Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-02-05

MHisAar Una NAtaN HtHAIN. NNHNl AAN
stove one evening with . group Of
fafmors, horse dealers, &C., We BE-
came Interested IN their converse
ton, and thinking our readers may
be so too, We present It as taken
down al the time.
The speaker Fas an old farmer
and horse dealer Of intelligence
and experience. He spoke IS fol
lows Of Mississippi:
1--WE can raise cattle here be-
cause we can feed them In the
cane. Our cane is worth all your
Northern fodder, (this 10 q gen
tleman from the North Western
States), without the trouble Of
moving and gathering 1t, and
grows spontaneously. Our cat
tie can run in this cane and on the
grass the year round. And SO we
can raise horses. II Is necessary
to take some care when the mare
is breeding and with sucking colt.
But the mare will raise her colt
well in the cane. We can sell those
ponies al very good price; say
from 800 to $3.50. Perhaps you,
my friend, can raise finer horses
than We can, but We will raise two
TO your one"
There Is no use talking about
hogs as long as we rent to "Tom,
Dick and Harry" The negro tV0Rt
plant anything but cotton, unless,
possibly, just corn enough for
bread and mule feed; but not an
ear for o hog. Now when | farm
ed, Il dont farm now, l only
scratch the ground,) l always cal.
culated one thousand bushels OF
corn for every one hundred head
of hogs. IallOwed my hogs 10 run
in the pumpkin and pea fields first,
then put them in the pen In the fall
half fat, and feed ten bushels Of
corn to each hog. 10 put them In
the right condition,
But the negro won't do this. Un-
der the present system Of labor we
cannot raise our meat. The negro
won't raise corn for hogs. They
will pay thirty to forty dollars per
barrel for meat instead Of raising
the necessary ten bushels Of corn
for q hog. And many Of our white
people are just so.
"Well, stranger, what kind Of a
market will I find for my horses
up in this cOuntFy"
II don't know. l think Vicks.
burg Is the best market for horses
IN this country. But you may do
very well.
have traded some in horses my.
self. We are very fond Of good
stock In this country. Ihave pur-
chased some very fine stock thil
season in Vlcksburg. / have
bought some to flll special bills.
| But Itell you, my friend, tits al
most impossible TO Oil o bill to th'
very letter. For instance, you have
an order for round, sound, Al
family horse for riding and driving
| Well, you get such an animal. H'
drives we'll and rides finely. III
goes spleudidly ten or fifteen miles
buty Povh~Ps, who's dgiven lAaisty a
forty miles he gets leg weary O.
that you are completely worries
out to get him along.
II is hardly possible to know
whether you have q good horse o
> not until after o long trial 70
must drive him up hill and dowr
across logs and bitches, and alonI
dark roads. A man should not be
grudge o good price for q hors
that "answers the bill" in thes
important particulars. A hOrs
raised in the north, must be care
, fully cared for the first season sOut
or he will be ruined. They mul
be fed on hard grain. They can
| stand the usage Of q southern raise
horse"
We heardbut little moro Of In
teFest and soon oil parties wer
abed and nothing could be hear
but the hoarse putting of the stelT
pipes or the voice Of the mate Civ
ing orders.
From the Southern Cultivator