Show from the plough plou piou gb loom and anvil the mississippi planter hours kours editors I 1 shall in fix me this letter ietter endeavor to atre give you though an imperfect one oney ot of the plan ter and may allude to another profession 1 the notion Is a hell bell and even encouraged by many be tween this and the canada line une that our planter nabob like either spends hig his time braced brand upon his bis armchair arm chair in utter atter having his want wants attended 6 to by a nod ned from the tte hands of ome some obsequious slave or in violt visiting lug it ate I 1 aborts chat over the gossip of the day or if ble he ve may y b have ave somme some under range ranee fot fit thought pe he la Is try trying nj to figure in in politics As tor for agricultural ln intrery treBy they are too burdensome lor for his imbecile nature all these matters are arc left to io an ov overseer ermer and so long ashe asbe a he can caa inaki the the cutton hales bales fountai the expiration of the year ear bli uli lal fal how much buffering suffering man and beast hav bava endured fancy now a character the reverse of this thia and vou you on will then much ranch nearer approximate toward the truth one otte who vrho greets greets with pleasure the sharp norah north northwester wester with its bra gln gin that ii Is to give him additional enery for abr liis lits business lw neM who forsaking hta hla pillow at an early hourt bourt how witnesses the ruby tint of morn that heralds the ap approach oatlie of the cod god at day whose warming worming rais rals rays in spring and early t gummer summer he lie dei del delights to bask in for then tig tle thae thai thre tire same e cause that will bathe lis his brow tn in sweaty treat vigor to his bis it Is immaterial whether he has an overseer or not he ile feils fels I 1 that his hl planting affairs have acclaim on hims him and in respond bonding ing to them by hia his h a personal attention he Is acting within the of one of his hl greatest pleasures TO carny carry out hii hil his pa alna no he bos has to hold hoid daliy dally counsel coun conn sel sei with h nl or manager in determining theotime the time for certain i kinds of works and the best way of doing dolny it neither 1 Is b ot of his hig stock for tor well does doeff he know that hat 0 n bs his been oxen ut his baules and ind her ber horbe horse se depend I 1 twee not only blocs doc doe lie he n I 1 s cognizant zant of those thoss plan a being carri cIrri carried edd oo 00 ont oat nt bt by their application of this region klion that does docs not e hig his powars of and body and does dx bot bring brine his hib into awell digested feln fetn will and himself behind tho the majority df of his nIg nit Mers lie needs to hae have an estl ei maata ato of hisek at leatta least a month ahead and to be Q a ife tv ab BO that thai all an enida ends ehll than te ba we wel wei ll 11 dovetailed doye dove tailed together when th the cultivation oi alls crop feroce has hag to make a calculation of the time in the commence commencement ment of the the eason basoa it will require tn to do his indispensable work sorl work aorl a ork orl such sueh as preparing his land paugh ploughing sloughing hing fencing eoe ete t 1 l th this Is be done by the I 1 letot st of april allowing 20 ver per per n t for time timo tha t tho tb plough should not be run annon on account of the wetness of and arid 10 per cent for bad weather r the balance then war can be directed to cl clearing ear land ditching and other improvements improvement when leei leel time arrives arrivee his time ad and md are by the lp inquiry how he shall plant lo 10 the best adran advantage tage to insure a good stand ad and not cowl one portion in the way of a cothery other that when it may be ready for tillage he may e prepared to give it should he neglect either of the he i bove bote in all probability and specially if 1 he has boo fifteen ar r trout twenty acres acre to the handy hand he be will find tl melt to bl blo I 1 i I 1 sorrow lna ina in a condition by the middle or of june that may mar tell woefully when harvest time tine comes does he expect expects when hen the seed Is in n the around round lt that his holiday has commenced far from it from the great amount ol 01 tillage in connection with the rapid growth of I 1 weed weeds and grash grass he be has little time for idleness especially it if may proves wet w et the cotton plant in its infancy Is one of the most moEt delicate showing hardly any progress before the isi or of june while the grass 1 Is striding onward like jacks bean to overwhelm it it if we had only our ur cotton to protect and foster toiler at this time we might feel ourselves more our own masters but our corn equally it not more so demands our help one false step or ittie lttie istle neglect may make w usa let us do w hat we may her hm amater ater corn buyers which Is never a reather feather in the planters cap we in it if it the season has not been too wet an evidence e idenie either of bad management or slothfulness it if e are found much in the grass we have an innate pride independent of the pecuniary advantage e in having haing a good crop and of course are pleased it if we secure something better than our neighbors ami band this satisfaction Is 13 further enhanced if we can demonstrate that it has been accomplished with less work than theirs thello for this furnish very eny ery strong proof ot of superior hui bandry then beside our interests involved Involve dt there la to a spirit ot of rivalry setup set up ol 01 mind against mind and physical force against physical force can such a state of things exist without the development of mental and physical energy it la Is impossible no two consecutive years will admit of the same and of management As the seasons reasons are tari varl arle atje so have we ire to vary the application of our cur work vork many think that the agriculturists life Is like that of a hom hol in aback a bark ma mill round and round with very little vart varl variation on or shadow of turning what a ml stall ll every tp step mius must t be guided hy by thought should he a aa rr ittem syte itte is tem m and say by this I 1 will be guided what in all probability ab dit bit y would be the con sequence consequence in a few years he be would find himself behind the value of his hi ra capital pital As 0 the physician and political economist have tope governed by circumstance Fy BO so has the tha planter I 1 til one of the principal causer caus erot enot of the jarring among polItIc political 21 economist Is that they estable li system independent of grans trans transpiring transpiring event events whatever would be the true policy of a rous nation at one time timey the tile opposite would be requisite at an another arother other othen j few of ns us have ha e had an opportunity of acquiring that kind und of knowledge from books that constitutes the scientific agriculturist but cut tiia tha botak lock holk of nat cat nature ure constantly cons bantly before u w and reflecting relle refie cling that light we call experience ci peri perl ence we are thus enabled although ignorant of tia tra the tle 1 causation of things to apply appl your our efforts to that way ay thit will secure profitable crops in return for our iab tab labor tabor dr we all plead guilty to that pernicious established in all new countries of exhausting our sindy andehn and hen hn ehorn shorn 0 of f their richet of submitting other portions to the same samme process the force of babilt Is frequently more domin dominant ant than nature and them thep power of in ing Is equally strong can cali it then be ex cx peeled that we can ran immediately divest direst our kely sely s of chete baneful Ith I 1 think not experience yearly tens tells us we should change changet this thi policy add ant this we are doing though slowly but to counteract this tbt course ne have a great abundance abunda uM uce of fertile and cheap laud land that Is aigul a tt bt ranger to the dominion of the plough yours tours etc u IT r hinds co iii lii august 1854 j |