The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-20

o. Teams In Farming.

our views Of how blowing might be
s;s.,c 30 az 10 lesson our demand Of,
manual Labor on. half or two thirds
A queal,nn bard Y second in impor-
IT, re 70 oar people is that Of the
teams to he used. In this we have
signally overlooked our natural al
vantages, a. We have hundreds OF
others which lie neglected ut our
doorx We allutle ~ the OK. Not
many weeks ago We heard 4 gen.
tleman who purchases largely ill
Texas cattle, say he was offered in
Texas twenty yoke of broken oxen
each yoke averaging 1900 pounds
ut e2O per yoke-$4OO; just the
price OF a pair Of No l. mules. As
We stated, the great disiIeratum
in blowing; not only to save manu-.
al Labor, but to plow thoroughly is
concentration OF power. We need
tell no one that two yoke Of oxen
weighing 500 pounds Ito the OK
would be q much greater conccn.
tration of power than a pair OF
mules, and therefore mtri"sica'Iy
worth more in mak.inc crop even
if they l'lowel over n., larger space
per day. But two yoke OF oxen
would plow within n fraction of
twice as much as a pair of mules. -
This is not the only advantage
They could be ted on hay, shucks
pea vines and cotton seed, food as
much cheaper than corn and oats,
rs the OK is cheaper than the male.
But all these things are well under
stood and acquiesced in by our cit.
liens and the marvel is that they
have never turned them to their
advantage. If one Of our citizens
has an hundred or hundred and tif
ty dollars with which to bny plow
teams; liz either buys one good mule
or two very inferior ones and with
10 more team than that to a plow,
no one can farm successfully
Whereas if half that money had
been invested in oxen he would
h"vc had power enough with one
hand to have turned under three
acres OF green manure per day or
suhsOil the same quantity to the
depth of 1G to Is inches, or have
thrown two acres per day into beds
OF any desired width. OF course
We contemplate this blowing to bc
done with the gang pillow or cult
vatOr or sub.soiler, and why not :?
What is the Steam Plow but
such an implement, except it is
adapted to ~ greater concentrations
ut power than that OF our two yoke
of oxen. If our farmers only had
the faith to believe and shake of
the letters Of old ideas, there is
nothing to prevent them; even in
their poverty from making the Tex
as OK to them what the Steam En-
gihe has been made to the farmers
Of England.
We know that our suggestions
will bc met with the objection that
oxen cannet pillow in hot Wealth.
They can stand it almost as well as
our plants can, but the farmer who
will commence blowing in time, as
we have directed in our former arti
Giles, aud manipulatcs his barn yard
manure so as to destroy the grass
seeds in it before it Is on bis land
will not have to pillow his crop in
June. 1t has been well and truly
said that the best time to tend
crop is before planting.
HIGH FARMING IN THE SOUTH,
IN no part Of Europe or America
Can high farming" be so advanta-
geonsly adopted as ia the cotton
States No other field crop than
cotton Will give, under high ma
nurlng, an equal return, unless it
may br grass, in favorable local.
ties.o Market gardens within reach
OF the cities may give large results,
but the products of these gardens
are not field crops.
The cereals have theiro ascertain
eel limits OF production. W!lcnev-
cr there is an excess Of manure the
small grains will lodge and fall,
and the crop be ruined. In Eng