The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-02

AGmcrLTURAL socIEFIRs

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AGRICULTURAL soCIETIEs.
Oar a1leniinn has bsen Frequently called
Of late 10 The repairs aud duings vi A gfi.
Slllufai Seelell~s, nj different parts At The
c ually. South Csrnliaa, our sister State.
,haw. > good spiriI on 'his sublcri. She
Els = naail.sr ii Asvcnl,ural Slrir,pes
within her baall.ls wl,irh. BIZ their eulcr
pIising aud saergriic iabaEs. bid fair 10.
wards bringing abant q sagnd. PEarIieal,
a. well - theoretical kRawlsdse &C Agri.
eallaTe among her people. Agriculture
!, the greatest The mosI interesting anG
drlighlial pa.su luf man; aud YET We ven
lgre 70 say that Il Is lhe leasl understood
a Al, psrlic,nany IN the Suuth. Farmers
generally speaking, hive an atersinn o.
what they call . bppk farming and con.
sssuendy prefer plodding through life
10 the oil beaten iTack-lhe track Of
thsir latters, and fathers fathers. Tile
consequence i, that in few years after
opening pl'nlalinn, il is worn OmL
They are driven 70 the necessity las they
think ofelearing more land-lhe old fields
M longer prDduring crops worth the labor
70 lill them; they are +" turned out and "a
wear o. two The rains wash great gaping
gullies thrangh them, and IL the present
owner the land i lost. This system is
kept up CIR few years, aud the farmer
becomes dissatisfied with the gloomy pros
peei presented him. of young pines and
sassafrass growing all around him, and Of
the awful chasms gsping wherever be
looks as II waiting 10 swallow him. lie
resolves u sell lis old homestead. lie
can never do that part BY his family tina,
he should 10, il he remains there. SO he
sdver.ises: Having determined on re-
moving 70 the West, The subscriber offers
Tor sale his valuable plantation, lying on
the waters Of Panther Creek" &c. &r.
This plantation, onre valuable indeed, is
sold al price falling one. iwn, three, or
four thousand dollars below lirst cost; and
lis late possessor leaves il. perhaps with
less means al his command than y hen he
first entered il. This is one system Of
Agriculture, anil very destructive and
sh,meful system il is;-neverlheless. il is
avery common one in many parts Of our
country.
The purchaser Of these worn-out fields
aud frighlfn gullies, happens to be DIFF
ferentsori nf man. He is a firm believer in
book farming. i you please; fr every
spare moment from his out door Iabors
is spent in reading Agricultural books
and periodicals; and he watches with the
syidity Of beast of prey, every ex-
pertinent tina: is made, or making, cal
culaied to make some new development
f The science Of Agriculture. Agricul-
ture is science with this man--one that
i'pleasing and delightfuI,--and not drudge
cry, CALLING yoke, as some men regard
Ito which ihey reluctantly submit, TO
obtain leave TO live.
Six or seven years roll by, and our
scientific farmer, still laboring on the old
homestead, has become The pride and boast
ofihe neigborhood The people just a
round him lhoughlhe was sill, shallow
Drained iellnw. al FIRST. else he would
never have bought such a place to seille
on; aud they would frequently indulge in
very hearty laughs a, his expense, when
he CHANGED % speak Of his plans. But
Row things have taken change; instead
OF laughing when they meet with him.
ihelr eyes. ears and mouths are alliopen
70 catch every word he uiiers; and when
they wish his farm, with all The curiosity
Of green 0,aes, they 90 10 examining this
thlng and that about the premises. In
ane they are utterly astonishedto see what
wonderful change has been wrought
upon the old fields: The gnllies have all
oeen stopped, and the red clay declivities
'nFongh which they ran, now bear aluSu-
mani crop Of corn. The old fields, late
'hc haunt OF vii turkies, last sheep and
hogs and stray cattle, under the hands Of
ms new, scientific farmer, have shed
ueir pine, sassal'as and percimmon BUSH
es' and nuw bear upon their bosoms rich,
waving wheat. barley. rye and OATS
or else delight the eve with the deep
green Of q heavy clover carpet.
This is no fiction NO fancy sketch.
Inc farmers Of Pennsylvania. New York
aAd other Northern States. present more
striking contrast with those Of N. Caroli-
aa Than the foregoing, o. any one would
imagine who has not seen them. The
reason why It is so, is very evident: The
farmers 0! those States are reading. rea.
s1onIng, aud consequently enlightened Peo-
pe-enlighteae,l, particularly on the pnF.
sui or occupation Of their lives. They
not Only lahor IN the fields, bat thew labor
~ their houses. They not only labol
with their han,ls, but also willIthpif heads,
from books they learn the constituent