mo1·e than ordinary appetite for fooc.l. 'l'his consist.-; of articles no wise different from those iu common m;c in New England. Beef and pork, which arc raised in the easiest mam1e1· and ~rcatest almndancc, make up a large pat·t of what is consmnc<l in the ordinary mo<lc of living among all classes. 'l'he agricultur11l pt·oductions, which have hitherto engrossed the chief attention of i;ettle1·s, arc those most common at the south, particularly cotton, the staple of which is eonsi<lcrctl pl'cfcrablc for its length and tincncs.-., to any ~rown iu the Unitc<l Statci;. 'l'he 1wc1·age crop to an acre is one bale of 500 lbs., often sold for $50, and not infrequently the crop amount.-; to one bale and a half. One active and industrious man can, if not called off by a11y other business, culti- vate ten aeres and 1iceds 110 help but in picking. The hire fot· picking is *0.7;; per hunc.lrr<l, only when the pla11tc1· hires his own negro servants, to whom he pays $1. Little has as yet been clone i11 'l'cxas at producing the sugar cane, but it is the opinion of gentlemen who have been familiar with the business in Louisiana, that it may be prosccll'lcd tr, much greater profit in the former than it is in the latter place, the i;oil being at least a.-. favorable, and t.hc atmosphere less humid, and therefore less likely to injure the crop by early frosts. llrcad stuffs have hith<!rlo hccn limited to In<lian corn, that kind of it which grows at the south; and the crop, though not larger than is raised in the Western
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