The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-17

~ the slaughter house, vet money
made by the accumulation of excre
ment. This renders the fields gree
and inxurianf, grows the grain and add
TO the wealth of The 0wner. So in thi
State. a change Of the kind | have al
tempted To advocate. would. / believe
add greatly to the wealth of individual
and the State.
am, most respectfully. your ser
want. T.. EMMONS.
I June T.Is5s.
10 H;s Ercsksaey Darid s. Reid:
Sm: The position which | have Ia
ken III regard TO the relative value o
old and new land. | made the subject q
an address AZ Smithheld on Monda,
evening. l stated TO the gentlemen
present that lands which had been till
ed for half century we're now in a,
good a condition TO be cultivated viii
as large profit as at any former time
that they should by no means be re,
garded as deprecated in value, and
certainly not 10 be looked upon Al
worthless or as lands which should Dc
abandoned. Probably the common view
which has been heretofore taken of the
old lands has exercised highly iniu-
rlous feeling. one which has diminish
ed the population ofthe State. Besides
this effect. the view has operated iniu.
riously BY standing as an objection "a
an attempt at Improvement, or as bal
to the institution Of better system oI
means for their reclamation. | do no,
pretend that the tardiness of planter.
to improve is to be attributed entirel,
TO this. butt issuflicienttoknow that i
has had its influence, and that thatinf
ence is still in operation. find, how,
ever, very feware willing TO admit tina,
old lands are as valuable as new; in.
deed. found there were those presen,
who denied it point blank. Unless il
Is true, let the objector account for the
fact that England produces more bread
stuiis and fattens more rattle upon the
same number of acres Of land than she
did one hundred years ago. And how is
II. 1t may be inquired, that lands which
have been cultivated for two thousand
years are still productive History is
IN favor Of the doctrine. The capabi.
lities Of soil must remain. good !; the
power to be improved cannot be lost
II must and will remain. 1t is really
one OF the essential provisions of Pro.
violence TO sustain life TO the end it is
prospective arrangement by which
the coming generations should still en-
Joy the former productIveness Of the
soil and an encouragement to labor. II
We were to admit that lands we're con-
tinuaiiy depreciating in fertility, that
By well directed labor and expen-
diture of means the productiyeness Of
the soil could be sustained, it would
present sad prospect for iuture gene
ratlons. Planters and farmers should
discard the idea that when the original
elements OF fertility are withdrawn
from the soil that then 1t is of diminish
ed value and must necessarily fall of
continually in productiveness. The
contrary, as have intimated, | believe
to be true. believe. moreover, that
an intelligent farmer may and can cye-
ate, as It were, a second condition which
will be more profitable and more pro.
ductive than the first. This doctrine
has hope in it, and exhaustion will lead
to the institution of manures which
shall sustain a succession of profitable
harvests to the end of time. The doc
permanent basisupon which to improve,
trine that soils are designed to retain a
and which shall yield results success.
ful in proportion to the means and skill
employed, is the only one which is ac-
cordant to those arrangements which
prevail everywhere else. | conceive
that this doctrine is the only one which
can incite planter or farmer to nut
forth bis energies to that extent which
shall measure to him the capabilities Of
his lands. | do not propose to attempt
to sustain this view BY farther argu-
ment at tins time, my purpose in pre-
senting it in this form is answered if |
have said enough to secure for itan at
tcntiye reflection.
] am, Sir, most respectfully yours,
4. EMM0NS.