The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-03-22
14rit4ltnral.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
From the American Cotton Planter.
Good Hints in Plantation Economy.
The following letter from a long
known and valuable friend in South
Carolina, though intended for our own
private eye, contains so many good
hints in the practical details of planta-
ton economy, that we are unable to
resist the temptation ofSharing it with
our readers. You will excuse the
breach of trust, Doctor, as to the let
ter, the name we shall keep dark"
II will Furthermore afford our brother
chip, DR.. Phillips, an opportunity to
explain. 1t is not every body that
can make a scooter pillow, or explain
it either, after it is made; little more
light on the subject may not be unac-
ccptable. We shall anXiously await
your promised experience. Don't be
afraid Of your own proper signature;
the man that knows the value Of ma
nuring, should tell it out, and receive
the credit too;--Ep.
DR.. CLouD-Dcur Sir Enclosed you
will find one dollar for the American
Cotton Planter for tn" present year,
Can YOU tell why the round or cross
bar in DR.. Phillips scootcr-plow stock
should be inch square in the middle,
to 3-fourths by l-one-halt, and round
cd off at ends to 3-fourth inches, or
what is meant when he says, put in
YOUR rod and saw down the top
Does he actually leave his beam 5
feet 6 inches long! My father, a car
pcntcr by trade, had considerable rep
utation during his life, for stocking
plows, and feet 10 inches was the
extreme length Of his beams. The
nearer the motive power to the object
to be moved, the easier the draught.
! took considerable interest in the
award OF premiums of State Fair, but
was somewhat surprised in seeing that
2,5l2 pounds of cotton per acre, up
land, bore off the prize. That has
been twice beaten in our little Dis
trict Society, on pine land, too, this
year a bad crop year-3l days drought
in July, succeeded by hard rains we
had five competitors, as follows: 2,343,
1898, 2,lGl, 2,O25, 2,O07 pounds re-
spectively, on a single acre of pine
land. ! raised the 2,l6l lbs on an
acre which has been in cultivation
since 1902, and which only made
without manure) in 1854, 5S7 pounds
Of cotton-nearly quadrupled the
proceeding crop. This year | calcu-
late on 1000 pounds from the same
acre. Cloud, think | know some
thing about plantation economy-hav-
ing raised my own bread and meat,
(hogs beef and mutton) flour, negro
cloth, &c, for the past ten years
enough for plantation use, and some
to spare--and am going to tell you
and all your subscribers something
Of it this spring, as soon as get well,
for you must know am a martyr to
chronic bronchitis, and between that
and medicine. am rendered unfit for
anthying during the winter-but you
must promise not to let me be known,
for | am a very modest man. Blythe
by, | planted six acres of Rescue Grass
last iall-long and continued cold, lit
tie has come up--too late to do any
thing--hne fat in my garden from
which can supply myself with seed
again. Didyou ever try feeding hogs,
say % head; in a lot 60 feet square,
on mutton corn, from the lst of August
until the fields IRE opened in the fall.
One acre, planted Bone fourth BY S
feet, gives about $500 hills or stalks;
100 stalks with ears on gives four TO
each hog per day, therefore one acre
will feed 25 hogs jus, 25 days. They
will cat and chew up all, and fatten,
as the Yankee said, right away quick
Keep your pen well Uttered, and you
will make manure enough to more
than pay for the corn and and trouble,
and there enriching the acre of land.
Again one fourth charcoal, with three.
tourIhs meal, will fatten poultry quick
er than four-iourths or the whole in
meal, and surely charcoal is not worth
81 per bushel. Cloud, | wish You ev.
cry succcSs-but keep dark, and will
furnish you some ofmy experience in
due time.
Yours very respectfully -
Sunicr. Snutb farolin,