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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
aHelmsman, you carry Cesar and his for.

"Helmsman, you carry Cesar and his for
tune" 1906 2 20
And inasmuch as our craft carries a
greater than a Cesar or a Hannibal, being
the destinies of the millions that now live
and the millions of unborn sons and
daughters of Adams race, should we not
follow Caesars example, and call on our
pilot, the Farmer, to come to the wheel of
State, and pilot our ship through this dark
and gloomy storm that darkens our civil
skies? "a
Mr. Editor, fifty years ago there were
100000 land owners in England; now
there are 10000. Thus, in five decades,
10000 land owners have come to be ten
ants. And are we not following in the
same road as fast as time moves on? Let
the Records answer.
But, sir, when farmers mot lawyers
come to the front and make laws for them,
selves and their neighbors, we will change
this European plan. And when mans
property is to be sold under trust deed,
we will not allow it to be sold for 20 per
of its value, thus concentrating the lands
of the country in the hands of a few and
making paupers of the multitudes But
we will have law granting relief to the
debtor in some way, but exactly how, |
know not at present. We will give him
six or twelve months after sale to find a
purchaser who will give more for the
property than the mortgage bid it in at.
Or have committee of trustworthy far
mers, who know the value of property, to
estimate the same, either at the time the
contract was made or at the time the bust
ness is being closed, and cause the mort
gagee to take it at that price.
A short time since piece of land was
sold in this county for S. per acre that
would have brought SIS or $50 per acre
since the war. After the beneficiary un-
der the Deed bid it in at S. per acre, other
parties wished to buy it at private sale,
and he asked SIS per acre.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if we had had our
COMMITTEE of valuation" that land would
have been valued to the said mortgage at
SIS or $40 probably, and the debtor might
have been able to pay his Indebtedness
and leave him something for his family
AS the law now stands, it may bankrupt
him. Thus the law is made in the interest
of capital and against labor.
Now, in conclusion, | say, "let there be
Hezt," and let The PATRON be the source
Of It to its many readers throughout the
Southwest. Fraternally,
aa w. H. PERSON.
Covington, Tenn, Sept. IS.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
BETTER FARMING.

The higher aim OF every lnteilgeht iai
nor should be the Improvement OF the
liz. of his land until it reaches
III ,o;nt when maximum crops are pro-
d,ced at the minimum of expense. Ihe
,,;se farmer regards the soil simply as
Machine from which, or by the use OF
,uh:cb with the use of proper materials,
ha NAV turn out crops. This machine is
= ,,atfer of the first and greatest impor.
tapce It should always be kept in good
INNING order. and its. efficiency should
he increased by all known economical
methods. The farmer who conducts ms
work upon this system will never sacrince
or exhaust his soil for great crop. his
aim is to have the crop taken OH, leaving
tbe land in better condition than ne
found it. He aims at every working OF
the soil to increase its depth, and thus adu
70 # more of the elements Of fertility than
he removes in the crops, and to make the
crops not only pay for themselves, out
also for the Improvement of the soil upon
which they were grown
In carving out this aim so as to realize
these results, we are able to judge OF the
skill of the farmer. 1t is a comparatively
easv thing for any one who has the mon
ev 70 improve soil so that it shall pro
duce large crops, but when it is necessary
that these crops should yield profit we
greatly complicate the problem. A large
crop from any soil is only question OF
the expenditure of labor and manure, but
profitable one requires skillful expendi-
ture as well. Yet it possible to do this,
and there ale farmers skillful enough to
produce this result, and this we claim is
the true and proper aim of every farmer.
The most judicious improvements, those
which finally pay the largest profits, re-.
quire several years to bring in their full
returns. 1t is matter of great impor-
lance that the farmer should not only be
settled, but that he should feel settled,
and that his plan of operations should be
planned as if he expected to spend all his
life on it. 1t is just here that our too com
mon system of renting from year to year,
or the still more ruinous plan of farming
for shares" exhibits its evil effects. The
owner relinquishes the care and manage
ment OF the farm to men whose only in
terest contains in obtaining all they can
this year, for they may have chance
next; they, from the very nature of their
contract, have not the least interest in the
permanent or even transient Improvement
of the soil. ~ 5-..,.a.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
Covington, Tenn, Sept. IS.
SHEEP

