The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-01-18

i lands and labor TO their utmost extent.
The prosecution of such system
would not only be an economy OF lands
but il would be an economy OF labor q
expence.
The quantity Of land necessary TO the
planters usual amount of produci'on'
under this sys EN- " ouid be less, and OF
course, so would be tho amount OF labor
and time, and expense, spent in The c'l-
ti.a,ion OF that land. And instead oil
soil yearly deterioating, he would haya
one yearly ACCOMMODATING in productive
riches.
Deterioration of soil is so gradual
that it can hardly be perceived and the
planter often attributes to the season,
What is wholly aud exclusively owing
10 The unseen impoverishment Of his
land.
1.-THE chemical properties of soil could
be seen, and like figures be made the
subject. of calculation, SO that the plant
/ er might have the gains and loses arIs-
ing from those properties, presented IN
tangible and paipabe shape before
/ him, there would then be room for
much hope of change in his practices.
But as il is, we must reiterate and ring
reform into the planters ear, before we
can open even the possibility Of reform
alton.
Let then the planter husband his ma
nuring resources TO their greatest ex-
tent. A large portion of his stock is
necessarily kept up through the whole
year, and his range stock can be easily
learned the habit of resorting 10 par
,icular part OF his plantation every
night.
BY intermixing straw with the ma
nure TINS saved, and by strict saving
of his cotton seed Jan excellent manure
in tself,) and more than all by The a
dopIion and practic of system in this,
he will never find himself in want OF
the resources of the richest crops
And he will find that seasons are not
so very unfavorabIe as he sometimes
persuades himself they are.
Rotation Of crops is another excellent
prcservative OF soil, and no less imper-
atively insisted npon by the profits ola
plantation as by its soil.
The soil of this country has been
tested, and found we'll suited 10 the pro-
duclion of the grains, and grasses Of the
Northern States.
Why then does the planter in the
face of the poverry-stricken prices oil
MS staple, persevere in purchas ing
| from others what he can so well raise
himself Is not Mississippi as suited 10
| Tho -soie..aes al hnrSaa. r,.,rias. shaat, Ard
hogs, and 10 the production of whea
rye, and potatoes, as Tennessee? And
| yet these things we buy of Tennessee.
We pour INTO her lap and thar of other
States al least one half The profits of
our productive energies. Even now
when il is far less printable in raising
our staple than those things we cohlin=
re to buy.
As before said, would not advise
the planters to change the investment
of his capital to ether pnssHlts unles the
cotton market presented a permanent
discouraging cast, bat it surel would
not uriously affect his interest by di-
viding his attention. Particularly
when that division would not be incon-
sislent with the machinery and the ar
rangement Of his plantation.
How much less cotton could planter
oftwenty hands raise, by supporting on
his plansation, one thousand sheep
Probably the attention one or two su-
peranuated hands, or that OF one or two
boys would be required probably two
weeks would be consumed by his whole
force IN fencing in fields and sowing
them down with Blue Grass. The COM
pensation of this wonld be venture to
sayprofls as large as his entire cotton
crop.
| ltmay be Sirs, will submit a future
communication on this subject.
FRANCO.