Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-26
= From. tho Southern cultivator.
What We Must Do.

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EDITORS SOUTHERN CuLT1vAToR As
there has been great revolution in OUR
political status, so there must Be in our
agricultural. We must improve our lands
make few acres produce what num-
bers did under our old system of labor.
The sword is now for awhile turped into
plough-shares, and we should diligently
use them. to develope the hidden treasures
of our waste and desoIate fields.
There must also be change in our
educational system. Agricultural Chem
istry, too much neglected in all our
schools, should now be regular text.
book. Its light, and | might say its bles,,
sings, should be diffused among our farm
ers, and correct scientific knowledge
should characterize all their farming op-
erations. We would by no means neglect
the classics; bat practical knowledge
of Chemistry should be attained by every
one. The natural requirements Of vari-
Gus soils should be well understood and
this can be accomplished by affording
good living patronage to we'll conducted
agricultural journal. Without patronage,
one cannot exist. 1t mustdie, and go the
way of the earth. Georgians should not
now become uneasy about the political
world. The fiat has gone forth and We
cannot change it. IL must be so. Instead
Of learning politics, and spending 50 much
money for reading matter that only tends
to excite aud exasperate, let US divide our
patronage, and for every political journal
we take, let US subscribe for two agricul-
tural ones. Politics should not be our
study. Let US learn how to resuscitate,
rcjuvenate and improve our impoverished
country. This is the most important
lesson for US now to learn. Let US SUBJ
NIT to the "powers that be-" and make
our beloved Georgia bloom as the rose.
Let US raise more corn-have more ba-
con-more lard-more wheat-more every:
thing else in the way of diversified crops.
Let US "live at home, and board at the
same place." 1t is the cheapest way to
live. A man who now makes plenty
to eat-who can pay his debts-his taxes
is, indeed, character to be envied.
Let us all be good, loyal citizens and
more than loyal to our farming interests.
Let US do this, and we will command the
goodwill of all thinking men.
Having alluded to the revolution of our
social system, there must be some change
in parental training. This is necessary !;
the times demand it; the prosperity of
the country callsfo it; the best interests
of the rising generation plead for it, We
allude to the great mania of Southern
parents for Transforming their SONS into
lawyers, doctors and merchants. These
professions are necessary, but not more
SO than that of farming. Gentlemen Of
leisure should now come forth from :heir
downy couches, and rise with the morn
ing's sun. Some of them should learn
how to hold the plough handles, and to
follow them. 1t is productive of good
conscience. Our fast, fashionable, pretty,
smart, and promising boys, should lay
aside their cigars, and endeavor to invest
more sense in their heads than cents on
their backs. Let them 60 this, and they
might, each and every one of them, afford
to take an agricultural journal. Instead
of riding in buggies before their fathers
wagons to market, let them get into the
saddle and drive By doing this they
would save hotel bill, and perhaps in
vest no funds in the faro bank. This
mode of travel would make them strong.
Let them eat home victuals at the camp,
and their digestive organs will be much
improved. They would, by this means
avoid headache, and many bad feelings
incidental to buggy transportation. Bug
gy transportation sometimes produces a
swimnaing in the head, and very often a
depletion of the pocket. In other words,
let boys stand in boys shoes, and not
wait for their parents. 1t is msound
logic. Let US not make our sons lawyers
whether they have the brains or not. This
costs much money, and there is no profit
in it. If one has a talent for law, let him
be Blackstone-if he has really pas
sion for the anvil, let him smash iron and
be Blacksmith. This will give him q
strong set of arms, a good stomach, and
distaste for fashionable, luxurious living.
He then can eat meat and green's and if
the latter be scarce, he would not faint
on potatoes. 1t will give him good ap-
petite. We, say again, if he has the tai
ent for-iaw, let him 60 to the bar, but
avoid the lar with blind before the door
evil spirits abound behind that blind.
If he has fondness for the ministry, be
certain that his heart be rightly educated,
in order that he may successfully wage
war against his Satanic Majesty. If for
mathematics, let him study. it thoroughly.
We would, therefore, advise parents to
cultivate the prominent and predomina-
ting faculties of their children, provided
they be laudably directed. 1t is q very
difficult matter to manufacture boys with.
out brains into great men. 1t can't be
done. Nature sometimes cuts outpatterns
for Meir future dresses, and very often
they are spoIt in making up.
Cusseta, Chattachoochee county, Ga.