The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-02-20

his timid bride;
"My love, I am about to step out
lew moments for refreshments. DO
not be alarmed during my absence.
Gentleman Jack took tho cue, and
pa!tting his wife on the shoulder, sung
ou: as If he was hailms the maia.top
gallant yar,i in gale of wind.
II say, wiley, I'm going ashore to
wet my whistle don't tumble overheard
while I'm gone"
Agricultural and Horticultural.
From the Southern Cul,ivator.l
Cotton.
In giving an article on cotton,
cannot speak of its introduction into the
world but l was Lying to sec the first
cotton planted in Georgia, Except by
the women for spinning cotlon,) which
was in Burke county, in 1893, or 4, and
in Washington county, in. he year
1895. ~ man named Edwaris and
my father were the ouly farm v ho
planted the article in WashUmboN in
1895. Twenty-Five pounds il. The ed,
composed the task 10 pick oaS 70 the
hand. A single lock was only picked
at time, cacl, lock examined, and the
trash picked on from that, before tho
next was sought for. This task was
enlarged, rs the hands learned to amply
each finger to its separate lock when
the single pull took the Whole boil at ~
time.
My fathers ncgrocs were picking
their twenty-five pounds per day, with
which lie was satisfied, until going
away from homc he heard ofa rlan
ter whose best lraals picked sixty
ponnds per day. lie came home and
tod his negroes they must do better,
and determined TO pick day himSNIi.
to shoS them what could be done. lie
commenced carly in the morning, and
after he had got well at work, IL friend
called at the house to see him. Deter.
mined to make out his d,y's work, he
would not stop, but sent for him to come
TO the patch, and willie with him did
not slackrn his wo. Knowing along The
row while talking. At nigh, nc weigh
cd his days work, and found lie had
gathered 24b, lbs Of course tho nc.
groes were delighted Onc of his grand.
sons has since had sixteen negroes, who,
during the three best weeks Of the pick
ing season, averaged twree hundscd
pounds per day
Tie Charge Of times from Tobacco
culture to Cotton, as regards prosperity,
was truly astonishing. Tho bad farm
,ng Of our people in the first staple, and
its low price on the plantation, gave
them but little of the necessnrics or
). Injuries Of l(e-not enough to indulge
in drinking coffee at ol, except on Sun
day mornings. bat cotton directly
commanded twenty five cents, and tic
farmers could not either cat or wear it
all, and had not then dreamed Of ever
buying ncsro Moreover, the Mctho.
dist people, by ihelr Discipline, could
not own negro. In three or four years,
however, aH aOore l-sy'ny negroes tile
Methodist too--and the "GcncYal Con.
ference" then 80 ncw-modcllcd their
Discipline as to suit the emergency, and
made it allowable for tho Methodist
brethren to buy and own slaves, us we'll
as other citizens.
Now, as to tile cultivation and pro.
per preparation nf our lands, to s,il this
valuable staple. We will observe, 4,
its first introduction, all planted it in
hills like corn giving lltlln less dis
tancc. Lands wero then frontier
Mother troa or hard and wanted lit,lc
preparation tEo cotton came up well
and the crops were abundant. But we
have now 10 change llc pEcpara.ion
and culture, to suit our worn-out coun
try. | would yet advise the Mll-lnodt
of planting, if, i'll our worn and hare
lands. we could procure as co:tal
stands but the cotton really belongs l.,
aud must have been introduced, origi
nally, from warmer climate, with ,
longer summer than ours, and tits fount
to require all the growing season j,
this couEtry--coming then, short Of tt
capacity IN production, in more congo
NAL climates. | therefore advise lh,
drill mode cf planting, as being til,
most certunto sprocurca stand o, lh'
iirIl plan ing; for 70 time must lc 10 /;
to the cotton planter, by a rc,n'aniipg
The two plans of managing cOt4,3. Q
the most Importance, and abou, wl,iet
oar planters, even at this lat, day, Goi,
very different opinions are, on9-, eSlctI
"tho fiat culture" and the other called
tthc ridge, oy raised culture" I great
ly prefer the latter mode Of proparln!
lands, as having many advantages
while, in my opinion, tho "lat culture
has nothing to recommend it. 1t. i
certainly important, in cuIlivatine a lat,
plant like cotton, that it should have
every advantage to start of, We'll il
the Spring. If the culture be fat, th,
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