The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26
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JACKSON, MISS. FRIDAY. JUNE 26 1874

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stock running at large. There are
great many stock killed by those vii
have sorry fences. The poor fences |
q great inducement for our stock h
become unruly. After they get int
the habit Of getting over sorry fence
good fences will not turn them; vel
we must fence against them, keep III
two or three miles of fence to keerr
j the stock off Of my crops. How 1
this to be done? can't split rails.
Hire it done? Who will you hire j?
There is no white labor to hire
nearly every white man has more
rails to split for himself than he can
split. The freedmen, as a general
thing, have become SO delicate that
they can't do it. Some Of them will
split a few rails, If you will give them
two prices and mix a good chance Of
whisky into the job. We will have to
pass q stock law in few years, in
selfdefense, or abandon farming III
portions Of the State.
Now, that we have the stock out Of
the way, let us see how we are bene-
fitted. We will have time for eyery-
thing. We will build cribs, stables, shell
ters and other out houses, such as
shops, tool-houses and houses for ten.
ants. We will have time to prepare
manures. We will have a great deal
more manure, by reason Of the stock
being where we can control them.
We will have our creeks and branches
cleared up and straitened, SO they can
larry off the water. That will save
,ur bottom lands, that we 50 much
lepend on for our best crops, from
,verfow and utter ruin. We can
thoroughly hillside ditch, and circle
ur lands, thereby save our rolling
ands; and if we would throw up
evees across our bottom lands that
verfow, we would find that they, in
tead Of washing away, would rise
igher by the settling of sediment,
nd they would grow richer every !
ear. We can now plow out to the |
ld Of the rows, instead of turning I
venty feet from the fence and briers /
lat grow in the fence corners. We
IN even plow out into the woods, q
it is a hot day, provided we see a i
'od shade tree about. think some :,
pose the stock law on this account, n
lowing their inclination to hunt 81
ade Of hot days. m N
We would be largely benefited, or %
r lands would, by keeping the stock Ii
our firms. Our farms would grow so
her by letting everything remain II
the land, and turning it under at tn
proper time. Our farm lands are of
iously injured every winter and rio
ing by the stock tramping them in ov
weather, to say nothing of their 20
ing off everything that should 90 sol
There would be twice or sh,
ee times as much wheat and oats vel
n if it was not for the stock. I So
w Of numbers Of men who would sor
wheat and oats, if it could be out
e without cross fences, or without anC
fence. We are not able to get Del
s fences made. 1t is all we can Ian
o get fence around our farms. tur
oat crop would be profitable if it and
2 sown in the fall. Sown in the of !
lg, as is a common custom, the erly
is almost worthless. Hundreds mill
thousands of bushels of wheat and out
are lost annually on account of leas
present fence system; and this is I
all the losses. You would see bear
sands of fruit trees growing on seen
arms if the stock was kept off, as droy
they who destroy all the fruit roam
they can get to. hims
lie stock law is objected to on ae- bors.
of the expense of keeping up the !
took. Let us see how that would dred
by one illustration, supposing unles