Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-11-06
From the Andarson dastte.l

s. AGR1CULTURA1. ND MkoHAaJTuAfl
a When aili Souths Gard 81, end pssticalAsiy q =
PIPER districtS pf thu STATE aks q her tue irtsa
cts ID agriculture and peelil With geni'
psrt of her people, she Nigh be made the gardei
spot Of the Union 2 bat hers We are still draggfn
out mere exikte1ce content to abide with old Il 4
gyism, until our children are I'll drsen4to thasfs
West, leaving their native State tobecome serrie
into gnllies and ft only for the residence Of antigua
ted Old daddies and .superannnated old negroes
Need such things hef Certainly not. Then whs
is the remedy, and is it within our reachf Tb
remedy is various in its character but multiform
it may be, it is at our command.
This reform in matters and things can and;mus
begin with the farmer. He must take the agricu
turai papers, that he may learn how to raise tw
bales of cotton to the acre instead of one, or fit
bushels of corn instead of fifteen twenty as now
learn how to stop his side hills from washing
into the creeks; how to properly drain his To-
lands; how to make plenty of good manure; ho'
and where to apply it properly; and above ALL no,
to save and take care of what he makes. We coui
support large family upon the waste of almost an
good sized plantation in this section of country.
The next step for the farmer is to organize
Agricultural Society, and sustain it afterward.
provement of any people than well-conducted AZ
ricutural Society. It sociaizes our feelings, ele
Yates Our standard of morals, creates generous
laudable rivalry, improves our lands and stock and
strange as it may appear, alters every thing 10
the better in mechanism. Let us illustrate.
We will take for an example the farmer that own
five hundred acres of land in one body. He nov
cultivaes two hundred and fifty acres; but let hin
find out that he can raise more produce upon on
hundred, and with less labor, and he will have thre
hundred to settle two of his children upon, 70
two hundred will be all that he wants to work the
same force upon that he now works upon the five
hundred. Out of the two hundred he needs but
sixty or seventy for wood and fence, consequently
he could have thirty forty for pasturage and still
have his hundred for cultivation. His fencing would
be reduced onehaf more and the saving of travel
from eldto field would shoe his negroes and horses
every year. His thrift under such management
would soon excite him to have his house and other
buildings improved, and rat-proof corn crib must
soon 60 up, and here comes portion of the help to
mechanism. His stock is becoming improved, and
must be taken better care Of consequently good
barn must be built, and must be large enough to
hold all his rough food and his grain until it be
thrashed at his convenience No doubt some of our
farmer readers have thrown down the paper in dis
gust or with pshaw!-but take it up again, for
we have not half done with you. You must hear a
lesson upon education yet. What! education for
the farmer? Yes, indeed. Do you suppose we are
going let you remain ignorant of letters while
tell you how to gain knowledge of your business?
Not at all. We want you to be able to sit down for
an hour or two after the tolls of the day over,
and converse intelgently with your family of what
of your own State and District. How shall this
he done," say you.
Your attention should be first turned toward Ag-
ricutura Colleges, or agricultural professorships in
those that already in existence that your chill
dren may be educated in a knowledge of the busi-
that has always been considered respectable by
their father You must then stop the absurd notion
that many, too many of you now have of running
your sons into the professions and study more Of
their bent to employment for life. Make him intel
ligent farmer a mechanic, and if you have one
adapted to profession, then educate him for it, if
he wishes it. This course would soon put end to
third and fourth rate lawyers and quack charlie
tan physicians. Does education end here? By no
means. There is home education to be kept up
and pursued to tue end. This must be assisted by
well selected library, and above all, several good
newspapers. These should be varied in their char
acer The first of these should be the best politi-
cal paper of the country, directed to yourself re-
lgious paper directed to your wife, and literary
paper to each of your children fast as they can
read and do not forget something of the comic ma
ture for that playful little fairhaired boy But we
have not done with the newspapers yet, for you
should have your own district paper, and the papers
of two or three adjoining districts All these pa
pers should have place where they can readily be
taken up by any of the family when they are at
leisure; and depend upon it, this course viii! have a
tendency to not only educate your children, but
will keep them out of much mischief when young,
life. We can enter any family in our land, and hold
conversation with its members for thirty minutes,
and then tell to certainty whether that family is
supplied with newspapers or not. We will lose all
our worldly goods. aye, and every thing we have,
with far less of pang than could part with the
papers. This course, on the part of parents, would
so ax the affections of the children to their home,
that many who now roaming through the far
west, subjected to much that is evil would have
been good citizens of our glorious old State.
Farmers and mechanics, will you awake? Put
your shoulders to the Wheel and make position
for yourselves, that will tell well upon your
istence in this world and will benefit your children
beyond calculation. The God of nature intended
that you should rule the earth; then why remain in
any position below what was intended? Stop learn.
ing your children to drink whiskey-devote the
money to books let them have food for the mind as
we'll as the body and depend upon it, you will in
few years see alteration for the better. 1t is
said that men are the architects of their own for
tunes but believe that parents have more to do
in this matter than is generally acknowledged.
GEORGIA" THERE SnE STANDS! LOOK AT HER!"-
Georgia has over twelve hundred miles of Railroad
built and paid for, and yielding to the stockholders
more than an average of seven per cent yearly dvi-
dends.
Within the next year, two hundred miles of add.
tional road, completed and equipped, will be in ope.
ration. These roads, with but single exception,
are mainly the results of the enterprise the energy
and capital of our own people.
We have Cotton and Wool and Paper Factories
Rolling Mills, Foundries and Machine Shops-Mer.
chant Mills-Marble Yards-Gold and Copper and
Coal Mines-all in 1ourishng condition, and re.
rofin tho Ill