The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-12-08
SELECTED NATTER.
"JINED THE GRANGERS."

''You are right, mister, it ant hard
to do nor long doin'. Just get one or
two good pigs, keep eminside the fences
SO that they cant mix with bad company
prsh the pigs from the word go, and al
W VS. put 'em in the scalden' barrel fore
their twenty months old. bought the
number one pig-hadn't another hog on
the place-and l. raised meat to spare
the first year. The man that tries to
raise the woods full of hogs, raises 'em
for the buzzards.
"Do you raise sheep?"
81 raise sheep, mister and sheep
raisin' is what call killen' whole drove
of birds with one small stone. | raise
sheep for the wool raise sheep for the
mutton; raise sheep for the increase; l
raise sheep to spade up the tough turf
with their sharp hoofs; l raise sheep to
eat bushes and yearbs that no other
brute beast would touch, and manufact-
ure 'em into fertilizers that hold their
richness spite of the rain and sunshine. "
Chow about the dogs ?"
GA dog on Pumpkinvine, mister, totes
a pass, or goes with his owner, else he
don't travel fur.
"You don't need dog law them"
over a dog law unto ourselves, mis-
ter"
81 reckon you follow the advice of the
newspapers and plant corn,
''We're pretty much in the habit of
follerin our own advice on Pumkinvine,
mister. Not that we slight what we see
in the papers, if its sensible and we can
see the reason of it. But | plant corn,
mister plant potatoes and plant oats
and wheat and plant sorghum ? and |
plant pooders and plant turnips and
pumpkins; and | plant artichokes for the
pigs to root in the fence corners and
short branch bends and | plant peas
everywhere. Some of these crops is
shore to hit and so | never make a clean
miss. When they all hit, it will be like
land howin' with milk and honey"
81 see you still rails GOTTEN.
"Till something else started to bring
Mississippi farmers money, regular and
shore, | expect to raise Gotten, mister.
We'er bound to have money mister-its
money makes the mar go. Only l amt
goin to raise Gotten to buy corn, and
flour an meat, and hosses, and fertil-
izers."
"And mules?"
"Don't talk of mules mister The
mule was twin brother to the slave when
Congress abolished one it ought to've
abolished t'other too-both or none.
But speakin' of Gotten, I've changed my
plan of raisin' cotton.
CHOW ?'
81 used to plant ten acres and gather
two bales, now plant four acres and
gather three. This year l am hopin' to
get four.
'How do you manage that ?"
at would be long story, mister, and
as my road will soon turn off, I'll Just
tell it in to or three words: | manure,
and plow, and hoe, and don't Slight my
work
"But what if it is bad crop year ?"
"There amt SO many bad crap years,
mister, as there is crap-raisers. Did you
ever know mans brag acre of GOTTEN
the one he planted for brag acre all to
itself on some good spot-to make
clean failure ?'
81 don't know that l ever did"
Jess SO. Well, the way is to plant
few, and make them all brag acres.
"But what if the worms take it ?"
"Worms amt apt to take the bottom
crap, mister, if it's we'll up to time the
bottom crap don't shed much, generally
speakin't 'thout you worked on a wrong
plan and the yearly frosts didn't tech
the bottom crap. Iwork for the bottom
crap, mister, from the word 60 Cotton
is like pigs, it wants pushin' when it's
young"
''Do you patronize the Pittsburgh
smiths and the St. Louis mills yet? p
''Not to speak of, we don't, mister,
Started mill over on Pumpkinvine
again, Jack Smith has, and we clubbed
together and sot Billy Bobkins up with a