The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-09-01

From the Country Gentleman
lMrRovING roo large \ FARM -licssrs
dtors IN the day, Of my boy hood. about City
ars ag" was acquainted with tucc good far
cls Of nldrn tims, each owning about l"o
rcs adjoining on the same road. lying along
Dout n milr. Tho land h,ng then cutirl, new
I'D productive, sch OF these men h',amn indie
'ndrnt and reared lug, family, aud s,ut them
ito the world VII IN live About fifteen year,
go, young man Of my ar4ua.utauc, bought
ne of these iuuH, aud moved uto au old nous,
nat had stood there morr than sixty years. Bat
found the farm 50 uuproductiv, that hr could
OF live upon it. 50 h. bought the second farm.
ut he could live no better, aud finally hc bought
ne third, making him aboni 500 acre, Of ,rry
ood and yet r'ry unproductyc land. Now he
just beginning to learn that the more he has of
uch land the worse he is off But what ails the
md II was naturally productive, and being
oTous, when new il was not too wet nor was il
90 stony even But from long use and age il
as become very coupNct, and is now wet aud
old, and Of course unproductivr
His whole farm, both meadow and pasture land.
being ovCrruu with every variety Of foul stuff
lis whole farm lies facing te the west Nearly
very acre Of the farm must hc undrrd;ninrd
beiorc il can be made productive But the owner
an never do that FIRST, for the want Of a dis,
v ton to do it; and secondly for the want of
ncans His who'll capital is invested in unpro-
inciive land. II h. would sell 300 acres of his
and, and with the means prepare 300 acres TO
i've on, he could make money, become indcpcnd-
mt live like n freeman, and what is most i'm
1ortsnt of AT, b. could educate his children right
But what am coming to is the influence such
course of farming and Of it, has upon his chill
ircn in giving an carly direction To Tia ia future,
life. lie is rearing Young family IF BOYS and
girls. But his BOYS will never h,comr farmers.
nor will his daughters ever mlr, Elmris They
Til live old MAIDS first There is noe p siucl.
Thing connected with the hi, Of that growing
Family calculated o. make them happy uunn the
farm. There IS u"'arr hrfunr ,h.m but a life of
Slavery, with no pr'S.ut pleasures 90 alleviate.
CThc old house stands clos. 90 N, road. with not
one foot TO adou with shruhh,rv or flowers. and
If there wcrr. they have no time to irIgny. it.
cior from morning until noon, aud from noon until
hight, all Is labor. labor. labor
" Now when those buys shall huyo grown up
thnd begin to inquire for somr plan 10 ,,,rp. the
slavery TO which such system of ia''r la,
doomed them, t"iUmf''f,' viii say they lave
rRn aversion produced lv hgh mcnial clri.uu.
Now tn sam" advice hat gave to that man
'mouli give To all la like circumstances. Sch at
least 3uo acres uf your land, and th,u in In,
Other 300 acre. o. live ON. Select 10 acres and
.undcrdrain Is iu begin with THIN. a,;"r aitIy-
Ing To 10 al Oh" nIauuIr of single ycl. with '6.
Spiuw, the ,u.i,a.or. sud the harrow. pr,pal, IL
for laying down to grass. Tim. tha HaHt wear.
another ;,n acres, and so un for ten veals. At
The end ct ten years, or fifteen at the most. Iii
whole farm would produce mon than 1000 aer.-
would m th' present condition of his land Tn
der such examples and influences his bows would
become farmers and his girl himrrs' wives.
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