The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-19
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! Husbandry.
The business OF farmer; Fugalty domestic econo
my, good management, thrift care of economy
! WEBSTER.
! What text and what 4 sermon might be preached
from IT. when applied 10 the cultivation of the soil!
cultivation OF tie soilwbaHaAnother text! how oftama
preached from aAd how po5ie followed in praetice
The sol-the earth-hQR little do we understand aI
preclae the great storeh ehous OF all inmate and mani
mate natnre-a never filling source of supply Hus-
bandry-the business Of farmer to cultivate the soilp
What business of lab9r and research-none SO wise
as yet to have penetrated and unolded all the secrets
connected with tllage. But mind and science have
revealed many important facts Let us make use Of
and improve upon what has already come to light
When cultivate tho mind we give to it strength
enlarge its capacity andmak it the receptacle of vast
information. When we cultivate the soil we should
pursue similar policy. The ignorant youth BIZ proper
care and culture may attain the mind of great man
so poor, barren soil cat be garden spot and afford
the necessary food to the most vegetation This the
business OF the taTmef proper to cultivate the SOIL to
increase its capacity and enlarge and extends powers
of production.
How should soil be cultivated? This is question
that concerns and deeply concerns every one who fol-
lows pow his bread But all soils are not alike nor
should all be cultivated alike We say no. and we say
ycs.-Ahy? Because there are main, general
principles, which apply alike to ALL and yet the mode
to make the best application must be varied to suit cir
deep, thorough plowing. All lands perhaps are not
in proper condition to be deeply plowed. Then put
them in this condition; it is economy; it will paw What
is the object of tlage? To afford food and sustenance
to panS-such plants ARE pest suited supply the
wants of the husbandman. Plants like animals have
mouths and stomachs and unless they fed they will
sarve to death. Cultivation therefore, should always
be directed to furnish food aud the process employed
so the object is effected with the least expenditure Of
money and labor,
do cheat ourselves in this respect-The farmer who
just scratches his SOIL and is 200 negligent feed his
crops is taking money out of lis pocket and bread
from his chidren's mouths
If plants do have mouths they have no teeth 70 mas
cae hard substances they cannot pick up dry articles
Of food they feed it IS true bnt hemode by absorp-
ton and suction-Their food must in part at least be
diluted with water, part OF their food they absorb
in the form gases In culture must always have
eye TO the necessary supply Of moisture. Deep and
thorough tlth will afford ii independent of much rain
In the month Of July August when the has been
pouring down his heat foI fifteen days without rain or
clouds 90 to the field that has only been poWed three
inches deep, and in vain may you scracth among the
dry clods and dust in search of mOisure but 90 to
that field just over the fence on the other side where
the husbandman has gone down one foot Deep and
there You will find verdure eeming with luxuriance;
waving its green crested pumes in defiance of heat and
drouth.
Dive down. then we say, make acquaintance with
II,
they will be found your friends valuable friends, not
forsakng you in the hour when friends are most need
ed.
Men go to the aurierous regions, and dive down,
down, down; burrow into the mountain sides until the
western sun lights back their tunnels from the east but
all do not find the nuggets There is a gold mine in
every field within eighteen inches Of the surface where
all may reap the guering treasure tuat always pays
and pays the better the ohener it is worked. Let us
illustrate by old anecdotc: A rich miser died leav
ing as his only heir lazy shiless SON. living in expec
tation of inheriting his mterly parents wealth. But
the old kept his treasure hid and died without re-
vealing its whereabouts Money he had in quantity.
but none but himself knewits hiding place He made
a win and gave his lazy progeny ten apple or
chard and in that will he stated that sum of ten thou
sand dollars buried within foot of the surface
So the youth went prospecting, and after various
fruitess searches concluied to dig the whole
ground foot deep, or find the treasure After
50 long tme the field wa8 all dug over but no treas
ure found But, ah! the next crop of fFuit-how
beautiful how superior h0E5 abundant Here was the
gold; handsome dividend waa rcali2esd upon the
creted amount. Here was h hint, and hint improved
upon the labor of digging 0yer tue orchard few years
was rapid with more than ten thousand dollars and
proved lasting investment
Deep tilage then; the deeper the better viii it pay
Let us see we can call upon figures which meyer lie
Beyond all doubt the poorest clay lands in Georgia. if
dug up eighteen inches deep, and manured with Peru
vian guano its combination in Superphosphates at
the cost OF 50 per acre VILE weld the hrSt year tWCn
tv bushels of wheat worth ltwcnty dollars. If clover
or some other suitable grass be sown with the wheat
the Weld for the next five YEARS will be at least two tons
of hay per acre worth anywhere twenty dollars ton
Now this digging and mantIing, and other incidental
but necessary expenses wilt cost say nround numbers
one hundred dollars per acre Take the price Of the
crops for FIVE years aud wG haze $780, and then we
have an acre of ground the value Of which past com
putation, after paying annual Al per cent
Lands in grass properly created, yield heavy returns,
and all the time getting bettcr.-We do not mean
to say that every man who owns land ought to dig his
ground eighteen inches deep-ha might not be able to
10 so.-Why? We mighs ans|cr-because he has
never learned the first principles Of husbandry, and if
he never works deep he is likely to die poor if he DE-
bends upon his farm for money making But we do
ay and say emphatcaly thGit would be the very
pest investments for the CAPITALIST We long the
Law when some liberal Minded strong hearted patri-
1tic citizen will 60 work with his dollars and shoT
o an unbelieving generation what amount Of wealth
what gold mine Is in the first eighteen inches OF soil
n every field Make hayJ two tons per acre. good
lover timothy or something else as good. Supply
ur markets and let the Yankees keep their grass
or their keOws. Two cons per acre always worth
40; and often twice that sum. VIII it not pay?-Can
t not be accomplished? With deep powing and thor
,ugh tiIth there is mistake about the result.
Deep plowing--this is not hobby of ours, but lies
y our humble estimation nj the root aud foundation of
Il successful husbandry in Holland, Belgium Scot
and and old England they are beginning to pow.
hereYer the crops are he#Ves, ana Jelu the DeStre
arms for the outlay there The plowing is the deepest
The time is not century off when horsepower an6
lcns muscles will not be csled into requson to
ne soil Where you now see the travelling reaper
nd hresher going from fel 10 field you will hear the
rll whistle of the steam-Hlow walking like thing
life" grinding up cutting up the soil for two feet
eep Then We will have Eusbandry progressing with
lie age.
There is something else in husbandry besides deep
lowing. The food Of planfs and their sources Of food
his we will reserve for future occasion. We have
My gone through one version Of the text.
sAtanta CommC nwealth
JrssIr FnFyoxr AND OLD BLAIR.--bfrs. Jessie Be
n Fremont while on her recent visit to Washington
ferret out the origin of thq hostility which had mani
sted towards her husband had an interview with the