Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-01-11
I1ritnl turn
over Cropping Again.

We take tie following article rom TIC
Planters Banner. 81 the III inst hnd wt
hope, Hotle of our planters viii take ~ al
vice for The future, ms it contains more
truth tlan poetry;
IaHe woal, wa threw out potno hiHta ~
roaatd 10 oyet.eroppiag, hnl tbs week
We will trouble our readers with ii igW
more. l}y Investigating tllis matter close
" much GOOD may be done, and otr pro.
datt, practical planters would do tho pub
lie a favor by giving ts some eonIil1tIIfn'
tiuuq Upon tlti7 subject
The planter who attempts to cultivate
tonfteclt acres tI tie hand, even under The
most favorable circumstances, Eoes beyond
hia Rifength-With 40 u~iliafofhble Futeot.
ull airkftca4 alnoug his hands, and heavy
datt4 to rty, he will he nearly rttiilad4
Without the atfcngtli OF mcasls to acaoto.
p,isi What he has attempted ia, hiaHtnbr
| tton urFrp bin Oh, his tte&ruca and horses
are worried in bad weather, they Hfe lar.
ragaed nnl discouraged, naRroea' clothing,
@nrnt,tt utensils. carts, pIongi7, harness,
Se,. ARE exposed to tho rains, p'a4tered
aver with mud and quickly 20 TO destfue
ton, anil the whole proccsa Of iarlnlug on
such n plantation in ii CALLING, Iteiting,
fuinour process. II u nHtl cHtt travel ni
foot farther IN u year by prescribing to
himself ~ many mica for each day Hs ltiA
| strength aud constitution viii bear, than
I,e can by attempting To travel day md
| njpht. aud goitlg beyond his strength, 50
VIII n planter accomplish more, ia Il year
hy laying ont his yeof'a work according to
the strength of lia force, A ulHu May
travel an tuUt City miles ia n day, but If lie
were TO Altempt to travel 1900 n1iIcH at
the Ranle rate. one travelling thirty niilcF
4 day wo0id reach The end of the journey
nrst.
A planter who owns negroo4 ana horaca
ought tu ranntubar that they arc hat Heal,
nal blood, each possessed OF a rertain H.
mount 81 strength and physical endurance,
nid that il IL utterly Impossible to oyertaN
that .lrenGth without danger TO health aud
lie Ia proportion ua the EXTRA bnrjeue are
laid nn. ANY planter who llaa u fair u.
mount Of Judgment should acc nj once. Ivy
the appearance and movement ofilis hand
and team. whether they are taxed beyond
what they ought to be ana WHOM they
are over worked Ihe planter is not only
guilty Of iuhimanlty. but he ia striking a
bow AT hts own intereats, \ steam en-
zinc or u Water-whcel can perform tbcir
lahtrs INCREASINGLY without injury, bnt
ilcsh ana blood ARC governed by dIlarhnt
lava from those that preside over water
aud non, and if chose laws are violated,
the penalties cauaot be violated.
Let Hny man travcl over this or any
other parish, aud note those planters that
are the most prosperous and comfortable,
and they Will be found to I've suel ms com,
htne humanity witha good knowledge OF
agriculture and no man can be sad to be
a humane mau that attempts % push His
hands aud team 10 cultivate moro land aud
more labor thea they aro realty
able ~ perform. We heard Que Of our
best and most prosperous plnuter say. II
few days since. chat the true way 60 pros.
per at planting Ie, 10 require ono's hand
to work from sun 10 sun To cultivate no
than can be cultivated well, 10 keep
everything on the plantation in good con
iitlon, let nothing go 10 waste, aud keep
ahead of the work. This doctrine IL Ger.
sound, theoretically, aud the planter
81 whom we have spoken has proved tic
be practically true.