Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-21
foR THE Wnrc.


phu papers, relative tc the passing of law, requir
,"s o" owners 70 cnniGc th"ir stoc,; upon their own
.anuS NO law that the Legislature could pass
~ W 50 i'.n'"'ate'y beneficial to the community.
me lands IN this country are so var,os in soil thn,
VIC hear the owners constaatlv 81 vnp ceroin miro
Oh our Iand are well adapted to wheo,-others to,
corn; oa's' &C. Now he 'och corIcn,nS system
would enable every to adapt his crcn Ia m. ,u,I
ny OF his land--hc could plant and SOW, where ha
pcaSed and would not, nc;r. be- conpeIlel To cr,
tlvate one-tunrlh, or one third of his land in corn
the same quantity in wheat &C. well knowing Mt ,bo
ti'e OF planting and seeding he would never gather
or reap suicicncy To pay for the abour of snc;nr
ana cU!lVatg-I have To enclose at least double no
much land Including woods,l and my neighbors
many OF then have TO enclose At least three times ne
inucn as they cultivate ! could state u,anv reasons
In addition 20 those already stated by others hut II
surely cannot he necessary do TIL; in order 70 con-
vince the members of Assembly of RI, ncc.ss;,, c
passing such a law Most of them arc farmers md
their own observation and experience have mo, en-.
isiied them upon GtS subject, is lime their places
were. supplied by men better acquainted with the
true Interests of ,hel, constituents; and II, ono
VIII VOC Tor no man who will not advocate Tho r.s
sage OF law requiring al ccaers Of s,och 10 c,of,s
Ih"t Stonf Haon Geir kunds If the Loo;sl.;rr,
would even rnss the law such manner as 10 Dern,n
Tie different counties In adopt or reject II bv o,o
OF the inhabitants il would answer erory nr-no.o
and ths they can surely do without endanoernr tboir
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the law would be n deod Ir.,or
"h''i "'Gi''ify should think fit to sanction i'll in
vac you to make calculation of the soyioo thar
would result from such law--rnake i, first: for rnrr
own ian'"tIon,--llen, for the county in which you
hve--and then extend /; To the whole State Ifmv
nearest ncghbor and myself after spending some
houfs II making calculations have Committed no mis-
take the Srct tn the State. an The siare ife, oC
DentiRS, viii amount TO less than $50 600 6ost,
annually, sum greatly above the revenue oy of t:r
state The saving III the better security Of STOCK
from thieves would be northumberland tie writer can
testify from an experience of twenty Yeas llat
every man may render his confined stock part Ia,
OF hoss ard cattle, infinitely profitable than
pOl Drp Tlr r,ici.,r no.
ana Keeping, cell, reduced number have
sold: hC have never been under the necessity nt b,:y
ing pork, with!n the above time verify believe u
has not cost than three dollars Inc hundra;
weight. My COWS arc also tnncu conGrcd--,he
numb2r upon plantation of I65 acres CT onnr Land
not exceeding from five TO seven includinu = Doir Of
oxen From tins stock ofcattle have redundancy
OF m TX and butter through The summer and fan sen
sons; and ample supply in winter and snrinr AZ
neighborS, with few cXccptlcns generally without
milk in the winter and have an indifferent sun,lr in
oher seasons OF the year, while they keep twice nv
number OF cdtt" on plantations Of equal value and
eStent nor do they succeed half as well in rnisiner
their pork, Though r,st of them keep twic. NV
number o bogS--oT rather they turn out three tmcs
!hat NUMBER IN the SFrlag--bn rarely collect more
than one-hrd at the fall of iia yer. Let any one
who dunhts the correctness Of this settlement MAKE
me r%pnrin"ni and Two years "i be sufficient 10
satisfy him of is truth
understand it is probable the T.oosslatrrc viii
sanction the scheme of carrying OIL the canal to
LEnchbarg-f so, the public sao,ny upon that WORK
oy lie stock coa;ng SYSTEM, would be ten Thousand
do!S<s for % miles CT ru5hc fence Which his law,
won'd render totally unaccessarv Cae Of tho rrc,,
est Inducements viii: inc pc0nte Of This State in con
sentng 10 the call OF Convention. was Tho snu;n,
OF expense by reducing the number nf representa-
tivcs: that saving, it is supposed v,ll ni,nur+ -,
1900 dollars per annum-and the new Cons.iiu,ioo
Is thereby rendered very popular. Now, I assure
y"h, that the scheme here presc:, ed 20 public conc;
aeraIon, VIII save instead of 80 900 Leaf $50 GOD
dollars year, and challenge every calculator from,
CLAUDE Cro=et. down TO the al,cst od-feh school
master, to gainSay deny the truth of this state
ment Ii farmers Will TIL with one ano,hnr IN tlis
subject, they will all become satisfied of the neccss;
" OF the measure il contemplation. Every mans
land, scarce Of timScr, will be Immediately raised 20
per cent IL vaIue-rhoir inciyafions for cnirro,;r
10 ttc west WI! cease -:Ear viii have iire-wood e
nongh and Will require bat little timber 10 enclose
their stock-t'To cows-oAe or two horses eight or
senings aqj as MANY sheep, will be ma annie si,nnv
IoE fvc out OF SIX of us poor tlrmer9-and Two rood
grass lois of four or FIVE acres will su,nly r.
abun&an;iy with food daring the warm sens3o III
the oiol o" or crops viii doubIy supply their wants
in winter ''"'
This subject is uGon which every farmer can
sly something 20 convince others who have moi rn
dected upon it. have convinced moro tba, % nor
sons-nnd have met with but one whom could nos
convince, and he lived in old IT-be seer,ed ~
R;fiGr The range and the ticks En- any thing like nm
a5Ti1gcment Of mans berry to rrazn his Steel, nm
on other peoples lIrd. asser, land believe csn
sustain the assertion by facts that the stock enclosing
system VIII remove the Carolina distemper ram
n''""1 "ur catte and entirely destroy the cLE Let
the people below the head of tide water look to tho
one, and those little above lpol; we'll to the other
CINE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
= This understand tie Pennsylvania Law upon H..
| subject " r '''
T. S Just pass law take the Of the people ,pon
the Propey Of passing the law question AZ the new 81
tons-if you are not willing to 90 farther.
IL To enable us Il meet the demand on our col.
u'nnF, the Country WING viii bo issued thrice this
weck--rn day, Wednesday aud Friday.
II Sec first page, for Ship News and new Advc.
tiscments.
OF No Washington, Baltimore Alexandria papers were
rcceved by the Northern mail Yesterday. As the New YORK.
have been nisseni.
EEw Io"K, Feb 17,-2 o'clock, p. VI
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