, 1865-11-25

neld or progress as comparcd with tho one.
morse esod cTushers need In the cotton dclds
OF The South. Il Is matter Of surprise thai
educated men like the planters of fhe Sonth
with abundant means at hand. shnn1d h. sf
iar behind n the improvements offhe are
While the West has mAdo rapid propresa. fhe
sou1h has been apparently bent on buiIdipe
np syhem OF ignorance that, shutting oui
1le AID Of Inventive genius, would serye ID
give them patent to wiring the sweat from
the unwilling African. wv ~S' = 0'''
The war Eill be Of gnst benefit to the South
tn financial point, for It will he Tho ,ncans
Of introducing. all the new impiements nnd
new modes Of culture, and wc may safely
! estimate that the average product per acre ol
. cat!pn Tll be nearly If not fully doubled
WITHIN the next ten years not by adding more
cost to its culture, but by using brsins ID
| place Of the lush.
We have been told that cotton must be cu1.
tlyAted In just the mode now In yorne Vt the
sonth, and that it would bear no new motions
N that direction thai, 1t must be ridecd,
eGfaPed, thtnned and billed to make crop
q. o.. o. o. Which is mere noonsbiue, as Is proved
by The roWs Of cotton in our open Aeld. now
"hito with the focu]ent fibre.
fact8 are. stubborn things, and; the above
lacts sCrprised cotton planter. from Louisl-
ana faw days since SO much that he invest
ed largely in Northern implements with
Which to make trial Oh the banks Of the
The idea that cotton could be renr;scd In
Central UI.noTs 1rnnId h"ra9,oa's ~ asp.lsS" ~ ~
fore he lett home hit here here tse u az Was be.
fore him Ii s11cb shnne fhot dentot wra o,,t
Of the question. '''S ". 49, '''
The Seasons had been wet, 50 that the
growth Was not large, get without ridging,
sernping Or hillfng the balls were not only
This planter had been to Waahington an a
polftfcai mission had sncnt; a., honF' with fbn
President and oibcr puh1ic men onI camc
West on lila wnv horne tn irarr ,noro ,f
Western farming and flTm impienacnts' A' 1tia n
visit hcre viii 3onbtiasa - rasI,1t ~ a IL 70
others beside himself for hc nnw ~ bss 1u NO.. ~
enlarged Views in rerard 10 the ceono1oy If
labor.
The principles Of corn culture as practised
IN tentlal Illinois Will form the basis Of his
operations. Ihe rldE1nE system. will giro
place to narrow lands with "open dead fur-
rows and nat culture. The iron roller will
crush INC cloos, and the sulky cultiyator keep
aoWn the Reeds and JOINT grass. The "nig-
old contriyaneea to make labor tedious and
dls1astetu[ will be swept from that plantation,
ana new cru Of more pleasant toll substi-
tussa. ...
ca XIII ~ h,s ~ ~. pays iot MS l1oor VIII 6e
n nso tho hoo,1- = 20 ~ usA us nanos
w1,1 ~ IT. 10 III w;,no,t ~. ns ana no one
NJ Ie 1rarns ~ III t1,a,. W." a9n 9piements SO soon
IN tScm' a 's'4A' ~ LICK 'a'oe anu can obtain
Nc point to t1,csc fscts for t,a rance. H..
+oanv prant,ao, ~ tn.sa 1aSts ioI t4e reason that
Ia ~ &onti, r. cn"ao-a t., aoti .ees a.e aoout
- T. 80 uia,,t - susass ~ cotton cnIufc and
norc mvs}erv n he cnSi.,ra at - Ite t1ao = no
Than thcSn Is In growin, corn nr notatn sae paa4
One Season Ee had cottan ~ ar,ta,,ot, pytasoes:
coutrabands f}om Aieb,me hnt naat ,eith ~ ~
poorest success. The seeding was enormous. d am rs
giving spEudling plants and az endless n,nnnn;
Of thinning, Since then we have 81 succeeed @ I ,s;th
less than half tie labor and have bai1 hettar ".r
crops. '&@'~ 0e''e4
Cotton culture. as prosecutea nn3o- +to o,s
system, was one Of imnoysrishment ~ - ~ ~
soil: but this may nnsE ha ~ ~ anS - 10y sn9
must Five 1;1ace IL n., w a. ~ NV NV a3 aa1
keep tfie ~. = eoaa saa,ey nsW sys.s. ~.
IL ntba; r,annr ~ syhuu h "iinoul resort
s,tiIe5 otue5 ~. @ psyono tnose that can bo