Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-07-19

not be the case. Indeed, the rapidly With
which the grasses spring up in our rich pas.
tures after being fed down by cattle, Is suf.
ficient proof of what nature is able to ac-
complish when the efforts are not checked,
but aided, by the skill Of the husbandman.
Genssee IN. W Farmer.
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The Agricultural Interest.
We are happy, says the "Genesee IN.
W Farmer" 10 giving the following ex.
tract from letter to us, from Mr.. Tr'Plett,
Of Kentucky, on the important subject to
legislative aid to Agriculture. We have
the more pleasure in doing this as the SEN
timen.s are just, and forcibly expressed, aud
agree with the opinions SO often expressed
by US in The Farmer, and which we are
confident will ultimately prevail. 1t Is but
few days sirce an honorable Senator, in
his place at Albany, declared, tha, the project
of aiding agriculture by legislative enact.
men.s was "Ate most arrant quackery." If
euackery in this case, why is not aid from
the same source quackery in other cases 7
It was this legislative quackery that incor.
porated our colleges and endosced them /;
tina. surrounded the profession Of the law
with exclusive privileges and numberless
ways of acquiring wealth and power, that
are forbidden to the people and by so doing
placed that man in situation to sneer at
and iniure those who aided his rise. When
what are termed the profession ask for aid,
'i..- ~.~its Of the treasury are thrown open:
when those who t.eyS4SI1zsu. '"e eas.I
tha.a-.,h tor the use OF q few thousand dol.
lars of their own money. they are repulsed
With taunls and sneers. The evidence is
daily becoming more clear, that farmers
must see to their own Legislation, or it will
be left undoIe. But to our correspon.
dent:-
"Considerine the vas. Importance to Our
country of the Agricultural interes.--it be-.
ing the very basis Of all ethers--,vithout si,s
prosperity Of which all others dwindle II is
strange that it is so overlooked and
neglected in the legislation Of our
country. Manufactures, commerce., and
navigation, are all found ts be bene-
benefited by little legislative aid; but ag.
riculture is supposed not to need It. am
against too much legislation. 1t is one Of
our errors, and ever will be in republic
But while their is too much on other sub.
iects, there is too little on agriculture. /
will illustrate the evil felt in some instances,
and show how Legislation might remedy it.
We see accounts in the journals Of the day
ofimproved farming implements and labor
saving machines, &c. A farmer purchases,
say, reaping machine--is does not answer.
He curses the impostor, and forswears all
humbugs. He is told he did not get the
| right article. But how is he to know the
right one? Certificates have little value !;
| we believe in none of them. In the course
| of time, perhaps a neighhor gets the right
implement, and when he sees its operation
he will buy one. have had myself q
knowledge for several years of various i'm.
provements, which have been anxious to
adopt, bu, have waited to see them intro.
duced and improved by others, not wish.
ing to be humbugged myself. How rapid.
ly would our prosperity advance iflhe march
Of those improvements could be expedited,
and how much could that be done if each
State would have model farm, where all
reported improvements could be fully tes.
ted, and reported on BY authority tina. could
be confded in and where the operation ol
the thing itself could be seen. There, too,
manufactures Of the most improved articles
could be established, and the implements
and machines furnished at the most reason.
able rates. Pure seeds, plants, &C., could
also be had at such farm and what would
be the expense $4,000 per annum would
borrow 100000, which would amply sui.
fee for the establishment, including large
farm, which would be annually increasing
in value, and the income from which NIGH
be made, by good management, much, il
not all ofthe interest on the cost ; for the
implements, seeds, &C., would all be con-
sidered or proved, and the demand for them
would be almost unlimited. There, too
could be demonstrated the best methods o
agriculture in every branch. Much specu
la.ion would be putto rest. Any improve
ment, when shown to be such, would b.
quickly adopted, and agriculture advances
with rapid strides. do not pretend 10 sa!!
there may not be more advisable modes Q
: advancing the agricultural interest; but
am we'll convinced that such plan woul
render it q great service. The best stock
!, Of domestic animals could be conceptred Q