The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-02-25
From the Plough, Loom and Anvil.
CHEAPER TO ENRICH THAN IMpoyERIsH


From the Plough, Loom and Anvil.
CHEAPER TO ENRICH THAN IMpoyERIsH
LAND.
The idea that farm is made worse II crop
ped, with view even to the greatest present
gain, is mistake. Ii is generally taken Tor
granted that farm. which has bren long
tenanted. is exhausted, In most cases. in our
country, il is 50. Tie farm Nhirh las been
cultivated by tenants il pnor enough. But
WHY : l. il because the tenant has been more
selfish tll4n other mtns Is it because he has
been regardless of the owners INTEREST," Not
that. 1t is because he has not c0mprehenIetl
his own interest.
II land is in but an ordinary condition, at
the beginning Of lease, we bold that n0
amount OF selfishness alone will make il
worse; though sellishness and ingnorance NAV
| Perhaps we ought 10 make single exception
/ that oi annual leases III farmer is to cul.
tiyate an"ther's land fora single year. his own
interest would MT be promoted BY entering
into expensive improvements but even il
/ that case, we do not believe lie could be a
gamer by taking course that would leave
! the land IN condition essentially worse than
he lolnd it, And il he takes The land foi
several years in succession, il being in but
an ordinary state when he commences. il il
/ as much for his interest as for that Of tht
owner 10 raiso il.
1 Ii i true that when the lease expires
anothpr, and not lie, will have the increased
value uf the land. But lie will have had til,
/ increased crops as he went along, and thai
\ should have been a sufficient inducement Il
keep the land in good condition. Teuan
I farming, by men fully cogniZant Of their in
! terest, does not run land down. The i'll ;
OF wearing land out, of exhausting il. sppil-
ing it. by anything Ikeintelligrnt husbandry
Is absurd.
But happily We have but little tenant farm.
ing amnng Us. Here the farmer owns the
acres lie tills lie himself has the remote n
well a. the passing benefit Of soil prnperl,
cared for; and j. doubly interested in sus
tanning and improving il. We think any
man who will Took he mailer through viii
/ the eve and mind of a sensible, FAR seeing
practical farmer, will see that even the tenan
farmer cannot afford to let the land run dowr
under his hand. Ii is too expensive bust
ness Tor although, in his case, the loss b,
dimInution in the value of the land will iai
upon another, vet the loss BY the diminutioI
nl current crops will be his, and will be ;
heasirr loss than he ought to inflict npor
4 himself.
i But II The tenant farmer cannot afford I,
spoil the land Of another man, surely th'
owner Of land cannot afford to spoil his own
We as much believe it is cheaper 10 recrul
than TO exhaust land, as VIC believe that Ian,
produces fnnd for man and beast. 4 ronsrdc
rable amount Of labor is requisite TO keep th'
soil clean. loose, and in ft condition to b.
permcatcd TO good depth by the rnots .
plants; and manure is necessary as lood 4
the growing crops. Now il you cheat th
soil ont Of the requisite labor and manure,
will cheat you and depend upon il, It vii
cheat snu out Of larger values than ynu clea
il. You will be tie loser by the eheatin
process The land will be the loser aud ther
will be no gain anywhere. Wearing out lam
bS cultivation is losing business all around
II Is a great deal cheaper 10 make Il better fha
10 make Il rOrse, By cultivation. \.
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PLANTING SHADE 1REss.-Nothing add
more 10 the comfort, as well as healt
Of towns and cities. than shade frees. Thi
i especially 50 in our southern climat,
Now is the time to be about ii. Ii all on
citizens will but determine that our sid
walks shall be shaded by trees planted j
front Of their property, few years wi
demonstrate that they have added tens {
thousands Of value TO il, at a very trillin
outlay OF money and time.
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!, MANuRE.--Exprrimen shoas that the sam
amount Of manure which h4s been cOycre
nine inches deep with earth, 80 that no eva
puratiun can escape, will produce four busl
els more wheat tr the acre, than that Nhic
has lain exposed 10 the weather. keepin
. manure covered. then. when wheat is do
lar and half bushel, will add siS dollal
70 the value or the products Of every acre
. land growing wheat
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