Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-06-07

| poor ones.
The severity of the last winter teaches US
a good lesson upon this subject. A few
good first rate cattle would not have requlr-
ed so much fodder and have been worth
much more, of themselves. A large and
handsome cow may perhaps eat something
more than smaller one, but the labor Of
taking care Of her is no more-and the
worth of her in the market is otentimeS
twice as much as that Of the small and
mean one. This is beginning to be felt and
pract!ced upon in the Western country
where forage is undoubtedly more abun-
dant than it is here; and where they arc IN
the habit of keeping immense herds OF cat
tie. They are now turning their attention
to better breeds, thinking no doubt, that 1t IS
better to have smaller number Of cattle OF
great value, than to keep more in number
of less individual value. In Ohio during
the past year, companies have been form
ed, and Agents sent to England to select
out and purchase the very best that could
be found, and import them to this country.
Cows and Bulls Of the Improved breeds
sell there for large prices-while here such
is the apathy that person who ever goes
to an extra expense in and of himself to
procure the best, meets with much rldlcuie
and but little encouragement. we are
happy to say that few spirited individuals
have obtained the first rate Bulls for the
purpose of beneftting those who. feel
anxious to improve, and yet the same men
will tell YOU that, setting aside the benefit
which has been done in their own herds,
they have been poorly requited by any pat
ronage or encouragement from others
And what is thereason Because most OF
our farmers do not calculate right. They
value cattle by their numbers rather than
by their good properties.
Their minds arc crampcd down to the
minimum value of ordinary stock, and 1t IS
hard to raise it to higher standard. They
can't for the life Of them, see why COW or
bull should be worth fifty or an hundred
dollars, and that one should over sell for
three hundred, is the most absurd eXtrava-
gance that they ever heard OF. These
limited ideas should be enlarged. We do
not wish to encourage extravaganza. we
10 not wish our farmers to rearfancy stock.
We dc not wish that they should 60 be-
yond their incomes or means and purchase
at enormous prices, cattle which have
nothing uncommon or excellent to recon-
mend them. But we do wish, most earn
estly wish, that they would rouse up a little
in this respect. Keep not SO many, but
those that are better. : Condense the value
of your herds into a smaller number of bo-
dies; and then the relative profit will be
enhanced. 1t is plain enough to be seen
that the man who rears yoke OF oxen
which will sell for from 500 to l5O at four
or five years old, reaps more than he who
rears yoke that he can get but fifty or
sixty for, at the same age. Ifyou are not
able to improve stock solely yourself, get
others to associate with you. Club to-
gether by neighborhoods and help each
other. And if any Of your neighbors who
perhaps, cannot we'll afford, should take a
first rate animal for the season, relying
upon Your encouragement and support
give him your encouragement and support.
Don't "as the manner ofsome Is, cry HIM
down, and "ru,," him down, and throw
every obstacle in the way. You there
by do much mischief and no good. Don't
practice the play of the dog in the manger'
but put your shoulder to the work, pro.
mote every laudable undertaking of the
kind, cheerfully and promptly. Wemake
these remarks because we know OF more
than one instance of the kind; and be-
cause also we deem it a fit opportunity to
call Intention to this subject now, while the
memory of the scarcity of the hay NOW is
fresh in your minds. Let this precept be
adopted by every farmer-better have fifty
dollars worth in one COW, than in hVe, at
ten each; and an hundred dollars worth OF
oxen in one yoke, than in two, at ility
each, and remember that this is just as
easily done as it is to follow in tho Old
system.
For raising Ca65age.-Take from the
stump of old cabbage, which you generally
set out early, the most prominent after they
have sufficiently expanded themselves; and
set them out in the same manner you DO
your plants, and they will immediately take
root and afford you very early and luSu-
RANT cabbage. Those who have tried this
method affirm that they are much earlier
and by far superior to any that can be pro-
duced from the plants. They must be bro
ken from the stumps and not cut off, as the
small fibres will greatly facilitate their TAX
ing root.
To Kill Cabbage Licc.-As these vermln
infest cabbages, and not unfrequently lnure
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