Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-09-12
AGRICULTURAL,
LITTLE FARM WELL TITLED.

IS "eli calculated 10 SneW the importance
of thorough cultivation:
"The greatest obstacle to the improve
ment of Agriculture is the propensity of
the farmer. the mania light well call il,
to Oa0n more land than he can till to ad-
Uontage. And it is thus that we see scat
tered over the country large tracts of STE
rlle, unproductive land, which. under good
cultivation, would yield bountiful and val
liable crops. Not only the dictates of
sound philosophy, but numerous facts,
drawn from experience, are constantly and
loudly calling upon the farmer, from eve
ry quarter, to occupy small farm and
cultivate 1t aCeN. / wish that this admo-
milton could be Numbered into the ears of
the agricultural population of the country.
until complete revolution should be pro-
duced in the farming system.
"This great truth is already beginning to
be understood in other countries, and is at
tended with corresponding Advantages
The denses' population Of Europe may be
found in Planners and Lombardy, where
the land is divided into small farms. and
being thoroughly TILED, produces abundant
food for the inhabitants And the expert
ence of quarter of a century in France,
proves that, by the occupation of the coun-
try under small working farmers, the land
is producing one-third more food, and sup
porting population one third greater, than
when it was possessed in large masses.
"The law is universal-it applies to ev-
cry country-that the secret Of agriculture
consists in the thorough cultivation of a
small piece Of ground, which, we'll manu-
red and we'll worked, yields up its trea-
r sures in prodigal prolusion. In almost
+ every part Of our country, one capital error
runs through the whole system of farming.
: Il great deal Of money is INFESTED IN land,
and Uery little money employed in us
,, cultivation. And it is sad to see the own
er of large farm pride himself on the
e number of acres which he possesses, and
. undertake to cultivate the soil without suf
fclent means. Such man has been hap.
= PLY compared to merchant, who expend:
d all his capital in building for his own ust
: a large roomy store, and is afterwards seer
. gazing with complacency on his bare walls
e and empty shelves.
0 "He has chalked out to himself hare
n lot, and voluntarily enters on a state of ser
!. vlude, worse than Egyptian bondage
His work is never accomplished. He toll:
n at all hours and yet is never ahead of hi:
e work, and this work is never half done
He has not time to accomplish any thing
: thoroughly. His house is out of repair
S his barn dIlapldated-his cattle poor-hl'
: fences in ruins-his pastures overrun will
;, bushes, and acres of land, which, unde
: proper cultivation, might be made to yiele
+ rich harvest, are but little removed from
: barrenness, perhaps dotted with mullen
i burdocks, thistles, or filled with sorrel
S white weed, and other noxious plants
: which root out the grass and eat up The
y life of the soil, without affordng nourish
?. ment to man or beast.
is "What harrassed, unhappy being mus
o be the owner of such farm He has M
= time for recreation or mental improvement
He is doomed to the tread-mill for life
1t with his spirits depressed-despondency
y stamped upon his haggard lineaments, ant
y the worm of discomfort gnawing at hi
l. heart, with him there are no pleasant asso
ir Citations with the past-the present is full
of anxiety, care, and hard labor-and
!, dark cloud rests upon the finure. He re
d minds me of Hoods touching Song o
the Shirt and it may be we'll said or SUM
of him:
Work-work-work
From weary chime to chime,
L Work-work--
IS As prisoners work for crime
Plow, and harrow, and hoe
Hoe, and harrow, and pillow!
Till the heart is sick, and the arm benumb'd,
~ And misery stampd on the brow.
. . "Such man has little reason 10 prid
himself on his extensive possessions; am
paradoxical as it may appear, he would il
] nine cases out of ten, add to his riches a
8 vel. as his enjoyment, by giving away on
= half Of them at least. He is. in the trn
I sense of the word, miserably poor, in fac
0 a slave; and when his eyes are opened Il
70 his real condition, il is no wonder that h
is glad TO emancipate himself, by selIin,
s. his farm for what he can get, and escape
= post haste, to Texas or Iowa"
% Giant Corn.-Mr. William Cfispin, Of Mari
borough farm, Great Timber Creek. N. ].
% yesterday brought to this office some stocks @
% corn more than six inches in circumference
= and thirteen feet nine inches an height. Sue
immense stalks We never saw before. The
= excite no little attention, and were examine
. during the day by hundreds. Mr.. &. inform
rs that The only manure nsed WAS ahnnt ai1h