, 1877-09-26

being usually through the lime rock, which is
easily worked for rock c1cayat!on. They nFc
either dug and blnftc'l Tor oEvn wells. Hr are
borc,l and drilled for the artcsian stylc. Fonw-
Ing wcus have been ohta!ncti in some localities
ut depth of 400 or Hn feet |
TIN rAlH BUILDINGS,
a4 rulc. arc OF a cheap character r.-honscs Of
legs. or chcnn fsatnc strurturcs With correspond
ing out buildings, though In tho castcrn por-
tim Of tho prairie country, where t'tnc large |
plantations wera worked before tlu war a,y |
slave latMr. theirs nrc nome large and Ono cnun-
try residences. Some people fr"m tho North who
brought me.nsritht them an.iopcnsd md lat.ns haye
cascs tho buildings nre Of such a character "a
To indicate TINT tho settler lIai hut sna means
with which TO stnr.: Tho fenscs ase nearly all
Of rails, either lnil up n wnr1n.tet!ec Or n9'lea
tie plno district at the East, lumber can be
bouRh. for from SIS to Stu per tn,, and some
arc using II to Tneese their FARMS OF replace the
old rail fences. But little wire fencing has been
utctl III this part of tu State. Previous to tic
War corn aud cotton wcre
THE sTApLH CHoFs
corn hefnR grown only for hume use. During
ps M Ut but sss su " s at IL % eo.s has
Only been within the last three or four years,
and mainly owing to tho influx Of Northern
farmers, that the growing Of wheat and
other small grains naa e,a,sa Msa'neH ap'y ~.
products of the State. Lust ycar the yield Of
wheat In thirteen northern counties was over
7,yn, eco bushels bringing MI average price Of
81 per bushcl. This year much larger breadth
will be sowtl.
In ny Intercourse withfarmcfs, either at their
homes or 1t, town, lave n,aals careful fhuui.
rics to eseertain the average yield of c5nns %
taking one ycar with another, and takfng into
ucco,ii.t pattlnl failures from drought, wet, Or
grasshoppcrs, about u bushels OF wheat, ~ 10
80 Of oats O. barley, y 10 ~ Of corn, md one. ~
Average yIcl.l Wheat Il now selling g.
ai.iO to sl..0 per l'nsilel. oats 20
to Is ccnts corn 20 cents bariey. 90 to 10 cents,
and cotton sN to 10 CENTS according to quality.
meet With great many cases Of much larger
crops being grown, as, OF wheat over 10 bushels
10 the acre, oats VI, VI, 100, md even moro per
acre, barley Gu to W bushels, md corn 10 70 iO
s, ,%ss sa x y 1s9 Y a sd offs , ns ysa. &S ~s'tS
nercs OF oats which threshcd 0l bushels pcF acre
machine measure. md lc sail they would by
| weight 60 over 100 bushels; but these nrc e1-
eepional cases. slowing what San DO done under
satisfied that nv figures above give fair
average yield for tho crops OF this country at
! tho present time. AS In NIL new countrlca where
land is cheap, the tendency Is TO superficial and
soil to bring The crop out all right. There Ia TO
could be greatly Increased BY thorough md
| skilfful culture.
4
gentleman In Dallas informed nc that friend
OF Its, euga4ca IN farming, as an experiment
| took two acres Of gruund, doubled his tenn In
blowing so as to plt tho pow Into the bcan and
followed It by s,bsof!er. disturbing aud looscu'
ing the Garth to tho depth Of eighteen inches.
On one mere he planted corn, anu on the otlIei
eotton. 1t happened y bo year Of extreme
drought, hs Is sonctimca tho case nero,
and corn gave IN average Of about tet! busael pei
ucrc, md cotton less than half a bale. On lls
aero OF corn he gathered thirty-AvG bushels, and
over q bnlc OF cotton from Its acre In cotton
Said I: "Dld lo from that time changchls modt
ol farming, put the labor he had been In tht
"No," said lie; "lt was two slow process, ant
lie preferred to 60 on In tue old wny." A.
lnyo before stated, In tho castcrn portion OF th'
| nrairie country there orc many large, old plan
tatIong which are mainly worked by renters, bu
us you ~ West tho farming is on q stnallc
scalc,-tl.e farms ranging III aize from 10 Of
100 .u1Go, 82o, or more acres aud these ars1 o
impiemicnss ei u Of which they aro iiGera
prrchuscrs, and thc 1nbor season extend
ing oyer nearly the cnt!ro Tcal, cnablinl
them to farm much creator breadth tn crop
Will, tho same amount OF teams md lnlloT tlia
can bo done at the North. believe tho farm
crs In this portion Of tho State, as q rule, NJ
prosnerous. Tha Is evidenced by Tho fart TIM
cash. They buy freely Of the best and fatcs
. improved indictments, paying cash down Or o
short time. They are also buying bloulcd etoc
for breeding purposes at high prices, aud a!s
, buying more lands either to add to their faru
| OF to settle their boys upon. Tho Ecitlc1na
who took INC trip into thu country from Fo'
, ttons Of land 10 three farmers in tho uciKibo
hood. On tho trip, though, he only expected
| salo Of ono. O. C, GlDys.