Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-05-29
THE SOUTHERN FARMER.
SOME SKETCHES or A0RfCULTURAL
METHODS IN MISSISSIPPI
Average Profits Of Wheat and Cotton Culture.
Cheap Land and Labor-slow Progress In
Improvomcnts-Feeding steers for
the New Orleans Market

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presumably an ONO farmer, VINO mas been
travelling through the South especially i'm |
Mississipni. writes IN that iournal or soma
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in'oio''ihS opser'"'iohS "nici he n'aue' "e
says
was Interested in comparing the average |
yield of cotton per acre, and the price of the |
land on which il IL grown. with the Weld of |
| what ~ gro,yn In ohio and y,Iuefn fnf land |
Nv in,u,r;os ,,,ora ,,,,ao a., ,t,, 80, ~ N,;s
| sissippi known as the nortbeastern nrairie |
region. a strip of land near tho eastern edge
| of the state. about one county wide. and run.
ming from the northern boundorv. near Cor
| inth. south about six counties or inst below
| Macon ,rb;s ,rac, 10 h,so,,at h,, ;Lo ,t,bi,o
~,'ia ~ 's -'e',',0y =, o'.eu py .io moo.o
| o.io w w. anu resenipies the petter Paris
| OF ILLINOIS IN SOIL and appearance. The i'm
| provements here are better than in other por-
| tions, and tho only well conditioned bovine
| 7 saw I'm thu whole soutt was s,ondi,, be.
| -, s.. -,
| % %uo P,I'y Spo' o"' - u, 4'oN"oeo county
| just horth OF Macon. interviewed tho most
intelligent people who boarded the train
In this region, and they were unani-
| nous i'm two things: That II took 2ik
| go. g. ~, 20 -, 49,, az,
ioi p"1 y, uo.o',' anu '''as sac
INC oP P'oe ioi itho shefeapo"' was s-'
per acre Nice looking farms were pointed
| out, good prairie soil with hedge fences and
| showlngcornstalksan and cotton oil good grown,
that could be bought for Sl5 per acre. At
| TINS price, with cotton at cents whoiesale,
200 lbs. per acre would pay the price OF the
lanu. In my own country the average Oh
wheat varies rom 10 10 ~ bushels per acre
, | yet the farms on which IL ~ grown are worth
, | from ESQ 10 sl0o per acre. In regard 10 the
| relative cost oi growing inc TWO crops, can
give no very definite information 1t costs
| one cent per pound 10 pick cotton, ana labor
for raising 1t can be hired Tor 30 cents per day,
or 81 Tor man ana mule.
s.,tv
4 On my first trim T wont by ,be Jaclsou
n uo,,,o ,,,sgi,,, ,h,.l,,,,,, e., ,,I, CO.,
VI. 'io lo, - ',o 80 '..''
anu nau ior seat iiia'e' from oAioru oowh'
avery intelligent young farmer, VINO was
| dealing in cattle lie said he could hire oats
!. put in tor 81 per acre. This consists In SOW
d | ing the seed, and blowing ii under with one
/ | of the little one-mule plows He cut them
Is WIN seit-pinder, ana considered ihen q
z pay p & ia ,ia ,orn ro, ',o,,t az ,,i,tor
n | 81 cents por busbel. MISUNDERSTANDING tht
r | low price and Weld, this crop paid for the
IS land, throwing in cost of raising for he offer
i Ell To sell hall his estate OF 1000 acres Tor 9,
Is peI "rei lnis cs''.o m"' = soo,u ',.'' MI; W.
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10 non, % oAioiu, anu, ~ 1"noi . auu, " a. a.
Ia Soou coh ain co.'o,i i',',,i, not ,'t su,eI -
ove,hpw. Whell asheu . mn why M suun ,'Ih, ~
Noiu ny plius ,i'o'u .iii an 81 Poi a., m n
IL ,, u . G ,, " 80, ~ , ~
ie mau w,ii,sly ae,i nan " 'uo
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OF N Nnon - ot" p o'i' 70 ga" ii' l.s0' tgi M
m cono ireo py tne cnict 0! eLliti , n,
pSi, Nun heaiti sIa,eeI'u ,tr ~ ny sei s'Io ~, -
pa ao r hio uleu w 20 yo''i1 w.
le anu low a.or near u sci9 VI eals, .iio nv ~ ~
n. Y" , oo',stIuc' @ u hoiiie Oh ., alie W
IS pi. p no 20 noiso "as S III VIC ceiit's t ~, /.
ar o pou, VIZ. viz ,es,U , , .,'1 i, ., uy W
nJ1, so' an IL nuroar o o' ,',. y. in -
h; IN, ~, ~ ~ u, 49,, =
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cg N9iy ii,'I 'asuo' ,a nis III,
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ny n - r So p"oh "aiu iG. ~ tU 20 80. -;
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ke tIai ,ay,,tho aau Sriara INA ~ np,','
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'rs | 'o"'y'
rk | cATTLE-fEEDING IN THE SOUTH.
he My companion on the cars was adding ca
mr. | ue feedjng IN his G,rmiry and yas thu
,o, | us;no nm bis oa,s and onrn pro.ty ,,oo
=, 49,, , ,aa.,o ~, -. III !
III ."' anu 'hi"osoa,.oi' S'eei' .o"."
ry | bought III Northern Mlssissippi iorSlo 10 81
ist | and little feeding put them in shape for I'll
ed | New Orleans market He claimed TO haN
,yy | cleared over $500 on one carload, and WI
ha ! now on his way To attend To the selling
~ ! two more. The partial failure of cottoi
io' through frost and wet, had left many will
srs out cash resources, and a ten-dollar gol
+ a | ing an animal that had pretty much raise
an itself
nw Perhaps some oimy readers wonder no