Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-03-24

IS IT A PANAcEA FOR HARD TIMES, REPLY
TO "MINUs DIosPyRos."

TO "MINUs DIosPYRos."
In a former letter stated the "the pro-
duciion of Corn alone was the local cause of
hard times" Now every body knows that
there are general causes which could be
readily and easily cited. But for the want
of time and space desist. We will admit
there has been, and perhaps is now, annu-
ally shipped from this place 100, 900 bushels
| Of Corn, which has brought To this section
SIS 600 AT an average yield of 20 bushels
per acre, which is high, IL requires 5000
acres Of our soil tn realize 100, 900 bushels of
Indian Corn, for which we will allow Is
cents per bushel; now our soil produces t.
the cullivaior SIS per acre. Let us see the
amount of fertilizers both foreign and do
me.iic that is required IN the above pro-
| duction. We have annually brought to
| this place by vessel and rail, 10000 bushels
of ashes. 20 0O0 bushels of shelllime, and
1000 bushels of gas-lime, which com
pounded makes 70 900 bushels of these last
iny and durable fertilizers. This would at
ford bushels of these useful fertilizers to
/ tutll uIIt luN tuHlNHttu III ANIn mere.
Taking into coustd d.raiion the chemical
{ rlilIzcrs for which our farmers have to
pay, and the domestic manure, without a
scruple they would add at least in power Of
would be aS bushels of these durable
manurcs to each acre, which are annually
being disiminated over this Corn grow
ing territory. Now we will compare the
cost of tilling 80 acres Of this Corn, as man
aged In this community One man ard
horse will till about 80 acres. The former
would demand as a remuneration Sl5 per
month, and $40 would be required TO furnish
him meat and bread. The latter could be
supported on uDchopped and unground
food. at a cost of $50 annually, and the
wear and tear of farming utensils would
amount to $40 more, which would stride
to the sum of $500. The production at 20
bushels per acre, GOO bushels would be-
raised, for which we will allow the maxi
mum price of IS cents per bushel, and u
stacks of fodder at 81 per stack With a
hetter mathematical calculation you will
discover there is gain beyond the expense
of cultivaiing the above of $25 per annum.
"Big thing this Now the question
would naturally alise with some, how do
the people Of that part of old Sussex live 2
Now | will tell you. This section has
about 81 mills run by steam or water, which
are kept in perpetual motion, saving and
cutting up the stately and heavy timbei
which is indigenous to this portion Of the
country. Our citizens in the country ought
TO feel thankful for such natural blessing ;
without this natural gift, suffering would
have been thus inevitable to some. Thous
aDds Of dollars are annually received frnm
this source, and by which the communii,
live and pay their taxes. Now listen IL
what some Of our practical hoiticultu lists
say George Phillip of this place says
sold Sli0O worth of Strawberries from on,
acre last year. My land was only ordinary
in fertility. lplaced in the trench scatter
ing Of ashes which produced the crop.
Tnomas II. Rgsin, of this town says. ]
,old ut the depot last ear, from one hall
cre of straw berries, clear of all incum
branc 8, 1913 quarts Mt 10 cents per qrnrl
which amuunls to $l9i 80, also sold SlG
worth of plants from the same. This sun
doubled tu give the l. r.alizaliun of n whnl.
acre, arrives tDtt neat little sum of S42O 60
LIT us estimate fium the latter calculation,
now much land is necessary titled in Con
10 cope with the alb we acre, allowing /,
former average per acre. 1t will be found
l.that about ~ acies are required. and Il,
compare our hest Corn growing land, whicl
will yield about ~ bushels TO The acre aud
one stack Of fodder, which will sum up /,
$50, us natural const quence II acre.
would he rrsuiied. Now you see from III,
above computation of comparisons Of The
culture of small fruits 10 the produc
ton of lndian Corn. there is u wtr,
hiatus of prof ableness in favor of n {
fnrmer. Aud from the above computation
"Minus Dinspyros will discover that W,
only want ll9 "carpet baggers from th,
, North who understand the couture of smul
fruits to delve from our productive soil o
li9 acres more hard cash than is now beiu,
reslized from the 5000 acrea which Is anna
ally being murdered in Indian Corn. Nov
J MIR. Diosp,ros y you can readily compre
hend the cause of "hard times" in SUSSEX
Eij,h Hitch Of this vicinity who is u maj
) of uUdnub ed veracitv. Informed me that b.
had peach trees which bear two well de
( veloped crops annually, and from The su,
A usually long summer of last year we wOul
: readily Conclude that Mr.. llitchs tree
. yielded three crops and as ma ural conss
Q quence the great emporiums Of our Countr