Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-20
plcKENs COURT HOUSE, s C. SATURDAY, AUGUST I'd, 1859

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English acre is worth, would at once be-
come a thousand dollars
The experiment we are considering cs.
tablishcs an increased vauc for our best
grain, Indian corn SO far as we know, no
other grain is capable of such return We
have heard of an acre of wheat Welding 90
bushels of that grain, and this is less than
onc-hclf of DR.. Parkcr's product of corn.
1t was supposed, that, whenever we applied
sufficient manure to increase the corn pro-
duet beyond given point, our fiery sun
would burn up the plant. We arc now
told that this supposed barrier to excessive
production may be removed. The qucS-
tlon arises, will such farming pay? After
all, that is the main point. The figures
answer the question. BY the expenditure
of forty dollars, an acre of worthless land
is placed in condition such as enables it
with manure and skilful cultivation, to pro-
ducc two consecutive crops of corn, one of
I'D bushels, and the other of 200 bushels
and II quarts. We arc not informed of
the cost of cultivation in the previous year,
IN which l49 bushels of corn was produced.
Leaving that year out of the calculation
and considering the experiment MS of one
years duration we have the following re-
suits:
Expenses of preparing ground, $40 90
Cost OF cultivation aud manure, 55 90
Total, s05 90
On the other hand, we have 200 bushels of
corn, say at IS cents per bushcl, $3.50
Value of land when improved, 100
Total $3.50
The result of an expenditure Of 500 in
one year. Lord Bacon was not mistaken
when lie said, "Thcrc is no usury like
this
The remarks of DR. Parker on the use
of the combination of Lime and Salt in ag-
riculturc, should awaken attention and III
ducc a more general experiment as to the
value OF this cheap manure.
with the exception of rice culture, this
experiment of Dr. Parkcrs is the first in
stance which has come to our knowledge
of the artificial use of water at the South in
increasing the production of grain There
arc two grand loSidcrata in Southern aori-
culture. The ono is, to use the advantage
OF our mild winters for the growth of those
grasses, which will enable us to feed our
stock, without the expense of making these
grasses into hay.
The other is to compensate for the dis
| advantage of the excessive heat of our sum
mcrs sun, by the practice of irrigation.
both of these cnds are attainablc Both
OF them will receive constant attention in
the columns of this journal But our re-
marks have already been too extended upon
the experiment under consideration. We
shall hereafter frequently refer to it. 1t is
an event III Southern agriculture. The
South owes a debt of gratitude to DR.. Par
ker for developing the striking fact, that
the most unpromising of onr soils can be
made to produce 200 bushels of corn from
one acre of land. 1t will be impossible to
prevent the beneficial results of this re-
markablc instance of agricultural enterprise
and skill. No man who reads this account
can fail to look upon the meagrc results of
his own corn field with discomfort, and
though perhaps unconscious of the influ-
ence, he may yet be greatly controlled by
1t III his agricultural arrangement for an
other year. We shall not be surprised if
this single experiment is indirectly the
means of increasing the corn crop of the
South by thousands of bushels.
ANNEXATION OF CANADA.-Our rea-
deas know that there is a party in Canada
strongly in favor of anncXing the provin-
ces to the United States. Once again is
tlis party at work and arc bringing up
strong arguments In favor of their scheme.
Ia tho New York News of Tuesday, We,
find it stated that Upper and Lower
Canada were united, the public debtamoun,
ted to about six millions of dollars only
now it is about sixty. The expenditure
then was 81 ,32O, 900; last ycarit was s11,-
100000. The expenses for the general
purposes OF government were last year $5,-
62l l,248, being an increase of $500, 900
in five ycara The interest on the public
debt (not including sinking fund.- was, in
1858 S0O0, ,535, in lS5Sit amounted to 81
6S0,335. lbe result is that the cxncnd-
turc, originated to eonciliate. localities aud
to assist spectators, hus Imposed so in
tolcrablc burden upon the people that
they begin to talk of rcpddationAt that is,
of revolution und danncxationto to the States"
We arc not opposed to territorial cxpan-
sion, much less to the extension of the true
principles of froc Government but the
annexation of Canada isa proposition tho
South could never asscDt to- without some
equivalent III tue annexation of Southern
territory and the removal of all restrictions
from the eStepsion of our institutions and
syssem Of labor Guardian III
To YOUNG. MEN.-Don't rely upon