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F t TiiE PLANTATION, TIIE J ARDEN AND THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
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SEC COVER FOR CONTENTS, TERMS, &C.
WI, & W. L. JONES.
EDIT OIIS AND PHOPE'STCIIS.
Jgr; Trial Jkpiiiltttmi
'xiiOlollTS FOE THE JlO.rm
Some of tie*. ” .tioT'S of the farm run neces
sarily from, or. yetr* irdo an Mher, but, as uir as
it ie ossiblc t:. .mer should *‘wird up” the
year's bushm i ' (T .isimas. This should be
done that the '• yf the imxt year may be
started vithot ♦ v vexs, and, in the second
place, that th * r <• • way krr-w exactly what
he lias doner» c- t Won to* estimate,
with approxi^^';t T-. Tkctfmr he has lost
or rained in •- '■*-/ ; <>ns, and what
Jref, •* .
percentage IJ, ♦ ’de . Tm Ins investments.
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Our opinicj % the .... ' c faiming, taking
the Sent . . * W ■, a si nail, smaller then
those of ma r'l • avo. and we feel quite
sure that mai f u \.T r ihr. • rs, could they, like
merchants, by l /ence; books where every
item bor'd it and every item sold is recorded, and
excuses and profits stare.’ pk'ed against each
other—see clearly which of the last two exceed
ed the other,yvoTd either abandon the business
5r eh (inge their mode ,<• of c ulHmt 'o-i. Many would
be induced to look more car .fully into the cause
ATHENS-, GA., DEGEfiSEB, 1870.
of failu c, to seek out the points where mistakes
were made : whether due to planting too much- .*•
too litdc cf this or that crop—how much
preparation of the land had to do with it-- "1
share the using dr not using'oi> manures 60
'the results—'whether the results migW,
been v-ry different had differenu/mq .. .
been seel—whether omupital poiphe Pr had
■been judiciously . \ pen Jed, w Wilier too much
had not bee paid for fhminty lab t, and too lit* -
tie invested hi horse flesh aifd labor-saving im
plemenis. It is /asuLonaMe nov.-ahfays to refer
nil failure hothe mefileT*noy of the negro; the
plea- is, to a certain e-tteut, a-good one, but infe
rior labor is far fr< m being the only cause. The
farmer, who hay the capacity to adjust* jndi
piously all the.matters mentioned above, will be
very apt to have the cap .city to manage the ne
gro. Ko business require* gutter judgment,
prudem • and foresight than :>lmp Mg-lue <
c.tsioDi for making in Tub ms <:■: cm daily, are . -
and it re lire- a clear nead
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r-.vl'a strong will to s‘m*r clear o. them all. The
visionary will-’' stranded the hesitating will
•mis' 'ho out tub., whilst deeTioti. prompt T
ness and carry the ship safely
bre • I)Ua.• ws-find s- -rm c . With the <s\-
perinu”^ 6 'ofthe closing yeav, freya in mind, tiie
fan .Who-mld-now devote - himself to maturing
iiis pla for another year and —if our readira
will pardon us —we will take the liberty of olfcr
in‘. om Untie piece of advice: Make your .’Ar
rangements to use still less labor than (v- r }■:-
fore. IT this either by planting mor- b.rvelv c f
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