The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-01
[For the inquirer.
Over Cropping.
VOLUME l.

0ver-Croping.
Mn. EpIroR;-The subject 9f the following
remarks is oyer-croping, an evil, lam sorry
TO say, more prevalent in Texas than in any
country have ever secn Why is thisf We
can certainly mako more cotton and corn In
this country pcr acre than can be raised in
any other part Of tho world. I say 1t is an
evil, and mean what say. In country
like ours, where man can make from ono to
two bales Of cotton per acre, and from fifty 10
seventy-fivc bushels Of corn, It is folly, the
height Of folly, for q farmer to plant from
twenty to twenty-five acres per hand. The
result is that ho has badly cultivated farm,
chokcd up with weeds and grass, making
moro than he can gather, and yet no more
than no would have made 9if Of fewer mum.
Der Of acres. The difference then seems to
mo to be this, that In one case he has q badly
managed farm, his place badly improved,
while the farmer who plants but little, and
cultivates that little well, makes as much or
moro than his over anxious ncighbor; and
then In addition TO this he will have tipc 10
improve his place and make every thing COM
Portable around him. It's not only bad policy
in the farmer, and dcletcrious to his individual
interest, but il Injuries the State for a man in
search Of homo is always attracted and
pleased when he sees Il neat little firm, woll
cultivated and improved; while on the other
hand large farm half cultivated and half i'm.
proved lends no charms to him. Again, IN q
country where farmer can mako two bales
OF cotton per acre and seventy-fvc bushels Of
corn by proper cultivation, It Is folly and
absurd for him 10 put in twice as much as he
can cultivate, and only make half crop. BY
cultivating our lands we'll, VIC can make an
much as we can gather Of Of fifteen acres to
the hand, then where is the necessity of plan.
ting twenty acres to the hand, as most Of tho
farmers do in Texas. II fifteen acres well
cultivated will yield as much as twenty five
badly cultivated, why add on the ilaeen acres.
Is IL not loss of time and labor; labor too
that might be proiitably spent in improving
and bcantiiying your home The farmers Of the
South "cn massc" almost have takon up the
wild and erroneous idea that the more land
they put In cultivation, tho moro they will
make, but according TO my experience Il Is
just to the contrary. There are fcw cxcep.
tions TO this general rule IN the South, and
while those men who put no moro In cutiya.
ton than they can manage well, have grewn
rich, and have every thing comfortable around
them, those who have followed the opposite
course have grown poor and all around them
Is disorder and confusion. Go to tho North
aud TO some of the older Southern States, and
there you Mill see neat aud handsome farms,
beautiful and lovely cottages. and their fields
have the appearance of magnificent gardens.
Why ;his difference. II Is because they have
adopted the rule Of never cultiyatipg moss
land than they can cultivate wei, lfwc look
sgs'n at ont own country, saong the German
population we viii see tho effect II calsiyasina
our lands well, Tor putshnaa win grow rich
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