The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-05-23
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From The Farmers Adrocafe.
PROMlSCUOUS REMARKS.

from ne fNfMfFs dUftCufC.
I PR0MISCUOUS REMARKS.
Al are Interested 1t 10 well esiab
Ished fact that the most imminent danger,
scarcely excite our alarm when the ap
preach is by slow and imperceptibe de
grces. Aud from this faculty. OF The humat
mind, We can alone accoun, Tor the apathy
so universally manifested by large por
ton Of our population IN regard 10 The pros
poets Of agricultural pursuits. Agricultu
ris,s are no, alone implicated IN this mat
ter the whole population IS iudispensably
interested IN the general result, hence, are
mutually bound 10 promote such measures
as may reasonably promise the advance.
men, Of agriculture, as The maternal
source from which each aDd every other
department must look for support.
Plenty not permaHeHi.-That our agri.
culture now wears on uniavorable aspect,
no one We presume viii alIomp: to deny.
And although a, The present time se seem
TO beeurrounded with plenty, our agrIeul-
.Iurnl operations have been SO ulserably
conducted, that two or three uufavorable
seasons ~ succession would drive US ialo
the oppoHte extreme. and reduce Us 10 q
state Of absolute want.
SHceess depends more on culture than
seasoa.-AlthoYgh the success Of the far
msr must il some measure depend 90 the
state Of The season, still, more Is due 10 the
manner IN which he cUliiYates his lands. -
A badly cultivated soil may produce toll.
cradle crop Il the season is proPlticus; but
{, requires good culture to secure the far
mer from failure when ,he season is On
favorable.
Bad conditions Of our farms--A large
portion 81 our lands m North Carollna has
been SO much reduced 81 bad -..iA..-4. 49,.
. ----'' rvY'nre Term Of several years OF
careful management 10 restore them 10 i
state Of hgh nrot'"',s"E.>> 49, even to
condition thnt would secure to The cullisa-
tor source u certain profit. From our
badly planned and worse executed system
81 culture, b., few Of our farmers succeed
IN making any thing more than decent
support, upd many even o. in'accomphsh
ing That No~p ~ ask--why are these
things SO
Advantages Of North 6H.l@aa.-No
portion Of territory Of equal exleut Wjlhip
The limits of The United States, or perhaas
10 the world, combines a greater variety Of
circumstances, calculated, If properly em
pIoyed 10 secure 70 ibe inhabitants. real
aud substantial enJoymeats, than North
Caroline OF holds o., greater inducements
10 industry and enterprise.
Her 'oiL-Her soil, though not all OF
the richest cias-, nevertheless, ~hen It's Vi
ta'fy has not been destroyed by IMPROPER
culture, abuunds with sufficient fertility TO
yield the prudent Ausbaudman a reasonable
return Tor It's cultivation. lis texture vary
ny through every graduation, from a leh,
sand. 20 that Of q tenacious clay, often ex.
lsliog q adpcau, nelghborhoods, and not
unircqlcutly on the same farm, affords to
the bushandman where nature has not
previously performed the operation, the
mos; ample facilities for blending them
.or miyng them together, 10 the most ad
Ambiguous proportions, 10 secure with j.
diciou5 culture. permanent pfoducllveness
Her rdrisiies # altitude and aspeci.-
Ia her longitudinal divisions, presenting ev
cry variety Of altitude and aspect, from the
rice s@amps aud sandy Oats ca the Atlantic
coast on the East, to the elevated regions
Or grea, chain OF mouuioins on the " est
thus Offering facilities for the Cultivation
Of every species Of production, usual,
grown within the United States; and With
few exceptions, within he temperate zane.
Tier climate.-lu regard to her climate,
IFS superior IS rarely 10 be found, either for
agreeable temperature or salobrious quall.
". There IS, perhaps, no state in he
Jniou, in winch the inhabitants suffer less
from extremes Of cold and heat, than those
Of \. Carolina the thermometer seldom
fsing higher than w IN sumner or
laling below lO' to winter. And the
surface Of tho country for the most par,
having sufficient inclination 10 give the
streams an ea-y descent and abounding IN
springs Of the pure,t water, 10 natural
cause Of disease exisi4, 10 mar The rational
enjoy nent OF her inhabitants.
Tier commercial facilities. The sub
jet that seems 10 present itself next IN i'm
pnrtance 10 her commercial Cscilltles. and
70 tbs particular VIC deeply regre, the eff
leels that have been too sensibIy produced
10 this resPec, BY the misrepresentation OF
those WHO from an ignorance Of facts have
un"it'nC!y erred, or from a sour dlscon.
tented disposition, are ever RENDERING them
selves and others unhappy, by their propen.
sIiy To 'afnIsh the brightest picture. But
the true fact Of the case is, few States IN
INC onion offer greater natural facilities for
commercial intercourse, than n. Carolina.
ana an 'Ahl ~ wanting 10 induce will
'ngness IN her citizens to improve them i.
ai'abu'e Of the public mind % the saluec, !.