The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-02-17
THE FARM.
..Planting all Cotton and no Corn,
"A WORD TO FARMERs.d 81

ifs ''t "A WORD TO FARMERS.a .silsH y
!, There is too much ground for the feartwe
see expressed by some ofour valued cotem-
poraries, that our planters and farmers. car
ried away by the present high prices of cot
ton, will 'pitch their crop" so as to increase
the area of cotton and diminish that usually
planted in corn, or some other provision
crop. M .oe ,SffA
+, A more dangerous policy or one more cal
culated to result disastrously, to every
interest in the State, can hardly be imagined.
One would suppose with the fatal expert
ence of 1866 '67, so fresh in our recollections,
men would be slow to expose themselves. to
similar misfortune If we could be sure that
cotton would command next fall the price
it now brings; if we could be sure that the
corn crop of the West this. year would be
abundant, and if we could be sure that'we
could purchase all we need for bread and
forage at from 70 to so cents per bushel. laid
down at our doors, we might then begin to
contemplate the propriety of planting all
cotton and no corn" of which, we regret 20
say, we now hear so much. .I,
But what guarantee have we that cotton
will bring its present price next fall What
guarantee have we that it will bring more
than twelve, ten or eight cents How do
we know that the corn crop of the Western
States may not be a partial or even total
failure this year2 And how do we know
that the price of corn next winter may not
be as it was in '67 $3.50 to So per bushel2
And again, how do we know that this may
not be very disastrous year for cotton, and
that our "planting all cotton" may not re-
suit in our gathering no cotton. ,s.fI
We have always heard it said that it is
imprudent to put ones eggs in. one basket.
The basket may fall and the eggs may all
be broken. The adage is a wise one. The
cotton basket may fall, and all our twenty
e;ghtlcents per pound eggs may be broken.
Bad seasons, the caterpillar, the army worm,
faithless laborers. a war in Europe, the com
bination of spectators or manufacturers, a
| financial CONFUSION may cause it to fall and
break the eggs; and then if we have no corn
to feed ourselves and our animals, how are
we going to get it9 By borrowing money at
usurious interest to pay from $2to 50 a bush
lel for a scanty supply. s-,,g "a,
No, if tile farmers are wise they will plant
provision crops to supply themselves abun-
dantly, and have plenty of corn, oats, fod-
| der, peas, potatoes, &c. After this is se-
cured then plant as much in cotton as they
can manure well and cuItioate thoroughly, If
cotton continues to bring present prices,
we'll and good All that it brings will be
clear profit If it should fall the profit will
be smaller. but still it will be profit, because
| with full corn cribs, plenty of fodder, and
oats, and peas, and good banks of potatoes,
| there will be no need to expend money for
| food, and no necessity to borrow money
| from the commission merchant. 1,ei ~.
4, To pursue the planting all cotton and no
corn policy is to place all who do SO not
simply at the mercy of the seasons, but at
the mercy Of the speculator, the usurer, the
forestaller, and the Western producer. To
| be prudent is to be Independent. To put
all our eggs in one basket is foly.-AtlantG
Iatelligencer.. !, 's..,ss t,a Il
To CURE WARTS ON -HoRsEs.-A cor
respondent of the Maine Farmer says:
t7sE" Please sayito your readers, if there are
any who have horses troubled with warts,
that / have been $ treatingn one, Ivy dosing
with chopped cedar boughs, given in grain; !;
also washing his warts at the same time with
lastrong dccoction of cedar. This recipe
WAS given me by physician, after had
tried several other prescriptions, and had Of
fered five dola.hrs TO have several troublesome
warts cured. RI " ted doses and bathings
of cepar have lannihilated them" as Of
| SowTNa BLUE GRASS "A writer in the
! Prairie Farmer, who has paid attention to
the habits and character Of blue grass, says
it should be, sewn in u. February q March,
after a light fall Of snow if practicable, as
| this serves as a guide in the distribution OF
the seed. A bushel of seed in the chat, OF
4 even less, will do if other seed is mixed with
it. Blue grass appears delicate at first, but
| acquires spread and yigor from being pas
\ tured. 1t does not do well as meadow, as
1.-THE stronger grasses smother and choke il
/ out. This grass is a great treat to neat
4 stock4e excellent for dairy and beef purposes
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