The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-14
Ahe Southern Pls.1.,.

new Orleans Tines-Demo.'''aa'
1t is easily demonstr,,.',,' s
the Southern plantation ' eat =
greater money product ~ .,sld'
each ss1 year than the farm ' J, %
West; 1t is the boast Of Of % On, Of i,
ers OF the rich alluviaI lsn an, pig :
grown upon an acre az -. u u
will sell for much more ~, W. i'
land itself. Indeed, il Is va u,sn d, :
cult to find instances of w 1" I'd
annual a. rent of the land i So, a,..a
'nan the amount that H. - .
would sell for at a forced ' .'i
With the exception of The 81, e..
OF last years corn crop. The -. a.s
throughout the South bav. i l.
good tor a number of year
cotton crop from year tc ys,, u !
steadily increased, until it has r.,..
ed a figure that aston;sba,
overselves, and still the linz va
reached. '' aE
Good prices have prevailed :
all OF our staples. Our pI,,..-
nave not spent their substan,.
riotous living. On the CONT
they enjoy fewer Of the I,,vn r:
and even comforts of life. than -
other class representing an sor,
amount of capital.
The family of the planter, II
longer as in ante bellum dsvs :;
crates to the mountain reg;on !.
summer but remain at ham.
.hroghout the season and prscf;..
economies of dress and houseboI5
earned of necessity since the W.
ornament improvement on coro,
are scarcely ever MAJ.
I'D fences are patched I'D bsrsy
nougn to turn stock. Paintr,
nd withdrawing are no longs
one and bitches are seldom clean.
d out and never dug. Statisticss
ONT with pride to our crops of co.,
On, sugar and rice, and the larg.
mount of money for which they
I'll, and claim that the States Of ii.
outh are increasing in wealth and
rosperity.
1t is very easy to figure out thn
result on paper, but then
n be no real prosperity to ii.
ate as long as the individual fiji.
er and planter gets poorer from
ar to year. 1t were well for our
ople to pause and reflect upol
e causes which have kept then
or, notwithstanding the bounhf
BPS with which they have bess
'ssed. The present prices of nOrk
a other hog product admonisha s
t a large proportion of the pro
'ds of the present magnifcent
Ps must be expended in order 70
d our agricultural population.
After paying for meat, very neir.
III OF what remains of the prp
DIS of the crop must be expended
aules and plantation implement \
his money all goes to the Nor:h J
the Southern planter will sssd
q his energies toward maxim: F
Their crop, the proceeds of whit
go the same way, unless some
ohet, mightier than any that
: arisen IN the past, shall con
e nm that his only true pros
ty lies in raising upon the plan.
II, as far as possible, all the SUD
that would be consumed omit
lat this can be done. is not
ton which admits of serious
IT, There is no portion of the
n where hogs and mules msT
,e raised at less expense than in
North and West.
tore the war hundreds of plan
in the Gulf States raised bacon
ale, and some of the finest
S we have ever seen were raised
IS State and in Mississippi. We
farmers in North Louisiana
now own as many as one
and head of hogs, and Others
have gone extensively into
raising.
this SYSTEM be generally
ed in the South. and the hard
= dollars kept at home, anda
era of prosperity will dawn
US which will bring iudivid-
ealth to every tiller of the SOIL
Ter of high or low degree.
Governor of Wisconsin has
ed the Srofa Sapata Cbamber