The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-10-01

land and makes it salable.
PROFITS OF WHEAT G GROWING.
l take the position, and viii sustain it
By facts and examples, that tits more pro-
ftable to grow wheat in West Tennessee
than cotton. The best uplands in West
Tennessee win not produce on an a verage
moro than a bale TO two acres. This ia
worth sixty coy dollars. Four acres Of
good land sown in wheat viii produce
sixty COY bushels, which is worth
sixty (60) dollars. 1t will not require
more than one-half the labor and ex-
pense to cultivate the four acres in wheat
than it does the two acres in cotton, and
the wheat when well managed Is not sub
ject to any more casualties than is the
cotton, and in addition ,the land Is not
by any means 50 much injured by. wheat
as by cotton. The same remarks apply
to corn, and the reason why corn and
wheat countries are so much more pros
porous than mere cotton countries is be-
cause they require so much less labor
and expense to produce, the same money
value. In regard to the growing Of wheat
it may be remarked that much Of Its sue
CESS depends upon the manner OF prepar-
ing the land and the care taken In sow
ing the wheat. Wheat badly soWn on
badly prepared land cannot be expected
to make a heavy yield. Again, much
depends upon properly taking care Of
the wheat after it is harvested. Thous-
ands of bushels Of wheat have been IN
jured this year by not being properly
shocked or capped SO as to turn rain. A
little more care, little more labor, and
little more knowledge would have saved
hundreds of thousands Of dollars in Ten
nesse this year on the wheat crop. This
is matter Of discussion in your agri-
cultural meetings, and too extensive for
me to undertake on this occasion. While
have urged the growing of enough
wheat, and corn to supply all our own
wants and to furnish money sufficient to
purchase your necessary supplies, that
you cannotraiae, have not intended to
discourage the growth of cotton In
proper manner. Your cotton should be
a surplus crop, adding that much wealth
and capital to the county, and not be
used merely in purchasing supplies By
planting fewer acres in cotton, and Guilt
waiting it well, you will cause one acre to
produce as much as three now do. This
has been done, and may be done again.
Too much acreage and too little thorough
cultivation have been the bane of cotton
culture in West Tennessee. There Is no
reason Why, with proper cultivation, eY-
cry acre in West Tennessee suitable to
cotton culture might not be made to
produce on an average a bale. This,
however, Is also a subject fer discussion
in agricultural meetings, and which I
now have not time to elaborate.
THE HAY CROP.
Turning from the subject Of cotton
and grain, I may remark that no country
is better adapted to the raising of the
various grasses-timothy, herds grass
clover and orchard grasses--than the
lands near the Hatohie, Forked Deer and
Obion Rivers Upon a small meadow,
near this place, two tons of hay per
acre were produced this year, and Ills Ills
is only sample Of what may be done
in many parts of West Tennessee. The
hay crop Of West Tennessee might be
made immensely profitable. With the
same labor and expense that are en-
ployed in manuring and cultivating land
in the Northern States, there Is no tell
ing how much wheat, corn and cotton
the lands Of West Tennessee might pro
duce, since they are so remarkable, il
well cultivated and deeply plowed, for
standing a drouth. l have now pointed
ont some Of the means by which the az
ricultural interests Of West Tennessee
might he benefited that is, by increas-
ing your grain and hay crops, thereby
leaving you more time to manure highly
aud cultivate youT cotton land so that it,
may, one year after another, produce &
bale to the acre, on an aVera sc. A
small er yield than this viii not make
cation planting profitable, and as it has
been done in other Places, it may he
done here. Cotton is to be your great eS-
port crop, and therefore much attention
should be paid to It's proper cultivation
so as to make it yield the greatest profit.
EFFECTS OF MANUFACTURING.
shall now approach another branch
of my subject, and that is how the man
ulacturing interests Of West Tenn essee
may be benefited. In order to ascertain
the beneficial effects of manufacturing
upon the price Of land, let us compare
four a. counties in Ohio with the four
| % Middle Tennessee counties above
mhntioned The Ohio counties are
Madison, Mahoning, Marion and Medina.
The vaIuo of farm products in these
counties is eight million three hundred
and sizty-six thousand two hundred and
twenty-eight dollars, while the value OF
farms was forty-six million seven hun
dred aud seventy three thousand four
hundred and fifty-seven dollars. In the
four Middle Tennessee counties the value
of farm products was nine million six
hundred and ffty-eight thousand and
fftv-sIx dollars, while the value offarms