Show cotton and corn tho the southern press seems to have finally persuaded the 0 farmers to abandon the all cotton idea and to grow more grain it has been calling their attention to this matter for some years nith little effect but tho the farmers appear to have finally waked up to the fact that there thera is moro more money to bo be made by cultivating cotton and food products I 1 to together getLer than by devoting themselves to the great southern staple alone diversified crops prevented an all overproduction of cotton and low prices and it freed the farmers from froin too great dependence on the tha west formerly nearly all tha profit from the cotton crops went lor for food products now that tho the latter are arc being raised on the place the cotton becomes it a surplus crop i aith ith which the tanner fermer can buy his clothing sugar coffee and such other articles as ho be cannot raise the chango in agricultural raith methods in the south is shown in i the tha fact that last seasons corn crop was of nearly the tha samo same value as the cotton produced the two standing cotton corn adding the oats wheat etc it is probable that the cereals raised in 1887 were equal if they did not exceed in value king cotton new orleans times demo crat |