The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-20


drawbacks to success are stated follows: -.sThe
Interference OF foreign capital through tho local mer
chants In antagorism TO the landholder Capital
through the local merchants has pandered 10 the
uray indocnt and careless disposition Of the negro
who ovss 10 spend large part or his time in happy
ideness, encouraging him 10 rent land and be- the
master Of his own time rather than hire to the land
holder by advancing 70 him scanty supply OF food
and clothing charging him their prices for which
they get the entire product Of the labor oxcopt small
rent), they paying no wages and placing tho or
cotton much below tho cost Of production; with
which state Of affairs the honest andholdsr who pays
wages for his labor cannot compete %
4 GEORGIA PLANTATION.
No. 4. From Morgan county, Ca, tho following
statement 10 sent:"The largest crop OF cotton ever
made Georgia was by Mr.. Thomas worthen, OF
Washington county, latitude 80. Mr.. Worthen planted
an acre OF common land for State fair prize, and
manfred II al highly as human avarico could desire,
then ploughed and ploughed until the soil broken
up and mixed and made perfect for terminating seed
and producing the plant The season being proptous.
no made as testified by his neighbours i've bales,
nearly 500 pounds OF lint staple and 500 pounds
OF seed. The record Of what write IL recorded In
tho books OF tho State Agricultural Society OF Georgia.
The correspondent writes:-"we have now but
tow largo farms; tho larger the more certain
1t s to break the owner. Nearly all Georgia Is
small farms, and the farmer who make 500 pounds
OF lint cotton on acre. 80 bushels OF aud 20 OF
wheat consider money making man; even II he
makes only 500 pounds two acres 20 bushels OF
and Is Of wheat coll II remuncratiyc our land
easy to cultivate. Families who work two mules and
SOW wheat and oats with cotton work good garden
and ralse sweet potatoes do WELL enjoy good
health and cat the peaches, grapes and other fruit
which Indigenous here. We have OF the best
countries, taken in It's totality that God made
have ail the North, Middle States, much Of tho
West, and was farmer thirty years in tho rich allu
lands Of Texas but Middle Georgia Ia the percc
ton of countries In soil, climate, timber, water-pure
granite and frccstone waer-wh never falling rivers
competent to spin all the cotton make.''
No. s. Another gentleman, native OF Middle Texas
writes iollows:-"Hard working. industrious FARM
crs, who 60 their own labor, make money, espe.
caliy the Germans Many Of my near neighbors mako
10 balos Of cotton to tho hand and plenty OF
meat to do them, but those the outside hgures
now limo OF policy Is being adopted by the large
as u we'll the small farmers-that 49, they paying
moro attention 10 meat and grain, making cotton q
secondary matter. We havo q nno section with
railroud sido OF us, and would gladly welcome
immigrants in yet larger numbers Party lines have
about died out, and no one is questioned ccnsurod
about his political opinions any than about
his church a6aira"
ALABAMA.
No Q. farmer who lives on the sandy pine land OF
Alabama reports tho average crop per about $50
pounds, but that with good cultivation . bale to the
DO easily made, the drawbacks TO creator
unreliable character Of the labor
want Of economy. mot yet having learned how 70
save as we'll TO make" His remedy tor the evil OF
the day we'll stated IN tho following words:-'.I
leve that tho prosperity OF the Southern people de-
ponds upon low cotton, because as cotton advances
will hand and oth fOr
It, aud viii Immediately return TO their extravagant
habits and run into debt again."
No. Z. A crop statement from Lee county, Texas
gives the following products from 10 hands, includ-
ing boys":-Cotton, so balos; corn. 1900 bushels
potatoes, 100 bushels; some barley pork. 1900
pounds; good bceves 40 This gentleman estimates
the cost Of cotton at CENTS adding. at
pick II does to raise. " No fertilizers used and
needed. Average crop. 800 to 500 pounds.
special acre, carefully cultivated, produced from
proved seed, 1000 pounds
No. 8. Another Texas farmer, in Lamar county,
porls-18 hands, crop. Al bales cotton. 1000 bushels
corn, 1000 bushels oats. 100 bushels Irish and 100
bushels sweet potatoes 5000 pounds pork. Adding
.he acreage N 1876 produced LOT bales cotton
with better cultivation and the same hands No
manure used and needed" The largest crop
known 10 him was SO bales from 40 acres, or TOO
pounds lint per acre.
No .. largo farmer In Edgccombe county. N. c..
reports the cost Of cotton about 10 CENTS but
farmers produce u at less" His crop from IS
hands 800 bales cotton $500 bushels corn 49, 400
pounds meat, LOO bushels oats, 450 bushels wheat
with abundance OF hay and Of Irish and posa
Hc states the drawbacks greater success
many consumers to the number at work."
No. 10. From Johnston county, N. c., come tho
following statements:-"The largest crop OF clean
cotton per acre within my knowledge 1000
pounds but the standard OF profitable crop is not
500 or 900 pounds; great improvements In seed
and Tools; negroes migrating TO the South and COL
Letting in villages and towns cost OF cotton present
about ~ cents but give plenty OF careful and utcl
lgcut labor. and It DO furnished Ut to cents;
immigrants urgently wanted; Inducements. good
wages, cheap land and hearty welcome; q great
many arriving from the North and from abroad Draw
backs want OF labor and trying TO Guilt
vaie too much iandn
No. IL. very admirable report from Bullock county,
Ala. gives the following results sCrops-Cotton, So
bales corn 200 busheIs OATS 500 bushels pork 1850
pounds; beef, 5000 pounds; and SO head OF mutton,
1856 chickens, turkeys, 450 pounds butter, barrels
sugar. IS barrels moasses bushels rice, $50 bushels
peasc 200 bushels sweet potatoes Ground peasc and
chuias sufficient to fatten hogs Hands employed, a.
assisted by extra hands, equivalent about IL regular
The above the products of two farms, situated
each other OF tho farms Is lotion land was over.
flowed in May ana had to DO repanted, making cotton
1t attacked by caterpillar about August 20,
and by September 10 was stripped OF Its foliage
and tho crop on the place was barely hail. Ny farms
managed by white superintendent. under my In
spection; my aborers negroes, hired by the year
tho month, averaging $40 per year cash, with
houses, vegetable gardens, wood and subsist encc,
three and a half pounds bacon and one peck OF meal
per week being furnished ,hcm" This gentleman
estimates the cost of cotton ut eight cents pound
and the largest possible crop per five bales HIS
statements OF the drawbacks to greater
want Of intelligent ana progressive labor cheap
fertilizers and good roads," Immigrants much
needed, the advantages claimed good and cheap
lands Astounding grasses well adapted to stocK and
will rnis In n Nm ahalca ha