Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-03-24

anu sometimes bCOlle ana ana all
and from crowding the stomach
with them between meals when i
is already full, and when there il
no real appetite or necessity 70
them. This is true even OF whit,
people, Of whom we might expec
better things, and Of course w
cannot look fer anything better II
negroes. How shall this be man
aged then, and what shalt be done
with the little "nigge,s'' who arc
so prone to commence their depre
dations on the orchard while it is
yet in its bud2 | would suggest
that the orchard be set some dis.
tance from the house and that NO
negro, small or great, be allowed
to visit it except one or two to bring
supplies to the rest; that these sup
plies be selected only in the season
and that they be served up as a part
of the regular meal, either by stew
ing them or peeling them. This
would be some trouble, but negroes
are troublesome customers any way
you can fix them and those who
will pursue this course vii! be am
ply repaid in the health and vigor-
ons growth Of 9heir negroes, for
they will enjoy all the advantages
to be derived from the proper use
Of the fruit of the earth, whereof
they should eat, while they will es-
cape the manifold evils that usually
arise fro,n this source. Before dis
missing the subject Of fruits, |
would remark that plumbs, and
most clingstones fruits are unwhole-
some, and that little negroes (and
| might say big ones too) should
never aaye access to . Ilnm orch
ard. P.ums are excellent for hogs
but unfit for negroes and children,
for they are sure to take them, skin,
seed, pulp and all. The apple,
peach, pear, and many other small
seeded fruits and berries, are nu-
tritious, cooling, laxative, anti-scor-
butte and highly conducive to
health, being designed by God as
a great blessing, and not as a curse
to the human family.
Finally, l repeat that the food
for negroes should he cooked either
by the cook for the white family,
or by some other woman and that
breakfast should be taken before
DING out in the morning. 1t is
a we'll established fact that a full.
stomach fortifies the system,against
marsh exalations
On the subject Of clothing, but
little need be added to what has
been said in previous articles
Suffice it to say, then, that negroes
should be we'll clothed, and that
they should have woolen outer gar
ments-at least in the winter sea-
son, while they should be made to
wear them continuously, and not
allowed to change them until the
warm weather Of spring renders it
proper to lay them aside entirely.
Negroes are particularly expos d
on going out of a warm house. early
the cold mornings of fall and
winter, and more especially during
the cotton picking season, when
they are subjects d to the combined
action of cold and wet. To guard
against the wet, again insist on
the advantages Of long cotton
aprons, we'll covered with paint,
and as a protection from cold, it |
would be we'll to furnish overcoats,
'hawls, or blankets, to be worn in |
he morning. The writer so often
quoted in speaking OF this subject,
;hus expresses himself: There is |
10 one article If clothing, perhaps,
which is more necessary to the
health and comfort of field negroes.
han the overcoat. 4 X X X These
or capots, are useful in
he cool of the morning when start
ng out to work. The negro is reused
rom his slumber at early dawn.
Perhaps he has been sleeping in a
lose room, with his head envelop
din his blanket, and he goes direct
y in the cold morning air, with his
kin reeking with moisture. His
tomach is empty, and the general