The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-11-05
FROM IExSSESSaPAA.
NeWfOn County.

ever 10 lCil y ~ Sh = S-t$ts , ~
do not know but to stir you up to
those things that you already know.
First, The shortness of crops ever
so wide an extent of territory the
present season makes it peculiarly
incumbent upon Patrons to gather
and save every crop in the most
thorough and careful manner. Moth
ing should be lost that can possibly
be saved, and nothing damaged by
exposure that prudence and fore
sight can ward off. The coming
year promises to be the hardest that
has occurred for long time. In the
Cotton States not single crop of
any kind has appropriated an
average yield-small grain, corn.
cotton, peas, potatoes, and grasses
are all short-while from the North
west, upon which we have become
so dependent for supplies, comes the
cry of disastrous drought and ruined
crops. Surely with these facts be
fore Us no Patron needs TO be urged
to house everything with the great
est care and to husband it after
ward to the extreme limits OF
sound economy.
Second, AS soon as corn is dry
enough a successful Granger will
put it in his crib, knowing that every
day that it remains in the field it
loses more or less, and then too he
gets the use of his pasture before
the frost kills the pea vines and
grass. Care should be taken that
stock be not allowed to get in low
condition at the beginning of win
ter, that is very poor economy.
Natures arrangement IS for all ami
mails to fatten at the approach Of
winter and it is well to initiate her,
If your supply of forage is very
short and and you fear that feeding
up to a healthy point will exhaust
your supply before another crop
can be made, make arrangements at
once for feed and that will assist
you early in the next spring. Sow
a few acres in barley, selecting a
rich spot, and twenty five bushels OF
| cotton seed per acre in connection;
sow a few acres in rye, and this
will do we'll on thinner land, these
will also help early in the spring
In addition sow ten acres red rust
proof oats if your land is not much
worn they will do well, but it is
good policy and economy to fertil.
ize this also. If you have suitable
| place, sow some grasses and clovers
with your oats and cover very light
Herd and orchard grasses and rec
clover are said to be the best fol
the Southern climate.
Third, Let us get away from oul
cd ways and see if we can't DE-
better. The barley and rye viii
carry your stock, with very light
feed of grain, through to sprin g
time, and the oats will then sustain
them well till the crop is laid by
The approach of winter and the
scarcity of food requires reduction
of stock on our farms. We hardly
ever see a farm here that is no
overstocked with cattle. Cows
multiply rapidly, and from attach
ment to promising heifer, or un
thoughtfu!ness, or something else
few are disposed of until they are
dying of starvation or old age. L
seems very difficult for many farm
ers to realize that one cow we'll fed
is, in every point Of view, as valu-
able as two half starved, and viii
give as much milk and produce
more butter and better in quality
and requires less shelter, trouble
and feed, and will give rise to an
improved breed instead of deeen-
Grated one. Now as feed promises
to be very scarce, Gull out of youl
flock all the old and the unpromis.
ing young, and whilst in good or.
der sell to the butcher Or pickle up
for home use. Six cows, including
heifers coming on to replace the
old ones, is ample for any Granger
if they are properly taken care of
Having said sufficient on stock let
us turn to that of the household:
Flour is high, and pr misses to con-
tinue so. | have always thought it
best to sow wheat enough for home
consumption and under existing cir
cumstances it is necessary for us to
do so now. A few acres properly
prepared and fertilized may furnish
an ample supply of bread for the
ensuing year. If practicable select
high dry field of cotton land for
the purpose and use at least twenty.
five bushels of cotton seed per acre.
1t IS said by some to sow in drills is
the best two feet apart, the rows
running north and south. Early
varieties are the best, and red wheat
is the best and dallis is said to be
the nearest to being rust proof, three
pecks to one bushel is sufficient to
seed an acre.
Worthy Master and Patrons, we
often hear Patrons complaining of
hard times, that they can not raise
IS to put in a cooperative store,
etc. | think that they are only mis-
taken, It is to the reverse, they are
too rich. We try to carry more
than we are able; we keep too many
poor cattle, razor backed hogs and
one-dollar sheep, hence we can find
no market for them and this forces
US to work twelve months in a year
to feed them. Let us all drop them
off at once. KNOWING that GOOD