The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13
PUT DARDEN As ArARmEn.

Mr.. EDTToR-Some newspapers have
been pleased to attack Capt. Darden as a
farmer. For the information of such, If
they really desire it, and the assurance Of
his friends, if they need it, the following
extract is furnished from the July Crop
Report of an Inspecting COMMITTEES of the
Neighbors' Club, farmers club. of which
Capt. Darden has been a member some
dozen years. The writer was not a mem
Der of this committee, but can verify every
word Of their report which is as foIlowa:
I'VE proceeded next to Bermuda RIDGE
and here saw more signs of thrift than Mt
any other place; meat-hogs in abundance,
also cattle, fine-blooded mares and colts.
sheep and poultry: new departure agricul-
tural and farm implements such a. MOVING
machine, sulky pillow, horse rake, ETC.; GOOD
fences all over the farm and new ones being
built; fine crops Of corn, peas, sweet pota.
toes, Irish potatoes, rice, pindars, oats and
hay; the recently mown oat patch sovn h
peas, and the grass meadow sprin0in0 for
another moving; preparations for \ fan
garden going on. fall Irish patatoes planted:
nne collection of bee hives, and the heat
orchard, perhaps, in the county, consistiny
OF pear, peach, plum and apple trees. CRANE
vine AMI one hundred growing pecan trace
and In the nursery are about one thonaaDd
peach trees ready to be transplanted. We
noticed, also that the manures at the cov-
pen and stables were carefully and daiIv
saved This farm, also, was fearfuIIv in
need of rain" -
Now Mr.. Editor, / take it that there are
only TWO points in the case before us:
lst Is Capt. Darden practicin0 ~. n
Is preaching to the farmsrsY
"a. Is he a success as a farmerf
The foregoing report of an impartial n
specting COMMITTEES, whose duty il a mad
70 leave nothing unnoticed and 20 ansrS
nothlng Liable to criticism, Is sufficient ~
sWer. Capt Darden Is not rich or SIMON.
led man, and has never had the neans "a |
Pracllee ms preaching on a VERY large al |
ostentatious scale, but Ia and has 49,. |
pushing in the direction Of the ssnew ~ |
partuFe," which he so earnestly deci.s-s. |
as last as his means have justified ne 49,
gan, after the war, at the bottom ro1nd 4
and IN debt, and accumulated debt in ~ /
experiment at cotton with free labor. but
By hard personal labor and economy an
the farm, he has fnanciered out of debt
lto independence and competence. vhile
thousands Of those who were conaid-
cred, before the war, the best ~
farmers have only compounded debt
ana bankruptcy, and thousands upon
s.loeSsnos are daily going down into the
same horrible pit, who have had plenty Of
money at their command to farm with
! "ltn the small means at his command. ho
- nnancaered wen and displayed the iud0-
nent Of plain, practical, sensible. ievel.
headed man. He has directed hie mean
Intensely upon what would bring indepeDd-
'nce ana comforts to himself and famiIv
nc ~, iay broad and lasting foundation r.
!, IIetlme prosperity, and has sucCeeiad
g can hencefOrth go on prospering and 4,
. ..-i adoing here little, there . little.
spreading himself like q oreeD hsv', !:
1ch aud well-watered soil, e1smpl;fv;s., ~ ". {
ally text 70 farmers: take new ds5s,..-
res re- get independent, make your fsrr,.
u -snstaining, and beautify ana s5 go. 5
our homes rendering them comfort $3.50.
niOyable and happy. Ao'e
Err WrTNKua.
jefferson county, Aug. Ia, 1855. .