The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-05-19
lQrlrulturol.
From the Cotton Planter and Soil.
cVerseers and Plantation Management


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""S'' Inc lhe "tIhty oi these works {"
those who folio" the business % oversee
ing. ! would, therefore, racommeud 10
ar employers to finnish ,La;r ora,.o...
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:, f,F''' " Wis "''''' me
'o'' j. S'"'''' ana men are apt TO talk"
most interest III reading such Iuat'cr as
concerns the business in which ,N.y ,r..
enraceA. Al,horoh LooLs aI,no ,,,,,..
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WV "''S''''>H ~ painting ahi
~ Ne! G"oH agricultural paper
gIyes every uvcrS-rr many useful hints in
plantation hu>-,uoSs dutin.,,l...,,.,r :cl,.
will read il with ,,,.r,;..r 1r,..o h.',
o,,o..,.;. ''',' o'e"
W. N'ee" Ne''S-'oNr'ce"
cars !" '"i' c'""'ry, ami most Of the
time III the prairie lands. Wen cam,
TO Mississippi, found that the over.eo,
who copIJ L.ro Ella r., ,,.,
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~, ~ N''''''n"S' was con-
S'"''''' "'S' q'''''eG Tor the business
consequently, every oversecr gtye his
WI ole attention TO cotton b,Ies in tL..
cusruu Of everything else.
SIX Years AGO commenced Lns:ue,s
Eor my present emrIo,cr. U,s rrsI ,o
quest was. tha; urnxisinrs =, ot,,,,',..',..
>houd he made on the rlauta,iou-c,rr
meat, DC to provide means Of Evn,'
well; aud then, what cotton could f..
w .ir H'.' Zoe oi',H.lu.,. r,r ..........
the property. lie wanted IN, u..,.,,....
taken care Of, especially the onny u.,,ro,.s
His motto WAS, 10 take earrn Of WIZ, IL.
! had, as The surest WAY Of getting ri,h.--
OF r"ars" lrhal to change nv mode .i
: d'in" !"I,roess /; for bad been one of ,,he
naia "r"r>rrcer>, ,bec,u,e most OF The pIan
i"rs ""nte" large crops OF cotton, and
,his VAS the standard by which ,hev
Judged OF the merits oi an over>e-r.
For the last SIX years have been try
lug to be a farmer. had to turn nv
attention to corn, hogs, peas, potatoes,
pnnNkin>, aud a,rIen vegetables to
TAX" care OF and raise h,lIc negroes. We
nave Women to cook aud wash ior hem
"nd dae attention is given to ;heir clean.
illness md comfort. Under this tre.tmen,
"e seldom lose one and have nearly AS
many about the houses AS in the field .
always providing them with plenty to eat
bread and meat, Vegetables and mo.
iasses:
I Tie field hands have no, less
tia" hnr, and sometimes five pounds OF
clean meat Per week, for each hand. 0ne
third OF this given TO tie cook every day
to be boiled for their dinners, with plen,y
o' vegetables; the remaining two thirds
they either coo't Tor themselves, or they
! carry II 10 the cook to be prepared for
them 1t IS made the duty Of two women
, 10 wash, on every Friday, for all the nc
Sfoes AMI 10y the use Of the KnuckIe
Wasting machine, they can wash for al!
on the plantation in one day.
we nave but hitl" Doctors bills to pay
ana nave not lost tieIJ hand in the s.1
Years from disease.
lhe following is the number Of balct
OF cotton male and the quantity Of pork
raised to the hand each year-bslrs av
eraglng 500 pounds:
ISL year, oacs cotton and 400 lb'
pork:
"a year bales cotton an! 900 los
pork.
"a year B ] 2 bales cotton and GOO 10,
pork.
. 4ih year 10 bales cotton and 500 IL.
pork.
o." year = Oa'es cotton and 75O'h'
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