The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-30

pace, and by improved culture, manures, rot.t.os
If crops, and The like. it ends in p:odncuyenes.
hey oni is original capacity.
II not to the lowest, c. rtalniy Ia very low
! condition, much oI thu !dRd in the Stale he'd beer
brought; and the time came, when, if improve
I?ent was ever 10 he made, it would be cOmmenc
"a. USE the EXPRESSION 1.-The lime came" INSTEAD
! OF "has conn.," because 1t is n joyful fact, thai
Some persons in various parts of The Sale, mapy
| IN some paris, have improved, and continue IN
| Improve their lands and INCREASE their crops
prufiling much Iherelrom 10 their fortunes and
| settling the rest OF Us examples by which We onShl
al,o 10 profit W. have all heard for son" wears
| past, that the era OF improvement, I'D b-gun in
The grea, and wealthy county at Eigecomb+; and
| learn from understandable sources, that the
intelligent aud eurerprsIng planters OF that coun
~ have bern rewarded BY signal success. do
not propose TO enter irro detail OF their system
further than 10 say, that it Consists chr hy 10
draining by ditch, 8 and embankments making
ano applying c0mp"sis, the USE OF guano and
plaster of Paris, and he field pea arn"linr-
! aIing crop, as we'll as fod for stock. advise
every one. however, who has the opportunity, by
minute enquiries TO obtain from those who have
pun this sys'em INFO use, detailed iniormafinh
peciIng ii and | feel no hesiaion in preferIing
rqurs, to the planters OF Edgecombe, public
spirited gentI"m-n, 20 c"rmunicnte through our
provrmrrtS, and thrr exprrlnents-as yell those
in which they Jailed rs thnse IN which they sue
ceedrd, with ali other matters which may be
full 10 their brethren IN other sections.
In other parts OF ihe country, wrh which am
more intimately acquainted, much improvement Mt
has been made, to my own knowledge. OF the
cnunrs ranging along our northern border, from
Warm 10 Stokes, inclusive, have had for about
fifty years cons; de bile knnwl. dg-. That was
the principal region Of rhc tobacco culture. Ac-
cordtng to the course of that culture, wherever
II prevailed in our early annals. the country was
cut down rapidly, cropped merciIDssIy with Il view
to quantity rather than quality, hrn put into corn,
and exhausted quickly and almost entirely
W hen FIRST knew 1t, and for q long lime after.
wards, there were Astounding evidences OF former
fertility. and Existing and sorrOwtul sierillty.-
Corn and tobacco and oars were ALMOST the only
crops. But little wheat aud no cultivated grasses
were to BE- SEEN in the country. Warren and
Granville bought the little flour they used from
Orange wagons. Large tracts we're d>fgured by
gals and lrigh.fuI gulli"s, turned out as sold
fields" with brOomstraw and old field pines for
their only vesure, instead OF their stately primi-
live foTeats, or rich crops f'r the use Of man.
This is sad picture. But it is true one and
there was mnrr fact than figure in the saying by
many, whose work Of obstruction rendered thar
region d-soIate and who then abandoned il,
that it WAS sold and worn out" H.ppiy, some
Thought lis conditions not So hopeless. and, cher.
ishing their attachment for the spots of their ia.
hVIty, within these few vears-sInce the time Of
river navigation and railroads Organise, about
requiring the rayages of former days. Do you
suppose they were content with less crops and
therefore that they cultivated less land than be.
fore, leaving larger area TO natural recovery by
rest That was not their course They did not
give up the culture Of tobacco but greatly increased
IT, and corn also and they added their rotaion
wheat, when so much more easily and chraply
carried to market. But they greatly increased
the collection and application OF manures from the
stables, and The cattle yards, with considerable
additions Of The Concentrated m.nures obtained
from abroad, and 2r0tecrd the land from washing
by Judlcous hllIside trenehng and more thorough
blowing. The result has been. th,t mapv old
fields have been reclaimed md brought into cult
WALTON, the lands generally much increased IN
fertility. and II course, actual and market value.
IN the like proportion. while the production has
probably, doubled in quantity and value in all the
range OF counties mentioned. Such rxamplps re-
10 those wh" set them, and useful to
n'herS, who desire to improve. For that reason |
have thought II proper thus to sign liz" ih"m as |
would gladly do others, which may and hope |
10 exist, were | as we'll aware OF them content |
ng myself with adding onI, That think SEE the |
lawn of better day in the county of nv own
residence and those contiguous. For our present |
purpose, II is sufficient that we Can hence learn |
hat lie effects o. the most iniudcinus and destruc
i've cropping may DE repaired BY good huSbardrv
n The USE OF fertilizers saved on the larm. and |
others, which are becoming better known and
more aitainabIe than formerly and thus all the
outlay will be more than reimbursed a, short
lay by the increase of products besides enhn ncing
he value Of real estate. Thus will our agriculture
re rendered as pleasing and as profitable as that
u the most favored portions Of the earth.
Then let me say once more to you, men Of
North Carolina, stick TO her, and make her wha:
n" can be and ought TO be- For you and your
ons she will yield rich harvest: 10 some .1hirty
old, some sky fOIC. and some an hundred foId.''
ccording TO the skill and diligence with which
he tlllnge OF The good ground Is done.
The nature Of The labor employed in our aeri-
ulrure is the neyt subject for our consideration.
/ is a most important element ia The cost, amount.
nd value Of prod uctIon. very frankly avow the
pinion. that oHr mx"d labor of free whIe men
European origin and Of slaves of the African
ace, is rs well adapted to the public and private
nds of our agriculture az any other could be
making our cultivation not less thorough cheap
nd productive than il would be- ;if carried on by
ne W ites alone, and far more so than the blacks
y themselves would make il; and, therefore.
nat it has beneficial influence on the prosp4ri,x4:
The country, and The physical and moral state
| both races, rendering both bet;rr- and happier
han either would be here without the orher Of
curse, am not about entering into that conrro.
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