Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-03-12
NUMBER 21.

4 ). Z lSty9lDLn% n is
among us whocame from sections of countr2
where different customs and habits prevail, ,5l
which they feel a confidence if introduced,
would work animproyefnent in the state Of tho
country, instead sof an exertion to introduces
those habits and customs, they al once fab in-
to the ranks and most admirably jog on with
the same tfott they end prevailing.
A preparatensof the grain before meltioned
for the laboripg animal would lie about as -su-
perior to our present mode of feeding. as The
bread of it would be found for the iaboflng
Islnau, willie combination of it with corn, or
oats or barley, theifrst 10 meal equally desira-
bic, to secure the health aud capacity of the
animal for labor, as also to secure durability.
Itwould not be ifiiir to suppose that any ra-
tienal man who has practiced iaboTing the horse
. to much extent, and who has not frequently,
with much uneasiness, discovered the effect of :
|-cofn-feeding on the ANIMAL during that part of
the yeapin the South, when labor produces q
tendency in the man and horse to q fever STATE.
The premoDitory syInpf oms of dsease before
him, leaves him without doubt, that the food
|son which the animal is compelled to subsist
| is the cause, nor can he for a monient doubt
when he sees the discharges made His fact
known, that this state OF the horse is rarely
witnessed where rye and straw or the first and
oats are the feed furnished lin when laboring;
or where the Irish or sweet potatoe; property
prepared, OF. the carrot with hay is made his
Diet e -
Thatthe action of a laboring bosse Is gov
erped BY the food on which he ssabgists :is web
understood, and in al the eel ebrated !pfepara-
lions TO secure this point in d rkhorse, chop
ped rye forms a most mportadt item equal
" to insure uninterrupted health and Wig.
or, It is indispensable:
That the horse fed on corr and fodder It sub
iect to singular degree to- the same state of
the stomach, that marks our corn bread and
mi lk dietors, is notorionsly known and equal.
Eay, that where rye and oats forms his diet, this
lwretched state Of tile stomach IS almost nm
known. 80
1t would be perfectly inadnissable for any
person Wiho would pretend to any knowledge
of The natural history of this anImal, to bring
a single objection. touching our climate, as re-
CARDS his health or longevity c6nseqn
what we know; The mode Of laboring him first
and feeding him last, determines both IN The
South and determines another bleak fact, that
: the losses by this animal in the South, especi-
ally III the cotton growing region, is startling.
Put this noble and useful animal on the DIET
fiat nature intended for him, and have him to
pursue the honosaBie course of making his
own living which he will do lfor be is neith-
ter a proaigass.o .or a loafer he viii be found to
live longer in a Southern han in Northern
cline; for not unlike man, his friend and ene-
my, he feels his frame less shaken by the .ex-
tremes of the climate consequently, with our
iignorance or folly. must plead guilty, when his
existence is shattered for again, like his com.
panien, man, the tenure of life is net shortened
by rational exertiuns or labor.
70 the value of this grain already enumera.
ted, we must add, and worthy Of d pointed nos
tice with us Southerners, that it surpasses in
a capacity for preservation, without expenseor
labor, for while the corn would be almost to-
tally consumed and the wheat destroyed BY
the common enemy of both, this grain stands
untouched for years exposed in the stack or
under Che shelter in the stack without deterio-
ration or damage and the Eufage still an ex:
cellent provision for the stall Of the plapter tif
he has one) at once going to the support of bis
COW, steer, OK, mule, or even horse. q
9 Nor do the claims Of this valuable grain stop
here In its cultivation is found an admirable
preparation for the insurance Of that valuable
root, the sweet potatoe. Immediately after
cutting the grain, break up The stabble ground
with suitable piow and with p large barshear
make wlde and deep furrows, into which rake
the mass of stubble, covering with earth. and
you have a most efficient and economical pre-.
paration for an excellent crop Of that root to
be produced by planting the vine Of q variety
Of the Red, well known for It's quality of pro- !
ducing from The vine and then fail not to re-
collect that you are producing two excellent
crops--one of the best 6reddstafs $, and the oth-
other an almost nnequalled substitute. on the
same ground, during the same year and by
the return 10 the soil that each is known to
make largely, you are gaining that most desi-
rable result, adding to tie fertility your lapd;
while to secure the last in still greaterdegree,
feed off the product with hogs that yop intend
for the smoke house, and you will find IN the
future crop unmistakeabIe evidence that the
fertilizing part of the process is complete, as
also exhibiting a most agreeable evidence on &
the joists Of your smoke house; for never yet
saw "a man walk into well filed house of that
description, but he inyolantarily smiled. If he
failed to do SO, be assured be will look round
at the door, crack or root. and lastly after re.
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