The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-11-08


purposes to which labor has, Of late years,
been Invested, with an increasing dispo
sifion and tendency to loaf.risin.) ] re
rens in view of these causes. the tendency
Is to make breadstuffs scarce and high, even
in our own country, and when to these
causes is added the prospect of protrac-
ted European war, the inevitable. tendency
and result is TO cause brcadsiuffs to ad-
vance and continue at high prices, until
the causes cease, or the producing country
is stimulated to yield and upply equal TO
the demand. Now every farmer. can, so
far as TIC is concerned, contribute to check
:he high prices of -four. BY sowing sutfi.
cient quar- tliy of wheat for the coasamp-
tion Of his own family, and This il what
every farmer should do. and then if prices
still continue tn rule high, he can reap the
benefit of the Ugh price, by adding few
more acres, after enough for family pur-
poses, for the market. The b,st criterion
of II good farmer, is that he makes his own
bacon, corn and lluur, and u still better cri-
terion is, that he makes enough for home
use, and II little to .pre, such n farmer, IL
pos,erity should fail to bless him. will be
gratefully appreciated by the non produ-
GERS Of his day. In cotton producing
country, brcadSrutr' should b. plcn.iful, and
consequently cheap, and cotton high, aud
then prosperity, true prosperity will abound.
In the wheat crop, u selection of good
seed, and the thorough preparation of the
land is important and absolutely necessary
to II rcInunerative yield.
AS 10 the seed, experience has taught us,
that To avoid smut, the seed should b.
soaked in II solution Of blue stone. and
believe experience has convinced us, that
the early varieties, known as spring wheat,
is the best, On account Of its being less
liable TO rust than the kind which ripens
Later. On this sub ct make the follow
my extract, taken from the November num-
ber If The Farmer and Planter" published
ut PendIuton, in this STATE, and edited bv
Alcssrs. Scubo'n & Gilm n, gentlemen "f
ability and great practical knowledge:
"In order to avoid the llr of late years.
our r"'o '','s o'en ~ ~ '"" "'''r part
s,wn .n t.. tn, e,rlv r;n.n;nm y,r;.,;,,.
arr mnst suit .blc Tor our climate, ~ the
lacr maturing kirdr are liable and npt to
ne eat'nrS.n ny rust we are 'nc',n"d 70 De-
levr ihot lf we We're tn SOW earlier. say in
Sep embcr ar Octobcr, to posture down in
winter and carly spring, thereby DESTROYING
the fly. rrtar.iing the growth SO ~ to es
cape '''e Io". an" nhaer'ng the son more
.hnnI,J =. .I;,.. h.,,.r .r,,s p'' wv
no 'horo"s" ana complete preparation
~ ."e ''nu sn""'d also ec e'rctu''y a'-
'e"'e' TO- AM ny hr""9h preprIion.
mean mol only the Deep close P'owing and
ofeaNhg up "i the son. ana narrowing u
h~ eSS'ry, out also The addition OF fertiliz-
ing III ." f.''S' 90 not De npprshensive that
'"'' ''"" 10 700 'e" io' "hea'' nave
never YET ne'ru "n' r'ch soil produces
'''' ''''"'. :" ""e''' '"' 'h tue contrary
'"|PS '.''' ''o poor '"lh so'' which
'"'"en II" '"P'''r'' anu I'"''y gra'n' may
'' S'"u ue'" 10 smut ana o'her
=" ''o 'ee"' N""no Tor any
r.' s'."' ""u P""efin' s'i'nuiant and
W." '"'' "''" ."r ""en' especially IL has
t'ieu III virginia nnd
'''"' '' 'N''''u''eu 'ahds' ana ITS ELECTS
"'S "v'" Woa'"u'' was Informed By a
s"''s'" ~ ~ ny '."u' '''a' the farmers oi
wa" '''"e' "'o uSea S"'ho Win 80 much