Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-01
For the r egister and Journal

MEssRs. EDITORS: In YOUR paper of the 24lh
insta nj there is communication from the s'Soulh
Carol,nian, principally the subject Of the CORN
crop. With the writer | 60 fully on the value of this
grain, and would perhaps 60 beyond him. ON the
value and management Of every part OF the stalk;
but be II remembered that both Of us may GO too far
in the moment OF well meant zeal Ii is time
ally of excitement in the agricultural wo:ld aud all
of enterprise, Industry and lauhabe anxiety, tn
be dong something in their profession, are IN the
alert, and ready 10 grasp at every thing, even pla-
sible information ON the subject; ard however desi
rable this state OF things may be, when compared
with the anahy that has prevailed amongst Us
this important sugeci Tor years, yet il is absolutely
necessary receive with marked c.uion all theory
that will not bear the test Of reason aud experience,
more especially AT the present.
As regards the NV atery Products" of the writer,
will remark that il may be laid down self
evident proposition, that animals were intend
ed to exist iatten grain alone; that nuritiye
vegetable matter Is essentially necessary ~ the
health OF the merely living, or iattenng animal, and
winch health guarantees his greatest capacity for ta
king on fat.
In faitening the OK or the hog, it is well known
that part nutrlve vegetable food, combined with The
grain. will much hasten that state The first and
The last; and il may be asserted without the fear Of
contradiction that in the udicious application OF the
quantity of vegetable and grain, is found only the
most profitable, but the readIest m,de Of fattenng,
and also of producing the finest flesh. 1t certainly
would be strange theory to say, that the hog, with
his liberal portion OLA digging apendage. was in-
tended TO look for grain alone, in the great
est proportion as his food. While he the acorn,
and hriyes rapidly he himself takes special care TO
minge Them literally with iools, grass and weeds,
and il he had all the in the universe before him
this would still be his course. No animal Is more
partial than the horse bat alter eating
tain portion, how anxiously will he 60 TO work on
grass. The OK will eat his nuhhn with sufficient
gait, but he certainly will leave the trough OF nub
bins for good feshgrass. suspect all theories that
go to invert The laws of nature. Those laws are
plaIn fixed and immutable, and in acting with the
| animal world think il safest to base theories
and practice ON them | would then say TO the plan
ter, raise rulabaga. white sugar beets and turnips,
for your stock, and for the raising If which eli
mate appears highly favorable, The potato
peclaliy. With The latter, combine your grain after
being ground, or rendered soft by soaking. and
with tins iatten your hogs, and you will fnd not
| more economy than advantage as regards fine meat.
Take piece Of land that will produce Twelve
bushels OF corn, and mark The difference when the
| same ground is cultivated in pnders and the
potato in the production Of Ialiening material.
cannot conceive hwy the doct, lne Of concentra-
Ting all cultivation. the object Of which is ailen
animals on corn, will be received by the South Ca
rolinians. f'.. 4'.
That State has and does now hold some most in
teiiisent and spirited agrcuiuralIsts, whose object
Tor years back have been enghten the planters Of
that State, by we'll conducted and judciuus expert
ments on the value OF root crops. The value of The
pinder alone has been incontestibiy shewn TO be
great-behnd nothing for producing fat, singuarIy
productive on poor land and equally an aineiorator
and fertilizer.
Again, Messrs. Editors, 1 would repeat al the
present moment, especially, let the public mind be
kept The safe track, and let this track be the re-
suit Of experience and fact; but at The same time
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