The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-09-04

One ot our RennSylVanla FARMERS VIII fdiso
more--on 200 acres than most of these Plan
,ers DO on TOO. Some of the land is mana
ged so miserably that the grain and oats re-
minds me of the first attempt OF an urcLin
of i6 10 hurry on his manhood with pair
of whiskers, which, like The Western towns,
are generally extensively laid out but thinly
settled. My attention was directed few
days ago 10 field which had been cleared
last summer, was ploughed with shovel
plough, abou, two inches deep, sowed in
wheat in November and narrowed by drag
Gig d large bundle Of brush or bushes over
it! could have counted oil the stalks that
had been cut Or an acre OF that ground, in
less than an hous. 10 not pretend TO say
tha, this is specimen of the general system
of farming here. Along the James River
where the land is naturally rich, have seen
as good crops as car be found any where,
and much of .he soil that is susceptible oil
being improved, is kept poor for want Of
lime; but hundreds of acres that are really
good, suffer for want of proper management.
have no doubt that competent and in
dustrious Pennsylvania Farmer, could do
well by coming here, and purchasing some
of the best land ..can..be had low, and
farming it on the good old German plan,
pioughing deep, not scattering cart load Of
manure over whole plantation, and en-
ploying white instead of black labor Many
Pennsylvauians have alreado settled in Vir-
ginia, principally west Of the Blue Ridge,
and am told they Invariably realize their
expectations. There is always good mar
ket here for all kinds of produce, simply
because production does not exceed the co.,
sumption, so that all kinds OF prodnce Gun.
mands good PRICE
Some of our young men who possess
health, strength and activity, and who gen.
crafty know how 10 manage Farm, would
do well 10 come out here and hire them
selves as overseers. Their services would
be gladly accepted and they could almost
command their own price. The general pay
Of good farm hand or ''kneeht," !" in our
State, is from eight 10 ten dollars a month,
board included. The overseer on plantd.
ron belonging 10 friend of mine, has q
very pleasant brick house for himself and
wife TO live IN, has all he needs for his fam
lily, his own COW, pigs, &c, several acres for
garden and 5000 O year. One Of our
young men, by practising the economy and
-prudencs which characidrixes a majority OF
them, could save the greater part of his sal.
! ury, and in few years, without dollar OF
his own, set up for himself. In Pennsylva-
mia, where lands are high and wages low,
the son OF poor farmer must struggle for
years, often his entire lifetime, TO secure a
competency or clear title 10 q small farm
But he would here have 10 make up his
mind 10 resist tho only evil influence OF sla-
| very, which creates prejudice against labor
and learns large portion af the white pop
| ulatior of the SoIth 10 look upon honest in
dus,ry and labor as dsrepuiable. He must
prevent all such anti-republican and aris,o-
cratic notions from obtaining foot hold in
his mind. He must not be ashamed TO work
10 mount his saddle horse and take his
own produce 10 market-to guide his own
plough and carry his own grain 10 mill. Hu-
man nature is very easily spoiled, and when
man is thrown among wolves, nothing
seems moro easy for him than 10 do as
wolves DO.
Virginia, 80 prolific Of great men and ex-
celleut principles, SO proverbial for her lib
erality and Hospitality with u people high
minded and honorable, is u, least half a
century behind some Of the Northern States.
1t willtake her at least that long TO ovcrake
Pennsylvania. She has oil the elements OF
wealth; iron in her hills, and coal-strengtb
and substance in her valleys, power in her
streams, but there they lay and there fear
they will continue 10 lay, for years 10 come.
This great old Dominion has capital enough,
but she wants more people, more energy,
mere enterprise, more republicanism, more
of that Spirit of progress which has made
| this Nation the wonder of the world. You
see the want of these in every mile you
travel. The country is deficient in hotels
There is not hotel in Lynchbnrg that can
be compared with the old "Washington"
kept by friend BELLS and instead of fine,
large, clean-looking taverns such as Captain
HICKMAN or CHARLEY SANDr preside over
with so much grace, you see in country
tavern one-story log house, with small
sign swinging from an iron arm attached 10
post and the word Entertainment" paint.
ed thereon by any but the hand OF an artist.
The house presents anything but an inviting
appearance, either inside or outside. In
addition 10 the Tavern. a store is generally
kept containing tin Lketles and pins, gilt
breast-pins aud calico, soap and candy, vim.
egar and wash-machines, fsh-hooks and
peppermint and as great variety OF no.
tions Us any Yankee ever carried in his
pack. Travel on and you can go for miles
without passing fine, large Mill, such as
We are accustomed to see every hour in any
part of our State. doubt whether there is
creek in all Virginia that runs as many
Mills as does the Bushkill. Saw-mills, Tan
neres and Factories Of every description
are about as frequent as angels visits, and
one can travel ten, fifteen or twenty miles,
on the most public road, without passing
half dozen houses. There is q great lack