American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-04
Our Farming.
rOOR LAND.

naTu itnicS. 4hiS SeaSOn, the Cry
SeeNss to be more universal ah'
uaure earnest than usual. Owing
to the extreme shortness of th,
crop and lowness of the price D
cotton, the best farmers have '"'tes
TO realize a profit, sn' where the
business has -kccn conducted Gu
the crsAfo system, which is geher-
suy the case, the farmer is LETT t.
the mercy of the creditor. This OF
course makes times hard, aud no
0Re can he surprised that they ARE
30. But that this state of things
should continue from year to year
that men should persistently con
duct a business in manner and
apon principles that they know will
lead to failure, is strange. The
farmer bOrrOws money at high rat. q
of Interest, mort cages everything
even tho roof above his head, to see
CUT. its payment, and be,ins the
year with the certainly of failure
staring hir in the face. The pro
cecds OF the farm, wornOut and vast
ed MS most of our farms are. cannot
Under the most favorable circum-
stances TIE sufficient TO meet his liza.
b,lIIieA The consequence is that
f.rnsrrs as u class are fast btsvmfug
very lnOr. Many OF them W.r dis
reN,ly suffering i.H wNns Of the &c.
tuat Iec-ssiiirs Ut life. Clihi.p.
are growing uIs III Ignorance. Z. rn
bni digs arr s.ila,,iia,s.si, many .s'
dom al cad. fable" &" rWi"; and
he i.lmi;g business - |" n g-W-r>
ai'A a.. plnmau,e .O"slirl"il. TN~r..
IRE Ace,' Ions 10 e., il ~ .t~ III h,mGs.
bI tue. ars. rhS f..~ ." 'HAuHe Gee.
.s,:r., 1t a>l~rt at the. c.ss~. Th.-
IN lFt'n' i.s..sl.~rir, ct hi ss-s.il.s"
III ii"r Gu airy depends u,"s-' tue.
,a"-is~,iiS at Ia. ~ ms.f. u, h..s
ci.-~-~ nay trm,.~ssiy st.sp arg
a, UtiIs; . nss,s"eut.r, n cam 81
c.,n.iisg ~.nssh N.As ..axxe t"rms.
AM Is frw ! di.I.,u Ia NAV am.s.
.,lHs. Ia "a Is; ust the. mssl>-eS ui
Al Trades a,sst I'rs,fps.i .ms Ill ~
.le r,ni II H. Wlvei ~ The xam.
/. neal ,uin lit "vrrw lss.issss tis..
"a, ms..s. W is... them C.,n h. d.,ss.
-. "a ks 4 runi.'. n .'a, iHx bnssi 1850.
.".i b, ~. .n.i.g place m~ On III.
r." d tO perm .nrmt Imnsls rit. ! his
is II o.. sih," tina my welt rxeIci-r
.l,s ni.sir II ssIir atsls.st m,-n, tsu' IL
more is.riicu ariS app ais Z" tiss. in
Ietlis.mss. aud prsc. ic Il gySt,.i s'-Uss. !
# the f.Ime.s themselves. How
cer little they may think ~. 'h.- |
matter il il ti,s-ir hands aud .roai |
IN. m the s.,lu n'n of the lurs ion
must ultimately cOm-. Sugges
,nd should he kindly received. bat |
ihe farmer alone can in .gr of heir
or carry them into
feet. Let rs fist inquire. the
.auses of the present condition of !.
hings. We find that they are
many, but that there are a few Un
rhich the OTHERS more or less de
'end, or which it removed or remi.
He'd the effect of tie others would
lot DO 40 great as to be any serious
heck to rbe farmers prosperity.
ME first great evil that confronts
- at the Threshold aud uudrrlies
he whole business, that however
everything else may be,
ill iuevi ably cause failure, IS the
overly of the soil. We may SOW J
arly and we may cow late, We may |
low shallow or piow deep. we may {
sc all the improved impIemt MS, a
e may be energetic aud industrious c
. all, but our labor will be vain
DOR land can produce only poor q
rops and the man that continues {
, work it and ia dependent thereon, ii
doomed to a life OF poverty. U
his statement needs no u,Odificsl- I
on. But what is poor land Good q
nj under favorable circumstances y
louid yield "a bale or more of cot n
m per acre and should never fall \
.low three quarters of y bale. Let 4
le farmer make an esiim Ale Oi the u
'st of cultivation. and he will tind l
Iat any thing less than this will b
" him nothing. Any land that !.
i'll mt come up to this y ield should \
!. classesi as poor. re
CO'iun il the standard If re serencr /
,.;,=use 1T The nn veisal crop 81
ID moreover the money crop. i
md Tat will not pay Tor cal wat =
x Ia cotton, ue~l not I've dep uslcsl v
tor any other crop. Now mu-t I,
the hill lad If this county j. &
'ur. much at ~ very pOr. Yrt u
srr II IL Cuit'v,tiUi every where >
al si-itiIng every Year Onl, tn. 3
'.si m-ag~r Gro, y. mach of it n"s III
!, ing = titsse at he cast at cui,i l.
lt"m AID We see All those Hss.I, ("
al are d,r-ct,y drp.nd-mt on :;
50. crops sruai.g Inn'rer and ~
.sner, si"king dset'rr and deep t.
.it ni, with" T. once seriniuy To- ii
c .gnIz- The fssi that they wrsr /
their life in ir,I"x {" Gle, p'
imII.n-sInlr thing. M Ike M III, y a.
ru al, atiDg lrs,r la"d. Bat ~r ~
~ d.. t"ld Imat i..tsHt. the VIA, ~
smI.is made IA 'n'y -. cIitIvatIn- r
nj tnat "r "ave 81 s-s.-t a. u o. IT,
~ the in tue rMii,nps now tn. ="
uirrs tip p,d ALIVE. 's,.iks. M ,ii.., IL
n"g, .he i..n.i ~ The very beet. la
nn Z lot t,e Il ig.,t,em that ~
rUr~ the VAR there wa
iii go. ou Ivy for .ls'r, AID .r
n the x. .t. ~ OF CULTIVATION Was