The farmers' vindicator., 1874-09-18

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Of I|lI1 and the balance would
be against us. The cotton States nevers
did give thatlatteption to grain which
is required Of the true farmer; but We
did vastly better before the war, when
we controlled the labor, than now.
Comparing the year 1860 with the year
1870, we find, BY the census reports Of
the Government, That ils lH70 in the
cotton States, there Is Az 1b&0lute loss
of corn Of I09,000 600 of bushels;
sufficient to bread .. 900 600 of labor
ers for one entire year that in wheat
there is a loss Of 8,000,000 bushels;
rice 113, 900, 900 bushels; hay ITO, 900
| tons, while the cotton crop Of 1870
and 1871 was nearly as large as ever
raised.
Rome, in the grandeur Of her Re
publican simplicity,
WENT TO THE PLow
for her consuls and her warriors, and
even her sublimest poet sang in bucolic
strains; but when the Empire came
and Cesarism triumphed, freedmen
were masters on the farm, and Egypt
and Podalia became her graineries,
and thence alone her subsistence was
drawn. The concentration Of power,
the combinations and extravaganza of
of wealth, the lust of official station, 4
but above and beyond all the loss Of
agricultural independence and the con,
seguent dependence for subsistence
upon "foreign nations, who became
hostile ones" brought the proud EN-
pire, 'diverse from all the rest" down
to the dust and rent her into fragments
Is there sufficient resemblance here,
to make a comparison? Will our
decay, which no one disputes, cease
until the country is deserted wild,
left only to the half cultivated and
feebly scratched patches of the freed
man, SO long as we depend for SO great
portion Of our subsistence upon the
fertile plains Of Illinois, and the highly
cultivated valleys Of the Great Westi
Isitnotapparent brothers, is itnotappa-
rent, that we can never successfully
raise cotton with which to buy meat,
and corn, and all the necessities of
life; with the power Of the Govern
ment, and the wealth Of the specula-
tors combined against us, in its cultiya-
ton?
How long, o! how long will you
follow the miserable system adopted at
the close Of the war--the planting Of
cotton alone, and partnershipping
with the laborer? Patrons with you
at least let the carnival Of cotton end
let the cropping system with the labor
er cease hire for wages and thus in
augurate your own independence
assure the cleaning of your fence
corners and bitches, new rails, and the
rebuilding Of your fences, the cleansing
Of your moulding and fre-fanged barn
yards, and the saving of rich stores Of
fertility, the cultivation of fruit, the
planting of trees, and the adornment
Of your homes; and SO let farming,
true farming, come to the front, with
corn for commander Of the forces and
cotton in the ranks, and shortly the
balances would be in our favor.
When we take home to our hearts,
the serious truth, that this has been the
most inauspicious season, for crops of
all kinds, for many years, and that
the grain crops, although the acreage
was greatly in excess Of past years,
are nOtsuficientfor home consumption
that the drouth has been equally fatal
in the West, with one of the plaques
of Egypt ravaging the land of its green
and growing crops; how painful it is
to think of him who neglecting his
opportunity, has no corn, and must
look abroad for subsistence for the
coming year, and to get it pay the
enormous profits of the rail roads and
the per cent. of the merchants.
CORN is CASH,
and as the very foundation stone Of
this Order is cash, let it be based on
corn. Plant corn then, Patrons Of
Husbandry, plant corn and save the
land-sow grain and invite pros sperity--
plant corn and cancel the deeds Of
trust, which hang like the sword of
Damocles, over the homesteads of your
wives and little ones-sow grain and
assure immigration-piant corn and
live under your own vine and fig.tree, i.
a free, independent and happy people,
with no barren and quilted fields to
shock the eye, no rotting and neglected
fences to invite the solitary hog to
plunder half titled patches, no dilapi-
lated houses and barns 10 shame the
owner, and above all, no deeds Of trust
TO. wiring the silent tear from the faith
ful, helpgiving, and trembling wife,
but let the cheerful words of song
bubble up from her grateful heart and
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