The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-11-17

eatlon and production, suited to 9
a classes and conditions of society, and Il
successful cultivation Of all the articl,
mentioned. These lands are now ehea
ranging from Government price to frol
: one dollar to thirty dollars per acre, i
value being regulated by Improvement
) location, quality and quantity. The L
. Dor Of tins State Is sufficient for all agr
cultural purposes, and by reason of il
long experience and thorough identifies
: ton with the climate and soil, is the bes
in the world. We only need capital an
enterprise, with rules and regulation
suited to the present condition of things
TO accomplish splendid and useful result:
These we can and must command, b
J the practice Of economy by rightly di
recting all of our talent and energies
by the perfection and execution of iu
! dicious system of irrigation. In tn
practice of economy we should remem
Der that those who raise articles whicl
r they do not consume, and consume arti
cles which they do not raise, are forceG
to rely on others for the necessarie
of life, and can never be prosperous
wealthy and independent. We shoull
therefore buy as little as possible anc
4 sell all that we can reasonably spare, ane
save and utilize everything that We have
and waste nothing; and to do so. we
should keep these matters always in
mind, and in connection with everything
we do. High rates of interest, lawsuits,
credit and mortgages, are eating cancers
on our prosperity and independence ; lei
US study to get along without their pres
ence. We should, as far as possible,
4 educate our children at home, and save
the expense of sending them abroad, as
we'll as to more certainly guard their
morals, promote their health, and also
/ to employ their leisure hours in useful
labor. We should not, in our individ-
ual capacity, spend money and time in
experiments, but should confine ourselves
| to the cultivation of those articles which
are known to be best suited to our partic-
ular locality and home. Each county,
however, should have one or more ex-
| perimental farms, purchased and owned
by agricultural or Grange societies, or
| by both, and under the direction of a
given number of men to be chosen an
nually for this purpose from among
themselves. All necessary experiments
can, in this manner, be carried on more
cheaply and intelligently, producing, at
the same time, more valuable results.
Besides, these experimental farms would
afford convenient and admirable places
for the periodical assemblage of these
societies, to note progress and interchange
views touching the same, as also those
social reunions so necessary to our friend
ships and mutual sympathies.
We do not take sufficient care of our
horses, mules and other stock, wagons,
carts, plows, and other implements of
hushandry. Our loss, by negligence, in
bred and fifty thousand dollars. This
amount of capital and property is thus
actually forever destroyed. The loss in
our crops; resulting from weak and in
sufficient teams, and imperfect plows and
machinery we estimate to be about ten
per cent. of the entire cotton crop of the
State, aggregating three hundred thou
sand dollars annually. These two losses
amount to four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. The percentage of loss
in the grain and vegetable crops, from
the same causes, is much greater. TWEEN
ty thousand dollars is the estimated
annual loss of sheep by dogs and
by neglect. Besides, the existence of
the causes of these losses prevent US
from engaging more extensively in sheep
raising. It has been ascertained by
practical experiments, that the annual
cost of farm dog, apart from his dep
relations on sheep, is equal to the ex-
pense OF raising, on the farm, three hun
dred pounds of pork. If possible, eff
fective measures should be devised OF
arrest this widespread waste and destruc-
ton of property and inhumanity to ami
mails, as al 80 matter of economy to re-
duce the number of dogs to our absolute
necessities. 1t is wise to remember, prac-
ticaliy, in connection with the various
subjects under consideration, that, ac-
cording to the Bible 81 He that tilleth
his land shall be satisfied with bread;
ssThe thoughts of the diligent tend only
to righteousness but of every one that Is
hasty, only to want" These truths are
confirmed by our own observation and ex-
perience. We learn from the same I'M
erring sources of information, that our
original and ever-recurring wants are
first, food for the sustenance of our bodies;
the next is clothing, to shield US against
the vicissitudes of the seasons: and the
third is habtation; and our attributes,
moral, physical and intellectual, are per-
fectly suited to a knowledge of these
principles and the supply of our neces-
sites. In thus first providing for our
necessities, we become independent of the
credit system, and guard against the un-
certainties of trade and speculation. /
repeat that our first duty Is to provide
a certain support for ourselves and fami-
lies. Wealth will in more instances fol-
low this policy than the opposite one
that of seeking q fortune for fortunes
sake.
We should be alive to. our necessities
and to all the varied requirements of our
oecupaiion-should not be rash in rum
ming into experiments, or prejudiced
against well authenticated Improvements,
practieing always rigid but enlightened
economy. Lands should be fed before
they are exhausted; worked before they
are foul. A convertible husbandry, or
a rotation of crops, should be generally
practiced. Wet land should be drained
! of its surplus water, that health and fer
tility be alike promoted. Dry lands
should be irrigated, where its physical
formation will admit. Deep ploughing
and thorough pulverization ara also neces-
sary to the attainment of success, and to
this end, strong, healthy teams and good,
suitable plows should be provided. We
should diversity our crops by the cultiva-
ton of such articles rs will most certainly
remunerate US. To suit the vicissitudes
of the seasons and the adaptation of the
/ two sexes, of every condition of age and
youth, to the different kinds of toll or
employment, we would naturally be led to
! the growing of such varied crops as are