The Southern journal., 1846-03-14
AGRICULTURAL.
Plantation EconOlny.


TO you that have been something ol
correspondent for the Southern Cul-
ti0ator. Having made no commune
cation for it the present year, you may
perhaps conclude that ! have lost my
former relish for it's success; if so, lie,
me say to you that / am Ear from that;
SO much SO that l felt mortified at the
commencement of its third vol lume,
that had such poor luck in getting
my neighbors to subscribe for it. ]
hope neither you nor the publishers
will despair Of making the Culti0ator
profitable to yourselves, as it must and
will be both profitable and instructive
to the greater part ofits readers.
1t is known TO you that we had an
uncommon drouth through this sec.
tion of country the last summer. The
wheat crop was short, on account of
the worm and fly. The oat crop
was uncommonly short, on account Of
dry spring. The corn cropis about
two-thirds Of an average one. The
cotton crop from half 10 two-;hirds,
compared with last years crop. The
potatoe crop is quite Indifferent
The pea crop almost a complete fail.
yre. On the back Of all this, the ar
my worm, kind of caterpiller, took
possession Of our fields and pastures
about the lst Of September, and made
complete sweep Of our grass.
The above named circumstances
have put US in a proper frame to stu.
dy and practice economy. / now
propose 10 give you and the readers
ofthe Cultivator sketch of my man.
agement under present circumstances.
having no doubt but | shall find such
management and economy profitable
in The most splendid times. have
one Of Mr.. Rowe's patent Crushers in
operation. l have corn ground with
the shuck taken off for my pork hogs.
and have boiler made by the des.
cription given by Mr.. A. Greene, oI
Greene county, in the first volume o
the Southern Cultivator, dat ed July
10Th, 1913. There is some six OF
eight of those boilers in use in this
neighborhood, which answer an excel
lent purpose for boiling food for stock
The benefit arising from the use o
these boilers, so far as we are con.
cerned must be placed to the credit
Of Mr. Greene, through the instru'
mentality Of the Cultivator, as we
should have known nothing Of the val
We of so cheap an article had the Cul'
tivator never been published. have
alternately boiled for my hogs, col
lards, turnips, pumpkins, potatoes and
artiehokes, certain portion Of corr
and cob in every boiling, using
salt freely. By the use of four bush,
els Of this corn and cob meal added
per day to the other articles above ma
med, find that forty,fosr hogs O
good size are fattening very kindly
have my corn ground with the shucE
on for my mules, horses and work
steers. The cobs from which the
grain is taken. for bread, we have
ground and boiled for our milch cows
My mules and horses are doing vel
on ihe kind Of feed above spoken of
l am of the opinion that my crushel
eill save me at least 500 in the way
# corn in twelve months.
planted about three fourths Of ar
acre of very high manured land, both
last year and this, in kind called
(about here) Texan Corn, which af
forded more feed for my stock than a.
ny five acres ! had in common corn
We commenced feeding with it the
irst Of August, by cutting down al
ne ground, filling upa large trough
vice day. If The mules left any Of
'ie stalks, they were thrown out fol
he hogs, which seemed TO delight in
haying them to chew on. When we
irsk hepan Ia emf tho corn second