Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.) 1843-1843, 1843-03-15

Inc cutting oil That WHICH ripcns his'' :
and so on. must be accomplished by the
force OF all the farms instead OF each do u;
mo its own work. IF the seed on one
farm was to be sown on another, espe- =
cially if seed which grew on light :"
soil was to be sown on still one' ana o'
that which grew on stiff one sown on II
a light ground, advantages would I'M al
quesllonably result from 1t. u
llth. The potatoes at the mansion
house must be worked by the ploughs
from Union farm, and when this IS re- d
ouired, it would be best conceive TO O
accomplish the work in day.
18th. 1t is expected that the fences
will be made secure, and no damage
permitted within them by creatures OF
any kind, or belonging to any body
mine any more than others
18th. The greatest attention is to be
naid to stocks of all kinds on the farms;
and the most that can be made OF their
manure and liter. They are to be
counted regularly, that no false reports
NAV be made; and missing ones, if any
hunted for until found, or the manner
, oftheir going can be accounted for sat
isfactorlly.
18th. A weekly report, as usual, is to
+ he handed to MrLewis. In this report,
q that I NAV know the better how the
|, work goes on, mention when you begin
g to plough, hoe, or otherwise work IN
o field. and when that work is finished
!. The increase, decrease, and changes are
II 10 he noted as heretofore-and let me ask
h 18th Why are the corn harrows
thrown aside, or so little used that
A. rarely Of late ever hear Of their beng
~ at work? | have been run to very con-
VI siderable expense in providing these q
~ other implements for my farms; and to
=. nv great modification and injury, lind,
or generally speaking, that wherever they
- we're last used they remain. If not sto-
- len. till required again; by which means
On thew rs we'll as the carts, receive Sc
I'd much injury from the wet weather ana
~ the heat Of the sun, as TO be uaht lol
e use: to repair or supply the place o.
= which. with new ones, my carpenters
CIV (who ought to be otherwise employed
!" are continually occupied in these Jobs
o, Harrows, after the ground IS well pro
- ken. would certainly weed and keep IN
corn clean with more ease than piouShs
10 | hone therefore they will be used
,L" And it is my express order that tn
'"o greatest care be taken of the tools
.I an every kind, carts and plantation lmpIt
'n0 p,anis. in future-(or ! can no longe
IA submit to the losses am continually su
ms, tanning by neglect.
'U :i 18th. There is nothing | more
'',,o IDENTIFY desire, nor indeed is there an
' = g" more essential to my permanent int
''0 est. than the raising Of live fences
nrooer bitches or banks; yet nothII
-, : has ever been in general way, mo
w shamefully neglected or miSmanage
, ,T, for instead of preparing the ground, pI
nro pcrly for the reception OF the seed a
or ~ wedding and keeping the plants Gle
after they come up-the seed Is harc
~: ILL scratched into the ground and are sult
~ ed TO be smoiherd by the weeds a
leay grass if they do come up; by VIII
means the expense | have been at
wv purchasing and sending the seeds (g
,' chi eraIIv from Philadelphia together W
oo' the labor, such as it is, that has been
800 ~ Cured. is not only lost, but (and VIII
III is of infinitely more Importance TO
I I".I, season after season passes away, an
"''' am as far from the accomplishment
nv objects as ever. mention the r
~ ~ ter thus fully to show how anxious |
IL ;" that all seeds which have been sowr
Iu ii planted on lie banks ofthe bitches sh
soad be properly attended to; and the
,c ~, Gent spots made good, if you hav
~ ~. can obtain the means for doing 1t.
'on ~ 18th. There is one thing | must
nus ~ ton YOU against (without knowing
- n1 Their there he cause to charge you
-, ~ noa it or not) and that is not to retain
IN w Cor of my negroes who are able and
onabt work in the crop, in or about your
I'D house, for your own purposes.
49, do not allow any overseer to dc
It" small soy or girl for the pnrpo
COW fetching wood or water, tending
= J 81" child. or some such thing, do NJ
- ~, 49, iect to: but so soun as they are al
III, 10, work out, expect TO reap the bene
~ :, do, their labor myself.
= 18th. Though last mentioned, 1t
az o Gns; of the least Importance, becaus
. No ON peace and good government oil u
'"a ~ groes depend upon it-and not i
o.Ip Tho nv interest and your own reputat
iou ELL Nv do therefore, in explicit TERMS
- p,her i,upon you to remain constantly at
y y o." unless called off by unavoidable
:. 49,. and ness, or to attend to Divine worshl
- 10 do. to be constantly with your people
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