The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-26
The YAZOO DELTA.
One of the Finest Cotton Growing Count
ries In the World-Srlendid Opportuni-
tic. for the Negro.

/ One of the Finest Cotton Growing tDupt-
ries In the WorId-SrIendid Opportuni-
ties for the Negro.
BIRNuNGHAM. ALA. November 2i.-.Spe-
ciat Correspondence. -Four hundred ne
groes passed through Birmingham last nlghl'
ON a special train. bound for the iertlle
Lands in the Yazoo Delta,
An imaginary line commencing at Nicks-
burg. on the Mississippi river, and running
in A n0rtheasterly direction, at an angle oi
about folfysiYe degrees, TO Carrollton' the
county-seal Of Carroll county, Mississippi
thence. ia a northwesterly direction al an
angle Of say twenty -iwo degrees, 10 me lunc-
tien of the Mississippi state line Niih me
Mississippi river; aud thence, down the
river. back TO Nicksburg; bounds the fazoo
bciia. ,u..,.
Ike continued OverlOws from the Missis-
1 sippi river pyior 10 the establishment ol
levees made deposits Of rich alluNium over
The entire area embraced Within the ABOVE
! boundaries: but the whole cCuDiry was oil
but litfle practicable value 10 man, II belns
virtually one vast swamp. The successful
uainte6aDoe Of the lesees, however, since
,ho,;. JAZZ. has made ibe reclapalloh o.
these lan,Is u matter Of ease ana nov apou' i
four millions o. acres. Nblrb Nele vnoui tU'
the most part, inundd'''d' "tp 10 '"''l' ANU"
or capable of being cultiya,>"- .., ..,,,,
The uncleared lands arc cove. -" "iai
valuable cypress timber, beneath W.
there is a luXuriant undergroWth oil aro-
matte shrubbery, vines, and creepers'
These lands, when cleared, at the ccsi "l
about S25 per acre. are a. productive rs any
lands i'm the world. The soil Is, 10 al
amazing degree. adapted 10 the growth ol
cotton. which here attains height oi elSh'
and zen feet. Two bales per acre are Nera
often produced No fertilizers are used' ano
,he rotation q: crops + unknown. ib'
s,tme staple has eeeo planted on the sa,n'
soil, i'm some cases. year atter year. ior MI,
wears without any apparent diiai'nitioh d
fertility. III. SO,
,hicI and is also well suited 10 the culflNa'
s;n, ~ fs,n products other than cotton. -
ur"dnrtive Az the lands, and at times II
lcorce was iabOT, that a. much as aPuarle'
of the entire cotton crop oiien reihaiheo "n
harvested. and was tOtai loss.
During the last feH years there mas pe'''
O ,,eot influx Of negroes into the pelta
lcoontry-many coming from NVrip "u
| lipas aud whilst thousands have gobe ilcI'
md are t,ssjYing. others are sun ues'ie" ~
the planters. During the c0.aon-lirn'rs S s,r =
seasOn negro oneH hi"Aes no"' WY
nty dollars per month. -, -,
No unc,eared lands aboaga W game o
eyery descrip:ioD-deer, bears turkeys, eiTl
being plentiful. and ths numerous oaIVq'
ana ru"nIns nnnn,r, n NJ bouniifuiiy blessed b!
proyidence. an industrious negro can &c
',,,;rs what 10 his race is fortune, wpiie
one a' who is less inclined to work can make
ai.h bnt little effort, a comfortable H'ins
Ths T climate is well suited to the negro ane
Ss o. seen.s IL . happy ond prosperous condi
Railroad building = active in the pelis
comn,ry. 'rse Georgia Baciso, fhe ILLINOIS
Central. and the Louisville. AeN HfiSaI'
and TeSas railroads are building. feeders
for their main lines in all directions, "nll'
certain other roads are making demons'ra
fl,ns in that direction.