, 1875-05-22


g. 70 second part my eiihcr Of thcn and par
Anu ;bo i s ssTond ,rt ao hereby
~at'e In fArur Ut tho SAID ali lscns and clnt1ns
advtt7e to the rtgha and preferences hescnIefors
:: - fas:hs, unfts,soa and ssEeea Int in he
kcknt1s or other canac, he III default of h.lp
,n,y t.tn.sed lS ID. % eost mi t's for tas
beErat If tho parties Il tho kacon,l part.
Given un'ss our hauds and .ca!a On tal. day |
Tho rental nsn,ed In tho above ia is pound,
for thu uplands IL ra:,gos from ~ To co tou.!ds
tor case, nuA for tho bottom. .lards from abou.
% 70 12o pounds (tho a!tor being tho highest
1lsnra) per aero, according 70 ?uaiiiy Of Iand:
per hcre woI!l 10 from, Say, 50 to IS for up
lluds, aud from alo 10 els accor!iaC to quality
OF e!up. Tho isegtoo5. Is rnlc, can furnish
nothing easo their labor. They arc SUP.
drawn wccsly), ti:a lilo 70 q y per
cent hdded !, tho price; with inulcr,
Hitl the Ike addition to tha r73ca ; and NTH
co1n aad forage, With liio addition. It At tho
cloEc Of te ne*aon tug negro chooses and ~ able
70 DO 60, le can tako the mulo ou payment OF
I'll: cost Of thu ailfn:! wish tho interest added
Otherwise llo il charged for Eko Of tie animal,
which retna'nh tho property Of tho planter.
on tho esoro for Whist other ht,'c artictos arc
indispensable for Inn and his family during tao
eesson foE thctn he PAYS not only the esule it,
telest for tho credit, but the original prices AZ
rulo arc as cxorbtant as shoso commonly chasged
It ctosa-roads "stoyes." In this why, CO, ", or
lH0 acres nro uenaT let in d lot, tho store
ilatl.' negro Of como Crsdlt. urd uho tecruits
the squad, ior his extra reward usually getting
the tcs: uf tho land to "crop for Him
| .eff snd stlotEg tho rest to his fellows.
Under tais systoul the negro, after substituting
cofu.doaScr and pork through the scasou, has
very lfstlo left, which Eoeh generally to supply
| the "e=!saTa3an:" taslee bora Of lis freedom.
-~tnys boots md sunday.go-to~mcetinG clothes.
Elns over again. The plantess ought to llayo
splendid income. but snt their family supplies
! aa1 All that theJ conautoe arc obtained OH tho
GGtuo exhaustive credit, secured bY trust Goads
81 tEcT cone out, ofteu enough NJ ruor NJ tho
dtrkcyp; uuJ. II they hacc soms.h,lg left after
sc:t!n: With thu factors. are exaA7e1atcd on coil
tlas::ns It with thcir ituucnHa ploits uGlar tho
| elhTe.tabot syo:cso.
| To this syB:c5p. adding not less thaa 2j per
cent 10 tuc cost ul s:unlnE tha cror. to tho tact
! that tho whites dent woyk, nau that tho uegro
las 60 interest IN such working Of tLr laEds ~
c.op, il evidently attributable In larEs part, il
not altogether,
TIE ExAAcs11yS AND ABANDONMENT or rLAs7A-
Tlo$3,
which has extended till (: III estimated a. from
IL to - per ecu: Il the u,s!anls and irou S to
IL Les ceu. Of tue bottom lan1s though no,e OF
| tAczo proper have boea ahaEdoucd, tinca tho so!
| Ia practically lnexharstible, Thu negroes work
o. any other rational beiuss would -Wne1o i: pass
beat. Hence their tendency to abanaon tue up
1auds and to aggregate in the bottoms wlieso tho
fertility OF the aoi, o-d the fac: that thoy c1o-
nopolizo the lsbor, enables thom 10 do far better
Tor themselves. from observation, and from
tile reports made fur fsctors and planters, ~ .
rule it wGuld Eeeta that tbs bottoms At even 150
or 900 pounds Of cotton rental per acre must be
cheaper than would DO tho upland 1t 20 pounds.
tho !uncs: iguto Honco tho Abandonment Of
tncac lands.
