Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-02-18

NbHANJ Nl''Si iANh IAN " H'NiH
or lack of subscribers, contain bu
little else than advertisements 0
"cheap stores" Plantation Bitters
and SheriEs sales which fgur
largely--a column Of local items
and another to the abuse Of tn
Legislature, or some "carpet- bag
ger" or scallawag The dimension
Of these papers, when first started
are about Is by 20 inches, and be
come beautifully less' as they in
crease in age One dozen, | think
would be the outside limit of all tb,
valuable newspapers published il
the South. The Mobile Register I
one Of the best, and it takes q sen
sible view Of matters appertainint
to the South In recent nun
ber of this paper, Greeley wa'
very highly extolled for his adyic,
to Northern men "That when they
60 South, to 60 with the view o.
developing the material resources
ofthe country, and not, as has been
too often the case, for office " Ii
commenting upon the above, q
strong desire was expressed that
Northern men and capital would
come that the country needed them,
and that they would be received by
the people with open arms.
This is. however, the general SEN
timent of all the better class
throughout the South; and almost
all Of those papers that still contin-
ue to abuse the Yankee, " are treat
ed with contempt. 1t has contin-
ued so long that it has become stale
and disgusting even to those who
have no very warm feeling for the
people of the North.
Agriculture, as carried on by the
freedmen, is still more destructive
to the lands than slavery; for they
are not SO well taken care of, part
ly owing to the insufliciency of the
labor, partly to their not being
farmed by the owner, and princi
pally because they wish to realize
as much as possible from the lands
in single year, regardless of their
for the next Every enc
farming lands there, seems to cen
tire his entire attention upon the
crop in cultivation, as if it was the
last year he expected to remain in
the country. 1t is my opinion that
a majority ofthe lands have depre-
ciated twenty-five per cent. in real
value during the three years of farm
ing by free labor
"Is there a remedy for all this,
and what will be the future of the
country :" l asked this question
of my friend, the Hon. -,
on my way home from there in
December Of 1867. Ii happened
that VIC were passing, at the time,
one Of the most barren re-
giOns Of Georgia. He very cody
raised the car window and looked
out, and replied: ~ don't believe
,he damned thing has any future"
1t is probable that many in passing
through there to-day would be of a
similar opinion. 1t is my opinion,
however, that the country will not
only have a future, but will have
prosperous one. But in order to
'ender it so, the entire agricultural
system must be completely revolu
The large plantations
must be divided and sub divided ;
he owner must he sure to consider
he preservation of his lands Of Vi
al importance, and in no way per
nit any more of the old sluggish !
md wasteful method Of farming on
lis premises; must reopen all the
litches, and keep them open; re-
,air the fences and buildings; save
With a careful hand all the manures
hat form, and buy more; must
tudy the nature of all the different
and the nature and COM
position of his soils, SO that he will |
Understand the adaptability Of the
me to the other.
Experiments with the "guano"
ave been made in many sections
# the country, with extremely IA
Orable results. 1t is stated that |
he application of 400 pounds to
he acre has caused the yield of 800 /
ounds of lint cotton per acre, on
md that would not produce 100 7
ounds without it. But all lands
re not benefited by it; hence the
Of thorough chemical
nowledge of both land and fertil-
sar. Common manures will double
he yield on almost any kind of