, 1875-01-16

b,ft' III all cAats, II
| MUTT uE Objected.
Ho Tong has .hir hoe,r tho practice that tho habit
cal,llnt bo shaken MI and tho frcotln,an
whether a tenant or a tny-aborer, cannot DO LOFT
| to hlmat!f Naturally lullnEcnt aud improyhtent
| lis Seldom looks forward to results, Al l have
hetoro stated, his waEoa arn low,-$l0 10 81:
pc: month, with = pocx Of nraf and poarda ot
bacon = week. There Is lIttlo chance or his bo.
Ing ahlo to hny mile at SITS or $a0o muc1
lcEs 10 purchase 3lO acroB OF laut The Ia yery
aharet. Of which oneinf ts his. saY at elb0. On;
OF this o rnuAt pay half Of tho feed for lilo mule
halt ot tho ginning mud palng, and feed hia fan,-
max. ~ ss pts To- s II or III aeFo' OF ''rn he
Tho planter WHO las TO nohoy must pay high
rate fof his aupplies, And q per caWt = month
| for the advance. and givo n,urtgago OH his
land or crops for tic doo.; md, When thu ac-
mud ha help.
TIE GREAT DRAWBACK
| IL in tho want 1T care aud supcrinttndcnco, 40
essential as before stated. Fow Of the sons Of
tho planters arc disposed TO follow planting, anil
uoat prefer sumo profession or idlet,cas and tho
result IL general htn9nntson OF business. Willie
Slavery Was very profitable, 1t onEenderel habits
Of pro1ligacy and idcness, that becams 10 fixgd
that it will tsaufro many generations 10 correct
thcm., All Of these things give the Northern
man tho advantage in the npbutlling Of the
fortunes Of tho South. No country like this can
be long neglected. for the hand OF industry and
thrift will aoon restore 1t to ts proper esanllng
Cheap lands cheap la0or, anu cheap treights, arc
great factors in tho erection Of new AutncA and
now these are within roach.
few days SINCE Was on a plantation Of
eomc 600 acres, that, before tho War, had pro-
dnced = prihcely rnsenuo; and yet the butter on
tim tabio canc f,onl tile North. at 4 cost Of 81
conta pound. The corn bread WAS also grown At
tho North. Tho whole plantation MAS III
RTATE OF DECAY,
and young pne.trecs wers filling tho old cotton
Holds. Tie cowB browhad IN tho caue-brAkoa,
antl came up to bo mi1ked semi-occasionallY
scarcely producing milk for use, to say nothing
Of butter. Cuwa thus paAturcd nre fed siua!l
quantity Of cotton seed In addition, but the but
tor Is uuht for uso Tho Northern farmers, A.
they como hero, provide for pasturage, aud many
mako good butter. and have plenty Of rich milk
The hotels are supplied by these poopls At 40
cents gallon.
BERMUDA GRASS
il thu bluegrass Of tho South, aud mahes = most
excellent pasturage. A planter ncar jackson
has $50 acres Of this Rrass lnclosed, and Ia get
ting up l flock Of 1000 shoep. Ila had
his leaving, at sl.6o to e2 per hsad, and his
shepherd wns TO got tho remainder within q few
days. NJ hay would need be cut for thcm. as
the pnBturage is constant the entire year. will
venture to say that, for Bheep-luabandry. there
il no better State In tho Union. Many old plant
crs hkye assured me that In auto. beiIum times,
that produced on tho pastures Of this bermuda
grass. Another planter hAa 100 lead OF cattle
now pasturlng on this eame Kind Of graHB, that
has overrun the old, abandoned cotton fields ia
his neighborhood; aud hs says that hs uayer
saw stock do better.
There are many thousands or acres Of land that
may bo had at - per acre III largo lots. Theec
lands arc mostly mortgagad, and must be sold to
pnv these mortgages.