Entering bllssissippt bs rail from Memphis,
enc tra7eEses Ill upiEnl country, uuce nos: fer
tile, no. aooEudicI III dcserted plan.
tatons. soue Of tneae hays been worn
planted year atlcr 5o1r in cotton, without AMI
rotation OF crop, tlo application Of manurea u
ferul!zcss, or other attempts to restoro tho ex'
hau>tcd soil, These plantations, it - atatod,
can bo easily restored, which, judging from theil
csors Of Uortauda grass or m.llet. aud the ooe
when turned Under u1akca ilue cotton land
With tho application Of fcrtllzess- they WOULD
now. ii ~ stated, yietd from oae.oatf to two
gisn is tcckoned . good crop, though the!
cl1in, ia nn:e-|Yar times to have rntsed from
t!sree-fourths 10 GIG bale per mere. Eut tho tn
variable re5ponso to inquiry in that regard was
ti,a. noo3ly had tried my of tho fertilizers, mt
that nobody experimental In Planting. Graases
Tho oaly crop considered ''ot much accouu.
was as before the Var, cotton; when tho 30!
Was 80 much exhausted that it wouldn't pay t.
work mas put on land where cotton could b.
; grown, or. ii pc.clts Of d ticld wero still pro
Guctiyc thesc ws-" .'sh,ed and the rest va
left uncutlya:rd-, -.;h statement onestvatio'
, showed to 10 trat. Many OF tbs plantation
hayo boon, in large par, ruined bcyona possi
b!iisy Of reclamation by neglect Of tho Ihmplca
prccautioa. LluMn long Ei:c9 70 be necettsAry, t
J preTeut tho washing aWay Of tho rrodnc live Al
! iuvial soil: tla: i, to plant IN crculE row
plow vas run straight across up and down th
knolla. Such wero tile cotton roHs, aud tue
woro cultivated In tho eatnc fashion, deepenin
} the burrows from top to bottom. Worry soon til
rains began to cut these, carrying OF tho ligt
, | ailuyioN. Even thcu it might hAyo bccn cahil
stoppctl. hut il waa neglected tilt notling is loi
hut tho gravel in WHICH, in many places, t.ulche
10 feet Of 1nuro it depth hare been cut, loartn
, tho Burfn.o dotted with grarol pyEarniths abor
! TINT height, giving to tlu Wlloio tho npinaranc
not uuhRe tliat IT tentcd tield or Mnelntai
range in miniature. 1u tho rolling linda bt
tween Memphis and Grenada arc to be 6een hui
jrcdH Of ncrcA Of such so1:, bcsi4cs thousands
0 4cres where tho doclivity Mas moro gcns'o, froI
, ,LIch tho total niluylnl formation has bee
vashod Of. Probably nowhere else In til
United States. uultas perhaps a1noug tho worr
out tobacco plansa.ooe :. saa' e. can .i 10 lou,
lands, by sheer stupidity or nanton caEoiassnes
! little, il 1t al, Elolt OF criminal.
NEcL41atADLE LASDs.
These lauds for the most part. however, are r
! cla,,nabc, and will bo reclaimed Whon l.nuligE;
! tiou fctclcs thrift TINT rays ita way AZ It g0o
and population which SHALL be ashamed not
working. but of idtins. aud aach population niu
in tho 1,atu.c of thilgu tako possession Of tAl
country to restore and ru!c 1t. With proper eli
tlisa thoy mould soon y!cld All average OF aboat
: half-bato to tho aero, OF product Of from 80
S35pcs acre; and they coud he bought iom At fto'
: s5 to VIZ per nero. They seem admirably adapts
: : frnit-srowsns l.ns proTod very successful. The
! wo1o In nute-War timca ch.otly devoted to stocl
rsi.lns, tho stock being slaves. who wcEa sold
the planters In tho loxcrcouasFy. When sou 1T
Why they ero not worked now. ttS RESPONSE i
. llcck to the awamps (bottoms) M fast ~ the
! can." And without Tho uieGers no work wort
y reckoning in done. Frequently I aHae
J Why they weren't una1e stock farms. Tho rep
. was to iho effect that Il wan Of no rso to ral'
Q stocit; tho niggcrs would stoal OF tue entire i
Is s:It's good country lur hogs." said planter
>. large experience, .'but yuu, cant koop . hos