Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-11-29

huSbandrv in Great Britain, Flanders, Ger
many and France, and has transformed tho
county of Norfolk from waste TO the mos
profitable district in England. Highly as
the beet culture is priced in France, as al.
fording material for the profitable labrl.
cation Of sugar, it is no less valued as an
alternating root crop, and as aiiordIng ma
terial for making gool beef and good NUT
ton. The roots that may enter extensively
in our husbandry, arc the potatoe (and the
varieties Of these that are best for table, af-
ford tie most nutriment TO cattle) rua baga,
nlangold wurtzy: carrot, ParSnip and sugar
Ecc:.
AS subsidiary to the preceding cardinal
po;n:s in good farming, we give the follow
ING, which, although they may appear to
many to be hackncyed truisms, are never
thccss so important as to be worth often re-
peaing.
5, Keep none but good farm stock, whether
as regards breeds or individuals. Sell the
worst ofyour focks. Like produces like ;
and the gain in breeding from the best you,
have, greatly counterbalances the extra
price that the prime individual will bring in
the market. A COW that gives eighteen
quarts Of milk per day in June, costs no
more in her keep than one that gives but six
quarts; yet the product of the first is three
fold, and the profits four-lold, those of the
latter. The fleece ofthc Saxon or Merino.
sheep is twice as valuable as that of the
common one, though the cost Of keeping
them is equal. And the same corn that
will make 100 lbs. Of pork upon long-cg-
ged, ,long-snouted, razor-backed hog, will
put $50 or 200 lbs. upon the frame Of
Berkshire or other improved breed.
6. Keep your farm stock well. A GER
tain quantity of food must be given 10 keep
them alive; all beyond this goes to increase
growth, or is converted into meat, or milk,
or wool; and if il little extra food is in this
way profitable, much must be proportional
bly, more so, for the more food you thus
convert, the greater your return in labor,
flesh and milk.
:. Cultivate no more land than YOU can
improve, with a reasonable certainty Of
handsome tit,nct proem bracing in the items
Of expenditure, the interest on is value, fen
ccs, taXcs, manure and labor. The good
farmer, who raises 80 bushels Of corn on
one acre Of lpnd, clears the price Of so
bushels, which at so cents the bushcl, is S2o,
The poor farmer who cul;ivates .Jour
acres of corn, and gets 30 bushels on an
acre. barely gets compensated for his labor
and expense. We estimate the expense of
raising and harvesting an acre Of corn al
Sl5, or the price Of 80 bushels ofthc grain.
s. Buy good implements and tools, though
they cost more than poor ones, and always
keep them in repair for use. A good
plough is drawn with halfthc team that a
bad one is. and does the work twice aswc",
provided the ploughman knows how to use
it. One good p!oughing is better than two
bad ones. Hence the farmer is soon COM
pcnsated for the additional cost Of the good
article. The same remark holds good in
regard to other implements and tools OF the
farm. In row culture, the cultfvator will
paw for Itself in a season, in the economy OF
labor; the Straw cutter will do the like IN
cconomsing fodder, and the drill barrow is
subject of economy in root culu ure.
9. We hardly need admonish the reader
to use none but clean good seed; for every
man knows that he will reap only what he
sows-,hc chca, controversy to the contra
ry Notwithstanding.
10. And lastly, we should disregard our
duty, did we not press upon the consdera-
ton Of every farmer the importance of ag-
ricultur,l publications, as the cheapest and
most certain means ofimproving in the prac-
tice and profits of his business. These
bring to his notice constantly the improve
mcnts and discoveries that are going on in
the business of agricdture and they detail
the prac ice of the best farmers of our coun-
try. He that does not keep pace with the
impro ,cments of the day, in husbandry, as
in other arts, cannot long find pleasure or
profit in his employment. Those who stand
still and content themselves with the Prac-
ticc Of their fathers, will soon find that the
business, active world, have all gone ahead
Of them. But we urge this matter parilcu.
larly as an efficient means oflnstructng and
qualifying tho young for the duties of mature
ycars-of stimulating them TO acquire USE
lul knowledge, and that confidence and self
respect which should ever characterize the
ycomanry of free country. The seed
must be SoWn, and the mind bc ntlrturcd i'll
the youth, five would expect harvest of
responsibility and usefulness in the man,
Cuhirator.