The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-08-23


lmitiee think il unnecessary to 90 into
minute examination Of ali the yarious
items Of good and bad management, but
viii merely call a few things to rem .in-
Ibrance.
| The loss Of shucks. straw, and other
food Of cattle. sheep. &C.. BY their ex-
posure in the open fields 20 csld winds
IN winter. causing a consumption of
nearly double the amount needed for
them in warm places, would in a single
season be enough toerect good and cheap
shelter, to say nothing of the improved
condition Of the animals. and security
iron loss by death. A great saving
would usually result by takiag pains
to select fair animals to breed from. A.
fine and handsome animal is as easily
raised as "a bad and ugly one, and conse-
quently, commands. at least, double
price ia market. A similar advantage
would result from selection of seed.
Many days labor may annually be a
yoided. by procuring the best tools, par
ticularly those most in use. A vast a
mount Of valuable time, and some fret
ting. may be saved by having place
for everything, and everything in its
place. Ii is Of vital importance to adj
here strictly to this rule. And il is
highly important, that everything be
done at the right season. A few DAYS
delay, not unirequently, results in
great losses. Sometimes the entire pro.
hts Of the crops, or their amount over
aud above the cost Of raising. are lost
BY replanting and planting out Of sea-
son. Toprevent confusion and embar-
rassment. everything should be before
the eye OF the farmer at unce, that no.
thing may be neglected; and those who
cannot think OF but one thing at time
should have memorandum book con-
stantly in his pocket, for noting down
and Tor reference at all times. Every
thing. small orgreat, whether important
or unimportant, should be noted-it is
by attention to these things, and many
others, that some farmers are enabled
to obtain large profits from their farms,
others, with equally as good
lands, and with as much capital tor
make but scanty living,
and are ever on the drag. Your com>
mittee DO not intend, nor would they
attempt to give specific or exact ,lre1-
tlons in detail for the cultivation of
every crop. and for every department
of farm management.
We are well aware that almost eve.
ry--srrtiun Of country must practice, !.
modes insome degree peculiar to them-
selves, owing to the variation Of eli.
mate, soil, and various other considera-
tons. At the same time the general
principles Of agricultural practice are
everywhere the same and these, with
various notifications, which they may
assume under different degrees of ci-
vllization or different degrees of im-
provement must and will decide its
success. We may learn much from
hose who cultivate better, and some-
hing from those who do not manage
and cultivate as we'll as ourselves.
There is little hope for any thing, SO far
IS great Improvement is concerned, for
he man who implicitly follows any
guide whatever. He must exercise his
,wn experience, reason, observation
ind judgment in theapplication of rules
which may be laid down by these.
The farmers whole business, SO FAR
Is cultivation is concerned, lies with
MS soil, and upon the soil, and the skill
md intelligence with which he manages
t, must depend his success.