Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-02-26
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 60, 1919.

to 400 yoke Of oxen, fur srhiJhion, drawing
loads Of their various productions, whether OF
the soil, OF gardens. orchards, domestic indus
try, flowers, &c, &c. See the zeal with which
Their tens OF competitors attach their teams to
the pillow, striving to out-vio In execution.
And where are we Supinely lying idle on
Off plow handles, sguabbling about what we
cannot remedy. The times are bad, aud if we
fold our arms in apathy they will be worse :--
then ! say again. form agricultural associations,
exhibit stock, implements, and articles Of home
consumption &c. award premiums: ay, my
dear sirs, lcok al England. Scotland, France,
the East and North--do you suppose premi-
ulns have not called forth much Of the energy
Of those eountrios ! Amounts as high as 300
sovercigns have been given in Scotland as one
premium ; in France 1000 francs. ! insist a
cup worth $lO, would be more sought for than
Sl00 in books ; not that we do not cherish
reading, but a cup can ornatibnt our mantle,
can be 8 iown 10 our neighbors, and it will in.
spirit them books can be shown, also az,
truly, but not SO lar off!
The present increase of spirit Ia our calling
warrants the to expect more ; ! have not come
in at the eleventh hour to reap full wages
was 10 the field Mt the dawn of day, and | can
not now lehve il when the fruits Of a triumph
ant success arc about unfolding their golden
harvest. Then | say TO each one, unless ye
would be considered as laggards, come into
the field OF improvement do something i'm
prove your stock. plant better, cultivate better,
save what manure you chn, if only TO manure
your pea bed changa your crops on different
fields If only in part get good tools. good
work animals, p]ow deeper, and. above all,
look yonrself at what is going on.--Why,
cir, you Yer, you, sir though you cultivate
five blurred acres in cotton, or send your hum
dreds of hogpheads Of sugar To the Crescent
City, why not you attend TO the improvement
Of your farms ! There are many PERSONS who
own quite as much, do so. Yes, sir, there are
those whose yearly income could buy your
fields of cotton, s,lgar too, and slaves thrown in,
who pride themselves in all this they would
feel as much pride in leading into the arena of
public exhibition, a Coronet or a Hubback. ~
yoa would in chuckIing over few paltry 500
or 1000 bales. Therefore to you in all kind
ness / say, do something for the the country
that has fed, clothed and raised you up to
princely aliuencc. Go sir into your fields,
even if you see not the necessity, as regards
your own success your example will do more
than my feeble voice your less afllnent neigh
bors Instead Of spending their very hearts
blood in aping your style, will be cleered to
be up aud doing.
Our whole country needs, requires, a more
liberal attention to education while our do
field schools continue in unsuccessful efforts
to inform, we cannot improve. Employ prof.
Gent teachers, pay them well, and evince for
them that kind feeling we ever show to the
educated preacher then will our march on
the road to improvement be certain.
And finally. brethren, calculate what we
pay out for such articles as we can make at
home, without etcroaching on our staple COM
modities. Look at the sums for butter, (shafne
on thee, Louisiana with thy immense herds
Of cattle), for beef, for mutton, for poris.--lea-
Their implements. 40 hema, collars, plow-
stocks-even axe-handles. What! shall it
be said a farmer buys axe-handles (! IF not,
what becomes Of the number that has been
boated down for the past ten years
have made, This nints, half enough yarn
and thread to eothe my family, in such days
as no outdoor work could be- done. have
enough thread to make all plow lines and the
like. True, this 10 not much but, friends,
the Scotch provcrb sayr, F." Many mickle, max
q muckle;" and one Of some other stamp says,
"Take care Of the pennies, and the pounds
will take care Of themselves"
close and If | can sec that my excrtions
will arouse ye to a just sense Of your in
~terests, | will again persevere to address you.
I must say, I have no pccuniary inter est in
any Paper, nor, personally, an interest amy
where, only so far as my support, for a few
years, will require. am a tenant at will, de-
pending solely on others, though not on chart
ty able and willing to work my own way, |
ask mt for vour sympathies or voIlr Iucre.
only ask, for your W interests, your unpreju-
diced attention. | am a book farmer ; | am
one Of those who have been wound up into a
kfot, trying to thread the mazcs Of a collegiate
course, and even an university course have
read days and nights but bit This is my bust
ness, none of yours. All you have to inquire
is, can he benefit us is he competent |
say | can. / am a practical farmer !; Car. and
have %plowed, hoed and chopped, and at the
second am as good as at the pen. At all
events, / am, my dear friends your agricul-
tural brother and friend.
NJ. w. PHILIPS.