Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14
THE FARM.

The following from the Rural
Carolinian shows the crop pros
pect at this time in
MISSISSIPPI.
/. THE SEAsoN.-Wet and cold
AS in the other States already
Planting late.
2. SMALL GRAIN CROPs.-These
and the grasses are increased over
last year. Present appearance, ut
date Of returns, fair.
3. Corrox.-Acreage increased
in some counties largely. Many
improved varieties have been in
troduced.
4. CoRx.-Less planted than
last year, SO far as our returns en-
able us to Judge.
5. OTHER CRoPs.-Few returns.
6. IMPROVEMENTS. - Improved
implements and a better system
Of cultivation are gaining ground.
| Commercial fertilizers are begin
ming to lie used.
I. LABoR.-The negro labor of
Mississippi is apparently less re-
liable and effective than almost
anywhere else. The freedmen
generally contract for part ofthc
crop. Wages, when given, from
ten to twenty dollars per month
and rations. A large number Of
immigrants have been introduced
with good success.
BRIEF EXTRACTS.
HANCOCK co.-Hancock county
is covered with q dense forest.
Most people are in the lumber bu'
siness. Cleared land, splendid for
fruit land, cheap and abundant,
Semi -trOpical products will grow
here. Needed-morc white immi.
grafton. +. H..
The county is agriculturally un.
developed. Its lands raise better
sea island cotton than those Of
South Carolina and Georgia, and
more to the acre; and to fruits
vegetables and root crops, it /:
splendidly adapted. S. T. r.
KENPER Co.-There is a sprink.
ling Of Durham cattle through the
county, and they are preferred tC
any yet introduced. A few Ches
ter White hogs have been intro
duced within the last few years
and are much liked.
On account of frequent failure:
from rust, oats had almost ceaset
to be a crop, but within the last
few years it has beeu discovered
that red oats do not rust, and thai
variety is now generally plantet
with much success. A. n. NJ.
DE- SOTo Co.-There has beer
a general improvement in hog
through the introduction Of tn,
Chester White, Berkshire, Wo
bum and Giraffe. But little at
tcnticn. to other stock.
Many immigrants have been in
troduced. The Swedes, Swiss anC
Danes, giving general satisfaction
while the Germans have proven
unreliable.
LOwNDEs Co.-About 1000 i'm
migrants introduced into this sec
ton. They accept such partner
ships in crops as negroes get.
r. H. S.
CABDAGEs.-Why does not ever,
farmer cultivate a greater breadth
of cabbages for their stock at thi
season of the year? 1t is by ia
the best succulcnt vegetable 70
cows in milk, keeping up the yielt
and preserving better than an,
other food some portions o
the quality which cheese lose!
when the cows quit their pas
lures. Cows, on cabbage, ar
always quite satisfied, while OIL
turnips they now and then scouI
and become restless. Cabbag,
may be given whole in the yard 0.
in barn. They should not b.
given when frozen or frosted, a,
they are liable to produce hoven
unless first allowed to thaw.
large COW will eat sixty pounds
day, at two meals, but a smalle.
amount with other food is suti
cient and quite as well. An owe.
supply Of green food will some
times produce abortion. Cabbagr
are excellent for young stock also
Turf, Field and Farmer.
FENCEs.-In many agriculture.
districts in Europe, the American
traveller notices the absence Of
fences. All over France, one
scarcely sees a fence, and Englisl
farmers divide their lands will
hedges, but these are being ex
tensively done away with now, q.
keeping hedges in condition ART
too inconvcnient and expensive fol
the little use they are. Those
owning cattle are obliged to TAX,