The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-05-04
From the Greenpills MountatnccT.
THE FARMER.

THE FARMER.
II is as necessary that a Farmer should
be educated. as it is for any other citizen
of our country. There is no science or
art so generally neglected, as the science
or art Of Agriculture; and this IS owing
chiefly 10 a want of proper intellectual
culturc. Mechanics have their "lnstl-
,ntes' and Journals" they investigate
and experiment to ascertain what may
he useful. The farmer. it is true. has a
few papers devoted to his interest IN agrl-
culture, and once in a long time, III some
parts of the country, there may be "cat-
tie show and premium awarded tor
the best crop in different kinds of grains.
Rut this is unusual, and exciteS but little
interest. The farmer Pursues his laoors
without noise, and remote from places
where lectures and experiments, and COL
lected thoughts are heard and given. lie
is not broug ght daily into society where
there is close competition, scientific con-
yersation, and immediate access to all the
improvements that have been made in the
country. And there is a prejudice with
manv who cultivate the soil against learn
inq any thing in their calling from books
or educated farmers. We admit there IS
some good ground for this prejudice, tor
many of our books on farming extract
largely from English. French and German
works, which are not adapted to our soil,
climate or products. IfAmerican writers
on agriculture had studied our soils, cll-
mates, habits, &c. with more industry,
and not have been so willing to fill up
their papers with learned extracts from
other countries, there would not be such a
preiueice against reading works on FORM
inc. The farmer is ready to real, pro.
vided he can get something ineligible and
practical by reading; and those who cry
out against farmers for not liking book
farming, should reflect and see if some OF
the fault does not lie withtheirbooks, eth
er in the style or the inappropriate hints
suggested. 1t shall be our endeavor,
while writing on agriculture, to speak to
the understandings and practical interests
of those whose profession for life is to cul-
tivate the soil. We believe that reading
on farming can be made delightful en-
plovment. No other man should be so
observing, so familiar with nature. in all
her wonderful operations, as the Farmer.
LODI, Abbcvillc District.
SOUTHERN STArEs.-In the year 1766
the Colony of Georgia exported $4,000
lbs. of Indigo; it was then the chlet sta
pie of the Colony. The expectation OF
rice for the same year amounted to more
than STA lbs. Cotton was not cultlVa-
ted at all.
Indigo being an article of great lmpor-
lance to the British manufacturers, efforts
were made to establish the culture OF 1t IN
India. In 1888 Bengal began to send
indigo 10 Enyia,i, E ii and in short time 1t
ceased to be cultivated to any extent in
America. India now supplies the Chief
portion of all the indigo used in manutac'
tures.
The Savannah RepublicansreferrIng to
these facts remarks that Gotten and rlce'
now the staple products of Georgia. are
s articles which scarcely entered into the
idea Of the founders of the State; and the
significant question is asked-how long
will these continue to be the staple COM
modities of Georgia? Can they, from the
present aspect Of affairs, long maintain
their supremacy? 1t is certainly, adds
the Republican, "a question of great mo-
ment: for as England is weaving herself
from our cotton fields, and looking for her
supply to her own East India possessions
it becomes important to know, what we
shall do with the surplus of our own wants,
and to what we shall turn for new and
commanding staple. As the limits of
our cotton market become more and more
narrowed down, so shall we be more and
more compelled to search out new meth
ods for its consumption, or new products
Of exports" -.
ANOTHER SPLENDID DURIAM.-WethIs
morning saw in Front Street. most
heautifIl Short Horned Durham Bull, the