Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-18

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sown on stiff one, and lha, which gre
on stiff one sown on light GROUND
advantages would unqucstionabIy rcsu
!. from it's
l1th. The potatoes at The mansion
house must be worked by the plough
4 from Union farm, and when this requir
ed, it would be best, I conceive, to &C
complishsthe wolkin day.
l2lh. Itis expected that The fences
will be -Wade secure, and no damage
permitted within them by creatures o.
any SiadSor belonging TO any body
mine any more than others.
18Th. the greatest attention is to be
paid TO stocks Of all kinds on the farms;
and the ibostthat can be made of their
manure and litter. They are to be
counted regularly, that no false reports
may benade: and missing ones if any,
hunted for until found, or the manner oil
OF their going can be accounted for sat
isGactorily.
l4ih. Aweekly report, as usual is 10
be handed.to Mr.. Lewis. In this report,
that | may know better how the work
goes on, mention when you begin to
plough; hoe, or otherwise work in field,
and wlien3,he field is finished. The in
crease, decrease and changes are to be
noted as hereto(ore-and let me ask:
l5h.FMhy are the corn harrows
lkrowntsaside, or so little used That |
rare y,ofglate ever see or hear of their
being atWork2 have been run 10 very
considerable expense in providing these
aud olheTimplemants for my farms; and
TO my great modification and injury,
find, GENERALLY speaking, that wherever
they were tast used they remain, if not
stolen .,tHwanted again; by which means
they as wsias the carts, receive so much
injury from the wet weather and the
heat Of llietsun as TO be unfit for use; 10
repair orsupply the place of which, with
new ones, my carpenters (who ought TO
be oherRsc employed) are continually
occupied j these jobs. Harrows, after
The groan|Lis well broken, would GER
taialy.wesand keep the corn clean
~ T,-.s Tire ptoushs.
nope, therefore, they will bc used. And
it is my express orders that the greatest
care be taken Of the tools Of every kind,
carts and plantation Implements: in fu-
lurr; for l can no longer submit 10 the
losses I am continually sustaining by
neglect.
10Th. There is nothing I more ar
dcntly desire, nor indeed is there any
more essential 10 my permanent interest,
than the raising OF live fences on proper
bitches or banks; YET nothing has ever
been, ina general way, more shamefully
neglected Or mismanged; for instead OF
preparing the ground properly for the
reception Of The seed and wedding and
keeping the plants clean after they COME
up-the seeds. are hardly scratched into
the ground, and are suffered to be smolh-
cred by tho weeds and grass if they do
come up; by which means The expense l
have been a! in pm rchasing and sending
the seeds generally from, Philadclphia,)
together with the labor, such as it is,
tia; has been incurred, is not only lost,
but (and which is of infinitely more i'm
porlancc to me- season after season
passes away, and | am as far from the
accomplishment Of my objrct as ever. |
mention the matter thus fully to show
how anxious | am ,ha, all the seeds
which have been sown or planted or the
banks, of the dilchrs SHOULD be properly
attended TO-; and The deficient spos made
good, if you have or can obtain the
means fol doing it.
l7lh. There is one Thing I must eau
lionyou against (wiIhonl knowing whelh
er there be cause 10 charge you with j
or nol)-and that is not to retain any o
my negroes who are able aud fit to WORK
in the crop, n or about your own house
for your own purposes. :. This l do no
allow any pyerseer 10 do. . A small boy
or girl for the purpose Of fetching WOO.
or water, tending child, or some sucl
thing, l do not object to; but so soon az
they are able to work out, l expect tt
reap the benefit Of their labor myself
18Th. Though last mentioned, it j
not Of the least importance, because lh'
peace and good government Of the ne
groes depend upon ii; and not less S.
my interest and your own reputation.
do, therefore, in explicit terms, eujoin
upon you TO remain constantly al home
unless called off by unavoidable 'bus'
ness, or 10 alland Divine Worship AM
TO be constantly with your people whe'
there. There is no other sure way o
getting work we'll done and quietly b.
neproos; for when an overseer's back
, turned the mostof them will slight lhci
work, or be idle altogether. In whic
$ case correction cannot retrieve either
. but often produces evils which are wors
/ than the disease. Nor is there and olhe
a.. ,l,,o,,,on on