Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-08-30
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city, and, provide plonty of forage.
1t is not good economy to depend on
hay alone for forage; it is an expen-
sive crop to grow and secure, and
scarcely is thero enough to answer
all tho demands of the sto6k; there.
fore, it ls botter to study the use Of
sorgo, millet, sowed corn, ETC., for in-
creased supplies. We candidly be-
lieve that on an average four cattle
could be kept on our farms where ono
is now kept, if sufficient study was
made of forage crops and of the root
crops, beets, carrots, parsnips and tur-
nips. What difference would this
make in tho countryl Quadruple
tho number of cattle, and every other
crop would be vastly increased in
consequence of tho greater amount of
manure afforded and tho better sys-
tom of cnlture thus surely developed.
IF we expect to prosper rs a nation,
wo must dolve deeper, till more effeo-
tually, manure heavier, select our seeds
bettor, and study all the economies of
nature moro closely. Now is your
time, in each crop to note the plants
showing tho greatest amount of in
nate vigor, or stamina, work them,
follow them through the season, and
if they prove very productive, take
your seed from them.
Let us now be satisfied with a vir-
gin soil, for soon all its virginity will
have passed away, and it will be more
difficult to restore than it would have
been to save tho material strength Of
our soils. Our Western brethren
have lands at present richly stored
with plant clements. Out of these
States thcy generously supply us with
food; we would that they look we'll
to keep up the supply of crude ma
terial in their soil, that it may ever
be thus They must remember that
slight additions frem year to year can
bo made more cheaply than large adj
tlons after the land ia "run down :"
besides thore is the condition of di-
vision or distribution throughout the
soil, which is exceedingly difficult to
bring about.-Farns Fireside.
WRITING For TUE PREss.-Dr. Pea
body gave it rs his experience that while
tclergymen prepared the best "copy" for the
"North American" as far as exactness
went, yet it almost invariably needed COM
preston and an accession of pith. 1Iabits
oforal ministration have induced prone
ness to freeexpatia!ion. Peter Bsyne, speaks
ing of his countrymen, says there are numer-
GUS instances of men who have failed az
preachers succeeding greatly as Journalists;
and the reason is doubtless that of DR..
Peabody's on the other side ofthe question.
Their natural habits of thought and ex-
preston readily fall into curt, crisp, EN-.
phatic utterance, which failed to be perspic.
uous in oral display, and of course a.trac-
The type. The same reasons acted
r. t..::cc-t ,Roster becoming as acceptable
! asa preacher iashe was An essayist, and
fsndSssd tAfn6lds career as pulpit
minister ~ u Ssa;1s ;ysisAm tis
Haights htsas an btela IA Sarst AZ IA
Igptessionsl euSn ten % ,al akiuas4sassn
the merest rpbysioal :'tssightufhand, ~tAas
e!udes tho Impractical follower even, when
he thinks it within his grasp. Lord Lynd-
hurst used to tell those who scofed at The
leading articles of the nesspspsrs they had
better try and write one themselves.
ToDAooo.--Says the american Baptist:'
When DR.. Parr, who wos most inyete-.
rate and 'incorrgible d4yotee to tobacco,
was asked how he attdned such an apps-
tite and ability for smoking, he repliedtbat
he acquired it as oibsr men acquire. virtue,
by toiling after IT,. Very few young men
Or women commence this vjeisEs indul.
gence withouta consciousness Of guilt
There is assnss of shap6 and degradation
which it ia impossiblstb shake or when a
young man, and Especially a Christian
young man, bes1hs his oareor IS 4ssuoisvr
or ohewsr; asre is a letting down Of his
feeling ofmanIinsss and sslf.rsspect whom
he 10 deteoted in this indulgence for the
ttims by those whose esteem and req
poet he values. .ss ~ r
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