The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-10-21
RUR.FL ECO.yU.MI:
IMPROVEMENT BETTER THAN MI.
GRAFTON.

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lively new, and with YES, exten, Of land
Just rescued FROM the wild beasts and wild
ulen, that roamed over 1t with undlspu
ted sovereignty, II cannot be expected that
much improvement in agriculture should
have beenlnade. The great oblec, has ne
ccssarily been, 10 the mos, cases, produc
ton aud immediate returns. Where i'm.
mense tracts Of land lay untitled, men have
used Up the soil without regard to improve
ment or the cOnilEuance Of its tertllliy.-
ESceptlng those soils which are annually
oseillowed and enriched from tho coniribu
Mons Of other fields, no soil under perpetual
cultivation eau retain its fertility. Tbs
has already been demonstrated in some Of
lie eldest States, where cultivation has been
highly Stimulated, the products carried
from the land, aud no portion Of ;l"'1 re-
turned for its restoration aud nourisdment.
Ia the new States Likewise tho fertility Of
whose soils 10 the confident aud reckless
seems inexhausiIb!c, this must ultimately
be be case, unless the principles Of modern
ausLandry, the principles CT 4 rotation Of
crops and seasonable manurng be under-
stood and ador:ad. The laws Of nature
can neither lie tranlcended nor violated
with IMMUNITY. Ayarlce and seldshuess in
every department OF life are sure OF d lust
retubu;.on. The laboriug horse mist
have h. full mauger and his comfortable
bed, or he will cease 10 labor. 10 Ga.
haus, the soil by cropping, and TO be con.
tiuually taking away without any replenisA.
ing, is husbandry tho iaia! consequences
Of which are certain. In somc parts oftbe
country the soil IS exhausted With perfect
reckIessaess, aud with determination %
The parrot the cuIi;yaior, that hen II eeas
es to yield abundanily he viii euligraie /;
bat there are few cases 10 which emigration
is &c, a serious evil. Ii the account were
fairly nude up and the disadvantages Of re
moya cooltastet with The advantages Of a
fixed location, having Ill those multiplied
which are found associated o0!y With q
long established raeideHce, the policy Of
such calculations would be as strongly con
demned by interes, as BY Considerations OF
comfort aud moral good. The evils CT nc.
hoya and emigration IN our country
physical sutferDgs, lis social priyareus
and It's coral trials, 10 majority Of cases,
are necessarily great; and eau be conpeusa
ted only by extraordinary advantages. 1t
is happy for US tha, under faithful and en-
liehlened agriculture, the fertility Of 3 soil
may not only be kept Up, 5ui conti1uaIIy
increased. II is a trulb, ia which the old
States have The dc.2est interest, that their
impoverished lands may in mary cases lie
restored and their waste and lrteeained
lands redeemed and made productive with
greater ultimate advantages and pecuniary
pref, than a farm can DO taken Up and
managed on the richest praitics of The far
vest. lie, ire state a case w.lhsn my own
knowledge Ia the neighborhood Of two
populoUs'Iil1ees, al observing man purchas.
cd seventy acres Of wet meadow, the pro
dac. Of which wss comparatively worthless.
The lnd vas estimated at 30 more that
tweaiy dollars per acre. Al an additional
expense not exceeding twenty dollars per
acre, he drained and manfred It and Oh
tains from il al the rates Of three tons Of
good bay to an acre worth at the average
price which hay has maintained IN the Vi
ciuily for iweniy years past, fifteen dollars
per ton. From one measured acre lie sold
the product of one cutting Cor one hundred
dollars. twenty five dollars per too. We
are YET, even 10 the Old States, little &C
qualaed with our oan resources. have
10 prepdlce against the new States. Far
fromit. Iadmire their unriyall-d nagaii
cance, their sJperlaliye beauty, ard their
exuberaut fertility. they are for the
Young and enterpuslng iOr those sho have
no means Of planting themselves in the old
States or for those Of foreign countries,
who gaeag from tue yoke Of oppression
and dcgradauon which has for centuries
CALLED their necks under the despoisus Of
The old world, come with their wives and
children 10 our shores, whore they may
breathe the air Of freedom and enjoy the
rights Of men. Heaven prosper the yir.
tuous, patriotic and industrious among them,
as He prospered our pilgriG4 fathers, Bul
at the sane time, am for the improvement
Of the old Staten. am for doing well
here, before 20 further under the ezpec
latlon Of dong better, with all tie uncer
tainiles attending removal and The sacri
ces il must involve. We have not begun a
systematic and liberal course OF improve
men,. W.h respect 10 the small experl
meDls When have been made and mas
have come under my observation, have
not found single instance conducted with
Judgment, skill, perseverance, and liberaily
which has not been amply compensatory
and successful " our own county &c Co
.lmbIa presents many examples Of sGch
productive Improvement Lands in shls
County, which twenty years ago were
scarcely worth twenty dollars, under o
course Of permanent improvement, are nov
readily sold at an hundred dollars per acre
IN whole farms, and pay large profit at
that Coleman's Addre8s.
TO KEEPOUT SHIPPERS FROM BACON.
a, abou, the time when our friends are
beginning to smoke their meat, il may do
some oood IN ir,form llIef1 that n anal hi