Editor Patron. Sheep Husbandry be-
ing one of the most profitable of the agri-
cultural pursuits adapted to our section, a
proper understanding of the diseases, and
the remedies therefor, should be had by all
interested.
The Stock Journal, in answer to Mr.
Netterville in regard to his sheep that
cough or snort, says that it is catarrh,
which causes an inflammation of the lining
of the nasal passages, which is incorrect.
The true cause of that inflammation being
the grubs of the CAD fly which deposits its
eggs in the nostril in the summer, at which
time frequent applications of tar on the
nose is the best preventive.
Strong healthy sheep are seldom injur-
ed by it,-but as sometimes occurs when
the fly is very numerous and sheep are
kept in open pastures, and no preventive
used. One of my neighbors last spring
Der of grubs that made Judgment in the
nose, and not finding sufficient food in the
mucous secretions, they penetrated deeper
into the head. producing bloody dis
charges from the nose,-ending in death.
After losing several, as last resort, he
tried coal oil, turning the sheep on its back
anu Oil IlllO TIC uOSLtliS, w It'll
proved successful,-a milder remedy ad-
ministered in the same way, might have
answered the purpose.
Again: J. H., of Kentucky, writes to the
N. Y. Sun that some of his sheep at inter
walls get quite lame in the feet and after a
few days appear well. The Sun is wide
off the mark when, in answer, it suggests
either s'rheumatsm or a mild. form of foot
rot" as the cause of the lameness, and pre-
scribes for the first named, that the patient
is to be 'put in the barn" mot exactly in
bed and fannel) and about one half of the
medicines of country drug store admin
istered internally, but if it should prove
/ the latter disease, then it recommends tina
near about the other half of the content:
of the drug store be applied externally te
the feet of the sheep. This, we suppose
is veterinary science, but practical expert
ence suggests that the lameness il
caused by worm in small cavity
in the foot, which is the product of the
egg of fly. The remedy is simply ta
and spirits turpentine mixed and applied
which will destroy the worm. D.
Kinds county, Miss, Sept. 10th.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
GERMAN IMMIGR ALTON.
We take the following from the Mont

we take the foIlOWlng from the Mont
gomery Advertiser:
"Mr. Louis Triest, special correspondent
of the National Gazette, Berlin, and Press,
of Vienna, arrived in the city yesterday
and left in the evening for Mobile and
Pensacola. Mr.. Triest is sent ont by those
influential journals to look at our country
and advise his countrymen where to emf
CRATE and how. He has been to the West,
San Francisco and Texas, and now goes
to look at Mobile and Pensacola harbors.
He says he wants direct steam connection
between Pensacola and Mobile and Ger
many. He looks at the country as he
passes and stops at principal points. He
will stop at Evergreen, the head quarters
of the M. & M. railroad lands, and also at
Greenyille. Mr.. w. ]. Van Kirk will
show Mr.. Triest much of the land known
as the nj. & M. railroad lands, and we feel
sure that Germans will find it decidedly
to their interest to make purchases and be-
come citizens of Alabama. There is vast
amount of unoccupied lands in this State,
which can be pro6tably cultivated, and
now is the time to try and induce settlers
from abroad. We hope Mr.. Triest will be
favorably impressed by his visit to our Sec
ton of the United States"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

One of elllington's chief sources of
success was through mastery of details.
While in Spain he gave precise directions
how the soldiers should prepare their
food; in India, the miles per day the bull
locks should be driven that were provided
for the army. The equipments of his
troops were cared for in all their minutia
The same exactness he introduced into his
administration of civil affairs. From his
earliest school days, in every transaction,
this trait of thoroughness appears. The
confidence and unfaltering devotion he
thus inspired unquestionably secured him
his many and decisive victories. H
No great commander leaves anything
to chance, but seeks to anticipate every
emergency and to provide for it. GRAY
spent seven years perfecting his "Elegy,"
which you can readily read in seven
minutes. Into it he generously poured
the very ripest scholarship. an intimate
acquaintance withthe rules of rhythm, and
an exhaustive study of the varied excel.
lence of English and Latin classics. Ev.
cry syllable was submitted to closest scru.
tiny, the cadence of the verse was suit
ed to the character of the thought, every
outline was vivid, every tint toned, every
picture perfect, before he suffered his
poem to pass into print. This palace Of
thought was no single nights work of
slave genii obeying the behest of one
holding some magical lamp of Aladdin,
but was built up like coral reef. particle
by particle. And this complete mastery of
detail was secured only by the most pro-
tracted concentration of effort. By reso.
lutely claiming his thought to his theme,
completely surrendering himself to it's
guidance, the memorable laws of SUCCESS
ton irresistably led him back through the
Pasts faded and forgotten scenes in the
humble lives of the sleeping cottagers un.
ii The scenery and personages of every
picture at last Frightened and breathed
before his mental vision with all the
sharply outlined vividness of real life
Penn lNoufHlr Sos - zeu83 - -
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
eNEW PROCESS" COTTON FAC
IN 80 TORIES

