The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-18

N0AAAsAs - 0SKA ~ slait laffn and EMIfi-
saie i vel. ] xishthal this admonislon
would be Numbered into lie Ears of he
agricultural population or New England.
until complete revolution should Be pro-
dnred il The farming system.
This great lrnih i also beginning 10 be
understood in other countries, and i Al.
tended with corresponding advantages
The densesi population in Europe NAV
nc found IN Flanders and I.ombsrdy.
Shers the land Is divided into small farms.
and. being thoroughly titled, produces =
hundan' food Tor The inhabitants. And
the experience Of quarter Of > century
IN Frame proves sllat BY the occupation
OF The rouniry under small working far
meEs. The land i producing one.third
more food. aud supporting a population
one ihird greater, than when il was pos
sessed In large masses.
The law j. universai-li applies 10 eve
, IS coan.ry--lhal Tie secret OF success in
Agriculture consists in the thorough cult.
Walton Of small piece Of ground, which,
well,manured, and well worked. Yields
up is treasures in prodigal pFollsion. In
almost every part Of New England. one
eapial error runs through the whole sys-
TEN Of farming. 4 grea, deal Of money
is invested in land, and a very liule money
is employed III lis cultivation. And il Is
sad 70 see The owner of large farm. pride
himself on the number Of acres which he
possesses, and undertake 10 cultivate the
soil without sufficient means. Such a
man has been happily compared to a
merchant, who expends all his capital in
building for his own use alarge and roomy
store. and is afterwards seen gazing with
competency on his bare walls and emp.
Is shelves. a.&
lie has chalhed out % himself hard
lot, and voluntarily enters on state oil
seryitudle, verse Than Egyptian bondage.
! Ills work l. never accomplished. lie
tolls Al all hours aud yet is never ahead oil
his work, and his work is never half done.
lie has no time to accomplish anything
thoroughly. His house is out OF repair,
his barn dilapidated, Lls cattle poor, hi.
fences in ruins, his pastures orerrun with
bushes, and acres OF land. which under
proper cultivation, might be made ID
yield a rich harvest, are but little removed
from barrenness. perhaps dotted with
mullen, burdocks, missiles, or filed with
i Sss, %SR Whit Ss bus a nj gAsg dqggg
up the life Of the soil, without aliordins
nourishment 10 man or beast. 49,
What harrassed unhappy being mus
he the owner of such a farm! He LA.
no time for recreation or mental improve
ment. Tie is doomed 10 the ireadmill To-
life, with his spirits depressed-despon
deney stamped upon his hsggatd Inca
menls, and the worm Of discomfort gnaw
ing ., his heart: with him there is n,
pleasant associations with the past, IN,
present is full Of anxiety, care and hare
labor-and dark cloud rests upon III,
future. lie reminds me OF Hoods touch
ing Song of the shir,'-a and il may b,
we'll said or sung of him.:
! Work-work-work
| From weary chime TO chime,
= Work-work--u1k.
| As prisoners work for crime
! Plough. and harrow, and hoe
Till the heart is sick, and the arm benums-
And misery stamp'd on the brow.
! Such man has little reason to prid
himself on his extensive possessions; ant
paraioxical as il may appear he woul
in nine cases oul Of ten, add to his richie
as we'll as his enjoyment, BY giving ava.
one half OF them at least. lie is in th'
true sense Of the word, miserably poor. il
fact slave; and when his eyes are open
ed to. his real condition, il is no wonde
! tina, he is glad TO emaneipate himself, b!
, selling his farm for what he can get, ant
| escape, post haste, to Texas or Iowa.