New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-28
Agriculture in tnc South.

A few weeks ago, n trend o. ours was aoOnl to
take Journey on business, and as he could re-
main sometime in a certain district where we
rad no subscribers, he concluded, as well rs our
selves, that he might collect few 10 add TO our
list. In letter from him, dated -, jane 7tb,
.S44, he says, [ have recently taken rde OF
iwclvc miles from this city, and returned oy "a
different road. saw but oHc building that ccsid
DC construed into IN apology Tor barn
Ho doyou Flanage without barns? sad to
one of the best f,:mersI met with.
20, said he, VIC hayc no use Tor barns we
Aavc nothing To pat into them
How do you ihresh your wheat ? inquired
We do not grow any wheat.
'Your rye, then =
I'VE do rot grow any rye.
VIVA, do yuu Go with your hay
Neither DO VIC grow any hay
What do you give your horses during the
winter
The tops and blades of the corn.
And how are your cows provided for
why, we let them take their chance in the
fields among the stalks; and they make out to
ave until! spring.
The same farmer informed me that hc had not
nlanured an acre Of land, nor hi! OF con, for
ninc years.
ana Wtlak, L GShCu ID GIL dFI!dgN NlOp
Of corn
a barrel 10 the thousand hills
And how many hills do YOU reckon 10 the
acre
Two thousand.
AUD how many bushels to the barrel?
Five.
Then your yield Of corn is ten bushels to the
Yes, we arc satisfied with that, and half of US
DO not get that much.
Have vow mari here ~ inquired.
Yes, we have plenty Of it three or four feet
balow The surface, but 1t is too much trouble to
Dig it..
I mentioned your poudrcttc-' o, said he, a
dollar and fifty cents barrel would make il cost
! TOO much
Seeing little girl bnsily engaged in shaking a
/ quart boltlc asked what she had in it. She an.
gwered cream, and that she was making butter.
conclude, therefore, that farmer who has Il
horse and CARA wooden plough, rope traces a
corn husk collar, and quart bottle tn churn his
butter IN, feels lshimselfampy prepared for conduct
i;,g a farm in tli.sc degns without wasting q
dol.ar year for the Farmers Cabinet.
a most legitimate conclusion, truly. We
should have come TO the sane precisely, had we
been clnyassing ourselves, instead OF our friend
Who're would be the use IN stirring up ne!ghbor-
hood that was quietly rcposing upon belief in
the perfection OF primitive habits, gnd IN making
il feel It's own rrva'Ions by showing It the SUI
peFior privileges of others. II man IS cuntcnt
fropl yeer t, year, and from generation TO gener
etion, with ten bushels of com 10 the acre, with
lis wooden plough, husk collar, and quart battle
churn. why ask hin 10 waste his money on an
agricultural paper that would make him dssa'is-
Grd with them all Our friend also informed US
that ovcrtakiDg boy who was returning III his
cart from market, he inquired how far he had
comc-whot hisioa;! Of marketing had consisted
Of and how much he had OBTAINED for 1t? He
ssid he had just sold his load of ioddcr--hc had
hrouah. it nine miles aud GOT sxty-two aud a halt
cents for it. we ceuld make a chapter of refcc-
uns upon these !i,;lc incidents. bu. as they
would not reach the infected district, and as those
Of cur readers will be quite as wise as our own
wc leave each one TO supply his own
Boston Cultivator