Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-03-27


ton in which they should be held but
believe it is a generally acknowledged
TACT that they takeno interest III the stock.
10 make good crop is the object of their
ambition; and the height of it, to pick
out more clean cotton to the hand than
any overseer i'll the State. But this, gen
tlcmcn, though desirable, is not the true
and legitimate ambition. 1t should be
nobler than the mere number of bales Of
cotton or bushels Of corn. 1t should be,
first, comfortable, clean houses for our ne
groes, and the negroes well fed and well
clothed /; it should be good fences and
clean fence corners; neatness generally
throughout the plantation, and which
brings me 20 the subject of this days dis
cussion, abundant and well kcpts ok.
Stock raising has been too much neg
ectad by us in the South, particular y in
the sister States of South Carolina and
Georgia. We GO 10 old Rip Van Wrinkle
for our beet. for if the old gentleman did
take Il long nap, he either lett directions
to have his stock attended to- or woke up
in time to see to it himself And to Ten.
nessce are We indebted for our pork
Now, fellow planters, is not this a burn.
ing and crying shame? (to parody stcr-
cotypcd sentence in obituary notices y
we cannot copy it-for instead of this
practice making us shinc, it takes the
SINNERS into our nieghboring States, and
!eavcs darkness and desolalion behind
he darkness and dcsolation of empty
pockets. And how easily is this to be
avoided No animal can be raised with
less outlay than the hog. The oila of the
antation, scorned by other stock, is to
him 4 luxury. and this is why | say this
animal is reared with less expense. But
still he must have attention if you wish
him to thrive. Do not be satisfied with
giving an order that the hogs are to be
seen to-make it a portion of your week
" business, while it is the daily business
Of the stock-minder. |, perhaps, have
4lore cause to content myself with bought
meat than most of you, because the situ
alton of my plantation renders it necessa.
rv for me to have miles of daming and
Itching, and all know the habits OF this
annlal-their roofing propensities, which
ruin bitches and dams. And must con.
te>s have been strongly tempted to cx-
ocl them from the premises. But the
question would arise, would this be good
policy? | was compelled to answer, it
would not and SO raise rootcrs and re.
pair their damages. Aud, although there
is great room for Improvement in my
management of hogs, am happy to state
that have been for some years, in the
ilabit of selling rather than buying pork
aud bacon. 1t is true | bought meat last
till aud the fall before, but it was because
lad sold out too closely the spring pre-.
cccdiug. and, as had sold at higher pri.
ce< tlan bought, made by that operation.
Hog raising has always been neglected
the manner has been careless 'Root
little pig-root or die seems TO have
been The motto of our fathers aid grand.
fathers, and has descended ho us. But.
while in those ancestral times there were
mighty forests in which battaions Of hogs
could have found provision. there are now
III our possession but Il few acres of wood,
Welding, grant, mast toassist in his feed
mo. but not giving him that sutliciency Of
nourShmcnt, Which brings to the knife the
sell t;.,tcd well mratcd hog.
How to bring about this most desirable
end, with the least expenses of corn feed
irg. is Il knowledge that we all covct:
which We hope this discussion will gae
*. The bringing in Of cacl, mans quota
OF experience, will, We hope raise up for
ri< Il system of hoy culture, which will
make our animals cJual to those Of Ten.
lcSSce: and know Of 10 one, to whom
ye can 90 for more or better disc$tcd in.
formation, than my tricGd and ncighbor.
jonathan Miller. who. even whcn Il boy,
inew his fathers hogs by name. and who
III his ,urn, viii discuss this subject con
unOre.
But to proceed TO my subject of hog
..ture. and to give you some Of my ideas
wiit regard to improving our stock.
First, in reference to the breed Of hogs
desirable. | should select well shaped SONS
ul thriving and shifting habit do not,
perhaps. lay sufficient stress upon the
uGmcS Of the breeds. am not certain
but what il is best 10 minglc breeds so as
20 get the good po;mls OF several breeds
concentrated lnt" the hybrid. The boar
should 1c changed every two or three
years. to prcvent the deterioration, which
n.aad-in breeding inevitably produces in
animals rs well as human stock. think
my own stock is now suffering from my
careIesS,ncss in this particular At first
view this frequent change may seem cx.
pcnsivc and troublesome but can We not
adopt some plan which would ob,iatc!oih
these objections? Could not several of
us get good boars Of different breeds, each
getting one? At the. close of the first
twelve months cnui,lnot my next nri.hor
and change? and SO ON, till each mem
.'rr had had the use oil each boar twelve
ir"nhs. BY that time our stock would
have no affinity to the FIRST boar. and each
one could commence iliIrw with his own,
aud the same rounds 90 on and llfereal:
ter selections from our own stock would.
perhaps, be as fine as amy imported boar.
So much for breed, but after we have
the breed, we must do all we can to i'm
prove it hy care and good feeding. In
this have the benefit Of two grasses of
which we have all had great horror-Nut
and BurInu.la. Inmy pasture, where they
rule with undisputc'i sway, my hogs revel
from the time they leave the field until
they ran upon those fields again. Pump
kins, cowpeas, ground nuts, ground arti-
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