individuals, companies, or Oranges, intending
to establish Cotton Factories on the New Pre-.
cess" or.Clement Attachment plan, would find
70 their interest to address the undersigned, I'd.
Outstanding thoroughly both the "old" and u ns
new process" having assisted to put up the "oo
process" factory at Nashville and operate itforsn
years and put up and operated the first Clemep
attachment, and also putup the Bluff City 'Nes
Process Cotton Factory in this city, he IS PIT
pared to put up new process" factories at an,
point In the South. He will be assisted by colP
OF competent machinists, and will supply an e.
perienced machinist to operate each factory h'
guarantees satisfaction.
lie refers to Col. F. E. Whitfield, Sr., Corina
MISS, Zone of the proprietors of the Clement ~
tachment pateni), w. B. Taber, SuperintenoeD'
LOTION Factory, Nashville, Tenn, w. MOOT,
superintendent of Bluff City Factory, and o.'s
Editor of THE PATRON OF HusBANDRY, "
iumpus, Miss. Address, B. B. SMITH
Marcella Falls, Lawrence CO., Tenn
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
ULMAN'S WOODEN MILLS

One of the most enterprising and pub
lie spirited citizens of our Gulf Coast is
Mr.. Alfred A. Ulman, of Bay ST. Louis.
Miss, the pioneer, wooden manufacturer.
A little more than a year ago, the factory
was only talked of, but it has now through
the energy and industry of Mr.. Ulman, be-
come fixed fact, and is in full Operation
making casssimers, jeans, flannels. shawls'
blankets and other wooden goods that in
quality cannot be excelled by those made
IN the North or elsewhere, and which he
sells at prices that defy competition. He
employs only skilled worknen and guar.
antees hrst class goods Mr. Ulman in
forms US that he is now receiving orders
as iast as ne can possibly fill them. At
some future time we will give our readers
of this establishment. We saw 70 ali ,,s
tronize home industry.-Sea Shore Ga.
zefte.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
.o77, the same organ said:

.o77, the same organ said:
Farmers who are land-poor, must
Iii and become tenants in place of own
ers of the SOIL
Now, my readers, what is the condition
of the laborer in England, the condition
to which the dominant parties of this coun-
try would degrade you?
''Life is to him a continual burden"
Take England, for instance, the best
governed of European countries. What
is the condition Of the laboring classes
there? Sometime ago Frazer's Magazine,
leading English monthly, published an
article, "Condition of the Working Glass
es,'' from which take the following:
ssThe home life of vast numbered the
working classes is something simply hor-
rible-a thing to shudder at, not to see.
at is life that puts decency, morality
and religion, as well as physical health
and comfort, out Of the question; that so
degrades and brutalizes those condemned
to it, that they live and die like the beasts
that perish. Indeed, as literal fact, the
poorer members Of the working classes
often fare worse than the beasts of the
field. In every requisite of health. their
dwellings are inferior to most stables, etc.
Thus you see an outline of your future
condition, drawn by an Englishman-
therefore one who would hardly color the
condition of his countrymen too highly.
Now, when the Pope holds unlimited
spiritual control over your consciences, and
you pay divine homage to the Virgin, dis
regarding the admonition of the Angel to
St. Paul when on the island of Patmos,
John wished to worship the celestial visi-
tor. the Angel said, "See thou do it not, y
worship God" and our country is
Europeanized, see that you charge no one
but yourself, for l know that you have
been forewarned by THE PATRON, and il
you are not forearmed. it is your fault.
To dispel these dark and portentous
clouds that are gathering, and whose NUT
tering thunders you can hear in the dis
lance, let me beseech you to send your
Cincinnattuses to the Legislature, men
whose sympathies are with You. Then
you will be represented in the u. S. Sen
ate by man who will not ignore your
wishes, as did L. Q. c. Lamar, but one
who will seek to be your representative in
spirit as we'll as in letter. May we not
hope that he will be the Master of the
State Grange?
Mr.. Editor, you will remember when
Cesar overcame Pompey at Pharsalia. B
&. AZ, ON his way home by water, he was
overtaken by a storm that seemed te
threaten the vessel and all on board with
immediate destruction. The pilot, through
fear, deserted his post, sarrendering the
vessel to her seemingly inevitable fate
Cesar, seeing the situation, said to him
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
THEN AND NOW.

