Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1885-09-11

/ The epidemic complaint Of har,
times and scarcity of money through
out the North does not come will
the same force from the South, ant
with the approach of fall and win
ter, the outlook in that direction be
comes much roster, If reports re
garding the growing crops can bere'
lied on. The season is sufficient,
far advanced to judge intelIigentIy
of the prospects or general outlook
of Southern crops, and it Is clear
that several Of the states rejoice over
the finest crop prospects visible Ia
twenty years. Texas asserts that
the crops harvested to date are
the most bountiful and valuable in
the history Of the state. The cotton
crop now maturing, is far in excess
of any former yield-fully twenty
yer cent above 1884, when she turn
ed out 1900, 900 bales. Indeed a
number of the papers throughout the
Lone Star State assert that a suffi-
cient number Of pickers cannot be
had to gather the growth in sight,
and that one-tifth of it must remain
in the field.
Louisiana Is happy over her finc
prospects for sugar, rice and cotton,
besides variety of other products.
notably the orange crop. North and
South Carolina claim the finest cot
ton crops since the war. Georgia is
and has been for several years, add
ing rapidly to her wealth and re-
source s-mainly through the agency
of the many new manufacturing es-
Establishments of her principal cities.
The emigration to her fields an cities
has been marked the past three
years. She has been free for years
from political strife and kindred
troubles that afflicted her sister
states and profited by the exemption.
Tennessee has great variety OF
crops that appear TO have prospered,
and her principal trade centers de-
clare that from financial point,
they have no cause for complaint.
In addition TO her wheat, corn, oats,
cotton, etc., she is making rapid
progress in the culture Of fruits and
vegetables for Northern markets,
and claims with one exception (Cob-
den, HIS, to have the biggest ship
ping point in the West or South
Gadsden, Tennessee, where six to
eight cars of strawberries were load
ed daily during the berry season.
Her immense shipments of small
fruits the past season brought dis
may to the hearts of rival shippers
she met in the markets. Arkansas
for the past year or two has been
brought conspicuously before the pub
lie as an inviting field for fruit grow
ers as we'll as farmers, for in her
borders can be found fine crops Of
the Northern as well as Southern
staples. She has great cotton crop
in sight, while a great variety of
food crops were also cultivated, and
though drouths have been reported
at few points in the state. nothing
serious has resulteds 1t is very clear
that her crops are sufficiently varied
to enable her to keep most OF her
money at home for 1885. Florida IS
rapidly becoming an orange and veg
etable field, and claims she will soon
enrich herself and people on these
products alone. while the alligator
crop never fails, aud thrives on neg
lect. The subject might be pursued
at lengt.. very piofitably, but 1t must
be admitted that q hastY review of
the field discloses the fact that for
many years the outlook in the SOuthe
ern States has not been as bright as
at this time.