150 EEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



eiderable for three years past. Little increase in actual cash income, but of great 

 benefit indirectly. Conecuh : Marked Tvith great relief to farmer. Porli G cents cheaper 

 than since 18G0. De Kalh : Gradual, and, but for swine disease, profit would be con- 

 siderable. Elmore : Thirty-three per cent, since 1869 in corn, oats, pease, pork, and 

 beef. Etotvah : Manifest, with disposition to still farther increase. Decided benefit, 

 and if farmers would raise all at home, cotton, as a surplus, would pay. Geneva : In 

 1876 50 per cent, more corn, 10 per cent, oats, 20 per cent, field-pease, than in 1875. 

 Price of corn decreased from $1.25 to 62 J cents ; pork, from 10 cents to 7 cents. Farmer 

 gets less money, but has more to sell. Greene : Large in corn and pork, with benefits 

 seen by all in reduction of store-bills and cost of living. Country in better condition 

 than at any time since the war. Hale : Twenty per cent, more in hogs and cattle last 

 year than any year since the war. Henry: Yes; among good farmers, in corn, pease, 

 oats, pork, and such farmers decidedly more thrifty than exclusive cotton-growers. 

 Jackson : In corn, pork, and beef. Cotton considered as profitable as any as a surplus. 

 Jefferson: Twenty per cent., and it is redeeming our farmers from debt and starvation. 

 Lauderdale: Enough for home supply for first time since war, and will place farmers 

 in better condition. Winston: Fifteen per cent, increase. Enough corn, beef, and pork. 

 Nearly gelf-sustaining. Macon: The increase has been such as to leave little to buy, 

 and there ia less stealing and greater production among blacks also. Madison : Con- 

 siderable in clover, and, in consequence, more hogs and horses and less corn required 

 to feed them. Little increase in corn, oats, or pease. Monroe : Large, in corn, oats, 

 and cane for molasses. Considerable increase in pork, with great advantage. Morgan : 

 Considerable in cereals, hay, &c., and farmers are in better condition. I'erry : In for- 

 age and grain, and the farmers raising them in better condition than the all-cotton 

 men. Pike: Small increase in feed, with very material increase in profit. Eussell: 

 Most in mst-proof oats ; next in pork. Saint Clair : Marked, and thrift fol lows the policy. 

 No bacon will be bought in 1877 ; does not pay to buy corn and bacon to raisfe cotton 

 with. (Swwi^er; General increase. More hogs killed this winter than since 1861. Con- 

 fiiderable increase in profit. Walker : Only in German millet, pork, and beof ; profits 

 in proportion. 



Mississippi. — Aiiala: General increase. Without it would have been starvation. 

 Amite: Very great. Many farms producing all home supplies and saving the outgo of 

 money. Alcorn : Much in pork. Carroll : Result very favorable, though the policy is 

 not established fully yet. Choctaw : Considerable, except in hay, and a growing interest 

 in that. Coahoma : Some in corn, oats, and grasses ; not much in beef, but considerable 

 in pork. Copiah: Decrease, with bad effect. Covington: Very decided, with greater 

 independence and less debt. De Soto : In oats, pease, pork, and beef. Those who 

 raise plenty have money to lend. Franklin: Those most successful who raise homo 

 supplies. Grenada: Yes; and the effect great in diminishing cost of living, giving 

 them cotton unencumbered, which can be held for best prices. Lawrence : Yes. Large 

 percentage of farmers and hands have corn and moat of home raising. Lowndes: Rapid 

 increase in hogs, and general disposition to raise home supplies, with very beneficial 

 results. Madison : Large in oats, pease, and hay, and much cheaper than formerly. Also 

 increase in pork. Xewton : Twenty-five j)&r cent, in corn and oats. Also increase in 

 pork and beef. Keshoha: No. Raising of pork and beef for home use increases profit 

 about 25 per cent. Oktibbeha : Two hundred per cent, in corn, 125 per cent, in oats, 100 

 in pease, 500 in pork, 150 in beef. Feny : Attention generally given to lumber-trade. 

 Eankin : Notably in red oats, and some in corn. 



Louisiana. — Catahoula: Always "to be done," but interfered with by overflows. 

 Claiborne: Fine increase in oats, pease, pork, beef, and mutton. Almost net gain. 

 Concordia: Increase in corn, consequently more of everything to eat. Home raising 

 of supplies the only key to success. East Baton Rouge ; Very marked. Especially oats, 

 (red rust-proof,) pork, beef, and mutton. Considerable increase of jnodt. Jackson: 

 Some increase, with good effect. La Fayette: Some in corn, pease, hay, pork, and beef, 

 ■with evident advantage. Union : Very marked. Some planters make all their pork 

 and beef. Such generally thrifty. Vermillion: Decided, with condition of those 

 adopting the plan bettered 200 per cent. Price and profits not afi'ected. 



TjiXAS. — Austin: Steady increase in forage-crops, but pork and beef the reverse. 

 Bdl: Great in feed, with lower price of pork, but higher in beef. Are only learning 

 to feed econnniically. Jiexar : Com, 100 per cent. ; oats, 150. All home supplies raised 

 and surplus sold. Hogs shijjped by rail to Saint Louis. Blanco: Increase last year, 

 but as corn is plenty and cheap, it may be neglected again. Corn worth 50 cents. 

 Brazoria : None. With the finest country for hog raising, we buy our bacon, and beef 

 steadily increasing in price. Brown: Very great; but prices not lowered, owing to 

 imttfigration. Burleson: Y03; with benelicial effect. Proceeds of cotton, instead of 

 going to pay for home snpidics, can be used for improvements, «fcc. CJierokee : Yes: 

 with favorable effect. Nearly all out of debt. Coryell: Very decided, except in beef. 

 Fanriing interest axlvaiicing greatly. Dallas: Great in corn and oats; little in pork 

 and beef. Corn and oats so low that it did not pay for growing, except with those who 

 happened to have cattle or hogs to fatten. FalU : Yea ; especiaUy in pork. General 



