The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-09
From the Southern Farm and Home.
Put Your House in Order.
BY COL. A. J. LANE, HANCOCK co.

Limo upon limo and precopt up
on precopt havo been written by
way Of warning and advice to tho
planters of the South, but I have
soen nothing that 80 fully covers
all the ground and is 80 full of
valuable advice as tho article in
your first number headed "Plain
Talk for Farmers, by W. II. r."
ind for mo to attompt to add any
thing moro to what he has 30
beautifully and truthfully said,
may DO styled presumption, and
anything else so noarly on tho
limo laid down by him will hardly
be worth placo in your valuable
Journal.
How often 1t is that wo arc
hoard to boast of our fno climate,
productive soil, certainty of crops,
capacity to grow successfully al
most anything and everything re-
quired by man or beast. And to
SEQ how littlo Of everything that
is consumed by either TINT wo do
produce, it is only necessary to
SEQ the scanty cribs of corn, tho
few poor hogs, otc., in tho country,
and to 500 what comes from other
countries-tho Egypt alluded to
by your correspondent abovo ro-
ferrod to--a stroll through your
own city will suffice. Tho barrels
upon barrels Of -four, bacon hogs
heads without number, corn with
out end-not even u few onions,
Irish potatoes or cabbagcs can be
had-except from Tennessee or
blessed Now EnglandI
We arc just now entering upon
another year with all tho bright
prospects of pecuniary reward,
stimulated by tho SUCCESS of tho
past yoar. Each striving to in.
crease his working forco, adding q
few moro mules to his plow toams
using better agricultural inple
ments and tertilizors, limitod only
by tho money TO DO spent in thoil
purchase, and worry many making
arrangements through their fac,
tors and others to bny on crodit
And why, for what is all this bo
ing done? "To raise moro cot.
ton" Yos, cotton is tho all-absorb.
ing cry. On overy hand wo hoal
that cotton pays bottor than any.
thing olso, and that it will ncvol
be less than 20 conts per pound
Figures arc produced to show tho
great profits over other crops, ctc
TO show what will be tho ruin
Of this country, and especially oi
tho class TO which alludc, is tho
object Of this article, and if
should succeed in changing q fcw
acres Of cotton into corn, or somc
thing olso to eat, then will I have
contributed my mito and fool that
l have rendered service to my
fellow planters and tho country
1t is now generally conceded that
tho cotton crop Of 1860 will roach
about two and three quarter mil
lion bales, and that tho prico viii
not fall below 20 cents, and vii
most likely rulc, as at present
above that figure. Except for the
protractod drought Of last sum
NOR tho crop would certainly have
reached ovor thrco million balos
The caterpillar and army worm
camo to our relief in 1868, and in
stead Of 90 conts and upwards W.
would not havo roalized over IL tc
IS cents.
Lot us thon SEQ what q crop O
thrco and a half million bales vii
bring. According to tho best roa
soning that wo can bring to boar
from 10 to IL cents would bo tn,
highest price that could bo OBJ
tanned. With those prices, which
all admit arc far below tho actua
cost Of production, in what condi
will wo find ourselves Is tho
language too strong to say thatas
q class wo arc ruined, and that
our ruin is tho ruin Of our coun
try? I think not. Un'oss W.
havo tho supplies absolutely ro
quirod, this will certainly bo oul
condition.
l.