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


grax.ers. amongst hogs. wiz alter Tie
state ai things. produce prosperity.an.l
success, without first securing ample
means Tor their rearing and lattening.
Our old variety, br.ught Bp under the
priyaiion and ianlships of our present
management, are better, unless tAis i
first attended ID. They can lise anl
endure even the trials Is which llleg
are snljerted; thc Ythers would dcge-
neFsIe aud fie4
sheep lana!ng il 1 nerlected source
Of great profit amidst remarkable fari.
aties fot The business. The little state
of Vermont produces foar times Is
much wool as the State Of North Caro-
Ina. although, the cold season cont.
nues eight msaihs of the year, IN that
high northern ALTITUDE. and demand.
continual feeding to the stock; whist.
our free mountain range, and unequal
led grass country in the Piedmont Il
gioA. remains unemployed ior tbs TT,
Gable purpose aud dis t0o III the lace
of the high price of wool, and tie hea-
Is importation from foreign countries
to supply our home consumption.
Where, il ma be asked, IS remedy
to be found Cor tie state af things We
have described It's to be found. first,
indiausing information among ihe larm.
ing gmasses. by rendering them conscious
OF the profits which tl.eY lose. and tie
losses which they incur BIZ the want oi
information, or their own censnrable
neglect,-by the formation II Agricaltu
ral associations III every country sud
every neighbnrhoo,l, aud inducing Tie
intercourse and collision az minds Il
mongst those engaged III i common nuf.
suit.--hy the circulation OF agricultural
periodicals. especially tllose ofour Own
section aud climate; and permit ne here
to express my oion sense oi obligation
to the Editor of the Farmer's Journal
for the zeal as wei us ability with which
he has commenced, aud is prosecuting
his valuable enterprise. The Roman,
presented a civic crown 20 the man wh,
saved the life Of citizen; how mucl
more wortliynf such distinction are
those gentIcmenwho are lcFoting theii
lives To the renovation Of Il countrs
greatly exhausted ~ imperfect agriseI
i tare, and awakening lie Impulse q
mt S5s-.- s.-l.-ll-
, until OUT cpuntry Shall sinIie fnAbessatl
t and abundance, one wide and extenic'
scene of beauty and fertility. Th
!. name and services of Edmund Raiiin
; the authoror Essays on calcafeous ma
: nares, will be remembered, auil apprg
ciated. when politicians who filed
J, large space in public notoriety, az
wAo won high prizes by their dec
) sagacity, shall Be utterly forgotten
1 the one has written his name upon u
], impershable annals Of the improve
/ agriculture Of his state and county
G whilst the deeds Of the other will slam
7 Der in the grave which termlnatedflsea
c reer, however successful itamlght hav
been; the one is the benclactor Of hi
J, race, the other the promoter Of his ow
S personal interest. | would add th
e promotion Of agricultural lhrarie-
il cheap, and easily obtained by ever
y assaciatiun, and frequent meeting,
l free discussions. and comparisons
{ experience.
Il Nothing Is more fatal II improve
IN ment, orindiyidual happiness, than CO..
ii stant association with those who tax
! our opinions without investigation, ,
Sc from whom our stock Of knoWledge
not enlarged.
+. 1t is a great calamity for men to
Il deprived Of the privilege ofentercoar.
le with their equals, and supefiors n j
ID telligence. The human mad deY
q lops in proportion to the frequent 0
o. portunities Of putting forth AL Of
" powers, and the human heart il i
Or proved and cultivated, BY tie comm
n mon Of feeling, which such exercis
a create. He Who is contentei u be !
On oracle Of his neighborhood. will becei
OIL d bigot, and be surrounded by sYc
e, phants and ilatterers. Errors must
at perpetuated in such i society, and il
lss provelnent cease. Is he grows old
tn he will become more nnteachabie, a
tie when he dies, his mantle will most pi
err badly fall on a verse subject thau hi
,se self, because imitation is the most j
,e. cere species Of hatterys ys--he viii ha
We acquired position BY such i proce
"a Frequent assemblics Of the Farmers
m agricultural Slubs and socieliss,
Die taking and rei,isax Of journals desof
the to those and kindres pSiits, will
an throne such petty tyrsIH he eSss
I'M and prevent his rise if not Srsaily
ow power.
ul- Men will try and see will
uid in the trials Of theirneighbers
m, cess or failure Of each pew s.
the and their own practieai
rm. will appropriate all that i
ere and reject what Is wofshl IS
ina On no subject Is inquiry
lies ious, and knowledge sogight
re- er avlsI,ty, when once iae
one kened 10 the impo,.tasles n
Or 10 It. | am told that N ~
,es- lsdgeeasaAe alone fe,s. q
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