Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-10-16
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of.such.names as North, Pinck1ey. Hpger,
Calhoun, GrishaEn, Griffin, "a ayebrick,i
Harrison. Reese, Earle, w hitner and;N Nor
ton,in such a Society," could NOT fail 10
Emake i'll useful. It's existence !lforl more
than twenty wears is tie evidence lhaiSfara
mers, when onceinforlned, and acting to-
gether, can and gwill iperseyeref 10 ihe at
tainment Of the most valuable results. Hts
an.exainplewor Of fallpraise, and opght
every where 10 befimita,ed. Here; Isam.
glad to- see the proper spiritisa az work:
and dyoursAgricullural Societyh!mingli gling
To-day with The Stale Society. !, in offering,
Premiums, points out The beginning cof'
wha: TO be a glorious day for Greenyille!i
Glorious !gGecause 1T; will confer greater
blessings upon her worthy population.
The people oflhe cotton growing Dis!
lricts between, Laurens Court House and
Orangeburg, have NOT the same means Of
fertilizing their lands. Slill.in -judicious
cultivation, the application of animal and,
vegetable rnanures, they can do4mnch, 10
restore their exhausted wastes. The ANAL,
ysis of cotton and:l cotton plant shows,
I am told, that the food peculiarslo its nuc;
triment aud growth is the phosphate Of
limes and thatthis can, in greater or less
degree, be Supplied on every plantation by
burning The bones. which are cast-away as
an incumbrance. and applying small guam.
titles ofthe ashes TO each plant. This, be-
yond all question, deserves the attention Of
our Agricultural Societies, all of which
should unite In requesting Professor ElIeo.
10 give to the public his chemical analysis
ofcoIIon and the cotton plant, and his OBJ.
servalions upon that which is essential 10
the soil 10 its growth. Such an act on
his part will add another to the many
claims of usefulness. which he has on this
State. J..
If to this We shall fortunately add;
through the Agricultural Societies, cor.
rect analysis of four soils, and some hints as
to the kind Of crops best adapted .herto,
| have no doubt that we have the means
within our reach Of treclaiming :our OH I. ex- *
hausted lands in the cotton Districts above
ranseburg: The application of the
Cow Pea as a manure has been suggested
aud will, &hehi properly applied, succeed
as we'll with US az the clover has in more
Northern and Western lands. When
sown broadcast. and turned under while
green. il will furnish 6ne mould for The
ensuing crop. On every plantation, how
ever, a little industry will galher fromthe
woods The alluViaI deposits, the cowpens
and stables supply Of manure, which will
do more to repay labor than eau be found
in telling The forest and preparing forest
for culture. Here the advice and encour-
agement OF Agricultural Societies becomes
all important, and here their utility has
been SO often tested, that it can be onlv
necessary 10 refer you to the Districts and
sections of country where they have
longest existed, for.lhe evidence in their
favor. The country from Orangeburg 10
the seaboard. 10 hel inexhaus,ible beds Of
Mar, has ;hat which will make her lands
more productive than they ever have been?
How much there, is 10 encourage us, in
every section Of the Stale, is apparent
from even these hasly remarks. To yam
kee enterprise could richer field be open.
ed !? Cannot, will not South :Caroinians
enter upon, possess and enjoy the good
which is there own, aud which lies open
and inviting before them. !! 1t is true, it
requires labor. perseverance and intelli-
gence; bit success challenges aud demands
these every where. The Clergyman. the:
Lawyer, the Phisician, the Merchant and
the Mechanic must .haye these requisites.
to succeed and still, NTH as, all Of these
professions may be found as successful as :
in any other part or the world Why
may not The Farmer here succeed? He.
can.-he may, and he will Irsis only 10
will and determine 70 be laborious, indus
,rious and persevering1 in agricultnralim-
provement, and you. will be successful
My fellow. citizens. here let us make the
resolve, that let Others do as they may, re
aOiN spare no pains to inaprore the fair in /
heritance aohich God has given US. ltis to:
6e observed in Agriculture, as in every:
thing else, success does not depend on a
single effort; many an experiment must
be tried again. Even success can; be inn
proved! Fhe successful and active en- =
tefprise does not more than suffice to
make such. an one. But, as sin every
olher occupation successfully followed, /,
every days improvement and success.
furnish fresh; incentives to other and .grea-i
ter efforts to further improve and succeed,
No higher pleasure, no more innocent
and heaIlhful pursuit can be conceived
than that iofTlhe Farmer. II his own
hands hold not the plough, YET in superin-
tending, in Witnessing, the successful fruits;
of energy, industry and enterprise, in OBJ
serving The continued blessing of.seeils
lime, and harvest" aud the mercy Of God:
in his rich gifts Of annual abundance, he.
finds enoughlo make his heart sing with
JOY his bead been in adoripg grati-:
Itude 10 the King of kings.
No pursuit can claim higher antiquity
than thar of the husbandman'; it is hoary,
with the lapse ofages it is indeed 'coeyal
with man himself ssWhen The morning,