Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-16
HERN ANDO,
The CrOps-Th hat the Planters Have TO
Say-A Grange Enterprise -EcOnO-
my and Cooperation,
From an Occasional Correspondent OF tie


From an Occasional Correspondent OF tie
Appeal
HERNANDo, Miss, April Is After a
brief respite ofsunshiDy, sweet-tempered
weather, we again had floods Of rain
last Wednesday and Thursday. The
spring, up to the present time, has bsen
exceedingly unfavOrable to farming Ops-
ratiops, and, in general way, proved
already fatal to the anticipated crop OF
peaches and plUms. Unless we have 8
killing frost after this, there will be an
abundance of apples and some pears6
Mr.. Joseph Goodman, very successful
hOrticulturist, residing near Hernapdo,
tells me his vines are full Of young
strawberries, which will be ripe the first
of May, and everybody hopes for plenty
Of blackberries. [ am sorry to say that
there is not altogether as large au area
In wheat this year as last, but what
there is of it looks beautiful, as do the
fields of other small grain. notice there
has been a pretty general repairing Of
fences in this neighbcrhood. The law
making hog-stealing peDitentiary Of
fense, worked through by our represen-
tative, Nichols, is already baviDg hap.
py effect on the peripatetic coiored man,
securing the woods with his gun or rifle.
The still more recently enacted law for
the protection OF birds and other game
will still further restrain SambO's pOach-
ing and pilfering operations. A great
many persons began planting corn last
week, but the big rains stopped them in
the midst, and the beaten, baked surface
will make coming. up and coed stands
uncertain and unsatisfactory. A few
have begun listing their cotton ground.
Nearly all the planters say they are 60
ing to plant largely Of corn and let their
colored renters raise the cotton. The
Hernando gtsrg7, il late resolutions,
declares that:
WHEREAS, It has become neces.
saFy that We alter and amend our mode
of living as patrons Of husbandry SO as
to make our lives less anxious and our
families mora comfortable; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the members of this
grange raise more pro visions and lesg
cotton, and for every encouragement ia
their aim and end we offer premiums
to the producer Of the best hog, and the
largest proportion OF corn and sweet
potatoes TO a given acreage.
Thisgrange enterprise is giving point
and spirit to farming life that it has not
had before in this country since theimpo-
sition of the new reg me. The socisbility
eliminated by it is the first element of
cOh esion, erjoyment and mutual advan-
tage. The farmer is not only member
himself, but his wife, his daughter, and
perhaps his con belongs to the grange.
There are many gray haired men with
in our gates; and young ard old look
forward to the first Saturday in the
month, the regular time Of meeting,
when we can talk everything over;
have friendly and public discussions of
all those questions which bear especially
on rural life. There js always a feast,
the members bring their baskets full of
tile best thinga the farmers board
affords. Flowers and fruits, baked
NESTS and carefully roasted fowls, wines,
cordials, cider-eli these enter into the
grapger's feast; and the hospitality is
beaming and so hearty it makes one
fall in love with human nature. We
have our erudite discussions OF subjects
especially selected. We exchange
papers and magazines, remind each
other to "pay as we CO." to keep
straight with the books, and to en-
courage the beautiful, since the useful
encourages itself. Another of our oft
repeated maxims, with those precious
household words, economy and cooper
alton is the terse but comprehensive
sentence, labor onanid ViRcit.
s, V, d, COVINGTON,