The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

valley, region of country extending from
Lee county, ia Mississippi, to Mareng,
county, IN Alabama or from latitude 3
and longitude IL to latitude b and lnnoi
tude ii being about one hundred and tw en-
~ or thirty miles long and from twenty Il
sixty miles wide. The prairie portion con.
stItutcs the eastern two thirds OF the county
aud IS a rich, black, or reddish black adhe-
siYe soil, but varying greatly as to color
consistency and fertility. The depth of the
soil varies from one to thirty feet, but will
average about seven or eight feet. and j.
inHderlaid by white and blue rotten lime.
stone This land is easily cultivated, and
yields abundantly TO the labor of the hus-
0andmen- The staple crops are cotton,
:orn. oats, wheat, rye. barley, sweet and
irish potatoes, all kinds of garden vcgeta-
Ebles, and fruits of every variety adapted to
TINS climate. Previous to the war the sv-
erage yield of cotton per acre, without
fertilization. was about twelve hundred
bounds; now although this is but little
/ 'Vl fence of exhaustion in the lands-it is
'nly six hundred, owing to our imperfect
ystem ot culture; the average of corn was
hlrty bushels, now it Is about twelve: oats
| viii yield from ten TO thirty or forty bush
I'is; wheat varies greatly owing to seasons.
put favorable year will turn ont twenty
Ilr twenty-five bushels. frequently more,
! N fact, for small grain, fruits and vegeta-
plies, our county is fully equal to the prai-
/ les of Illinois, Iowa and other Western
States and have the advantage of their
maturing at least month earlier.
/ Stock Of al kinds are successfully raised
lere. aud need not be fed in winter longer
tan three months. Various grasses for
hAy and grazing have been aDdndantly
produced by those farmers who make stock
raising a speciality; but these are very few.
Red clover, herds and orchard grass, and
bv few, timothy. bermuda grass and vari-
on. excellent native grasses are all adapted
10 our soil and climate. Bermuda grass
Ian importation from the West India Islands
lis a rather short, irregularly pointed,
nutritious grass, of remarkable Vitality.
sodS WELL and is looked upon by good stock
aisers as one OF the best grazing product.
/ will continue green nearly all winter.
The Western third of oar county is gen.
e'ally timbered land, rather rolling. with "A
ight sandy soil on the ridges, aud a black,
ltOse sandy loan in the bottoms 1t is
we'll waUered by springs and running creeks
and branches. This portion is better adap-
tel to fruits and vegetables than the prairie-,
although not so productive OF the staples OF
the county, unless fertilIzed. for which they
are peculiarly adapted. owing to their loose
mdoW natures, and stiff clay subsol.
Our climate is one of the most pleasant in
America; summers are long, but not so
intense and debittatiu9 further north
winters are short and mild-onIy about
TIN ee months in leugth-with bur little if
any snow. The first frost is generally about
the 10 or 10th Of Nov, and the last from the
Isl to the middle of March; though we have
frequent exceptions TO these rules.
Taking NoXubee county as whole it is
a most desirable locality for industrious,
skillfnl farmers 70 make their homes. 1t
contains in rounds numbers, six hundred
thousand acres of land, about one-third OF
which is in cultivation. Timberin the prai-
RE portion is convenient as rule, and am
pie in quantity the farthest that any far
mer has to haul his wood is two miles, but
it is generally close to his premises. Water
in this part of the county is obtained by
digging cisterns in the rotten limestone,
which hold well and furnish most excellent,
cool water; in fact no county can have bet
ter cisterns than ours. We also bore wells
from two to five hundred feet deep. and
bring the water conveniently near the sur
face or frequently have 1t to run out in
perpetual stream. Good pools and ponds
are dug out of the soft rock to furnish stock
water, where there is not an artesian we'll.
The health of Our county is good. Like
all of the y Northwestern and Southern States
we are subject to malarial diseases Gas chills
and fever, bilious fever, &c.,l where the sea-
son and locality is favorable to them. Some
years they are more extensive than Others.
and frequently we have none, owing to the
character of the seasons. Ii ordinary care
and judgment Is exercised in selecting a
home, no fears need be entertained of sick
ness. Cholera and yellow fever have never
visitec@ds, and never will, as the conditions
for their spread do not exist in our county.
We are remarkably free from epidemics OF
every kind.
Good lands and desirable homes can be had
in abundance, at reasonable prices: ranging
from five to twenty dollars per acre for inn
proved places, part cash and the balance on
reasonable time. Land can be had in any
quantity, from one to five thousand acres in
tract; the people being determined to d.
vide their large plantations to suit pur-
chasers.
1t is the universal wish of the people of
NeXubee county. and OF the South at large,
that those OF the North and West who con
template changing their homes, would
come and examine our county, look at the
products of our soil, experience our
genial climate, accept our hospitality, and
ii possible, make their homes among u.
We will give them a cordial greeting, an
earnest welcome and extend to them those
civilities, social courtesies and friendships
which merit and respectabilty demand.
We have plenty of the richest land. plenty
of good labor: but we want the example
and material aid of your skilllul farming,
your lessons of economy, your industry in
fact we want your assistance in developing
the boundless resources OF this great South
ern country.
S. V. ID. HILL.
Moon, Mississippi.