The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-12-04
NAEjURING Nc SMALL FARMS.

S: s.: A.ss5s3.s MANURING SMALL FARMS.
e We:have been thoroughly convinced, for the past
twoyears. that the redemption of this section from
| its impoverished condition depended mainly upon
the Improvement in farming, and especially in re-
j gard to the number Of acres cultivated. It's folly
to discuss tho merits Of tho old systom. since do
mestic slavery, the foundation and support OF .has
system, has been destroyed. 1t is worse than
folly to attempt continuance OF that SYSTEM
since the foundation stone has been remo'eo:
What must be done? Thore must inevitably come
o change, and it behoove. every lover Of his coun-
try to aid and assist in making that change the
most profitable, pleasant and advantageous IN
every respect. correspondent this week urges
mode of organizing capital and labor on such
basis as to insure the cultivation of large areas In
the ow-country, but the plan is neither desirable
nor practical for this section. When compared
With the lower Districts the landowners here are
numerous already, and the number is steadily IN
creasing. In our opinion the greatest deslderatum
in this section of the State is to secure large
population of thrifty, Industrious farmers whose
labors from year to year will enhance Inc. true.
wealth of the country and increase theintelligence
of its population And in order to show what
may be done by small! farming and high manurins,
ne. append an article from the Charleston Ne'es,
based uron reliable dataan attested by the expo
rience of thousands. This estimation allows tor
the cultivation of fifteen acres, but any man Of in
dustry and sobriety in this section can purchase
fifty acres, and thereby secure enough jrewood for
many years Be it remembered. however, that
energy and determination are prime qualities IN
this reckoning, for aziness is OF discount:
Zone man, in one year, if you lend him Earth,
will feed himself and nine others - Carlyle
In our power to work, lies our strength; and,
according to the degree in which that strength IS
exercised will be our future fortune There may
not be now in the counting house, in the store in
the attorneys Office in ordinary city business oc-
.cupation for all those who are now compelled to
gain their daily bread by the sweat of their brow
but there is for every man, the broad area Of the
State of South Carolina-there are her fields and
forests which will give enfod return for the labor
laid out upon them. Every man who has health
and industry can, by his own toll, support him
self and his family; and he can do this by working
land, when every other resource has failed. This
lis no Utopian idea 1t has been done, it is being
done, it can be done, by those who have the WILL
the patience and'the determination of mind.
1t has been asked-how much land will support
family, and it is now proposed to giveto that
question plain and practical answer
With hundreds of thousands acres of land lying
idle, and at the present prices of land, any man
can obtain a lot of fifteen acres and it will now
be then what may be derived from it by working
it in the proper manher. Manure cannot be bought
lit is too costly, but it Gun be made. Save all
the ashes, bones, and refuse, cowshed, pig pen or
stable--these will give more manure than is neces-
sary Lay out garden, work your land well, be
up early in the morning. do not fear rain, heat or
cold; and, at the end of the first year, you will
have realized q snug little sum, besides having
supported yourself and family. There will be two
acres of corn, giving twenty-five bushels; one
and green food one acre in barley and OATS giving
twenty bushels of each half an acre in potatoes
giving two hundred bushels half an acre in tur-
nips, will feed o COW through the winter. The
corn barley, oats and potatoes will be worth, at
present rates. about $500; but this is not nearly
ALL Only about six. acres have been accounted
for; and, out of the remaining nine, enough is
taken for a garden which, with proper care, will
give the small farmer half his living Then, two
acres in Scuppernong grape vines will give the
material for wine to the value Of $500, and one
acre in tea should realize nearly as much
No space has been allotted for pastures, orchards
and lois but for these, and cotton, there IRE four
acres left Two acres in cotton should yield four
hundred pounds of clean cotton, and this would be
worth about $40. The whole of this crop could
be raised off fifteen acres of ordinary land, by one
man, assisted by his son ora hired laborer.
One man, with q hoe and spade, can raise
enough corn and wheat to feed himself and pay
for his clothing One man and his son, or one man
and laborer, can earn enough to support his fam
lily and leave a handsome surplus
All that our soil wants is working. It has been
scratched and furrowed long enough; now it must
be ploughed deep, and worked assiduously. Spade
labor is highly productive; and the man who works
one or two acres with the spade, will make far
raore in proportion than the careless cultivator of
q thousand acres. NO man need starve IN this rie"
country of ours. There is wealth in the soil ; and
small farms and high farming, will assurcdly
bring it out.
SOUTH CAROLINA LOGIC.
The address of the Conservative Convention OF
South Carolina says that the United States have
enforced against the Southern people the most stu
,pendous act of conhscaton ever known in the MS,
ar,, oR nntnns In the first plnce s., ,OOO QUO, ,OOO