GHASSES FOR THP] SOUTH. 2;W 



live stock, as tho winters are so sliort and mild little hay need bo 

 cut and stoned. 



liov. C W. Howard of Geor<jia. .1. B. Killebrew of Tennessee, 

 and Dr. I). L. I'lianis of .Mississippi, have each written vahnihlc 

 hooks concerning grasses for the South, and tliese hooks havii 

 Iteen well received and extensively purchased. 



Mr. Howard says: "It is a significant fact that the rich lands 

 in upper (leorgia, in which a mixed hnshandry ])revails, have 

 rather increased in value tlum decreased since the war. 77/r 

 (h'prensidfi. ill jii'in' has (iniirrn/ (inhj in lauih ilfvolvil (o r.rrhisirc 

 cation and riir rnl/nri\ liath of w/iirh rei/iiirc a lavf/c (iinoinif 0/ 

 Itihoi'. In the South laiul is very very cheap, while at the North 

 land ranges from -SSo to *'-200 per acre. Jle looks to England, 

 Holland, or lielgium, and tinds it averaging from *;]00 to sjSoOO 

 ]>er acre. Why this ditference ? Is the land in these countries 

 better than ours? Not by nature ; if it be better it is by the dif- 

 ference in treatment. Is their climate better than ours? The 

 acknowledged superiority is on our side. Are the prices of their 

 l^roducts any better than ours? On an average not so good. 

 Are their taxes lighter than ours? If we Avere com})elled to ])ay 

 their tax, either at the North or in Kngland, our land would at 

 once be sold for taxes. Have they valuable croi)s which tliey 

 call raise and wliich we cannot raise? There is not a farm 

 product in eitiu'r old or new Kngland Avhich we cannot raise in 

 equal perfection at the South. Is their labor cheaper than ours ? 

 The cost of labor at th(> North nearly doubles the cost of labor at 

 the Soutli. If, then, all these things are so. why is it that their 

 land is so valuable and ours so valueless? If we take the map of 

 the Tnited States and put our linger u[>on the State or ])arts of 

 States in which laud sells at the highest }»rice, we sliall Ihul that 

 in those States or parts of States the greatest attention is i)aid to 

 the cultivation of the grasses and forage idants. If we open the 

 map of Euroi»e we shall timi the same rule holds good. The 



