The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-02

From The Dollar N.uspuper.
Profitable Farming.


Ask a farmer, any farmer, from The mosi
inveterate follower Of the good old way and
hater Of oil Innovations, 10 the most Ultra
II" book fsrmer,' What is the chief object for
which he isbors and be ell answer-pro6,.
This then eng the am Of The millions eng..
ged 10 he culture OF the soil. 1t becomes sn
inquiry Of some nome nj, What 10 profitable
fsrnng' We are often told lhs. thorough
cultivation. high farming" as II is called
will no. pay. Land !. so cheap aud labor SO
dear that the farmer cannot afford that supe
rIor ,,ilsgs 90 often recommended n the CO.
lumns Of agricultural journals; in short, tha.
good farming IS uapfoh,sbe. To Prove th-
fallacy OF this op,u,ou ~e h,vs but 10 comps'e
: the results OF psriecs 'lIsge With those Of The
half culture system, o., rsther, rant o! sys
ten. The fruit. of thr latter may be seen N
tate demslion t nce., ovsrgrosn ~hh weeds
and hrsrs; vigorous growth a. dock, ihs.
ties, rc,., sd u d~sf crops, barely ~ofih
the ahor OF harvesting. These ste es,ls;
bu' The, ate from being the orly OF the
steae., on=s which resul, from such w iasge
neui.
An acre, with hall uilsgs, vii We'd buf
small retufn; con-rqusniy It , CONES neess
say TO go over vas an,ounI Il surface %
obtain small crop The farmer Il be- par
don, The taborer,) has so much ~o'k to do
and Is so busy that improvements u 90 HI.
farm are no, to be thought OF, repairs cannot
be attended TO, weeds, Ike all other onsei
come pe,sonsges, vii ever ,n,tude them.
selves where least wanted and rob the half
starved plants, but hs has no time TO extr.
pse them, and thus recklessly giving the
chances 10 his adverse fate, It IS no ~ondsr
thai he loses he bsrte and eIecrstes farming
a. a most stretched occupation. To him ,'n
such. HIS ssll becomes eIhsus' ed Of hs n"s
valnsbr con,rtusrls. Tor he /. ever bo. ro.lng
from II, and never finds time TO retu'n al,
thing. The soil, like all other c'ed.iots, al.
ter losing confidence. lend g'udgngIy, the
farmer I" tuns behind hand" and goes
West" 10 search oil laud lhal "won't wear
out" Thu. may seem dark picture, az w
necessarily causlic de!neaiion, yet It falls far
:. below the truth. Many are The cases parallel
>. ed TO, and even worse Than the above, which
have come under my observation.
=. bod II asa tue saying, and nne cspabI,
IN of demonstration, that y batever viii pay 70
>. dong a, all will pay (o' doug we'll. 1t lslru
If tia, a mans land may be unsulted TO rh
a growth OF corn, wheat, tobacco, OF some olhe
no crop; 10 this csse II will Of course be boobies
10 to sttemp. the culture OF that particular pie
IA. vet What he con cultivate he can culIiya,
X. yell. !, will certainly require more labor 1
grow so bushels OF corn upon an acre than
av w,li to gros %, yet II will cost less TO I'LL on
We acre we'll than the two poorly; hen 10 III
md end The veil tiled acre viii be left IN far III
.he bel ef condi ION or future crops.
uld This running over great many scres
q" obtain tina, amoun, Of gram which should
nto the product o. 3 few, 70 ONE Of tn. gresis
Ed .vr. OF the present system Of farming. Fa'
JOY mer's wish To gs' rich ,oo1bs' are smb,'ic,
be, to bseoms III. po.ssssoss Of too many BIOS
serss, and 10 the ,hHs. fos gain lake cour,
IN. d,smer,csliy oppos,is TO the one most cond'
'sd c,ve 10 the realz,,ioc Of their desires. III
,us, improvewept or ds.sr.ors,leo Of tho coil is