Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-09
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NO. 80.

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10 make long and safelrip, always trav
els In regular aud moderate slages. Dc
r not kill The goose to obtain the goldor
} egg.
| Let these or similar rules be generally
adopted, and carried out by the Southeri,
planter, and your committee do not hesi.
tale to say, that allhough.it it may not stop
the clamor of wicked men; who seek 10
make political capital out CT The spiri. of
Abolition, yet their clanor will prove as
harmless as the olrEs hoot-even the slaves
themselves will not thank them for their
efforts, but laus h them to scorn. =:
:: The only food on which this faualicai
spirit has heretofore been fed, is the in
stances in which some among US have
failed 10 carry out the humane principles
above recommended. Many of which in
stances have been carefully COLLECTED;
properly embellshed to suit the taste of
old women and children, and published
to the world as the legitimate fruits of
slavery.
AlFof which, your committee respect
fully submit.
JOAN A. CALHOUN,
e. E. DUBosE, COMMITTEE.
VIRGIL BoBo,
June IL, 1876.
r.. 49, V =. .-.
,"Our Country-Hs Population and Pro:
ducttons.-We have been much gratified
in perusng the annual Report of the Com.
missioners Of Patents for lS45,-which
comprises about 1900 pages Of interesting
and valuable information. After all tho
outcry against the pricing of this docu.
meuI. which has htedithe newspapers, we
10 NOT conceive that likeamounl of mo-
ney could be expended in any better way
'han in lhus disseminating knowledge upon
useful and rural affairs 10 The people ofthe
whole country: We suhjoin a synopsis
containing some very interesting informa-
ton in relation TO the population and agri-
cultural productions of the country. The
estimated population, at the present timo,
IS nearly twenty millions souls, (l9.6G2,-
5OO.l The number Of bushels of wheat
raised the las! year was LOG. $4,000;
which is equal 10 2l,s09,600 barrels of
flour. allowing FIVE bushels per barrel, or
more than a barrel Of flour u each indiyi.
dual man.. woman and child in The United
States. The increased, number OF emil
'tarmers' aud The new lands which are an J:
nually placed nnder cultiva,ion;1 together
With the heavy harvest ofthe country. has
greatly increased The wheat crop Of the
present year over that Lf: the last, as enor-
NOUS as il was!--But rhisis but single
item of the products Of agriculture. Be-
sides there were produced 0c barley.
SLIGO, 600 bushels; oats, 1853, pos, 900; rye,
G,l75, 900; buckwteai, 1926, 600; Tu-
dian corn, ALI, 1893. 600; potatoes, SS, ,392,-
OOO-a less amour, than former years on
account OF the rot. Hayi14, ,065, 900 TONS;
fax and hemp, 36.50O tons; tobacco,
1S7 ,422;05O lbs; silk cocoons, 4S6, ,53Olbs;
sugar, 226, ,026, 900 lbs. =,
These estimates net pretending 10 be
completely accurate, furnish as near an
approximation to the truth as possible,
aud will serve TO form some basis for CAL
culaton in gross respecting the agricultu-
raj resources -four country. The field Of
agriculture continues to increase as we'll
as 'laborlo cultivate ir-Thus, last year,
l,754,763 acres Of the public lands were
soId while the number Of emigranss from
Great Britain. and other European couu-
tries geuerallyi is believed to have been
greater than lor auy previous year. The
State Of Pennsylvania stands the third in
The importance and variety of ils agricul-
iural productions. There were raised in
that State last year, l2,556,0OO bushels
Of wheat, 4l,OOO Of barley, l9, 9,s26,0OO Of
oats, 1922, 900 Of rye-near'y four times
the amount ofany other State; $685., 900
Of buckwheal, II ,l2G, 900 OF potatoes, L.
527,OOO tons of hay, $4,000 lbs.i of to-
bacco, al, $40 Of silk cocoons, 1,6O0,0O0
of sugar. New York and Ohio are the
only States which exceed Pennsylvania.
| South Carotinian.
FRtenins Eogs.-lt is a good policy 10
commence faItenins pretty early, for pork
can be made al less cos, in mild weather.
than in winter. Al this season weeds from
The garden and fields will aid little, and
sweet apples that have fallen will do more
service in the hog peu than under the tree.
where the worms that arein them would
make their appearance next spring in The
form ofinsecls.
.liogs are fond Of variety, aud 10 Angus,
and September. they can be graliied at
small cost. Pursaue, tha, now covers the
ground in many gardens is greedily de-
youred by hogs, and who knows but this
weed has as much power to lalten as the
the tops pl corn have? Charcoal should