The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-30
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
WHATTHE FARMERS ARK DOING
WITH CROPs AND STOCK.
Host EseOurAging ResuIts-MOney
Invested In HOlstein Catfle-An
AmWer 90 "PrO Patria."
To the RditOr. Of N, Appeal.

10 the noitOrs OF tno hpP0eis
EIGHTEENTH Civil DISTRICT, SHELBY
County, May 28-We are suffering
greatly from q drouth, which will
soon ruin the Ili.h potato crop, one
of the leading crops Of this section
that paid we'll up to last year. Sweet
potatoes are cultivated extensively.
Some of our farmers put up from three
10 five thousand bushels each year.
The present drouth will materially
injure the crop. Corn is small, but
the stand is good, and, IS q rule, hes
been we'll workt d. think 1t Is in
good average condition. We plant
but little cotton, the stand Of which is
good with one exception. 1t has been
we'll worked, and this dry, hot weather
is beneficial to it.
We have inst harvested the clover
crop, which was the finest ever saw,
not excepting the blue grass region OF
Kentucky. 1t is but a matter OF time
when clover and the various grasses
will be extensively grown, and stock
raised on large scale. The great end
TO be gained Is the improvement OF
our lands. think it has been clearly
proven that our lands can be brought
to their fertility by stock and grasses
quicker and cheaper than any other
way. The demand for bloOded stock
ia coed. Some Of our enterpriBing
farmers have gone into the business
TO some extent, and | believe have
been we'll paid. Capt. b. f. Sharpe
and A. J. Harris have purchased some
OF the Holstein, direct from Holland,
at cost OF from 500 for yearlings to
1900 per head for grown stock. They
are black aud white, very large, and
said to be the best mixers known.
The JerEeys are represented by X.
d. Goodwin, w Norris, Army Col
yer and Others. They are little pic
lures, give plenty of milk, and as for
butter they take the "cake." Col.
W. p. Dunavant OF Gill's Station, has
some OF the "shorthorns" Kentucky
cent beat; there Is no use in talking
about il, it can't be done. 1t is but a
short distance from your city; drive
out to his pa lures and see il have
stated the grass, clover and stock
question correctly.
Col. DunavanT is now building q
barn that think will excel any other
In the county. / know ] say good
deal in saying this, but 81 for your
selves, especially If you are expecting
to build. II is cheap, neat, with all
the apartments conveniently ar
ranged.
do not think this will be a first
rate fruit year in all varieties. My
peach orop,is very sorry; apples and
pears show up well. Plume, cherries
apriCos s, etc not good.
Oats low, but we'll headed; rye
good. Gardens suffering for rain.
Labor is plentiful. We pay cash as
we go. Seventy'fve cents is the rul.
ing price for men, which gives perfect
satisfaction. =,
Permit me now to say few words
about our candidates. allude to j
1 8. galloway and A. ]. Harris, as they
are leading farmers in our district
Mr.. Harris lives across the line in the
Fourteenth, but he has fine farm II
this district. Your correspondent o
last Sunday - "Pro PatIia" - very
properly speaks in the most compli
montAry terms Oh mebbIb, LoMhbto
and Bradley, but omitted to say, q
for me and my district, we will go 10
Andrew Harris, which we will Ger
tainly do. Andrew has been weighed
and found to be "full weight" 80 W
do not care to make Q change at pre-
emit.
PRO Pattia" is correct in what b
says about Ga loway, who 10 qualitie
to gil any position he asks for. That Q
will admit who know him. He is as att
BILE aud social as any man in the di
trict, a friend to the poor, and III
same Judge ]. s. Galloway who:
, name became 80 we'll and favorabl
, known throughout the country in ii
dark days Of 1873 as almost the on
3 official that remained to protect Ii
and property aud mete out justice
{ the people OF Memphis, who will no
( have az opportunity to express the
e gratitude for bis vAlor.
= W. HUdHEY