Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-25

siraigh,r straw all around thu stack two or tire
inches thic and sn1fcipatly Ear out TO form ee
with III BUTTS aui. then 90 ID L. hnisb tho siee
| = rick. by s~ios in, aud tha'chns every Nv
fe"f, with the straw turned head on, aei the frs
layer. and the s,raw kept far Us IL will Ii
on the stack, until hfnoght 10 u sharp edge ON III
top which J. 6n,shedb by wing taggots of rye straw
aud straddiing I'll. top. which 10 confined dow,
| with ,ole
| ooh. alwsss saw nv own clover seed prime,
pAlit nv 'oWhing with hsod uombs, When the clio
VI !" not too mue tang ed FOR the combs 10 WORK
| have saved the nee this season from the VII a.
II the land. fran which NOV ed the On. hun,I ell
| end 6uy Thousand pouods If ha, mud am sore thai
"tan"o' be less than fifty bushels, aud may be onr
| hundred
q l. | consider thi. question fully answ cred in
NV eo0municat ton To the judge.
22'. have never Considered my niaus 6 n ment
OF my slaves 10 be correct having always been too
much :" the habit Of scolding, as n substitute fo,
correction but have II tie dpubi that have al
ways GO reasonable quantity oi woik fron them
VI, frs car" is to see that they are both well Il
IN clothed, aud alihoug', IL 10 or atty TO be la
n.ntrd. that as hey are better treated they mr..
app IN The same proportion to behave worse, ye,
nave never fell casr OF content, y hen knowiog
mat they were IN wan, 81 iher. and have there.
tvr- provided them with conf r,sbia house, good
Ct thing, aud plenty Of fluid: this, ! consider
not only the dui, bat tho 'n,rres, Of every nas-
Ter The mos difficult ut Of heir management,
"a hs regulation OF ih"ir dlsci line IN such manner
Ms o ea ar" their oh vance of H. with ,ul 50 { =
cawing or discooresing them, ~ IL render them
'nnc ~" N. or indiH rrut sbou taeir labour for
under such ca cnnstanc@s, the master Or oyeise,I
WI find much more d,th ui'y in obtaining from
them their due sud necessary portion ot inbJr |
seldom require OF my slaves 10 work III ,hr oigh,,
aud am careful thai they always have labor 10 pr
tom within dools IN bad weather. l. IS great ad.
van'ae I" owo slaves IN families, orde, thai the
husband and wife may b. Away, together at home.
lh' h"ubl~ cons qusace L., thai they nre more
CONT r'ab'e AID happy, and much more valuable
aud hesides, VI easier management. Under con.
VI tion It TINS Truth. have, by pnrchasr, sale and
rHchhnge, So managed, ss TO have ~, two slaves
al LONE. ~ho are no, tnus settled wnh their wIvts
r nns and aud these two, ate slaves which ]
ha.r lately acquired. VIZ f: Only Two years siocr.
now submh 10 the Committee Ii detail ot the
nett proceeds Of my farm from the crops OF the
t"a last year.. VIZ, 1927 aud 1928 the cop Of
The hti-r "o' having been sold, thpegh the ,rop
81 wheat all del."r"a IL. ii Ny ,'Vp
1927, AaS a. iollos :-Oue Thousand e,ght nun
drcd and sp.su'y bu,hels oi l.4wrr aud Alcx,csn
wheat winch brough nr IN Richmond. ~ aoar.
i've dollors per barrel say, three hundred aus
Try nine barrel. ~ Eve d ilars, Delivered b, my
| own hands. and thr,y IONS vi plai.ler, brough, ~
'"turn loads, ~ 600
My crop Of tobacco sold Tor 730
hsued from ia iarm this year, about
i've hundred Dads OF ~ood, With the
trans nd hands ~h,co made The 75o
cIbps at one dollar aud fifty cents
per load,
80, i75
To this. may be added, oate sold $l2u
Bacon lad ORR sold l2o
81 hondred pounds OF butter at Is. 1Yu
lon veals, sold al Eve dollars cab. 60
$500
JOHN IT, CRAVEN.
TO be continued