in tire world. We
have scarcely three months Of WIN
ter, there is scarcely day, save
when it rains, tha5 profitable work
may not be done oat doors. In
deed, piOwing, eXcer5 When the
ground is too vet, may be done
every day of the year. For dairy
purposes it has no superior, as cat
tic can be wintered cheaper, or AS
cheap, as any place IN TIE world,
and the psodacts of the dairy com
mand the highest prices. All that
is required for any one to succeed
here is industry and economy, and
nature. With its fertile and nutritious
soil, sHili do the rest. Heretofore
the people of Madison county have
confined their Efforts to the pro,luc-
tion oil corn and cotton, and prefer
m1Cted every other agricultural pro-
duet. This Should continue no lon
ger. Let the people of Madison
diversity their products and restore
their lands vita grasses, and I'M
told wealth and prosperity will re.
ward the If labor. The farmer Of
the north and the west who will
bring with hiG a small capital will
find his indn stry rewarded in vaIGe
ten fold what it produces there
l trust you may induce many of
your acquaintances in the north to
become citizens among us, as 1 have
no doubt il they bring their farm
habits and mode of cniture here
they will advance their material
prosperity far beyond their most
reasonable expectations. Very re-
spectfully yours, etc,
T.. G. SHAcELETORD.