The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-11
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}, II my lad cry sxsies' me, o
) ihs, the burrows thereof complain
"1r I have eaten the frui's thereo
J without money. OF have caused tn
owners To lose their lives
" lie, th'stlrS grow instead +"
whes, aud cookie. instead Of barley
Thus ended the replnine words o.
the most paticn, man How man,
Selds in our p"'i~ss, beloved aud
down troddcn South. had they The
sbili,y, might cry out ags'ns, those
who iurow aud harrow their yield
ing bosom. 81 ru,hlessly, for the
purpose Of extracting the hidden
treasure. therein contained, withou,
adding anything by way Of compen-
ss,ion How very unreasonable
would any one be considered Who
would expect to estsac, large
amoant Of lard from . slaughtered
porker whom he had previously, and
Tor q considerable time. bu, srAnt,iy
fed. And yc, host Of farmers, in
our glorious South, nre cneaged In
an equally futile endcnvor Of getting
fat II IA land where nothing, or a,
most. very little has been sdded TO
fatien or icrtilise It,
These reflection lead us 10 enquire.
win trsy 10 purchase Tho leading
commercial manures a. their present
price ? This has bscoms n question
of the first Importance ic our lar
mcrs. It's ,ety certain II will not
pay TO plant poor land. either with
corn or cotton, sud depend on the
lsborcrs We now have. The only
feasible plan that present. itself 10
practical farmers is TO plan, less land
by considerable, tIan heretofore eul.
tivased manure highly, work sssid
uou.ly aud have variety Of every
thisg growing On the farm, which
sspericne hss shown " DO profit
able. II, is wise to lesrn fron our
enemies" Our Northern friends O.
have always done this sud ~e really
believe this has been = great cause
Of their success in their relatively
inhosri'abIc climate
/ Above all things, let the cul,iva
tors Of the soil zee that nothing 10
purchased which eau possibly be-
produced on the farm Competence
is gained no, 50 much by making as
By saving. II hn- been said fool
can make mon.y but a w,.o man
only can take care Of H. Especially
is il necessary IN our present straight
ened circumstance To us. the most
4 rigid economy IL oat expenditures =,
for IT wo are among the fortunate
few Who have plenty OF this world =
goods, there arc malii,udc- around
us who scarcely know, ~bcn one
meal IL ended from whence the mex,
will be obisiued lsu, VIC digrcs-
not having followed our text much
better than the most If diyiocs
We again take up the vital sub
j~cts Of the food OF plants, and as
We will soon have tim. 10 begin 10
for,u big pile. Of iertilirsrf Tor the
coming crops, (for We certainly will
have TO depend on home made ma
nuves 10 a great exicnt wc will give
you some ideas Of ihs rather veaed
question Of pine straw rs an car'chcr
OF the soil We feel some m'sgiy
ings AZ we spprosch hi. subject,
~k.- .s .s.~it~-. L-- 3D. .-.y
ticai and scientific y } Berck msns,
kna., wrote about il soms months
aimee, and " va were not aware shst
great men are not always wise, Nc
would not venture an opinion. The
short straw pine leaves. (pinus Tseds
Of Lambert when buried IN tbs
grousd, decay very rapidly, thereby
generating heat through the soil BY
which il il greatly smcliora,ed
This is sspecislly the casr 10 al
Close or co@psct so,ls. We have
convsrssd with some white msa sad
= number Of freedmen concerning
this straw, A. . help To impoverished
hoJ. They al, With ons exception
spoke highly Of the short lssEsd pine
.tr.v aud he though, much Of riue
straw but cave preference TO the
long leaf pine, Pinus Palu.tri,) be
cs usc |, took so much longer to rot
Wk.,esor. he .eat H. |, mas. be
much stronger than the .hort I..fsd
pine, which he said ro,,sd TOO soon
lie ..id hi. old ma. Ely eoocu,rsd
with him--that they allowed a eom.
post hssp to remain two years and
found ~ piss straw still unrotied
The pima pslus,ri. co~.sins a much
larger amount of rssia Ia its lsavss
than the pina. iseds, md hence the
reason the former takss 50 long to
deesy--mskine il almost useless ~ .
nsuurs.
P,o,n an that "a can lssyo %
conclude short. ,,rsv mine leave. Ar.
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