The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-03-16
/. ALEXANDRIA. La, W WEDNESDAY, MARCH Isl 1885,
,AFEW BtRpS I0,FAKME..S.

q The Macon. (aIi>s) Beacon sat ssseiszi
srnslhly Owe are sEd - n"wstl'at$5
Sach large area pfoats i<.s"wn in "',
c,nntJ this st;1soi,. Nnwa ifaour plan
tr's woild only pIf III mere than IL,
nstr,1 amount If corr. ar,d @rlan,, f.,
ti:sr and scnl;iva'c he ynnnrl l,"tt.'ss}
thanth.y have he1eteinrr.dole. thilpsas
will lonk more i, pofsl aWllyi net 4
some try a few acres IN cnst,n tstn,s I
nr peppermint., or bnckwhc't, ric,
irlshspetatses and navy bcans, all OF
which grow we'll Eruf Then if VIC. r',t-
!vLhaa larger,and Letter rasin'es. weili
covered with cattle, sheep. mares, md
even goats, cotton might fall, aud 60
down. to zero in price, without redu-
cling us almost to want as ut present.
Another advantage III tliyersificatinn
Of crops, is the great Leilefit to tic
soil, in resting nntl recnperaiing sit-'"'
IL What ishere said of .NoSnh q cuun
.ty will apply to;eyery 1coupty in Miss
issippi, Alabama and the rest of the
Gulf States. Diversified ictV's an, sad.
Is needed all tl,rouyh this section of
the country. Stock raising is as Yet
in is infancy N cvcfy one ot these
;Stateslexcept Texas. Tine a';a.againl
the farmers of the, Southwest especial 4
'lys have been urged not to ''tlevo,e
their attention exclnsivety TO cotton,
although. Of eourse making it, thei,
principal crop, aud time and again.
every farmer has thought the advice
very good for. his neigl,bor, but not
for himself. Thus have most of 3onr,
couatry people continued from year
to put all their eggs in one basket
without thinking Of the smash they
have laid themselves liable to. ~ DIR
But these considerations have been
placed before Southern farmers so of.
item, that we will not enlarge! upon,
them, bnt direct attention to- another.
view aofathe subject, viz; That tue ex.
elusive attention to: cotton raising de
prives the farmer Of many ofths com.
forts and pleasures of country life,
Agriculture is the natural occupation
of man, for Adam tended the fruit trees
in the Garden Of Eden, and country
life is full of enjoyment for those who
know how to obtain it.. The object
of labor is to live comfortably, and
the more there is raised at homo athe
less there will be to be bought abroad.
A we'll cultivated vegetable garden,a
few cows and a Mt at. dairy, properly
cared for fruit trees, a well stocked
poultry yard, anu a small number Of
bee hives; all these, will enhance the
comfort of the farmer aud his family
|tenfold. Many have these comforts to
some extent, but many are almost
without them, and few payftltat atten-
tion to them which they deserve asa
a few years after fhe7 war the strnn-
ger who sat down at Tie table Of many
of orr planters w0ats( havcsfoundslthe
family living to great extent Oh ba-
con and green's, corn meal land coffee
witlloutamilk.a Occasionally some 9TH
Fer vegetable Monla Aase. stetn seen,
but the mind of;the plant taken
up entirely win icdttou raising, and
he could not spare Tabor for a vegeta-
bic garden, as he looked upon it as
entirely .nnremupera,iye. And yet it
would have been sremunerative, not
! only in improving his own! health and
that Of his family, but also in rtdu-
eng his expenses for provisions spnrs
chased Wetdo not iwish.to be under
stood as saying that all planters lived
in this manner at the tinIe1lnfawllicli
we speak, hut simply that many OF
them did. ThingsaItave changea FOR
the better since that time, but there
is still much room for Improvement
Our country friends, for the most part
do not getstlsatl amount oftenjeymsn q
out, Of a country life, or save thai
amount 10 their family expenses, tlia'
they ought to do. They shonld stud,
vegetable and frnit culture asfwell al
colt on culture, and raise cows, sheep
and poultry as we'll as tile fieecy sta
pie. IS sa.s4.5 s5 Z. e. - 'aa s5
l..+ss - ------. %. -------=- Ess5 !.
-Brerybody1 shorld buy their sprin!
and Summer Clothing at Hustmyre' $
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