The patron of husbandry., 1881-06-25

that marked piece; but let it pass
for the present. :.
Surely, my "hard sayings did
arouse" some. In this l Will not
promise to be any softer.
Hon. VIM. H. Seward used to
assure the Northern cotton spinners
if slavery was abolished cotton
would be profitably grown at three
cents per pound, as one free man
would do more work, at less ex-
pense, than two slaves. 1t is treason
in Southerner to contradict him.
I won't tell on you if you will con-
sent that when we speak of the
work of one hand we shall mean
the labor an average man can do,
working six days in the week the
whole year from light till dark, save
the time necessary for him take his
meals-such as you did when you
made that ID bales and $50 bushels
of corn to the hand-understand-
ing the labor of a hand to mean
this. You made 1000 pounds OF
lint cotton and 25o bushels of corn
to the hand; and by your statement
it will take three hands and one
mule to cultivate 25 acres; there
will be raised on the 25 acres Il,
900 pounds lint cotton, or A. bales,
and 75o bushels of corn. Examine
your statement and see if l have
not drawn;a fair conclusion. Sure
ly those two boys of yours, can cul-
tivate with their improved plows,
1--WE have some of them, the IS
acres, and should they make on
that land, that is as good as any in
the south, at the rate of $50 pounds
of lint cotton to the acre, and 1000
bushels of corn to II acres they will
make little above expenses.
You did not say what those 400
hogs would weigh, but l will be
reasonable and suppose they would
200 pounds, each, as it will take 20
bushels of corn to raise 200 pound
hog; peas will hardly do more
without they kill all the hogs, which
some times they do-that will take
5000 bushels of peas, a pretty good
crop; but not quite equal to what |
heard a man say he raised on his
Willow Chute plantation, eight
miles above Shreveport, in Red
River bottom. He had 100 acres
in corn and peas, gathered SO bush
els of corn to the acre; and the Ist
of September turned on the peas
500 head of cattle, where they staid
until he commenced blowing for
cotton the next spring, when he
went to the the plows they were
making such round, smoothe ridges
he got off of his horse to examine,
and to his astonishment the plows
had never touched the earth, but
were making the ridges of shelled
peas. l don't vouch for the truth
of the above.
Your offer to bet, reminded me,
of and offer to bet 1000 by DIR.
Wash Vance, of Bossier Parish, La,
to raise with one man and two
mules 10000 pounds, or 40 bales of
lint cotton, on his plantation, seven
miles above Shreveport, and with
one additional man, he wovld save
the 40 bales. He never had the bet
taken, for all knew the man and the
land. Your experience shows you
that the yield from the Westers bot
tom lands is marvellous in the eyes
of Sandy Hill planters. l can see
no reason, with the same cultivation,
they should not produce as we'll now
as before the war.
A few words for the negroes.
am thankful | was born a slave
owner. | drew the nourishment
that sustained my infant life from a
black breast, was fondled and nursed
in infancy and manhood by black
hands, L know and love them. 1t
was great crime and wrong to
rob us of the savings of generations
for resisting "anti monopoly, unjust
taxation, and discrimination against
agriculture" but it was not half as
hard on the owner as on the slave.
They are the most honest and reli-
able labor we have, and, l believe,
the most honest and reliable in the
world. My dairy and poultry house
have no locks, and not a cup of
milk or chicken has been stolen
for years. l leave my wife and
daughters in their care without fear.
| received Farmers Review, of
Chicago, ILL.,, May 10, 1881, with
profitable Agriculture, Anti Mo
nopoly, Equal Taxation" as its
motto, with the compliments of 7.
II. Moore, Oakley, Arkansas coun-
ty, Ark, with this article marked: !:
"a Vicksburg journal describes
Mississippi as fifty years behind
Illinois, though both were admitted
into the Union the same year" II
also says, ''that the city of Chicago
would sell for more money than the
whole State of Mississippi. That
the soil of Illinois is titled like a
garden; here it is scratched. There
(Illinois) are all the aids of an inn
proving, progressive civilization.
Here (MississippD are all the tricks,
deceptions and lies of blind, preiu-
diced Bourbonism."
What can be the effect of such
stuff, but to keep up the iii feeling
between the sections? And this
from paper that has for its motto
the very principles for which the