Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-24

@.ss.e..e.sys,sesz,
ana aau9c ana TO superior agricultural implomcn
. "no infin economy. Tho aggregate y,ro],,ot
- varied agricultural labo,s nil1st Ava
ID value the yield of any ono stanlc bomo,, rou'
9 yast and VOL organized may bo tbo ans,o, un -
lapor applied to it, for marked aucoa.a ;JD ~ !,
ploouStion Of that ono, will lessen ito n,;na ) !
.,'.a al uaauo in2roaae af she supply over tho i
Tho introduction of improved Implements ,
nusbandry is a matter Of vital Importance
tnG farming interest Of the State. With th
ava OF OF proper machinery and tho proper ,,so q
1ertiilzcrs, our farmers will be enabled to orl
'l'"sc large area Of land and to cultivate i
moro thoroughly than under the former sys
tom when they cultivated very limito,
amount
|. lhcsc considerations become all the NOR,
important IN view Of the fact that, in Soutl
Laro'1na there arc four millions 1900 600,
ol acres OF land improved, while there artt
nearly twelve millions Q5,000, ,00O) of acres
uhlmprovcd. The recent discovery of vast
neds OF phosphatcs Of lime on the banks Of
! the ashley, near Charleston, will enable us
20 enrlch our worn out lands with that most
valuable fertilizer at a comparatively small
VS. large shipments of this fertilizer arc
'oH ooihS made from Charleston to Northern
po.'s' ana winch might be manufactured hero
| our own State. f0- '"nu' u
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
L invite your attention to Section 9, Article
~, of the Constitution, which directs tho
General Assembly to provide for the establish.
mcnt OF an Agricultural College, upon the ba-
sls set forth in an act Of Congress of July 2.
looz, providing for the endowment of Ami.
cultural Colleges in tho several States .Tbo
act provides that each State and Territory
sn"l' receive thirty thousand (3O,O00> acres
OF r"b'c land scrip for each Senator and Rcp.
TGsentatlve T1 that it may have in Congress-
bhoer ITS provisions South Carolina will be
entitled to eleven hundred and Twenty-Five
pieces (l!2o) of l60 acres of public land,
%ofth'ln the market at present abouS ono dol.
lar per acre, or one hundred and eighty thou
sand (lS0,O00) dollars
r., rms scrip may be located in any State or
territory having public lands subject to sale,
at ono uolfar and twenty-five conts (SI 254f
Pof acre. The act also provides that tho lnonsd
ey arising from tue sale ef su chs sorip a shnIll
be invested by the State In public stocks, az
not less than fyag(59 per cent interest, and
inc interest shall be appropriated for the esa
."oiishmont of at least one college, where tho
leading object shall be without excluding sol
ontli'o and classical studies, or military tao
tics, to teach such branches as arc related to
agriculture and the incvhanio arts"
! would also invite your attention to the
general not Of Congress Of 1864, DONATING five
hundred thousand (500,OO0) acres of public
and to each State in aid of internal IMPROVE.
ncnts Other States have, under the an.
'hority OF Congress, applied that donation to
educational objects, and suggest that YOU
Congress to extend tho san1o priv.
lego to this State.
'TATE BOARD oP AGRICULrUas AND .Mr.
GRAFTON
a celebrated statesman has observed that
Agriculture toeds us; in great measure it
lothcs us; without it we could not havo man. !
1actures, and VIC should not have commerce,
hey will stand together, but they will stand
ogether like pillars, the largest ia tho oontnr I
nd that is agriculture" Agriculture is, in,
eod, the life of nation--its very existence !
cpcnding upon the annual production of ;ts +
OIL: In view Of the vital importance of this !,
nbjcct, and of tho vast amount Of arabic land 5
tho State now lying wild and fallow. or at i
est poorly cultivated, l respectfully suggest G
40 passage Of an act creating State 15oord t
Agriculture and Emigration to consist Of G
least three capable persons, one OF whom
lould DO practical chemist. r
This Board should bo charged with the t
uty Of investigating and making known to d
10 entire country tho agricultural resources b
tho State, and should be required to mako Il
annual report to tho Legislature, ombodv Z
ao. results of Sheir labors, and recommana Il
lch improvements as they may deem nooes. h
Try in the system Of cultivation now prsssiovu +,
nong our people, and sucil itnprayed agri- =
atural machinery as to them may socm most a. a,
roper, together with the value and mode of u
sing fertilizers. They should also set forth
,c attractions that our soil and climate and y
,imcral resources offer to the thrifty agricu. q
artists, mechanics and miners of our Northern y
tates, and to those Of Europe. They should l
lso present tables showing tho cost OF living, II
ne rates of wages, the number and class Of .
'cohanics needed in tho several counties, and
10 prico of land, and tho terms upon which =
can be rented Thoir report should be fur.
ishcd to tho trades unions Of this country
nd Europe. SNF
This information, if properly distributed, r
i'll, feel assured, start a tide OF emigration :
mt will flow into and greatly onrich the ',
tato. Tho German and French grape. grow =
rs will find our upper tier of counties soil y
nd climate rs genial to tho grapo as thor
wn yinc-clad hills, being prcc;soly on tho
,mc parallel Of latitude rs tho groat wine
,hkinU disfri1ts of Sunin md portno.y rrtol