The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-18

and slovenly cultivation, cleaning neW Ian
: and wearing it out-all these things must haN
I an end. Planters who intend TO bid defiance I
2 the sheriff, and expect to be able to look povert
in tho face without dsmay, must look closely a
ter their own Affairs, depending on their ow
skill and energy in the management Of them
aust dispense with mere Injuries; must make a
home their own food ana clothing; must appI
themselves to collecting all the information thel
can get about the best modes OF retaining ant
cultiVating land and to putting into rigid prac
tiee what they shall thus learn. Depend upor
it, this change has to be made, and the sooner
il is begun by all, the better will il be for all
And when it shall have been accomplished
when our planters shall properly esteem the inn
portance Of their pursuit, remembering the esti-
4mate that one thousand millions OF men depend
on 1t for sustenanne, that ninetenths of the fixed
capital Of the civilized world is vested in il, aud
that they are part of the two hundred millions
OF men whose daily toll is spent in its opera
tons when they shall adopt and act on the
idea that plants are living bodies, requiring food
for their sustenance and proper development, just
as much as animals do:-when they shall dis.
tinctly understand, that the problem they have
to solve, is, how to get the greatest possible
amount ofprOduce from an acre of ground, with
the least possible amount of injury to the soil:-
when our planters shall understand all this, shall
steadily pursue the course that is forced upon
them by this understanding, and by the present
state OF the agricultural markets of the world,
and shall have put into practice the system of
domestic economy suited to the new condition in |
which they are finding themselves placed, the
sun will not shine on a more productive soil, |
nor on happier or more thrifty people.
There is everything to encourage our planters
IN undertaking this reformation. No principle
is better established, than that soil originally
fertile, though exhausted, may be easily not only
restored to its original fertility, but may be even
pushed far beyond that point. 1t is true in the
Dry, and is also true in practice. The success
u the Flemish 81 stem of husbandry, both at home
and in the county of Norfolk, England, and the
experiments Of Van Vogat in Germany. prove
What may be done even with barren soil. In
England, every thirty -four acres Of land has now
o produce food for twenty people: vet Mr..
smith, Of Deanstop, practical man, the nven.
or OF the suhsel pillow, says, ''it is not at aIim
PROBABLE that Britain may become an exporting
country IN grain, in the course Of the next TWEEN
y years" And we have the authority of ALI
on Tor saying that the introduction of the garden
ulture OF Flanders, and the terraced culture of
uscany throughout England, would At once
ou0le the already enormous production of her
OIL In Virginia, the emigrants from New
ork are rapidly reVviDg the poorest worn. ont
lnds OF some of the poorest counties. Already
'me OF our planters in Georgia, are making ten
l'es OF cotton to the hand on lands that had
zen exhausted Ninety. six and quarter bush.
OF corn have been gathered from one acre in
ahoock county. Indeed, no man has vet at
mPted to prescribe limit to the productive
wers OF the soil. Add to this, the fact that 49,
culture is rich in the trophies science has con-
efea lor 1t, during the last fowyea In moth. gr
Is the present age more remarkable. than in A
improvements science has made in the com. eg
'nest implements, and the light it has thrown pc
'und the commonest processes. For instance We
oest to stock a plow-the best shape for pr
snare and moud'board-the direction Of tho mi
e OF draught from the collar-the angle hoe ST.
'nld make with its handle--why wheat will
thrive best Oh food that suits corn--the rom- =
a'iVe value oil food for cattle, in reference to a.
products OF milk, cheese, butter, or fat-the %;
ure OF rust in wheat. There was time -,
en- such things were thought TO be beneath =.
dignity OF science. But that time is past. -,
ence is now beginning to be esteemed, by the 10
ers Of the ground, as it really is-the refine. In
NJ OF common sense, guided by enlightened n
erlence. And the time is rapidly approach wt
when it will accomplish for agriculture as he
Oh as ii has done for commerce and manu- M
ures, through its most wonderful agent the ID
IN engine. II,
o aid, as far as may be in its power in bring "a,
about this most desira BILE state ofthings, will ,
he constant endeavOr of the Cultivator. How r.,
we shall succeed, depends, in a good degree, m
those to whose service our exertions are to be -
oted. No man likes to work for thankless :;
'lOysrs: neither will any man work for
hing, il he can help it. We don't plead ex -
1tion, in this respect, from the common feel -,
II, therefore, the planters of the South ex. L.
{ to derive full benefit from this publication, ~
y must sustain it jealousy by both word and :.
d. We will do our duty faithfully, to the ~
Of our ability, trusting confidently that the
iprocal duty Of the public viii be as faithfully
charged. W