Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-04-09
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Ia John Esien Co,ses move,
The Heir ~ Iaymuuni Running
through the numbers 1T The oli
Guard, NO have occasionally some
Rglions thai w0uli have bcsn con
sisvrei heTelioal some years since
Thus, bic hero talks aNeT the fol
lowing f',1hion,
.Whs should the "a Virginia
Ri.R.sr, with his tea thousand acres,
and his i've hundred servants, fash
his head about crap raising, and
I'll THAR lie was obliged Ca raise
60 much CORN and wheal for his i'm
mense bgaseh0ld; he sold the sur
plus OILY. and made his profits
nom tobacco, That Was enough,
however. il made m rich, lie
shipped il 10 England 10 his factor
the sAIp broughtbSsk'sveiavhShry
velvet coats, laees aud silks, wine
new books, and plate and Jewels II
he wished them; he had all that he
wanted, this good gentleman with
his ton thousand Roresl We'll, the
eoDssq genoesg Why, that he eulli-
waited only corn, wheat aud tobae-
ca; they 'sniiiged for him, aud lac
saw no reason 70 change his crops,
And when his son and his grand
son, aud his greatgrandson succeed
cd him, they In turn said TO them
salves, Farming is raising corn,
wheat aud tobacco, nothing else.
Well, that answered for n season.
but tho estates began TO dwindle,
The family divided the cstaie-pri-
mogeniture having been abolished
and when tho grandson came TO tho
old house, us head of the family, hoI
found the estate no longer ten thou.
sand, but ono thousand acres" u.
Enough, ! think, In all con-
science, still" ,l,v
ayes but not when diYdod in
turn. That day came, and the one
thousand acres was cut up into four
or five portions. Tho eldest son
had grand house, and about two
hundred acres" ,ur4. q
b, "Well, that is enough STILL"
IS at ought 70 be, but Il d, not.
Why? Because the owner of the two
hundred acres believes as his great
grandfather believed. that tho only
crops to raise are corn, tobacco and
wheat. Well, no tries to live in that
manner, and his hired labor swal-
lows up the whole proceeds nearly.
His grcat-grandfather planted corn,
etc. Why should he cease the good
old process? Truck?-grapc-raising?
new.fangled notions! all theory! non
sense! And so he continues the old
method ofagriculture, which, under
the present condition of things, is
about the same as running n stage
line along the railway from Wash.
ington to Baltimore" X X y y Shall
/ 90 Back and try corn and. wheat,
and tobacco? What did they bring
our farmers just before the war?
Take corn and wheat-what was
the average production? Was it
eighty bushels of corn and fifteen
b6shels or wheat? II doubt it; but
place It 1T that Well, the farmers
managed to live on that, but they |
did not prosper. When the planter
at the end Or thb year added up
everything. lie was generally very
well satisfied to come out square
with the World Taking alt things
into consideration, lie did not make
FIVE pr cSht, On his Investment,
even estimating his own siPefvision,
often His lab0r, at nothing, That |
much brain work in this county |
should bring in law iAediciIe, Or
commetce hoy much?, Three .thous-
and per annum. Well, that would
bring the, average Of profit from
below three per cent" 70
Eyes, Tie old Virginia system
resulted IN immense comfort, but it
did not ffesaltia 'prpit' Which is a
good thing, However, it may be de-
RSunced 81 F9pmo. Rro.ft ,m'el sG PROS
psrity, and Prosperity means chir-
ches, lyteiims, academies, schoQls,
material advarcement
and happiness. But this Is a digres-
sion. Such was, the sum total of the
old system Of agriculture, in tho
past. And do you think even that
is possible, .to-day2 If you do you
ARC hfistaken. Slavery has disap- |
peaftu; Ana iblack fcemen are now
the laborers-freemen, each. of
whom costs about two hundred, dol
lars per anntM.ffi wages and 'fooa,
and who are far less efficient than
they were before, under tho most
indulgent masters. The result? The
profits Of agricaltarS gehefally miiy
be represented by the figure Q: IN
less you walk after the plough your
self, your land is scratched simply,
rot turned up, Unless you walk
after harvesters, your crop is half
cut only, Of, they lag, at three dol
hrs asdiiy. Work partially on badly
done; bit &ages and food tho same.
rte fdId producing, from badicul-
Hire, 6ne.foufth tho crop, but the
aostrand suppoft oflaBof inexorably |
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