Among the numerous changes and i'm
provements that have marked the pro-
gress of the country during the last gen.
Grafton, none have been more conspicuous,
or exerted a more beneficial influence
upon the welfare of society, than those
relating directly to agriculture. Those who
can remember back thirty or forty years
will readily recall the rude implements
and slovenly, indifferent methods that pre-
vailed in agricultural matters in those days.
The old reap hook or sickle gradually
giving way to the cradle; the old wooden
mould-board pillow slowly superseded by
the cast-iron mould board ARE events with
in the memory of every farmer who has
lived half a century These were regard
ed as great improvements then, and so
they were, comparatively hnt they have.
one by one been superseded by still later
improvements, until now the plowman
rides on his sulky, or directs his traction
engine, and the harvester sits upon a
spring seat and drives the self binding
reaper, that takes the standing grain and
leaves it in well-tied sheaves at the rate
of ten or twelve acres day. Mechanical
improvements have been quite as marked
in all other departments of farm labor.
1t requires but little thought to reach
the conclusion that higher grade of in
telligence is essential to success under such
state of affairs than was necessary under
the old regime. Farming has ceased to
be an operation Of mere manual drudgery,
as it once was, and has become highly
Intellectual pursuit. And it is a noticeable
fact that, during the last quarter of CEN
tury, farmers as class have been making
rapid strides in intellectual advancement.
But rapid as it has been, the rural mind is
only beginning to wake up to the impor
lance OF intelligence as prerequisite to
success in agricultural pursuits. There are
those living yet who think the merest ru-
diments of an education is all that is es-
sential to the highest success in farming.
But this class is growing smaller every
year, and in another generation they will
be regarded as strange specimens of hui
mauity, that have survived the age to
which they belonged. Agricultural fairs,
farmers clubs, agricultural colleges,
Oranges, and especially agricultural pa.
pers, are diffasing SO much light and
awakening SO much thought, that farmers
must become thinkers, or fall behind the
age.-Practical Farmer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
1.-THE CONFIDENCE" GAME.

That infinitessimal small pivot called
specie basis-should it not be named spe-
cious basis?-has crumbled for the thous-
andth time, and, this time, down go the
rotten Montreal banks.
There goes confidence"
And with it go the earning of industry
loaned out at usury.
What's to be done now?
Why, of course, set to work and bring
back confidence"
She is lost, stolen, or ,strayed to parts
unknown. r..ess +.
Put on your spectacles, We blind! get
your slaves, and, with your lanterns IN
hand, hunt her up! +aaf 81.
"Now We see her, and now We don't.
We must have confidence before we can
get on our business feet again.
So all the bankers and all the newspa-
per instructors tell US.
But confidence in whom or what?
Not confidence in ourselves, nor in the
Government, nor in the nation behind it,
with all the wealth and power ut its COM
mand.
:. No! That would be Greenb.. ckism, and
where is the fnancier that believes in
Greenbackism?
No. We must put confidence only in
the specious basis banks. All the econ
omists and all the newspapers teach this. !"
Gold is the "money of the world
Ofcourse. .ea ea- -. II Z. 1911. 81
The only "honest money" so
Of course. -i .i-H H la-
We must have paper, to be sure, boz
toned on gold, to transact business. r
Of course. FeHt ot a.5 j. .r cor
1t is lighter, handler, and every way
more convenient. ial5g.d e-r
Of course. 5 @- ago
But paper, not based on gold-paper
based only on the wealth, the honor, the
credit, and the power of the nation-is
nothing but rags. a. ~ 9fa -..3
Of course. Js.s .a'f s.
1t is the duty, then, of every good citi-.
zen to stand by gold and uphold the
banks. ..5i
Yes. -oE tn
To stand by bank paper too.
Certainly. e.. ..~
But suppose the bank paper 10 not bot
toned on gold dollar for dollar. Suppose
the bank issue ten promises" to pay a
dollar for every one dollar in its posses
sion. What then?
Why, then, the people must have con-
fidence as ever. That's all.-Irfsh World.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
e.No doubt of It. A years time will help

