The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-11-22
NO. IS


favored in any land. The watermelons of this
ton will vie with the famous products of Florida.
and with rapid transit of railroads will prove largely
remuneratve' SO, also, with the canteloupe. This
whole section Of the country challenges comparison
with any and all lands to its capacity in the yield
of garden truck. All manner of vegetables grow
here IN abundance and to perfection. Attention, |
care and culture cause the soil to astonsh the be-
holder, and that without fertilizng With the same
lavish application here as elsewhere of the various
suitable composts and manures, it would be impossi
be TO excel the yield. 1t is very common to secure
yield of 200 to 800 bushels of Irish and sweet DO.
taoes to the acre. aud of the first quality The Irish
potatoes will mature readily by the ls of May giving
IN opportunity to the producer to take advantage of
the early spring markets. Some years ago Mr.. |
Parker, of Alabama, skilled in horticulture came to
Greenyle and rented 60 acres of land from Mrs. |
Blanton. Hecarefuy manured the land and planted
Irish potatoes in the long season, but with view to
prepare it for fall crop of cabbage. He succeeded
beyong general expectations, drove foreign prodnct
from this market, and from Greenve to Vcksburg
was constant fall shipper selling out from 5 to 10
cents per head This income from the 60 acres
reached nearly $4,000 But little attention is or has
been paid to poultry, but the few instances which
have come under notice present this department
ofindusdry with great favor Barrlng the wet spring
no climate could be moro favorable, and certainly
there is nowhere to be found reader or more re.
sponsve market.
STOCK RAIsING-HoGs AND CATTLE.
The climate and soilproducts, as well as past
record all mark this section as most suitable for hog
and cattle raising. Only the depredations of the
thriftess colored tramp, with occasional spurts of
cholera, equally incident to, and more in the
Middle and Western States, have obvated it of late
But these difficulties can be aud will be overcome
by vigilance and increased care, aud our bacon
lay about loose in the Pecan groves and under the
dense Mast shade.
Persons who are in the habit of decrying this
as corn and meat country ought to remember that
before the war, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
produced more meat per capita than did Ohio, In.
diana and Illinois, and at only about one third the
expense. 1t the custom then for the planters to
e raise their own meat. More cattle and hogs were
raised in the Southern than in tho Northern States.
Cattle and hogs thrive in Washington county almost
without being fed. The wild grasses in summer and
the switch cane in winter keep the cattle in good
orders whilst roots, acorns, pecan nuts, &c, furnish
= abundant supplies of food for hogs.
d From the uncertainty attendant upon the pos
session of cattle. there is an almost entire neglect OF
the dairy. Consequently we find the town of Green
Q vile purchasing almost its entire supply of butter
from the Western markets; although it is sur
o rounded by country possessed of unexcelled ant
unlimited grazing capacity.
~ There is, however, no species of live stool
which can be raised more easily and proftaby thai
- nules. And we regret to acknowledge that in Ii,
other particular is there less evidence of udgmen
and thrift This section is the chief and best custc
20 % mer of Ken tucky and Missouri in the purchase
, mules, one their most profitable EXPORTS and is ia
II better adapted than those States for mule raising.
,r Mr.. W. d. Hill is one of the thrftiest and mos
% successful planters in the county His rule of cor
la duet is to raise everything on his plantation that
needed to carry it on. Among other branches of II
e industries, he speaks with especial pride of ten tw
10 year old colts which he will match against an
r. ton equal to the best Kentucky mules, and the
raising has cost nothing but the pasurage and pr,
70 duce of his own place. As Washington count
nt spends not much less than 800 900 per annum
ID mules and WORK stock, Mr. Hills example and sue ces
u. ought to have many imitators.
IN SHEEP.
70 In portions of Washington county, especially III
IL high and comparatively dry and well sodded "roni
lands sheep raising can be pursued profably. Fnt
10 mutton cannot be had In the Valley of Virginia tina
that fattened the Bermuda grass of the country
by planters who have secured thoroughbred shee
cotton planter OF our acquaintance in IL
u" lower end of the county has sort of side-sho
~ on sheep with the following results.
:, DEBIT.
;. 50 sheep, cost "a each s344
: IND
Shearing 5S lambs Q!
Of stock 3 died 12l
'e- Total 1870