The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-16
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sTaETcN Fl!A.IRFAx Cos YA Apsil, 1868.
dfsssss stlifors: d Tn yopr, number of this
month, notice. on extract from the ssParis
Cores spondept Of land and Water" ,s i
At is pur earncst desire to Introduce ra:
ti9nal farming in our country, we will haye to
adopt the institutions mentioned in the above
named extract. Il is fully as essential for the
tarnier 1iNseL 70 be versed in al the different
labors executed on a farm as well as to be able
to practice to some degree the different
mechanical professions connected with ngricul-
,ural operations, as it is for the 'mechanic to
serve his time to learn his trade. If a farmer
hin,sey is not able to show his hands ho,c to
do tho work, he will not be able to command
that respect which laborcrs always have for
thelf superior in work. A.farmer who intends
10 fafm nationally witt, success must himself
have spens years in praotioing the different
kinds Of work done on farm, otherwise, 10
cannot judge hoc the work has to be done, nor
how much of It can and oa.ght to be dono.
Possessing this knowledge enables him to save
many an hour and many, dollar, through the
ycaiA Hed can Judge and make 10 correct
calculations. of the work he wants performed,
snd arrange his work to the best advantage
without loss of time. A, farmer can never
obtain this required knowledge ON ono farm,
may this farm be conducted in the best style
The knowledge he obtains will always be local
and whenever he changes the locality, he will
have TO- pay srery year for the experience he
has to. gain under the different local pcculiari-
ties of the country he has come 10. This
disadvantage is largely provided against, if he
has received an education at an agricultural
college. At the college, he will be instructed
as to the influence Of the. different climates on
agricultural products, see different experiments
made with the cultivation of different plants.
which would be too expensive for single
farmer to undertake, and by this be enabled
to avoid many costly mistake am bold to
assert, that there is no profession whore
minute observation of the smallest details are
more necessary and saving in money and time,
than in "Agriculturc." Where is the farmer
TINT viii dony that he has not paid dearly for
NuoWiCusSc u'osiihCu CoStiJ ApCtlcuCc
which might. have bcen5saved, if he had the
opportunity to- gain the proper information in
stimo? / have seen farmers ruined by adhcr-
ing to modes of farming, well adapted to the
scctiopso ithe country where they came from,
but which were impracticablc and disastrous
in the section Of the country they moved to,
s + is no easy task toiicbolisli system of
Inyming nqpr which, you i,tsc i,vrr, n
ing and adopt another totally contrary to your
made experience Only thorough instruction
will make you willing to change your views,
and this instruction you can only receive at
an agricultural college.
Many reader of this may "turn up his
nose" and say Tbosh," know better, but let
mo assure such farmers, that the pysent age
requires a farmer to keep up with the times
and increase his stock of knowledge whenever
an opportunity is given him. The old system
Of working land down, clear new land, work
that down, and SO on, has aplayed out, we
have to farm SO that what land we have under
cultivation sinprovea By our farming system
~ L. A. HANSEN.
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