Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-29
Plant Cotton,

1T always brings Inc money; ana WlCh
it you will re enabled to pay for your
guano-ttat valuable and indis-
pcnsalle article, without which it
would be very foolish for any man 10
try to mako D crop. III is more easily
applied, and SO much better than
stable manure, and so little trouble
to procure. a rid c to town or to the
depot, and the simple signing of your
name to slip Of paper will be the
means of obtnir,irg for you ali you
may desire. Stable manure and cot
ton seed are too bulky, and require
SO much more labor to apply, that by
many their use is utterly ignored. and
the fashionable, cheap, valuable and
concentrated guano has taken the
place of the old.fashioned manurcs
Plant largely Of cotton. 1t sounds
big o talk about your crop of cotton.
It serves to make you interested III
the money market and the price Of
the staple both III this country and
i'll Europe. 1t seems t. quicken the
pcrceptive faculties, and cause you to
calculate how much guano you can
buy for so much cotton, for by many,
this is, the purpose for which it is
raised; or, if not, it is the only pur-
pose TO which the money received Tor
it can be applied.
Plant largely Of cotton and neglect
your corn crop, because ifyou make
cotton you can purchase corn Con
credit, and meat, too) but if you raise
corn and Il plenty of it, you will have
fat horses, fat cattle, fat hogs, and
money in hand and then you will be
deprived Of the exquisite pleasure Of
asking for credit, and being some
times refused. This luxury will have
to he dispensed with. And do you
not desire tlis-of course not, for il
is such n delightful feeling to owe
your factors, to be indebted to your
merchants, to know that almost every
man you meet has your note i'll his
pocket, past due, and to be button
holed and dunncd dozen times Il
Cay; it adds SO much 10 mans
popularity, it is SO soothing to your
nerves, so tranquilizing to your
whole system; gives you such an ex-
cellcnt appetite, and produces such
quiet and refreshing slumbers, that
you cannot afford to dispense with it.
Being i'll debt is such II glorious feel
ing, SO conducive to hcaltha aud hap
pncss, that you feel it to b your
duty toyourself, to your family, and
to your friends, to owe, and to do
this plant plenty Of cotton, for ii will
be sure to keep you i'll debt, and if
this will make you contcntcd, you
will be happy indeed. You can, III
your leisure moments, sympathizc
with your ncighbor who has smoke.
house full Of bacon, of his own rails
ing; Il corn crib well filled with large
ears of the golden grain, who has
plenty of money and is troubled
about seeking safe and secure in
vcstment for his surplus. Go and see
him; you can relieve him of his
trouble; your plantation lies adjoin-
ing his, and as a friend, assist him in
investing his money by borrowing it,
and give him Il mortgage OH your
place. What a satisfaction this will
be 10 you, to know you have done
your ncighbor good. md to know
that in few years he will have con
troll of all your premises, and you be
relieved entirely from the cares and
responsibilities Of ownership. What
n joke it will be to tell how you have
succeeded In making your ncighbor
with his corn and his meat pay the
taxes now, formerly paid by you.
But then lie deserves to be punished
i'll this way, because lie never was
much Of a planter; he only made
lew bales Of cotton, and was hardly
known out Of his district; but you are
big plnntor-you make your hund-
red bags, and are known in Savan-
nah as gentleman who is always in