The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-31
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Prom The South csrolinian.

Prom The South csrolinisn.
AGRICULTURE or SOUTH CAROLYN
Sisy-ifas6aadsg IN ne Soufh-Adspfa,ion
Pod r. Sasip-Esaads " tie hlrev eoasnfrv-
Brmgds, Mans, Guinea, and AngaEI era,
sess Msir iafrDfBofi0s iRosasisfenf ssiM NJ
Dependency OFFS. Caroline fcr anig,a
.faoi-i'roduciioa Of grain and farmiag ii n
aifdie eoHafry- Hook,grs,riag on Tic Noun
f1ins-4 protitm a. te sairsd.
In { he Farmers I.ibrsry 4 wear aso
Mr.. Henry >. Randall, of ConnIsnd, vi.
lage. N. T.. published valuable series N
ieliers addressed 10 our friend, Hon. n
w. All,ion, of Georgetown. S. O.. anon
NE subject Of sheep husbandry. These
have heen rePnhlisllrd M neat volume
by J. ,. Skinner & Son, phiIadeIphia.
end y constitutes n nnce the most ysIua.
Die ,eali-e on The acflimation and raising
o. sheep IN the South which can he plsc.
"a ~ iho hands Of The Southern wool.
grower. u enters deeply into The canses
which have I'D 10 failures, and MAINLY
points oui The path 10 be followed d en.
gender success. The adaptation of fond
70 enilance The production of wooI. has
always been The prelominaiing principle
sought alter by wool-growers. Ia The
South The only aim seems 10 have been
The procuring Of suitable breed Of sheen,
adapted BY habit To our miserable pastures.
we VIII become successful wool.growers,
only 50 soon as We adopt systems which
VIII always furnish bounlllul supply of
food for our sheep. Wool is much ike
an organized plant in It's nature. aud has
lls roots and trunk through which il de-
rives It's food. Place lean and misera.
BILE carcase Of feed coat or WOOL, and The
crop will be like any vegetable crop plan.
ted on poor soil. Our low country mois,
lands, nigh, be profitable, IL SET in The
proper grasses, but the !. Bermuda. and
Means" which are 50 generally reviieh,
are the only grasses which have as We,
been lonnd adapted 10 The rough and tum-
bic chances given 10 pastures in our STATE,
and until some less encroaching grass Is
discovered. the deficiency will be felt.
ne Guinea grass, from The West In.
dies. Is = fine grass. and might succeed
well with rs. II has been placed IN.
der The ban as being so nearly identi.
cal with The /" Means" grass. as 10 render
lls introduction unsafe. As i fac, worth
considering in connection with this grass.
y requires eighteen months 10 perfect and
MIXTURE its seed, and hence IN any region
where The irosl kills grasses, ii Will never
prove trouhlesome-extending only by
lis roots. In Brazil, much Of The climate
OF Which country is similar 10 our own.
The . Angola" grass is described as fnr.
nlshlng abundant and suitable forage for
all domestic animals. Ii is desirable that
our government should take steps 10 in.
iradice u, and lest lis value BY culture.
y y easily propagaed BY seed. Ii is all
nonsense 10 say that our Southern coun-
NY Will not produce sufficient amount
q grass to supply large herds of domestic
animals with food. The only question 10
he determined is, whether lie general in
PRODUCTION of those grasses which will
succeed will more benefit The country
Than ln)ure il. 1 he . Means" grass and
Tue Bermuda" would furnish pastures
and hay sufficient 10 sustain very heavy
stocking Of land, either Of sheep or neat
cattle, and when, instead Of miserable
Planting and equally miserable farming
systems, we have a grazing and wool
growing system Instituted. we are certain
mat no, only these, hul many similar spe- {
cles 81 grasses. will be very extensively
cultivated.
!, we agree with all their opposers that
he,r cultivation is entirely inconsistent
WIN planting or farming systems oftillagc;
nul ~ The same time cnnscientiousv be.
iiese That if The waste lands Of this State
we're now laid down in them, in less
.''ah Ten years the whole State would
oe greatly enriched. Ii would cause
"ur people 10 produce the beef and pork |
..ohsu'ned, and for which we are still ,
y great measure dependant upon Ken. ,
.ueAy; y would make US wool-exporters
instead Of heing buyers OF = Yankee lin
eess 70 clothe our negroes; and il would ,
.oneentraie all the funds which arc now
pau ior these necessary articles, in the !;
.''nl's 81 our own Stale, 10 be rpinvested
~ improvements. which again, inlhe round ,
- :, industry and enterprise. would bring
wealth 10 The people. There !
:; ~ calculating what series Of progress |
s sne agricultural improvements might ef- I
, IS, Tor The tagging prosperity Of The cot I
=" growing States. The middle coun- ,
Y. " o. South Carolina. must by The aid Of |
a . raltoads, soon become exporters of {
. .''uf and corn 10 great extent. This |
w. Cause the introduction of a carefully
'"s''a'ous system q ilase and production