The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-11-09


forever Aud the brisk diayman is al
most The only representative Of your race.
Oflen when hoy have gone along,
with teams Of four aud six hurSeS-with
loads "i s or 10 barrels tlour, or AS many
"hieS OF Cotton small At ihat-wilh VA
. nous DAIRY and farm notions to add
nearly an hundred miles TO Camden and
more than AS many more again, TO Char
. leStUn--wIth An absence of at least a
week 10 one market and three weeks 10
the latte subject TO all the discornlorls
and casualties AMI losses winch such AN
expedition must and did encounter iu
those days. II WAS like the travel Of the
Caravan IN the desert, ony rather more
expensive. The return Of the waggouer
oi old, with good things for home or new
goods Tor the Stores, WAS an event to I've
remembered. The ncighbors all knew 1t
and the village WAS on tiptoe To wit
ness aud hail the arrival OF the cloth COW
. cred Wagons with bells on the horses
Merchants were constantly asked whca
the new goods" would come and pur.
chaseS were cautiously postponed ill that
grand event As important and as well
known rs :hc departure of the Merchant
IN those days w'ih horse aud saddle bags
or his stick su!key-Or. "A little later,
IN the old stake coach. to buv the boxes
and the bales with which to load his por
ti"u Of the returning Caravan of " bite
covered Wagons. have seen nothing
like II, except IL Spain, when instead Of
four wheeled Wagons, drawn 10y horses,
they have mules themselves, with their
burdens on their backs in single flies OF
serventlve figure and extraordinary
,""Eih slowly marching on their winding
way 10 distant market How short a
time since the picture have family
drawn represented the condition of all
this region Of the Country now how
changed the scene The merchant dis
appears-ls gDue and at home again
with hlS new goods ALWAYS on hand and
ALWAYS coming, and YOU have scarcely
noted hi, absence. Your produce is sold
tor full value ut your door is sent To
the sea side To- be sold and exported 10
. the markets OF the world ia the shor,es,
possible time and for less cost Of transpor.
tar:on than would have been required in
former days 10 shoe your horses to pull
II III wagons TO the same market. Ben.
ctIceht aS Nev are TO ali classes Of the
community, Railroads. are especially :,
II farmers who are more interested in
: Their construction to suitable points o
) trade, than all others together.
Bat still with all these advantage.
there IL something there is much for IT.,
farmer 10 do here. He must frs, restore
TO the Impoverished soil the fertility o.
, which j; has been robbed. Nature vii
not be cheated. Her fixed and mnmuta
hIe laws will prevail. Figs and grape.
, viii not grow on thorns and this,lcs now
as ever ot Old. Gon must restore Ia,
lost groand. Think "f the removal %
the deposit Of leaves and the debris Of tho
forest for ages which supplies ,he.eartl
: with moiSture-and vegetable mould
= the accumulation Of centuries so indispen,
= sable TO the soil Think Of the vast quan
} titles Of produce of Coitnn-Corn-
Wheat-llay-aud all the food for man
and beast which has annually taken the
| substance from our bard and the lasting
injury done them by neglect and bad sys
their present condition or 10 surprized a,
the work necessary TO reclaim them. Blu,
r you must not be- deferred from the mag
n'iude Of the labor required to perform it,
Tins will diminish Year hv wear, and dav
by dav. S'uhv nature. She will prompt
Iy ard hounriuily and kindly respond to
your efforts aod YOUR care Study her
clothed and led, and watered, and neither
) IN excess, lest She scken AID perhaps die
= The sooner vou commence this work OF
renovation ard preservation, The better
DELAY makes loubNe the work require.
double the Time. expense and labor to re-
store n lost fertility than to preserve the
soil when in good and fruitful condr.
ton.
Bnt YOU must recover, sooner or later,
this los, ground. You can do 30 and
! make II even better for \ permanent and
successful system Of husbandrv than when
: our fathers first saw it. And what | say
IN this connection appI les AS we'll to the
whole State-as tins particular Tegi0n.-
Do not think my farmer friends, that |
"Ohl' presume W lUNNIuCl vow, dS 10 lilt
best mode in which this gres' work is 20
be done. 1t is not necessary, even if
could, that should enter INTO the prac,
cal details Of the best means Of rpstora
ton or subsequent cultivation. You know
better than do. cannot expect to
teach men so much better versed in ag-
rculiure-hut may hope to enlist sprr'
it OF enquiry and of active zeal, for lhat
knowledge and improvement so essential
to lis successful pursuit. The iirst--the
great thing 10 be done, is, OF course TO
rc!race our steps-to enrich the soil and
keep 1t so, instead Of destroying it by
bad culuvation-oT entire and ruinous
abandonment. Mdnures and Composis
the true philosophers stone to the far.
mer, make them-get them and save
them: Get all YOU can: waste none,
study she various characters Of different
soils and accommodate and mp.
ply the manures accordingly. The soil
itseIf-aud its adaptation to crops are