To-day couYersel with small farmer who
had been fof thirty years On sugar plantation,
but for tile past five yo~rs resident OF the piny
woods about 25 miles south Of this point. In
1879 he planted acres to
suaAR-cANE,
aud in tho season Of 1873, made 500 gallons OF
sirnp to tho acre and, though the year 1874 had
been severe ono on account of the drought ho
had nade $50 gallons from the aero. This slrup
was worth Is cents per gallon, as it was it was
the tuica OF tho cane just ~ it came from tue
press. Ih's gentleman thinks that sugar can DO
prohtab!y mado OH this class Of upland, provided
that tue 1armsr could have the proper apIarAtus
for making the sugar; but shat tho eommon open
pan only made an inferior sugar. and 1t WAS moze
proftabtot in tho absence Of vacuum pans and
centr,fugals. TO make tho crop into strip. Tbs
looks very reasonable, and is perhaps nearer tho
truth than statements mado me that sugar could
Wost bail sorghum Or tho sap OF tho maple. The
price Of sugar made In open pans may bo cents,
while that III vacuum pans will bring 10 cents,
This is an important difference
CnorEQuA, Miss, Jan. 1.-The day has been
rainy, At least tho latter part Of it. In the
mornsng spout aomo hou1a with tho
FATHER nEDEMrToI1srs,
q school for tho Catholic clergy. The school In
nneW cue, Of only three years. standing, aud has
eight advanced students and about twenty lust
entered. Tho institution il located on tho bluffs
Of tho Tongapoho liver, about l n,lo from
the depot. The selection VIVA was made on ae-
count Of the salubrity Of tho climtto, being ont
Of the reach Of the msasma Of the riyer-bottoms.
~ ~ Mars nj,
residences hero; among them, Col. Gordon, a
Director Of the Now Or'eaus st. Louis l. Chi
cago liallrond, to whom l am indebted for the
visit to tue Fathers.
hayo attritlou by tho Catholic missionary. to
produce tho food for the mission and among
the aitla in that direction iB t,e
IN this they becoms practical toachors. The lay
brothers have ci,srgo Of this part Of tho work,
under the direction Of tho Superior. Ia
the first place, we visited tho vineyard.
which contains over acres, In which arc both
European and natiro grapes. Over fifty vsre-
ties are Oh trial but it is probable that the Soup
pernong vii be the one grape for general cnl-
turo, and that nearly Ill the others will have to
gire 1t place. In the vegetable garden, we noto
cabbage, turops, caulttlower. coiery, Brussels
sprouts. iottuce, spinach, onions, leeks, otc.,
from which the family draw daily suppiles: Tue
Peas have boen planted. but nre not up ; aud
1rfsll potatous aad bweet corn Aln not planted
unsl the grouud narms up, about tho 1at OF
February, AZ the aol III naturally cold.retent-
i've QUO, mud it is better to wait uusil tho air be-
comos moro genial. Iu the orchard are apple,
pear, and peach. al' OF which look thrifty, but
are yet too young 10 produce mulch of crop,
though now showing fruit.b .bnla. Que small rose
was in bloom, tho first that I hare seen Ia tho
ouen ground. The iiespilus plun, vas Just be-
ginning to show It's "hlte blossoms. These
Fathers have shown that vegetables may be grown
cAeaply and abuadantly but, ns at tic North,
atable-mauure is quite essential. The COWS on
tho place arc tile common brood, aud are consid-
cred AZ valuable aa Jersoys or Dovns. They are
fed slops. al with Us, and give good rich milk,
from which tho family mako butter for thoir tire.
They also make tlletr Owl pork.
III the grounds Of Col. Gordon Ia
TEA-rAEE
In perfect health sono 9 feet high. The family
use tha leayea for tea. This ia probably shout
tho northern limit Of ts plant ~ 1t IL 40 ever-
gFeen. llao tho l!Yo-oak and iaurel,-th Leaf
somewhat resembling tho former, being to TX
inches long. and Of . deep gseen color. The
orange ia not quite hardy OH shese bills, bus is
found n few miIea to the south. This place,
though In the pny woods, has been erodod by
water 70 AZ to present very hilly appearance,
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