The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-24

1hls region OF Mississippi comprises the
greater portion of Tishomingo. Alcorn
Prentiss, Tippah, Benton, Marshall, Tate
DeSoto, Pamela, Lafayette, Calhoun, Yalo
busha, Tallahatchie, Grenada, Montgomery
carroll, Choctaw, Sumner, Alfalfa, Win
ston, Leake, Neshoba, East Holmes, East
azoo, North Madison, and large part Of
hemPer, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott and
Rankin counties
The soil will be found to consist of 2
brownish, yellowish loan, underlaid by
loose sand, on red hard pan. The fertility
OF the soil depends upon the thickness OF
this stratum of loan, which varies from a
few inches to several feet, but is generally
from three to four feet in depth on good
lands
Throughout this vast territory, there are
very rich river and creek bottoms. easily
cultivated, and that will produce 40 to go
bushels of corn and a bale of cotton per
acre, while the good uplands will average
about one-half bale of cotton and ID to 20
bushels of corn, with intelligent cultivation,
without manure. These bottom lands are
heavily timbered with white, overcup, will
low, and water oaks, hickory, walnut, ash,
poplar, elm, holly, maple, cypress, etc.
The best ridges and table lands are COW
cred with black, red, post and white oaks,
hickory, dogwOod and chestnut, in many
sections mixed with short leaf pine; while
the poorer and higher sandy ridges are COW
cred with a heavy growth of short leaf
pine, in some localities, in others with a
dense growth of scrubby blackjack and
scrub oak either of these growths alone
indicates the soil is thin and poor for farm
ing purposes, and the best rule for Judging
of the quality of the soil, is to notice the
amount of dogwood, paw-paw and hickory
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The short leaf pine of this region makes
excellent lumber for building purposes, and
is rich in turpentine.
The soil of this large portion of our State
is well adapted to the cultivation of oats,
corn, wheat, cotton sorghum, peas, grasses
of various kinds, vegetables of all kinds,
stock raising and fruit growing. The i'm.
migrant will find good water, health and
church and school advantages. Marls of
superior quality have been found in most
of the counties in this region.
THE CENTRAL REGION.
In this region, we will embrace South
Madison, East Kinds, South Leake, Rankin,
and III portions of Scott Smith, Jasper.
Newton, Lauderdale, and Clarke counties
The forest trees of this section are red
black, white and post oaks, hickory, poplar,
with an underground of dogwoOd, buckeye,
crab apple, black and red haw, etc. After
crossing Pearl river, which runs south into
the Gulf of Mexico, the pine trees predom-
mate and the land is thinner.
This section is well watered by small
creeks, running through wide bottoms of
rich SOIL of great and lasting fertility. A
large portion of the counties of Madison,
Kinds, Rankin, Lauderdale and Clarke have
extensive beds of limestone and are under
laid with immense deposits of the very best
urI hnH of mo- ri how hoo
worked to some extent at Byram, in Kinds,
county, and at Enterprise, in Clarke, and
will eventually become ofgreat value to the
farming interests of the State. Marls are
to be found in the Yellow Loan Region, in
the counties of Tishomingo, Alcorn, Prem
tiss, Carroll and Alfalfa, and are used to
extent.
The soil of the Central Region is gener-
ally fertile and produces fine crops of cotton,
corn, oats, and sugar cane, all the grasses
grow luxuriantly, and it seems to be the
home of the peach and the strawberry.
ME LUNU-LEAr TINE REUIUN.
This region includes the southern parts of
Kinds, Rankin, Smith, Scott, Jasper and
L auderdale, the counties OF Copiah, Simp-
son, Clarke, Wayne, Perry, Greene, Jones,
Marion, Lawrence, Lincoln, Amite, Frank
lin, Pike and the greater portion OF the
Gulf coast counties Hancock, Harrison and
Jackson. The immense forests IN this re-
zion of the best heart.pine timber, have
already attracted the attention of capital
lists and lumbermen. A large amount of
lumber. naval stores masts and spars are
shipped annually to the eastern cities, South
America, Central America and Mexico, and
by the way of the Mississippi river, and by
our railroads considerable quantity of lum-
Der is shipped to st. Louis and other western
cities. In a few years these vast forests OF
long-leaf pine are destined to supply large
portion of the world with lumber.
While the greater portion OF the SOIL IN
this region is light and sandy, yet much of
it is very productive and easily cultivated:
producing remunerative crops of corn, peas,
sweet potatoes, upland and lowland rice
cotton, Gin the nothern portion) and Sea
Island cotton along the Gulf coast Nege-
tables and fruits of all kinds are grown IN
great abundance. >.
All the BAYS and rivers along the Gulf
Coast abound in the finest oysters and fish,
and oranges, melons, figs, grapes, peaches,
etc, are raised in great perfection IN TINS
section, which together with its dellghtful
climate, sea bathing, facilities of transpor-
tation makes it one of the most desirable
portions of our State.
THE PRAIRIE REGION.
During the late war between the States,
This region was called the Egypt or granary
of the South Portions of Tishomingo, Al
corn. Itawamba, Tippah, Prentlss and mon
with the larger part of Lee, Monroe, Chlck-
asaw. Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Noxubee
and a good portion of Kemper counties are
;ncluded in this region. A large por ton OF
this fine prairie soil is underlaid with rot
ten limestone and is rich and very produc-
tive, resembling the prairie country III III
nois.
Wheat. corn, oats, cotton, clover, sor-
ghum and the various grasses are cultivated
and yield very large and remuneratIve crops;
Peaches. pears, apples and the various small
fruits. and vegetables of all kinds, grow In
great perfection and are shipped to con-
Siderable extent to western cities by the
wav of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, when
runs North and South through the whole
section. This is one of the most desirable
horizons of the State. The trees on the up.
lands of this region are post, white, red and
black oaks, hickory, walnut, mulberry, ETC.,
and on the bottom lands, similar to those
enumerated for the bottoms of the yellow
Loan Region"
THE BASIN REGION.
This vast domain, comprising over 4, 600,
600 acres of land, lies between the Missls
sinpi river on the west and the Yazoo and
its tributaries on the east, IN
Guiding much of the bottoms of the latter
streams. The counties of Issaquena, Wash
ington, Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica, sharkey
and the western parts of Holmes, Carroll,
I,ehore, Tallahatchie and DeSoto are en-
braced in this section. The soil is a rict
dark alluyium, made by bhe overflow OF the
Mississippi, Yazoo and their tributaries
covering over with rich deposits the I'M
nense vegetation of the SWAMP, tmlsnam
I'd ! or more properly bottom lands These
lands when above overflow or protected BY
ievees, (embankments or dykes,) produces
; ; crops of cotton and corn, frequent
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