aNo doubt of it. A years time will help
me to,speak positively about the country,
and if I find that it is adapted to our
needs, I will go back to England prepared
TO answer the many questions about .ne
country that the farmers are anxious to
~ have answered" Mr.. Applegarth said
he had not thought of going to Australia
although he knew the country was at
tracing many English farmers; his pre-.
ference was determined by the tact that
the Weld of grain in Texas showed great
fertility of the soil and a larger return in
bushels from the acre than any other farm
ing country that had come within ms
knowledge. 81
Mr.. Hurst, agent of the National Line
said that he had kept the farmers on the
Helvetia because they preferred to remain
on the ship until transferred to the NAL
lory steamer which is to take them to
Galveston. The course, will keep them
beyond the reach of adventures and
sharpers who might lay plans to rob them
of the money they have brought with
them if they should come ashore.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
EDUCATION FOR THE KITCHEN

EDUCATION FOR THE KITCHEN.
The next great step must be to do some
thing for the art of cookery; and the
friends of genuine social improvement
may congratulate themselves that the pro.
gress OF education is beginning to take
effect on this important department OF
domestic life. Cooking schools are SPRING
ing up IN many places in this country and
England, and the English are taking the
lead IN organizing them as part of their
national and common school system, OF
the Importance, the imperative necessity
OF this movement, there can not be the
slightest question. Our kitchens. as is
perfectly notorious, are the fortified in.
trenchments of ignorance, prejudice. If.
rational habits, rule of thumb, and mental
vaculty, and the result is that the Amer.
icans are liable to the reproach of suffer.
ing beyond any other people from waste.
fui, unpalatable, unhealthful and monot.
onous cookery. Considering our resour.
ces and Wanted education and INTELLIGENCE
OF American women, this reproach is lust
Our kitchens are in fact almost abandon.
ed to the control of low Irish, stupid ne.
groes, and raw servile .menials that non,
IN upon Us from various foreign countries
we profess to believe in the potency ~
education, and are applying to ali the
other interests and industries exce,t;no
only that fundamental art of the prepara
tion and use of food to sustain life. wb;cl
involves more of economy. endowment
health, spirits, and the power of effect;v,
LABOR than any other subject that is formal
~ studied In schools. We abound in fe
a sna.e seaainar,es and female colleges, higl
senool normal schools, supported by bur
pensome taxes, IN whice everything unde
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
WOOD LAND

TON
The tract contains 100 acres of unimproved,
well timbered land. The greater portion is
sandy soil, admirably adapted to cotton, corn,
fruits and vegetables. 1t is defined hereabouts
sandy and hammock land, and lies close to the
growing city of West Point on the NJ & o. R.
r. The wood on this land is of itself worth SIX
per acre. For furthor particulars, address
G. w. BRAME, West Point, Miss.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27
,OST AND PROFITS OF A NEW ppo
CESS" COTTON FACTORY

CESS" COTTON FACTORY
The following statement of the cost of the M.
chinery Of the "new process" cotton factory :.
Westminster, S. c., and the daily expenses .od
profits will be found very interesting and suggo.
tive to farmers in the Cotton States This factoru
is run by water power, and is attached to corn
and flour mill:
COST OF MACHINERY.
One card and Attachment, ETC., S2sooo,
DAILY EXPENSES.
operatives, at so cents each, S3,o
% " 80
o"1' 49, 80
io'ai uaiiy eNPenses' 81 50
DAILY EARNINGS AND PROFITS
80 punches yarns, pounds each, los lbs,
at 10 cents per pound, 5000
s per ct. hard and good waste, say q lbs
at 3 cents per h., ~
Gross daily earnings, u7a
Net daily profits So So.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-27

An Arabian sage being asked of wbo,,
he had learned virtue, replied: "Of thn
wicked; for their crimes inspired me WIN I
a distaste for vice."