The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-09

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owners are satisfied with their humes.
Whenever the eve 81 the traveller i
refreshed by saFh scenes ~ these. he
nav rest assured that thrre agriculture
rrospcrs. thar the iure ~ fhrir homrs
has inspired fhe hope in their nwRers.
that their children will orespy them.
when rhef are gane. and prnfeci thrlr
graves fran slesrcration that thry are
residents. inhabitants. os ihe eoanirr,
not luerr sajuurn4fs fnr season. rrady
20 abandon all for speculative emigra,
tion-are men who feel that patriotism.
IS well ~ every afhrr virtue. grnws
most kindly and natures ,pnsi perfect,
" under the influence "a Local ztiach-
iurnls. the sacred circle which includes
their homes; sho perceive great rrils
in the frequent uprauiing Of thosr
plants of tender growth who feel that
IL is a bitter trial 60 sever and destroy
thnse ties which bind men together in
neighborh.nd asspcisfion. II is Bat to
such expenditures as these mai object.
sfhrse ought all to br nude. and pros
pc rous agriculture would in this way
ainrn aud b-sutifv oar whole country.
Bnl | refer to that iniliscrret hnancirr-
ing which would add thousands a. the
care Of an estate. IN buildings and like
improvements. but withholds moderate
annual returns uf its own increase 20
sustain It's fertility. and recuperate its
powers Of production impaired by pre-
sions bad culfivafinn.
Many large farmers would promptly
refuse TO invest $500 IN Guam. Lime.
Platter or othrr concentrated manures.
WIN would not hesitate tainvest thrice
that sum IN some unIInpnrtant enter.
prise. the profts OF which. in three
years. would not equal the increased
production Of single crop. froln the
iulicious application If the manurcs
which that sum would purchase. II
all the income irmn agricalturr il 20 be
vested IN stocks aud loans--if its most
valuable and rxhsus,ing productions
are 90 be annuslly exported. without
any suitable return a. the soil, ultimate
exhaustion must be- the result. The
merchant invests capital in gouds, cal
culating on profit 10 his sales. and
increases the extent of his busine>s BY
the returnof ihnsr profits to the pur-
passes Of trad This seems to be the
course 81 alIN,ther occupations. with
the exception nf agricultural pursuits.
That is expected TO supply all other de-
mands Tram every other direction. and
still sustain itself. unassired aud alone.
And vet nothing more certainly makes
4 remunerating return for iDoDcy ex~
pended. thsn land properly MANFRED.
carefully preserved. aud skillfuliy eul-
tiyated. No Investment of capital is
more secure, certain or satisfactory.
The history Of European agriculture.
and especially that Of England. teaches
a mast instructive lesson. In no conn
try has capital been more extensively
employed in Farming--in none has the
land been more permanently or rapid
Nv improved, aud no where has increas,
ed production made a more certafp and
satisfactory return. Oae hun,lred aila
fifty years ago, the production Of wheat
in england did not exceed all average
OF ten bushels an acre, and the grain
itself was much lighter and poorer
By regular improvements, arising from
the liberal expenditure Of capital in
manures, BY superior Cultivation and
increased fertility, The production has
qua,lruplyd, with an enormous increase
Ut population, and the correspondent
accumulation Of agricultural wealth.
In no country is there as much capital
aud science devoted to agriculture and
its Kindred occupations, aud IN no 20
,crnment IL the will Of the farming in
tcrest uttered in such language Of cuw- |
maud III the halls Of LEG station. The
experience uf man, OF the old States Of
our Cninn confirm what has been said.
Farmer, have learned that not on V the
vegetable productions u the earth may
be returned to enrich il, after thu most
i6dNC OttlI CiilUiOA cu
to support animal life, aud To minister
Ia human comfort, but that the ocean
and the lakes, the turrsts and the ri>
yers, together with the exhaastlcss re-
sources If mineral fertilizers, trcasur-
ed up in the earth, all create agricuI-
tural capital aud skill 10 successful
employ profitably that
which would be otherwise useless or
To invest none, in stocks,
which must return profits or all other
occupations, mist cease. 1t Is trie at
agricultural as of other emplnYments,
that liberal and ju,licious expenditure
is wise economy, and here We find the
illustration nt that seeming paradox,
!" there is that scattereth. and vet in
creaseth, and there is that wiihholdcth
more than is meet, but 1t tendeth to
poverty"
To be CONTINUED.