Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01
GmIUULTUnAL

Ahe OH year ~ gtu8tua' Jul thI
new farming season Of 1870 is open
ing. What lie successes and fails
ures, what hopes realized aud dis
appointments met with during its
progress, only the future can tell.
The people Of this section are main-
ly engaged 10 agriculture, and the
mOmentOus importance Of this Oc.
cupatiOn warrants much more at
tentiOn being devoted to progress
and Improvement therein than has
ever been devoted TO It.
The past season has been gener-
ally favorable. and In consequence,
we have reason 10 thank PrOvi-
denCc for Ills goodness and bounty
to us. We should feel highly en-
cournged to enter upon another
season with strong, resOlute hearts,
and u determination to put forth
every effort 10 make the most Of
blessings of soil and climate,
Again the planter must engage
in the perplexing task OF procuring
labor.
We strongly recommend them TO
secure SINE Of the European
laborers who are here already or
who can be had through agencies
established here, and give them a
full and fair trial.
AS compared with the Chinese,
the European Is more desirable la
Dor. They may not be quite so do
ellie Or expert but they will add in
value TO our wealth and stability
as n State and that the Chinese will
not.
Nearly every planter has outly-
ing lands which can be settled upon
and cultivated by these immigrants.
They can be delivered here for
about $50 q piece while the Chinese
cost $500. It Ia calculated that
every European immigrant 10
worth $1,000 to the State IN which
he settles, Such people built up
the "Great West" and our every In
terest says admit them here, not
by mere permission to come, but
by a strong effort to induce them
to come aud stay.
We ardently hope to hear Of
deep blowing, sub-soiling and man
uring this coming season. We
don't believe in told time' farming
as a rule, but we believe in pro.
grssc,in availing ourselves ofevery-
thing that Is new and useful.
Renting to the negro, though It
will be quite common from neces.
sity, yet its result will be vastly in
furious. You cannot hope that he
will attempt any Improvement,
and your property will decrease in
material value year after year un.
der his management.
Attention Is being strongly turn
ed, IN the South, to the matter o.
fertilizers, as 1t Is impossible to in
crease the quantity Of land In cult
walton without increasing the guam.
tity Of labor. The latter is so din.
cult TO do that II beho0ves US Il
"make every lick tell" and to cause
each acre Of land to yield all O
which it is capable.
Iften acres cultivated by one
hand yield ten bales Of cotton with
out fertilizers used, and fifteen BALE
with the use of fertilizers, inClusiv,
Of the additional cost, It does mo-
require reflection to teach US which
plan is best. Yet such Is the case
as the result Of practical expert
ments show, but do we act upon Oul
knowledge2 Let the new year tel
a different story from the year,
past. Let the farmer bring intelli
genCe aud enterprise 70 his aid. lie
him cause TWO blades TO grow wher
one grew before. II com plete sue
cess should not attend his efforts b.
will have the consciousness of dut.
performed.
The success Of crops depends no
so much upon weather and season.
as upon industry and intelligen
labor. Good crops, as Napoleon
said of victories, are achieved by th
po,cer used to effect them.
PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OI
OUR LANDS.
That "brag acre of cotton nea
Macon, Ga, which has been 80 fire.
quently reported upon during th
progress OF the growth of the croI
Is made the subject Of special motto
by a correspondent of the SOuther
Farm and Home, in the first nun
Der of that interesting magazine