Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-18
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We latter ourselves that We have
a pretty good quality Of land in
Warren county, and yet the yield
per acre is too small to pay the
expense of culture. Certainly
there is something amiss with the
planter. Our lands are capable of
raising thirty or forty or fifty
bushels to the acre II is almost
q waste Of time, labor and means
10 raise corn at the rate Of ten or
twelve or fifteen bushels to the
acre. With such lands as ours it
is d~isgraccful 10 the farmer. 1t
tells OF q shilllcss method of cul-
tivation. 1t tells Of shallow plsw.
ing. II tells of careless planting
with Indifferent seed. II tells Of
lazy cultivation, aud worse than
all, it tells that the farmer lacks
the spirit Of intelligent enterprise
absolutely essential to successful
husbandry. We have become so
c~onceited with "these rich lands
of ours' that it seems us if We
thought it was only Necessary to
throw the seed over the fence into a
field and as;iine crop would be har-
vested at the usual season. If the
yield proves small, under such
farming" we attribute It to
blight, or drought, or wet, or
anything bnt de true cause. Our
fathers made thirty and forty
bushels of corn TO the acre on
these lands. The West raise sixty
bushels to the acre. 1t is the fault
Of the farmer who raises less than
thirty bushels corn to the acre,
even on our lands. Labor and
manure, backed by thorough cul-
tivation will make forty to sixty
bushels to the acre. We hope to
see an improvement in this respect.
Either let us raise thirty or forty
bushels corn per acre, or raise
none, for its too wastelul when we
get as low as ten, twelve or lr-
teen bushels. a,..
MONA CoTToN has been tried
near Macon, Georgia. It is worth
upwards Of seventy ceuts per
pound. 1t is equal in staple to
the best sea island cotton, Six
acres Of it are estimated to. pro-
dice this year two aud ahalr bales
per acre that would be only $50
per acre! Better try it here.
A writer in the Southern Agri-
culturalist tells how to keep sweet
potatoes through the winter. For
fifty bushels make a hillOck ten
feet long, ten feet wide, and ten
inches high. Cover it with we'll
cured corn. stocks four inches
deep. On these place the pota.
toes, and then on a covering Of
boards pile dirt to the depth of
twelve or eighteen inches, as the
latitude requires.
Ifthey show signs of sprOuting
in March, put them in a dry loft.
II they continue to sprOut, sun
them moderately, In this way
the old crop can BE- kept till the
new is ready for the table.
The Rural Carolinian, published
at Charleston, talking Of Southern
farming, sets forth its most ur.
gent needs as follows: "First,
smaller farms second, q more
thorough cultivation third, ma
nurlng; fourth, stock .raisng ,
fifth, . wider range Of crops.
t The American Farmer, Roches-
Ten, IN speaking OF the profits Of
butter making. mentions a farm
in Westarn New York.of l72 acres
~fromwlich Is annually sold butter
to the amount Of over $1,000
Phere are thirty cows kept onIthe
farm, and the milk is ehurpcd By
dosipo WEI, iu.q,I .. .a.r 10 Is.o
A simple plan Of n~ourishing
fruit trees Consists Of boring into
the ground, among the roots Of
trees, with a crowbar, or some
suitable Instrument, and then
pouring in liquid manure F; giving
each tree several gallons Of the
fertilizer. -a.a 40
SALT AND ASHES FOR Horses.
Those keeping horses should twice
q week throw in a handful Of salt
and ashes. Mix them by putting
in three parts of salt to one Of
ashes. Horses relish this, and 1t
will keep their hair short and fine.
1t will prevent bots, cholic, etc.
A little ground sulphur mixed
with salt and ashes, and given
once in two or three weeks, is ben
eicial. All domestic animals will
bo Tina bsnaEffp1