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"be^t iron ore, Tvhidi slionld be made into forks, sliovels, axes, and tools 

 generally used hy the farmers, witliout freighting- them from other sec- 

 tions: indeed, we have the i*aw material to make any and all the imple- 

 ments nsed by the farmers, Avhich we hope will soon be developed and 

 utilized. 



COTTON IN IVnDDLE TENNESSEE. 



RutJierford Comity, Tenn.— Cotton has now been gathered, and the 

 crop is found to be not more than forty-five hundredths of an average 

 crop. Cotton has been a failure throughout Middle Tennessee the 

 yield being much less than for twenty-five years past. Our winters 

 are becoming more severe, and of longer duration. The springs 

 are later, and the autumn frosts come earlier. Droughts are more 

 severe: all of which is directly attributable to the destruction of our 

 forests. A good cotton season is no longer the rule, but the excep- 

 tion. 



LABOR IN GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 



Gibson County, Tcnn. — Labor is very scarce and inefficient. Five 

 thousand niore laborers could get emi)loymeut in this county at fifteen 

 dollars per month. 



CROPS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, "WEST VIRGINIA. 



Jefferson County, W. Va.—l make the following estimates of the agri- 

 cultural products of this county for the present year. The aggregate 

 value is above that of 180S. The yield of wheat and corn was larger, 

 but the price is below that of last year. 



Name of pi'oduct. 



Indiau corn bushels. 



Wheat do... 



Rye do... 



Oats do... 



Buckwheat do . . . 



Beans do. . . 



Turnips do . . . 



Potatoes do. . . 



Potatoes, (sweet) do . . . 



Sorghum gallons . 



W;ue do . . . 



Leaf tobacco pounds . 



Hay tons. 



Total. 



Number 1 Yield per 

 of acres. acre. 



297, 



389, 



12, 



51, 



19, 800 



27, 840 



968 



4,466 



70 



6 



10 



400 



2 



40 



8 



7 



6,809 



60, 426 



15 

 14 



12.4 

 20.6 

 10 

 12 

 50 

 59 

 40 

 40 

 75 

 200 

 1.4 



Average 

 price. 



Total value. 



$193, 



409, 



10, 



537 50 

 248 CO 

 802 70 

 199 40 

 5; 15 00 

 180 00 

 325 00 

 700 00 

 420 00 

 630 00 

 260 CO 

 154 00 

 448 CO 



Tyler County, W. Va. — As a general rule, land is more subject to freez- 

 ing and thawing between the parallels of latitude of Pittsburg and Cin-' 

 ciunati than north of the former or south of the latter. Hence it is of 

 more importance that the wheat drill be used between those parallels 

 than at the north, where the snow remains longer to protect the tender 

 growth, or farther south where the frosts are not so apt to injure it. But 

 too little is observed and, practiced of what experience has taught, that 

 every grain of wheat should be planted at a proper and even depth in all 

 latitudes where it is grown. The drill does this work the best. Flat 

 lands must be drained 5 most lands must be manured; none too often 

 l^lowed. 



