The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-07-13
AGRICULTURAL.
sFrom thee Charleston Mercury,

IESrGEMEN:-t nc last SstiSASsttra ''i~
honor to address youaoa a topic Of para
mont interest 10 your constituents. a.
low me acainIo solicitsvour attention to
the same subject. ! prcslmeit will not
be contested, that a-i'cultlfeSiss sthe basis
of our prosperity, and, that alIsproPer
means to further IFS progress orsD re-
move obstaciesin the way Of lis advance
ment, should unhesia;ingly be adopted.
IT now appears to be gencr;iIy admitted,
that to continue the aais;ng,ot cotton to
the entire exclusion of some, and TIE par
tial culture only of other valuable crops.
would be a pcrnicious error. Thc gold.
en- field 10 which scii-in;cicst invited lis
about forty years ago, no longer exhibits
a remuncrating return. Guided by the
same faithful monitor, our present coursei
is so obvious, that an argument TO show
the necessity of pursuing it, would be a
work of supcrcrogailon.
There was time when this State was
an exporter of grain. The extension OF
the cotton culture soon effected an :mp0r-
tant. and, in reference to the cmmunity.
q disadvantageous change in OR system
<of husbandry. From statement drawn
from the late census. infer, that about
three and a half millions Of acres are ap-
proprated to the production of corn, and
from. evidence upon which | can rely,
South Carolina has purchased OF the tins
article. since 1880. at the annual aver
age rate, $4,000 bushels. 1t is apparent
from these data, that if only one-forlh Of
a bushcl more per acre to the whole
number of acres in titil were grown, Our
granaries would not only be re-csiabiiShcd
at home, but that we should again DC cH-
ablcd 10 meet the foreign demand 10 the
amount of over $4,000 bushels fGr this
great necessary of l;te? Can rot this BE-
done1 To the experienced it is we'll
knwn, that 100 acres of cotton Ildclou>-
ly mauured, assuming the soil to need
artificial aid, will realize larger product
in series of years than 200 acres.
where no cxpcdients for enrich;ng the
land are resorted to. Hence, whilst the
consequences of tie n1eliorat!nG process
would be the usual income from the plan
tCT Hldiil Citp, IlS StoSN va "a '''''''.''-
independently of other decided benefits,
which [ will not pause to cnna2raic,
would be vastly augmented. TO bring
about this desirable state of things: to
preserve confidence to the cotton grower.
whose alarm and embarrasSmcnls. may
in part be traced to his crcdu!i;y a2A Est;
less energy; and by the operation Of wise
and saIu'ary regulations, to insure the
means of a comfortable subsistence {"
every yeoman who will take hoId OF the
plough and not look back the a''' OF your
influence; gentlemen scii! Ce'l ''o," "''
sure YOU, can at this time be most D3nc-
ficially extended.
Among the preliminary measures Co.
titled to consideration, the formation OF
local Agricultural Societies. Is believed
to be The most prominent. | am aware
that the public mind is sill restless ana,
disquictcd. He would therefore richly
merit civic wreath who should succeed
in arousing the cultivatorso the soii.io
Just sense of the dangers they have es-
capped, and directing agtheir untreing ezcrc
tions TO the slow butSonlv certain mode OF