The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-16

| When the farmer knoacS that gate is better
and, as time and labor saving fixture, cheaper
| than a set of bars, and without calling car
penter he can himself make one Wig don't he
! d0 1t!
! Whrn he has no other fastenings 10 his gates
| and barn doors Than stone rolled against them,
and in single evening, after supper, is able &c
make better one Why don't he 10 1t?
Or when he sees the boards dropping from his
barns and out.buildngs, and like heaps of rubbish
tying in piles about his premises, and need only
| mailing again; Why don't lie do 1T?
Or if he afraid Of The expense Of nails, and is
always crying up the ma kin Of DR.. FrankIin, to
''save pence and the pounds will take care OF
themselves" and he knows that the DR..
Franklin also said that MANY men are penny wise
and pound fooIish,' and he is not careful 10 think
OF the precept contained in the latter; Wig don't
he do 1t?
If it is saving Of nearly half the manure of a
farmers st"rk by keeping them shut up in yards,
instead OF running at large through most of the
winter Why don't lie do 1t?
Ii be knows that many OF his fields would be
greatly improved by di'ching. and by the removal
of large stumps and stones; Why don't lie do it ?
And wien he knows thas his pastures would
yield neary rysdoube the feed if the bushes were all
cut and subdued; Why don't he do 1t?
And if he add fifty per cent 10 the product
of his clover fields, and even his pastures by the
use o gyrsum; Why don't he do ii?
And if a farmer OF fifty acres las he should) have
use for good corn sheller, and one Of The many
improved tanning mills, and has not already OBJ
tained both; Whu don't he do it?
And if it is cheaper. actually cheaper, to burn
dry wood than green, and to use stove instead
OF an open fire place j.; Why don't he 40 1t!
AnVICE PIANTFpC-Tha
lionast, aIIujng 10 the approaching seasons gives
the following advice to planters in regard TO The
choice OF crops:
alt is 10 be hoped that cotton planters will not
be betrayed by the present low prices Of cotton
and their wants OF money, to commit the folly of
planting a larger crop than usual, in order 10
make up the required sum by increased quantity
Increased production but aggravates the evils
under which the planters suffer; for too many
strain all their energies to make cotton, to the
neglect, compar rativeIy, of supplies of provisions
and other articles which every plantation needs,
and 0! which surplus can always find ready
market. This is especially true now; for while
cotton is unusually low, almost every other article
usually made on cotton plantation is unusually
high and likely 10 remain so. Corn especially
bears very high price, with prospect of an
abatement The home consumption cannot dimin.
ish, while The demand for export IS all the time
increasing. Corn Is now regular article of
shipment TO Europe, where it is yearly coming
more into use. This country will also continue
TO have large market abroad for all the -four,
Bacon beef, and every other transportabie article
OF food.
"Let not prospects OF an early peace deceive the
planter into the belief that prices of cotton will
necessarily, In that event, greatly rise, prices OF
provisions greatly fall. Though the war should
terminate to o-morrow, il would be loEg lime before
a material change could be effected in the causes
now regulating prices.
"To diminish the production OF cotton and raise
an increased quantity OF provisions would, at all
events, be sale policy"