Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-10-16


5, business, than. any others. Politics, Lii
/ erature aud Temperance. have, through
!: papers, meetings, and other sources, con-
, ,inual rills. which, united together, make
q up! the mighty streams which flow through
. our. land, 10 make. it everywhere. glad.
i But; until iecently, farmers Associations
Z and meetings, were, few and far between.
n Now, and ;Shen, it is true, an Agricultural
;. paper. periodical or address, found its way
! into. the hands of some euterprising Far
! mer, who read and pro6ted by it. Latter
ably,s by; combining Agriculture. with Tenn
:; Eperance, ID the columns of the Temper
ance ADVOCATE, Agricultural information
4 has fonnd,its was through many ahouse,
|where It otherwise would not, and has ex-
3 cled, an Interest among The yeomanry Of
the. counlryFwhich never before existed
i .So:too, l6e; District Agricultural Socie-
lies have collscted the! people together;
have. by addresses,reports, and exhibitions
II Ecf,slock. interested thenin The cause; have,
made them conscious ortbeir power. proud
Of their business, and shown them, both by
1 precept and, example, how. il could be
made bellehand better year after year.
4 In, the pursuit of an object and end such
as ours everything which will excite in-
! lidivldials teexcel, is properly resorled to-
7 Hence. premiums are offered. not so much
4 for, their Halpe, as the evidence Of success.
i The public rendition Of lhese,, accomPan-
lied by snch,an address as that which fhe
President, of this. Society usually delivers.
is an honorsof WHICH the successful ought
to be, and always will be proud. But It's
puselulness, does not stop here; it arousess,
the ,spiritIo of emulation in. Others. and
blesses The, country with fine stock, fine
'crops. and beautiful farms. a-F 10 giitr.. /.
!, The. annual: or semi, annual meetings Of
kAgricultura, Societies., with. their. alten-
tdant exhibitions of fine Stock, good domes-
ilic manufactures, and excellent specimens
4 ofgrain and!cotion, are calculated to deeply
Einterest not only u.s. the members, but also,
4lhe people. Mullidudes will thus be drawn,
together, eachlmeeling increasing the sue
ceeJiug one The Agricultural meetings
|of New York fully support this assertion.
That of The last, Fall which called togelh.-:
Yer SO, much talent, of-enterprise and sue
lcess fromjthe bosom, of tho State. and from
the extremes Of the old thirteen Massa-
I cllusets and. South Carolina; with tho i'm.
mense crowd of Citizens men. women and
1 children, urICntrt uy Inelr trains or stoekr
s. everything else le exhibit. proclaims, in a
voice 10 be heard Throughout, our broad
land. that in New York the people have
made Agriculture anil Agricultural i'm
provemeni what it ought 10 be, their prin-
cipal objecr. Cau it not be so here ~ Could
zoe talk less about politics, and more about
crops, hare fe1cer slump speeches and bar
becucs ,Uashed do,on irith strong drmk;
more agricultural addresses, meetings.. and
barbecues aoashed doaon wiih cold trater,
think you not, my countrymen; that in q fen
gears zoe Should be an abundantfy ,uiser,
s. more prosperous and happier people than
1ve are no,0 !? To my mind it is clear sthat
4 weIsbould! Such agricultural meetings as
this will do much to accomplish so desira-
BILE an object. We meet, from every quar-
ter OF the. State, to become acquainted
with, one ,ano,herias Farmers, 10 think, to
write. to talk, 10 hear about, and to stir one
aaolher, up 10 mproyementin Agriculture.
1t is, ! hope, TO be the parent OF many
other such meetings in other parts of the
State, until all her people, everywhere, will,
devole: themselves to her greatest good:
For South Carolina seems to be plailny
devoted. by her local position. 10 three
great staples, rice, cotton grain and grass.
j Many, of these different products can he
I grown upon the same lands. But the
swamps of the lower country are more es-
4 pecialy suited to rice; while the region in
which we now assemble, lying west of a
{. line on The latitude of Laurens Court.
House, ought to be essentially n grain and
grass growing community. Tho interven..
4 ing country between the two designated
I. sections of the Stale. is a cotton country;
not usually producing more grain than is
necessary for the; consumption Of the in.
habi,an,s. By inatlention TO the plain in
; dications Of nature, how much useless
1 labor is expended! The attempt to raise
cotton. as crop, above Laurens, is really
and truly a poor compensation 70 the hus;. 4
bandman. :. The beautiful rolling lands
4 and level bottoms lying within this range
4 cfcoiiniffy, ifjudiciously cultivated in grain
! aud grass, with no more cotton than house
hold wants may demand, would crown the
labors ofSthe year with a fully equal re-
4 ward More money would thus, fellow
citizens, annually come 10 your hands
]! from the grain and from The slock which
/ You would be able TO grow and rear, than
| ever YOU have been able lo realize from
grain and cotton: And then what. a
change would be effected ali around you.
Horses; mules, cattle, sheep hogs, and
bacon n ahundance-milk, butter. cheese,
honey; and the wheat cake at every house
leach family. well ,elolhed in the winter
and summer from the fleece and cotton
OF every farm, spun and WoYe at home
Would you no, then indeed be happy and
/ .Iiindepeudent? If The temporal blessings
IIof2 God can ever make people coniented,
Il l,,..,,1J ho tbof h my, tof-s Ruf the