The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-31

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iimp iU hUulirF up ttiur. md llp
ground, tuull uUrnfrurrsi Wna nruUd
rundiliuh, The lduw wUulh nul take n
M nh, except M Intervals pud no
wunduf, Tor immediately undcr TIE
surface u would encounter '-umptliiug'
NJ lust about the consistency NJ putty
only when very wet the pOw would
enter, and then II would turn yer i'm
mensr "llnkC-,n which, WhUu dried 10y
the sun, would become hard ~ paving
-tUur-. Thus you See II was utter folly
~ expect n crop from land IN such u
condition. 10 use II common saying,
hut quite expressive, the lnnd WIS
killed-it was dead. When this Kill
Ing discovery was forced upon mo-iOr
IL was killing IN more ways than one
Il of COURSE adOl ted the remedy,
which was simple, and severely Ia keep
my stock out af the fields. liut II took
the freezes aud frpsts, sunshine aud
winds Of several years before that land
rcgnncd Its original healthy produc-
tivcuess. And ever after that have
had no Difficulty IN gathering from
ten to twelve bales of cotton To the
hand, aud more corn than necessary.
II this article should meet the eye of
any prairie planter OF east Mississippi
or Alabama, venture to say he Will
recognize the accuracy of the above
statement-the quality of the land he
ing very much alike In some respects.
Social LcanncsS.
The American farmer, with all his
planning, aud all his building, has
never made provision for life. lie has
only considered the means of getting
u living Everything outside of this
everything relating to society and
culture--hus been steadily ignored.
He xiv rs his children the advantages
of schools, not recognizing the fact
that these very advantages call into
life new set OF social wants. y bright,
well educated family, in lonely farm
house. il very different material from
family brought up in ignorance. An
American farmers children, who have
had few terms at neighbOring
academy, resemble in no degree the
children of the European peasant.
They come home with new ideas and
new wants, and If there is no provision
made for these new wants, and they
find no opportunity for their satisiic-
ton, they will he ready, on reaching
their majority, to fly the farm and seek
the city. Ii the American farmer
wishes to keep his childrev' near him,
he must learn the difference between
living and getting II living; and we
mistake him and his grade Of culture
altogether if he does not stop over this
statement and wonder what we mean
Ia, i,,ip "a, luL Al 4, Al
to become OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is the
whole of life to agricultural multitudcs,
discouraging, IN their numbers, to con-
template. 10 them there is no differ
ence between living and getting II liv-
Their whole life consists in getting II
living; and when their families come
back to them from their schooling, and
find that, really, this is the only pur-
suit that has any recognition under the
parental roof, they must go away.
The boys push to the center of the
cities, and the girls follow them if they
can. A young man ora young woman
raised to the point where they appre-
bend the difference between living
and getting II living, can never he sa t.
islied with the latter alone Either
the farmers children must be kept
ignorant, or provision must be made
for their social wants. Brains and
hearts need food and clothing rs well
as bodies, and those who learn to
recognize brains and hearts rs the best
and most important parts OF their per-
sonul possessions, will go where they
can find the ministry they need. What
is the remedy? How shall farmers
manage to keep their children near
thSm: now can we uiscouIuse tne
Influx Vi unnecessary nnayi oa'u W.
ii'.o .hc oi.ies we
answer: ny i'i"hiuS ns'!oui.","i so
ciely a'tracc'Ve' rhi '',e ''' lVu'ee
WIN perio"icais anu ooohs' Estaol'sI
centrai rea"ihs r"oi,'s Vi neishooiiioou
CLUBS. hicourage tie socia, niee.l hss
OF the young. nave conceits' lectures
amateur ura'iia''c nssoc'h;i1i is: ,Es.
laoiisil oilSht' ncI,tG socia' tiie, III, nr
hnS ,,T ,''';,', - t,r w., ,,noS;hia in
.,; u. ar T.'iu' a 10, q, .s , n,iia 70
n,'ins I'LL, iShnr ,,,,u w w Sn,aea nne,S
o ; III, '" ,,.,, W" rnn,, mo;ubhnr
M - go, i;f, 3,
thn rr,aa a' .,r VI n thot i;t' n"d ~ talis
,, na ~, u" W .;,n' ~ 'III';, H.,
H., ,,n,, 49,, .,',ra.;.ta nm'i L, 80
tha ainn,t.,J wn,nn nyay ISnrihnsr,s
NInnthiv
mummy
Choice Of Seed ana Fieid ofCor"-
J,osn,uon no ~. bovs odvoo,tad tho
roisinr nf lnr,,or crnns eyen ,t tha ax-
rn,,sa ,f ,oraora narh,ns a single tnrn
r., ,Io ,xnar;anoo nf n fr;nnd NJ nurs
ra o ae u,,nn uovnua J,aKe NAV COME
=, o,,,srn, ua 10 a good forn,.r nm
,,na "pt; two ,,,Iua Of tborn,vh II
tnoa and en- unstintnd en- nIovment If
faE s We nurs,tes n reG,Inr rotn.
TO-, nf crnns TOD commonly neglected
as f,Ilnws. Snld oro,iud is turnrd over
and rI,nt.d i'm corn. ,his il folIowed hv
hn,I -, .,,,i u,h.nt tha wheat rnc.iyin,,
" tnn draSsiny ard the yro,,nd ~ seai'
ed to clover with the last crop. Last
of one hundred and sixty-two and one.
half bushels of ears per acre, which is
certainly something extraordinary.
This SUCCESS is partially attributable to
the good cultivation and thorough ut-
lrnilou. mi he is satisfied that ms sue.
cess with this crop is largely due to a
careful selection of seed. For wears
he has followed the practice of plant-
inp corn only from those ears which
have crown upor stalks bearing one
or two Others. The result is his field
annually is made up of stalks having
two mr. more well developed ears upon
tben and hence the large Weld. We
nav too little attention to this selection
ri ps ssed If farmers woulJ choose i'm.
from the produce of their
own fields this season, and sow the
seed nv itself a few wears. they might
40 far better than sowing the seeds
sent ont nv entprntisiuv Office. seekers.