The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-09
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| tlOn OF the county. AS stated III
our last DISPATCH. if the month
i fair the crop will be planted in
due time. Out of my team of IA
double plows, my weeks work
has been 10 to 10 acres to the
pillow. The weather was of the
ideal kind, cool with a light
! breeze from west to north west,
which was of advan tage to both
land and team.
| don't think we need to fret
about the acreage or price OF
cotton that is to be, for the South
will master any difficulty that
may arise. A few of US young
men who remained at home with
the women during the Civil War
will never fear. Then, there was
no sale for cotton. The country
was in the hands of the women
who made a respectable living
and found time to make clothing
and knit socks for the soldiers in
the army. With these dear
| Southern women at the helm of
farm operations. corn, wheat,
potatoes, hogs, sheep and poul
try was the go and a few bales
of cotton was made and stored in
the out houses. Never before or
since has this country been seen
to overflow with the necessities of
life and | don't hesitate to say, If
the women were allowed to han
die the machinery few years
we would not know our own
houses. There is a widow near
this town who is the best farmer
on the prairie without exception.
You can hear men talk of the
Bermuda and Johnson grass
that can't be killed, but Mrs.
Minga is not talking but going
right on killing Bermuda and is
raising a bale of cotton to the
acre where she killed the grass.
Speaking of widows reminds
me of my own sad condition. I
am a grass bachelor just now
and will give you a little of my
experience in housekee ping.
About the 8th of January l set a
hen and in time she came off
with a nice brood of chickens.
Two weeks later I had another
hen come off with equal success.
| kept them in a house with a
double floor, closed door and
glass windows to give them light.
They were fed on cold bread and
and corn chop in this room for
four weeks growing rapidly all
the time and when the weather
cleared up they were large
enough to eat corn and will soon
be ready for the frying pan. I
find that the winter months is
the best time TO raise chickens
as the heavy dews of spring. the
mites and other things that go
to kill the little fellows, are not to
contend with and the early mar
ket is the incentive.
When the weather moderated
I had to come down out of my
winter buds. I got out my
spring vest and found it needed
a new back, and not having time
to go to town for material. and
as I thought / would not need
my overcoat again, | tore the
lining out of it and proceeded to
put new back in my vest. |
had seen women pin their sew
ing to their dress when sewing
and as I had no dress I pinned
my vest to my pants and sewed
away in fine style, but on finish
ing my work ] found I had sew
ed my vest back and all hard and
fast to my pants. got the
scissors and begun to undo my
fine work and cut and ripped
them up and down running the
whole outfit, so I have neither
vest, pants or overcoat and you
won't see me in town until along
IN the summer unless Simon
Loeb 81 Bro. sends me suit by
telephone.
I see you are getting news
from Caledonia. Where is Gale
donna any how This reminds
me of trip I took through