Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-01
..:fMHmrs' '1sRartaent,
From the Southern Agrieulturist. 1885,,
FARMERS, RAISE YOUR own HOGS.

The wretched policy pursued at the South,
almost from the time whereof the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary" ofra
sing cotton to buy hogs, horses and mules
with, to the neglect Of other important pro.
duetions of the farm, has been often com.
mented upon and as often condemned by the
agricultural and newspaper press, and yet,'
despite all, the wretched policy is still pur.
sued. The high prices atwhich hogs, horses
and mules from the West are frequently
sold, one would impress upon the minds of
our farmers and planters as with the dia.
:. mond point, the importance of radical
change in their system Of farming. Yet.
they 90 on in the old beaten path, heedlees1
of the impressive lessons of experience. For
years they have submitted to,the degrading
position Of ".,hewers. of wood and drawers
of waterz tolthe Western States, and al.
though told. "withE line upon line sand pre-.
: cspt upon precept" of their independence,
yet they seem iiisensible to their slavish con:
ditiob,, and make no, effort to improve it.
Theytoccupy towards the stock raisers OF
;ithe West the miserable relation of'tributa.
ties. Forthem do they carelessly toll. To
fill their pockts, they impoversh their lands,
exhaust their own energies and the strength
of their slaves, and live hard, feeding almost
solely upon the bread and meat furnished
them by their inexorable task.masters, and
denying themselves The eapluxuries Of the
dairy and garden. Scarce fruit tree, wor'
thy Of the name, ,;adoras their ahomesteads;
only "a few NANCY ruuss Of ofhogsare tobe seen
about their premisesj almost toe poor to-
drag themselves from the fence corner to
feed upon ths scant grass which nature has
/. kindly pgavidsd for. them.: Aud psuch COWS
assmay. be- seen stalking about the farm of a
cold winters day, it were impossible to de-
rscfiBesa whose every motion is;; intently
watched 81 the buzzards, in momentary ex.
recitation n that they will drop down and die
and furnish them scantF meal. And such
inspid milk as these poor kline yield with
their liA' Cannot with anyspropriety beicalled
milk. The little ball of butter that may be
sextractsd from it by dntoR hard, persevering
churnng it as white and insipid as the milk
ITSELF And who of. the young folks have
ever seen homemade cheese! We have
been aiman and boy for >thirty:nine years"
and have never seen one: But we are wan
deridg; !, =. -,
Forthe encouragement Of other farmers
to at beast raise their own4meat, we have
been kindly furnished by Mr.. Henry Burton,
an excellent neighhor and most successful
planter. in this District, with list containing
the weights of number of hogs killed by
him last winter. From that we CLEAN the
following particulars: MIR. Burton killed
twenty-five hogs two years old; the average
weight of which was nearly S5l lbs. The
heaviest of this lot weighed 434 lbs. He
also killed one fourteen months old which
weighed 80 lbs. Fifteen of one gear old
average l77t lbs, the heavies. weighing 2l2
lbs. Some of our readers will recollect the
monstrous hog Mr. Burton exhibited at the
last Agricultural Fair at this place. Having
prepared him properly and fattened him as
well as an overhowing corn crib would ena.
bic him, he killed him the 23d Of last month
and be weighed gross 100 lbs, neat 7Ol lbs.
We have forgotten his age; if we mistake
not he was three years old. The whole
number of hogs killed by Mr.. Burton of his
own raising was II, averaging 2s24 lbs.
head. Now, is not Mr.. Burton's success
encouraging to others to follow his example
He made large cotton crop, too, plenty OF
corn of course, and an abundance of every
thing else that can be raised on farm.