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under like treatment — ) and each head to produce 

 as before. Then 2 heads x 125 grains =; 250, 

 planted this fall will produce 250 clusters x 35 

 stems — 8750 heads— which if sold (by means of 

 our editorial facilities for puffing) at the minimum 

 of our correspondent's expectaiion, or at one dollar 

 per head, would be $8750; or §4375 paid to him, 

 clear of all expense and charge, lor his two heads 

 of wheat only. He will, irom this, clearly perceive 

 the injustice of the proposed arrangement, and 

 that we would do much belter to buy his two 

 'heads, even at the high price we advised in our 

 last number, one dollar per grain, and then carry 

 on the trade in planting, puffing and selling, upon 

 our own bottom alone. 



But this estimate does not go half way. Our 

 " every exertion" was to be made for two years to 

 cultivate and sell the product. And as our pro- 

 posed partner was (by the bond) to have the right 

 to fix the price, and thereby could thus restrict the 

 number of the first year's sales, and consequently 

 extend the quantity of the second seeding as much 

 as he pleased — and as no one will suspect him ol 

 the folly of wishing to " kill the goose that lays 

 the golden eggs" for him, let us suppose that he 

 refuses to sell more than half of his first crop, (the 

 concern receiving but $4375 the first year,) and 

 therefore, that we should have to plant the remain- 

 ing 4375 heads (we like to be exact in statements 

 of things so precious,) and let us suppose the rate 

 of product to be only halt' as much as before, and 

 the price of the crop to be reduced to 25 cents the 

 head, or, combining reduction of rate of product 

 and price, to one-eighth of those of the first year. 

 Then 4375 heads x 125 grains each — in prodnct 

 545,775 clusters, x 17A stems (half the previous 

 product,) z=. 9,484,375 heads, which, at 25 cents 

 per head, would amount to two millions, three 

 hundred and ninety-two thousand, one hundred 

 and sixty-five dollars, of which one half would be 

 the shrire, and all net profit, of our proposed part- 

 ner. We trust, therefore, that he will see the un- 

 reasonableness of hid offered terms. For our 

 part, we must frankly declare that we would al- 

 most as soon undertake to carry on ilie Florida 

 war at our own expense, (provided we were to be 

 sole contractor, as well ad paymaster and com- 

 mander-in-chief;) as to raise wheat lor our corre- 

 spondent, on the terms he has proposed. 



ON MAKING OF MANURES. 



£y Culleton. 



From the Soutliern Cabinet. 



Mr. Editor, — I am surprised and astonishing at 



the improvement that is every day making" in 



every branch of agriculture by the up-cou'ntry 



planter, except that of the manuring eystera. 



which my experience has taught me ought to be 

 the first object or of primary consideration on an 

 up-country farm. 



1 cannot charge my neighbors wiih not knowing 

 the advantages of manure, for it must be percep- 

 tible to I he most careless observer. They all know 

 it, and they all acknowledge it, yet, strange as it 

 may appear, they all neglect it in a greater or lesa 

 degree. 



I have ofien been at a loss for a reason of thia 

 strange inconsisienc}', and liave arrived at the 

 following conclusion : The most of our up-country 

 planters have too much land, and they can and 

 do make tolerable crops without manure. I have 

 special reference to their cotton crops, i know 

 most of them manure part or all of iheir corn, but 

 they do it with cotton seed, for which they deserve 

 but little credit, as they are compelled to remove 

 them out of their way, and the additional labor of 

 applying them to the corn is very trifling. 



I speak with a degree of confidence when I 

 say, that within the circle of my knowledge, which 

 embraces a considerable extent, there is not 

 one out of ten who plant eighty acres of cotton, 

 that manures ten acres out of eighty. The rea- 

 son of this I believe to be, as I stated above — they 

 have too much land. Most of our up-country 

 planters plant from ten to fifieen acres of cotton 

 to the hand. I leel confident from my own expe- 

 rience, when I say, if ihey would plant half of that 

 number of acres, and manure them, the amount 

 of their crops would be as much, or more, than 

 they are now, or according to the present manner 

 of culture. I stale, from actual experience, when 

 I say, that our up-country or pine-lands, when 

 manured, will produce double the quantity of cot- 

 ton. Perhaps it will be said, all this we freely ad- 

 mit and firmly believe, but how are we to make 

 so much manure? In the first place the making 

 of manure must be a separate and distinct business 

 otherwise you will not be able to do it to advan- 

 tage. Do not put it off for wet days or broken 

 time. Too many have tried it in this way, and 

 have invariably fiiiled. 



Put so many negroes with wagons and mules 

 to collect trash,* and haul it into your cow-pens, 

 stables, and hog- pens, and let the same liands 

 haul it out. VVhen it has been sufficiently tram- 

 pled, two hands with a wagon and a pair of mules 

 can rake and haul six wagon-loads of trash per 

 day ; that would be eight hundred and eighty-four 

 wagon-loads in six months, and every one hundred 

 wagon-loads of trash will make two thousand 

 bushels of manure after it has been in the cow- 

 pens six months, as two thousand bushels of ma- 

 nure to every one hundred wagon loads of trash 

 would be seventeen thousand two hundred and 

 fifty bushels of manure to eight hundred and 

 eighly-four wagon-loads oftrash. Seventeen thou- 

 sand two hundred and fifty bushels of manure will 

 manure forty-three acres of cotton, allowing four 

 hundred bushels to the acre. 1 will now appeal to 

 the planter to say, whether his two hands, with 

 his mules and wagon, could make more, or be 

 employed more profitably ; and he may value the 

 manure at six cents per bushel. He will remem- 

 ber to take into consideration the annual improve- 

 ment of his farm by pursuing this system ofculture. 



*Leaves &:c. which cover the groundin wood-land. 

 Ed. F.R. 



