, 1865-11-29

y barnes, wages, ohains| ~ = -. nSsSsa S1ss
sides hllhg aad rnae for ~ c1aaG T<LEs
cso 11sHly - hsN5> >bookt ahs9S refet.e6 10
ahoeE. thaS ~ ths eefn grown 0sAlandqS ~
e1skea 2o bushes 10 tho hnd>z.aW 9 10 10
stock i fed here Ia e>wtatar' III Ssssss;cg
ple1hfa1iy GA lie. zplendid estzsi i1ssfnrte
whseh Ia this csEntry u swexxai1 - mnst
nutritious IN the winter months.
Now as to the cotton. The rreat o,5er,,on
TO this crop Is Its tedlousuess. In isaS I
planted my cotton on the 18Th OF March, IN
teds thrown up By the furrovs of Hn11 4
Aucn,s improved cotton p1ouph' The hed ~ Tina w
tormct Is lightly narrowed, nn1.a dr;}I. Then ,
opened on the top. into which the seed is
dropped eighteen inches apart ihe rov. lssi,9
seven feet wide. In ordinary snrfne vesthes
thc seed WIN EuFminate fn ffom Ious n ssven
days, and when tho plant has beeo m Two
weeks run through 1t with the hos. femoy.
.3De ahlo%ps, eioas or weeds from The imms
Sufficient until from The 18th to the snth Of
April, when No: Diamond plough sbou1d
be run about eight inches from M cotton
throwing the earth lightly from #, and nrr.
mitting the sun to give increased warmth to
A. this time the plant is rapidly growing.
and care should be taken to Keen the wee5. w;i:
and grass well under, for cotton viii nat A..
rocaate With less royal plants, and Tia niehes
soon compel the little prince to bfde hTs dl-
minlned hcao and hence the great md only
secret Of making cotton. Keen the eartR
Well stirred. pulserized hs equally rs possi-
ble, ana prevent the growth Of grass and
Neoas. and W 50 doing the man Who never
sast saM pla1t ol cotton grow, can make as good
Held land after an experience Of flfty-tbrec
years planting for.myse1f, can say Tic above
rule has never failed me.
Two ploughings, two harrowings and hal5
q hoeing will make good cotton. oltbouol
have seen very fair article grown on a plan
ta!lon;ne1t 10 ny Blandon place with not
In September the cottons opens, and in Two
weeks after the first boil has been found. the
chceEy song Of the pfckers Is heard from
morning till night. At sunset the cation
gathered IS taken to the gtn house and
weighed, and thrown into q pile near the
door, from whence 1t will be taken on the
MOI poFTpS %, aad SPREAD on the scattolds for dry
mg. i1ckins requires no manual labor In
nine TO df1een years of .ase, totally @
eclipse NIL Others In the amount
picked. Each hand will average 900 lbs per
day, md We generally estimate The weIeht Of
Ginned cotton by deductiDg from the Weight
Of the Held cotton, onc-thfrd. Thus, In two
t,Sl
field cotton, which win turn ont 200 lbs Of
'ginned cotton, or little more thar two aver
age bales. This Is clearly shown by nv books
from Ehlch I obtain the data.
In prst-clhss cotton lands, such as arc to
be found on the Arkansas river near It's
mouth. or on Bayou Bartholomew, in Deshn
and Drew counties, Arkansas, oue acre well
tended will produce two balas of cotton, but
owing to the scarcity OF pickers, little more
than one nnd half bales Is all that Is ord!n-
arily gathered.
Ginning and pressing cotton, being merely
mechanical operations can be performed BY
any one Of ordinary sense; and they amount
TO nothing In casting the balance as to the
expense. ETC., of the plantation.
Ny. crop on the Blandon plantation, In the
year referred to, amounted to 1,TN bales,
averaging 5o7 pounds each, and netted me
Is profit, clear Of an expense, freight to New
Orleans and commissions inclnded), seven and
tbrce-quarter cents per pound.
trust, sir, that you Will pardon the length
to which hare extended this article, but as
the subject Is one OF great importance, daily
receiving more and more attention from the
citizens, both Of capitalists aud laborers Of
the North, and being desuous Of laylng be-
fore your readers truthful expose OF the
growth Of cotton, free from all extrayaRauce.
l have been thus explicit.
And now few words In conclusion, which
l hope may tend to remove the groupdless
prejudice existing in the minds Of many, re-
spectlng the treatment they would receive
from the eonthern people should they como
among us. 'e--~-
An old man speaks to yon-nne who hiss
eeryed his count ~ in two wars, fighting under
the glnrious old stars md stripes, and who
balls With Joy the return OF peace. Come to
our country-see rs at our homes We are not
heathen, but men like yourselves. Our com-
Try needs settlers, and oilers you homes
Thousands Of you Should come To our warm,
Sunny cline, and locate with us-buy our
wild lands, than which none can be more pro-
ductiSe or esAier, titled, make yourselves
homes in our midst, aud you will find us dis
posed to be ncighborly and kind. The reasoti
Of the bitterness manifested IN the late war
was our unacquaintance with each other. You
would not visit US before, but, preiudieed
from infancy against-us by reason Of our do
nestle Institutions, you remained at The
NORTH and when the bugle calling you to
The field vas sounded, you f}ockcd BY thou.
Eands under the same co1ors that carried al
l.nndy's Lane, to come and fight us. The
f}ght Is now over, and 1 but express the feel
Engs of thousands at the South, In inviting
you to come and settle among u1.
Respectfully, JoHS G. GALnREArH.