The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-16

lands, alld tie ancgcase nl agricultural
profits, i ietrrminatiun 10 cease to
cultivate aud toa poor 10 make rea-
sonable reura for the labor employed.
Labor j. the iatmer's money. and when
hus.emJllnsed il makes bad debt
one utterly incnnseriibIe to any yalu-
able use. The merchant who should
sell his wares IN credit to those who
are insolNenf. must end in becoming
So himself. |, is equally trae, that he
who deyoteS himself 70 the cultivation
ol lands which DO d 4, by.lheir pro-
duction, pay fof the operation, must
~ ruined il tbs prosecution of The bu-
siaess,
Ifitis asked. what are those 10 do
who have no rich land, the reply Isl
make all rich that YOU cultivate. reduce
the sufiaee and increase lis fertiIy. and.
if you laNe surplus labor, employ il as
y0u would other capital, to the accu>
mutation of the elements Of fertility.
The original settlers OF this country
found that resource in the rich and
endless fnfests which they cleared, aad
from the productions of which they
became rich. Clear land prudently
but not wasteiully, and by judicious
management retain and increase the
fcrtility. II would astonish any one,
who Is MT lamiliar with such calcula-
tions, 10 learn, that at least one third
Of the whole agricultural labor of the
country Is wasted on exhausted lands,
or-applied witheut skill.---thus making
"a dad loss to the country and the
world. The proceeds do not pay the
4 expenses of the operation. How great
must be the profits Of iudicious labor
Y On rlch land to sustain an occupation
n with such an item ot loss in its acC0untl
4 An acre OF land which, in is exlaust>
Ted st;te. would not yield five bushels,
may Ike u4ade % produce forty, With
cislith j lls lahgcailsl * lclssei ihsi
lwould be required TO make from cighi
tacres Of such land, an equal amount oi
corn. This illustrates the value OF the
application oi capital TO farming. Af-
ter having collected and applied all the
mamures which are in reach and avail
able on the farm, the surface to be cul.
tiyated may be increased and enriched
bv the purchase and use Of fertilizers,
\ With which our markets abound.
speak from experience as well as OBJ
scvation, that. IN the application 81
Guano, although apparently higl, pric-
ed fertilizer, the increased crop has
paid for thrice the cost Of the manure,
] and left an Improvement on the soil
iully equal to the sum invested. This
is certainly true in reference To wheat
and tobacco. learn that it acts mast
powerfully ON cotton. iknow that thc
1 production Of corn is greatly increased
I but It's prise being less, the immediate
return III money value is not 80 great
Men are coyetousof securities, which
Weld with certainty six per cen
Here IL one that, in i've years cxper
ence, has never Welded less than on
hundred. Gnano is used as an Illus
tratcr, without intending to disparag
lime, plaster and other fertilizers wit
] which agricuimrists are familiar.
In reply to the suggestion, that tn
system of clearing and exhausting Ian
ought IL be abandoned, we are oite
told that this is necessary, because
4 the growth and increase OF labor on Il
aralarm. Ii this we're necessary conse
70 dnence of such increase, it would be
Il Il great calamity, for it looks directly t
n. the iiAsr mpOyerishmcnt Of the coun
try. Laborcrs everywhere grow Y
and increase. Such ought not to
the result, Tabor. it is true, may
p SO directed asto produce destruction
~ ~ ii.stead of profit, but it is only the VI
rk seilfui who make such use Of this gre
of source of prosperity. A farm has
{ limit, for the profitable application
], labor, as we'll as 20 its surface; and
surchargd it with labor, IS certain
IL unwise. Let a farmer. thus embarra
an sed with physical force, hire out son
of those laborers, altthlnvest the mon,
mia m derived from the hire, in concentrate
NJ NJ manures; let him faithfully and SKI
fullY apply them to his lands, and
IKE will find in the increased crops, as W
e,y as the additional value given to his {
tate In permanentfertility,a IA more sat
factory application OF surplus labor.
Another error, most frultful IN m
chief, and which seems to have strO
hold upon the minds of the agricul
,sll ,s raEcommunity, is the notion enterta
~. nv ed Of resting land, by rotation
III. crops, with occasional intcrspcrsit
|. in cultivation. Let il be remember
that the rotation IS only because
land is charged with the production
~ crops not natural to the soil, aud al
..J Which are removed after they arc p
y JluCc.i. Land neser grows poorer
'"' the ptodntlon of It's native grow
!, h08ev<i abundant the crop, Il Y Is