Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-10-16
Eagehela Court House, SC, oetober Ae ts44.

tIe i dUle. hOCk. we whit iHc' capei'
ence ofevery one, in The culture of hr
crop. whatever IL may be. FrUin tha
which he econsiders important his sue
cess. we will'fnd something beneficial tt
Others. Let no une ssnppose.that he can
!; not tell, OF commit to paper, plain stale
men, of whatever ahe considers inateria
TO his success asa Farmer. r.iil know thai
every one who haselhe gifr 4of speech, OF
y who eau write aleltery can9do ii: For he
who understands malter;:j cam make II
be understood by anoi her.. In the Socie
J of which am !nember,s the New
berry Agricultural Society, many ofour
i most valuable reports come from unprac
tised writ ers, pIuin Farmers tiflers oflhe
soil, no themselves, ar some periods ol
their: lives. have been aaccusl omed TO- hold
the haudle of.lne plough. Bulit is not alone
inthe reporsof the Society. that a mem
ber's usefunessis seen. ar veryexhibition
ofpraclcal success in crops, raising stock,
or adding toihe health and comfort of2bis
slaves, is'ofas much, and perhaps more
importance .han rhalzwhich is written 1t
teaches by example, Ii saysito each and
all, if have succeeded. YOU can succeed
byrIthesi same means. TRY Having
disposed OF these objections, come now
to etibefore youthe CLAIMS ofaA Agricultu.
raj societies and Agriculture haas asn3.
Meetings. such as this, with an texhibi:
ton ofostock, manufactures and crops,
are other results from Agricultural Socie-
etes. Whar effect they will have,a
year5or two heuce will better aenable yGu
to. answer thur ow::i. In general, they
will excite emulation amoug the farmers;
every one will try 1surpass his neighbor.
This spirit. Heads 10 improvement upon
Improvement, eand.5a whole section 0f
counlryewili put on a new face Where
barennesss existed fertility will be found
where wasleful habits of farming i'4ere
common, more prudence ;wligiake their
place. :. In all fout rolling country, from
The. mountains toihc' fat lands fihe sea-:
board what more waslefulT lTimpoverishing
style ofAgricuiture could be- adoptedihan
/ gloughus up and downthe. hiIis?& Yettial
has been the UNIVERSAL habit Until of late,
years. The consequence is,Iaithat ihei
Stale is SCARED all over with guHies, and
The wasted hilt-sides. bald and banen;
stand Before u.s.. our reProach'sand punish-;
ment. Cultivation in drills, and horizon,
tai pioughing, rorhploughing aroundIthe
hills, correc this evi.iiiyA AgrculturaEeS
cIeIIes.are tue lneaus Of communicating
,his,iu(ormationi and inciliug Farmers to
try it. In hasty trip to Asheville,'in
in June last. yIwas delighted TO see ithe
improvements.ini Agriculture, which had
laken place in Buncombe, in the lasl four
years. One farm, within four mIfes Of
AsheviFle, presented WHAT'S not common
III this country, a mountain knob, plouhed;
horizontally from base TO summit, and
smiling in corn and grass. Such an ex-
ample, on The highway, could not, was
sure, fail ro'create a spirit Of emulation,
highly favorable to Buncoinbe. Andin
this expectation. II was not deceived.
Every where, il seemed 10 me, she had
stripped herselfto struggle for rlheprize-
The blessing of skAfat Agriculture on The
poor land cfthe mountains; and; in parrl
she has already received it, Can you not
my countrymen, in like manner strive,
andfiu like manner succeed? Ifyou have
the will TO try know you can and will;
| aAssociations.nf men for all purposes
are essential. Without society, man
could not exist. In the very morning Of
croaliou, Cod declared, "it is not good
1 that man should be alone :" he therefore
provided an help for him, in lovely,
smiling. erring. suffering, yet faithful aud
angelic woman. This principle Of help,
) thus recognized and pointed OFT, as ne.
cessary iotman in1lhe beginning, has des-
cended to him eve. since. moi only in The
bliss(ul relation of husband and wife, but
also in all The other various relations Of
! life. Separate action seldom accomplishes
much. Combined action is irresistible.
These remarks will be better understood
by9plain men. from few praclicalFillus%
trations. fone Tarmer,in some retired
section of country pursues "a course of
husbandry which makes his placeblossom
ike The rose, what does he accomplish?
He. blesses himself and his family; but as
to the community, could say Of him in
poetic lauguage, Full many a rose''
ibiooms 40 blusblauEseen, or waste its
fragrance on The desert air." Let him,
however, become member of.an Agri-
cultural society, and hiss uccess, example
and their example, willbe SEEM known e.
followed by hundreds. In the performance
of any work, when much is to-be accom-.
plished, numbers are sought and obtained,
as the means oc accomplishing i,prompt,.
ly and easily. lfa Farmer has his logs
| 10 roll, a house 10 build, or his wheat 10
3cul,i hisaneighbor are called in to aid. and
that which his own force could onlyihaye
mp1ished with great expense of.fa-
her aud lime. is The work Of day. Just
soit:with an Agricultural Society. lndi-
Ividual improvement has been for more
ltlanian hundred years in the field, and
has,accomplished but-little. Associations
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARE, COM
pararRely speaking, Of recent origin and
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