Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-31

Ter, have m,iee. The uP.d acquisition Of y salih
Is the great Incentive 10 tins policy. BY directing
a. gher energies 10 ootton,to the neglect ei small
ga.u, Of field vegetables. aud 20 The rl.sing ct
houses, mules, hogs aud cattle, they lessen tie
value OF Gotten by cutung tie market, When ~.
their tue pol " 10 keep It's Priee high -bsus t..
p're,,; and they enhance he rrice Of such pta-
duets As Il Is ihet interest TO dtptcsS, because
they ale consumes, Thu, may seem para5cAival /
a, irst veW, 6a, strict inquiry into The facts vii .
Justify the conclusion have Drawn, all sup. 1
pose u case hy way OF illustration and the plan. /
tiers can either extend o. coauacl the scale 10
suu themselves, should any agree IN my opinion. |
suppose hen that 4. lsa Mississippi planter Who /
works ten hands He should have two hundred
acres IN cultivation, as follows: eighty acres IN
oouon-sINty m corn, and S,Ny N small grain
apd root cuiture la Addtlton to culti,aung and
gathering such a orophe should manure aanualy
at least lhutY acres ut hand, Il may be said thar
eigh, acres q cu,,uu Is not CROUCH 10 the hand
| Admitting that more could be- cultN4jed, con.
tend that ,gh; acre, i,as much a. can be gather.
| ed IN good time; computing the season for COTTON
| packing to commence on the first Of September
| aud end on the FIRST oi lauaaty lor II cummen.
| ccd soouer or continued al,r he tsks HE health
| of h., slaves. aud leaves ro time for the improve,
mcnt 81 hts farm. In this period Of four months
! We need net calculate on mere than twenty days
N each month Of suitable weather Tor gathering
cotton, making in all eighty DAYS, allowing no time
for sickness. The ten thnds ought 10 gather
hundred ootds each per day Of good clean COZ.
ION during the season making agility thousand
pounds ot such cotton as vii command the best
puce. In addition TO this, he viii have fifteen
hundred bushels Of com, allowing each acre to
produce twenty-five bushels, which, together with
his crop Of small gram and vegetables viii feed
hIs hands and work stock and tllr a. msnv hnrS-
es hogs, cattle &c. may be necessary lar lis
own consumption, leaving HIM independent OF the
kentuCkan Tor his horses and mules the Ttnnrs.
sean for his hogs and flour the Doctor fr hls pills
aud Iast tho not The least, the LAWYER for II $ ad-
vice BY tbs mode OF cultivation farmer 4. would
he leij with dgLtu thousand pounds of cotton. worth
from 900 % coo dollars almost clcur rnn, ~
q very rlfuy amount would iqudalc he iuridcu.
tai EXPENSES. II this reasoning he correct il fol.
lows that IAe true Utcrest Of tie banter is 10 akt
every thing lie pos, IDLY can within huu.e, aud buy
! nothing but groceries, iron, aud somc clothing toI
himself and iam.y.
Great ccuromy 10 tie expenditure Of Planter
> can be effected ny paying SOM attention 10 The va
rious breeds OF domestic anmsls necessary Tor ur
nuG purposes. Among these know oi none lha
. would adult oi much nure salunfy mprovemen
Il than DOR mich cows and beei cattle, by the inrc
II ducton OF the Durham ana other improved breed
% among our native stock. The experiment has ice
, fully tested IN Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mart
Alabama, and with entire success. BIZ, the yral
est improvement can be accomplished by euhslru
= ting lor olIf native hogs lie imported breeds know
: as Tie Berkshire, the NubutH, and Grztr hog
Bacon constitutes one OF HE heaviest efHs ol es
IS pendtlute ~ Vie Production 81 coirn md by lu
!. change saving 81 some fifty per cent. canid h
n effected IN tins article Tor am in'0Dmtd hy som
4 oi lhe most Intelligent arncrs IN lbls country tia
\ bacon made from The common hogs cost lhcm ot III
. lowest calculation Hmc cents pr powd e>tnaiEl
} the corn with winch Dity led them 1T fifty rcns pc
= hu,hcl contend 4 at bacon made from the Befk
n SHIRE or other improved hogs, would noI e. Il mor
!, Than four and haH or fee cents pr pound, aud 10
If his reason these hogs viii average two huudrt
), pounds, orupWardS, at twelve months Old and cal
be kept 1l AZ any age. and Wl'h less TODD Than on
common hogs. Orr native breed NlI not lur
well unth Two wears odd and thea will not ayerar
10 more dian one hundred and fifty pounds HE dl
h terence Is this: by using the improved breed, so
10 only feed large hogs slA m0rlis, wLeu by cunln,
d ny 0ur common stock, You have W iced uigc h,l
ii eighteen months. Several lcul.tIu"n % jhls Hu
-, HE adjoining counties have introduced Tie Bsrk
" SHIRE hous Wllblu The last Two wears, and the resu
~ has cqudied her most ,Bnguine expectations.
may nc sad lhal our AalRe breed could be made
ol qual To HE imported stock by making lHdco'
" selections 10 breed from, and by feeding well. hi
nd is true. But there can be 10 question that il
- n0r1 economical 10 avail ourselves f the eXptt
cncr OF Europeans who have devoted ha ceuluf
, 10 the impfGyement OF tis animal, thsn to wait
~ iIIe.tme 10 reach The same pOlnl, when we can
- 50 a once for YER, trtlIng amount. Policy won
ar dictate this course We should therefore BE- calei
d, moi to let eIuilce GILd lis 10 our true interest
be The application Of science 10 Agriculture Is n
ed 10 he expected hOm The ptCsrnl grhclatoa Tor ie
We men eau he brought 10 give tal close aleDho
,d winch Is necessary ipr The successful prosecution
stcli studies after their school boy days are owe
:" v e must look 10 Tie rsng generations 10 accon
w psh hs great end Fer il II IN tie morning
u our days WHEN lhe senses are tender snd HE men
! Dry IL susceptible ul It's most lasting impression
I'D thal TASTE Tor abStruse tudles should be pane
70. and those habits Of minute and careful Observable
N. SO essential to SC cnuhG pursuits, can be 'ofme
=, Tie prcSai,H NJ opinion 9HiULg ire mass Of sgrcu
tGtpItsls row IT, "lhal farmer has no ned OF boz
knowirdge.' AcIrg on his b,hdIhcy PAT tho
"n sous intended Tor tanners tp labor IN The ileid At
So, early slc, there 10 remain until the period or Gus
nd ,atng the mind and Of ofmHg correct habits Ia
no passed away. II needs 10 argument 81 nint
Inc convince any reasonable nan thai Tie proper Nh
a. ~ OF youth IS The business Which 10 10 emlny b.
~ N manhood Thus we give TO the iaH student Ell
y" menary books. in the business winch IS 10 cons
'eh tuc hls living, and 10 s0derls IN divinity ~
his physc, The elementary books suited 10 her sever
The professions; and We require years OF study IN the
&C. works in oider that lie student may luiiy unde
ted stand HE principles upon winch he IS TO preach
The pfachce' oeioIe wePeh, "'., ' 20
lure. vi hose business embraces a larger range
We useful &C ebce than any ofthose professions CALI
,oi- learned" be permitted during his minority
- study the elementary principles OF bls profession
be 10 store his mind with precepls ard praolees
no, eminent ueaIn that profession There is no
,,e m renard To which variety 81 knowledge ! mo