Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-15

From the Augusta ConztitatonaIIst
The business of tbe farmer, delightful and in
dependent as it is, Is an always never-endiDg
round. Scarcely has he got one crop safely
hcased ere another Is to be planted, or prepared
fOT. When ths last working is giysn the corn
the small grain is to be harvested, and when tho
corn is gathered in the stpbbles must be got
rssdy for sowing grain. A good farmer or
planter has no timF to spare, and is never idle.
And yet he is, or ought to be, a happy man, in
dependent, in communion with nature more Than
bis fellows, eating Cf the fruit Of his own hands,
got BY honest toll and not By cheating and lying
and sinking aRd borrowing.
TAs war has fallen heavily upon our sgri-
culturalsits, asitbey cannot make cotton as they
did # yors, ana the taxes come down upon
.hsm not lightly. But, Lord bless you, they
don't mind It a biz They have plenty Of
everything, and 10 spare, except coffee sFd tee,
and vine, and sugar, and brosdcioth, and silk,
and even these they might have too. for they
ara making mOBoy a. rapidly rs ever they did,
and with more ease. They viii grumble a 1t
10 SOW and then, but that's perfectly natural
They alRays did gTumble, ever 5iaca there were
farmers. Every vesr it is either too wet or dry,
too hot or cold. Oses our fsTmes lived always IN
fred OF low pEicss and short demand for their
products, but now they can not fl the de-
asnd-that prices are remarkably good. They
UFIlI fL5 aOOWh lllQIBdtuttGs hIl d0llL l1aaAr
bat that's because they have not any thing else
to grumble aboat, aud they stand it ali remark
ably well The fact is taey are thriving and
they ksoW it. They deny themselves, rs who
does DO7 Of many lUxuries they have hitherto
isdulged themselves in, but they are making
more clear nOn8y, such as it is, than they ever
made, Notwithstanding impressmelt prices and
taxes.
TIE country has made large drauzhts upon
the ~sgriculturist5, and they never ~dish0nored
any of them. Without a change in their crous
and dsvotion-to their business the war could not
have been carried on 50 long, for the country
would have been starved, and tho Aboilionisis
would have won Bat We have gone on re-
msJkaBlY well so for, and unless the seasons are
unprcpitioRs hereafter, or the farmers fail in their
duty-Which we do not fesr-or our territorial
limits arc greatly eircumscribed, we shall hold
out a year, or 30. yet. Thersare few people. how
ever, who imagine, or will admit, how extremely
abort this Confsderagy is, Of sl sorts of sup-
plies. And still we are not near TO starvation
0otbing ike ihat-but we have suffering and
short EsfiOns in store. The army has 81 fsrcd
immensely already, from scznt supplies, and
the poor It bone have suffered toc-shsae to
the rich brothers and sisters around them who
allowed It. The coUntryis short of bacon and
beef, and wheat, and leather, and salt, and
coarse cotton ard WOODEN goods but we are not
going to stsrve, at least, not for 9 year OF more
yet.
There is g good fair crop of corn, and that
will carry rs on we'll TO at ieait July, and before
that time new wheat will come in. Il is only
little more than seven months till new wheat
and the tine is nov az hand when the crop is to
be sowB. We sre glad TO know that there is e
general disposition to SOW largely. We would
encourage this by ali means, for OUF salvation
may depend on it. We are not inclined to cry
wolf, but the people ought TO know that If the
war is to 20 on another year it is essential that a
large crop Of wheat be scTB, soWn early, manursd
az well IS possible, and the ground well pre-
pared. We have heard a great deal Of the Won
derful crop of wheat grown the present year,
but the way things have been managed the army
cannot he fall fed on -FOUR til March, IS VS. De-
lieve. The fact is, producers est too much, and
The non-produeers ct home want too much, and,
for shame be it said, the noble, brave uucsm-
planning defenders Of our country do net get
enough. There has not been a month, during
the past twelve, that the armies Of sbs ConfsdeF-
scy have been sbundansl7 supplied. Lot farm
eTs strain a point tbis fall 10 make this thing
d fsrent for the future, at least as to. wheat
Don't let it happen sgain, as It has before, that
Georgia soldiers, on Georgia soil, shall be eight
continuous months without a pound Of -four.
Sow largely, because manure is scant, and you
can scarcely expect another sHch a good wheat
year as the past. Aud especially let all who
could not sell to the Government, or but spar
ingly, because ef wanting 10 SOW largely this
fall, not forget their duty and their interest.