The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-03
aPRUPos or PARMERs.

ArhOfOS VI FARMERS.
know farmer who has bu, ffieer
acres Of land. OF of which he suppori.
his family-he continues 10 get 40 bush,
els wheat fr"m an are. and from 50 10 "a
bushels Of Indian corn. besides eon.lod.
der IN abundance; instead OF imposeiish.
ING his land BY these heavy crops, such il
his econnmy IN saving. making. and az.
plying his manuEes, that his farm grows
richer. This farmer applies his knowl.
edge Of figures 10 his own calling. re
says he cannot afford II grow half crop,
as Che deIeri"ralicn in fences. and the in.
iernsl Of money on The land is The sane,
ernp er halI-erop. q is needless 10 say
thai abs man takes Two sgrieollural pa
per.
know another farmer who has rs a.
rres of land. a fine ealcareous elay liam,
amelioraied by quartz and limestone peb-
hlcs. with spnnkling &c small bonklers.
Tie barely snhsisis his lamily. in very
primitive way, en The avails of his Is n
cres. His eorn6elJ u plowcd. or rather
half pIowed, late in The spring. The weeds
run race with the late planted corn, un-
I'll late in juno. when ihe hoe and The
plnw give The stunned plants The end OF
the race. Now comes a drought. The AZ
ready enleebled plants have no organic
power IN make The extra heat available /:
hence they are pinched by that very innu-
ence which gives frniiion 10 The well.icn-
ded and early planted field. Bot The
drought has nj least served this man with
an excuse Cor his short crop Of Indian
corn, thus saving his pride At the expense
Of lis pocket. Ills wheat falIow is lit
tie better managed than his com, field, but
his crop is always foul. sometimes short,
and the grains generally shrunken. TO
bring the year about without running into
debt, this man pinches his family in the
ordinary comforts Of civilization go to
his house in The winters day. ten 10 one
he is asleep on his bed, or sitting costly
by the fire. Ask him to subscribe for an
agricultural paper, and he is no longer 60.
sy; all the Goth and vandal in him is
aroused. Il want no book TO teach me
how 10 farm. Look at my neighbor Pro.
gross. he is book farmer. VIVA, Use are
his Durhams, aud BeTkshires, and all his
big crops! lie spends il all; it only
makes his family proud haw mad il
makes me TO see his children sent by here
every day 10 the village school," do
moi re,ori upon This man the fact, that his
district school cannot be respectfully sus-
tanned, because the district contains too
many such men as himself. | lei him
alone in his glory. assail no man, who,
like The hedgehog, is armed a, all poinis.
know another farmer, mild, quiet
German, who seems inslinctively 10 have
that German love Of the beautiful and true,
which is only an acquired taste with us
restless Americans. While we strain af-
ter the ultimate good, they quietly i'm.
prove that which is within their reach.
This mans farm gives an earnest of the
industry and good sense Of its proprietor.
Not thistle, no, hriar, no alder bound
fences; all is neat. clean, and arabic. The
house rather plain; ir it displays no taste,
neither is il like TOO many Of our fine farm
houses--a carricature on all orders, and
good taste to boot. The barn is large,
well ventilated, with painted blinds the
fences permanent aud strong; what is
lacking about these premises in ornament,
is amply made up in neaness, and the ap-
pearance of positive comfort. This man
nodcstly says, Ich can night guih En-
giish iezen." Still he takes the papers,
and the well ihumbed leaves of his last
years Cultiva,or. show that its contents
have been Understandings read by him.
know another farmer, a gentleman, a
scholar, and christian, so far as the fash
able modification Of christianity will adj
nit. He complains tina, he cannot farm
by book, because his hired men object 10
the drudgery Of The prescribed prepare
lions. He speaks twice to his horses,
where he. contlescends 10 speak once to
his men. Yet, strange TO say, he boasts Of
the clevcrness Of his horses, while he com.
plains of The intraciabilily Of his men!!
know another farmer, book farmer
if Won please, new beginner, but an en-
,husiast in his calling. He. soon found
tina, he could do nothing BY way of i'm.
provement, without awakening in the mind
of his head-man, or lactoum, an en,husi-
asm akin to his own. This man at first
,lemurred to hauling swamp muck INTO the
barn yard, lest ii should spoil the manure.
Now he has become an ardent student IN
vegetabl' growth and nutrition, as 1t is
taught in The agricultural papers OF the
day. Here is at least one laboring man.