The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-05
Plant Provisxon Crops-Reducs Cotton
s Area and Mako More Cotton. Il =

Plant ProvisIon Crops-Reducs Cotton
Area and Make More Cotton. "a :
Wehave now entered npon another
year. apd our farmers and planters
will soon begin Ito prepare for. cropa.
They will be wise if they lay it Gown
as an "inaexible rule, first. to solicit
from their land all the products neces.
sary to sustain life that it is capable OF
yielding, or that are required; and.
secondly, to model their cotton crop
upon that of Mr.. Warthen, OF Gcorgia.
He produced FIVE bales of cotton to
the acre. and with, very little labor
after planting. Bot the land was in
perfect order 20 receive the eeed, tho
roughly manured, the best seed used,
and judicious garden-like culture
adopted. Marvellous as was his suo-
cess, it is, possible to achieve it again,
and perhaps surpass it. "Notwith-
standing" " says. @. "; Howard, in the
last Rural Caro!inian, "the well-est
lished result of Mr.. Warthcn's celc-
brated acre OF cotton, do not believe
thst the possibilities of an acre OF cot.
ton have been reached. When expe.
rimental science has proved precisely
what is the fertilizer, and what pro-
portions that will produce the greatcst
amount OF lint to the stalk of cotton,
and when market garden culture is
used, the maximum will probably be
learned" The average farmer may
not dream OF eaualing or approzi.
mating this grand achievement, but it
is lesson for him. nevertheless. It
should teach him the way to get out of
the old ruts OF getting only bnle of
cotton from three to Eve acres. The
first requisite is to appreciate his pre-.
sent backward position, due to neglect
of home comforts and requirements
and waste of labor upon boundless
cotton area. Raise supplies sufficient
and to spare. Concentrate upon
small area for cotton, and make it tell.
lt,,I
SUICIDES. The disposition to CON-
NIT snicide seems to be growing one
ip this country. Our columns con-
.tained an account the other day of the
striking and sad case of Colonel An.
derson. in Atlanta; then of Presby.
terian minister in Washington. and for
the past month there has not been q
single day in which the telegraph has
not made one or more additions to the
list. A correspondent. writing from
Indianapolis to the Cincinnati Cam.
anercial. mentions large number that
have occurred in that city; some OF
them being. apparently. without pro-
vocation. Two men who wero we'll to
do in the world terminated their ex-
istence to avoid the payment of taxes.
They seem to have thought it time to
square the acoonnt with one govern
ment and ts open q new one with an
other. under the conviction, doubtless,
TINT the worst government on the
other side OF death was nm improve
ment upon "the best the world ever
saw" What is singular. thero was but
one bachelor among the number, while
the names OF several unmarried girls
appear who had loved and lost. The
statistics OF New York show u largo in.
crease in that city also, aud if VIC keep
on in this way we will rival the old Ro-
mans in our readiness to face the dis.
advantages and dangers Of another
world in preference to enduring The
cares and disnppointments of this.
The leading Democratic papers in
this State endorsed the OWL Rights
Bill by advocating tho election of
Judge Green Union.
The old Misrepresentation again.