Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-28
AGRICULTURAL pEOGIEsA

Tho nnnu,l rcp"t Of tho Ao,ing
Com tui"s,nurr IL ASriculturc, thus
-roaks oi tho progress ci agricul- |
. uU:
Il is gratifying to n":c III" cvi1"n. ;
ccs that "rc apparent even TO the
-nrc. !icial observer q! tho increasing
interest oi cur people in the advnncc--
nent Of agricultural srisncc-ot the
I,n k:mcd mental activities OF the
!lmorS, rs shown by tho widening
iennard for az, icultural looks, Rows I
papers, aud the reports OF this depart
ment-of the disposition to expe'i-
ment, test alleged improvements, aud
adopt Eaborsaviag cxpedien,s-ot the
growing inclination to employ in az
ricultural money, business energy and
active cnterpriz", which are SO sue
ccsstully employed Ill other depart
ments Of business.
In nothing is this intellectual &C
Gri,y shown TO b, so ,naniiestly be;:-
cticcnl to tho agriculture IF the pres
cnt era, a. in the improvements. In
1917, the number Of agricultural Ia
cnls granted. was but forty three; in
: 1863 it has increased to three hundred
and ninety; in lsGl to five hundred
and sixty lh-ee ; in 1868 to six hun
! dred and furty-two; Willie in 1865
tho wonderful i. crease to onc
; .i,Dr sand seven hundred nGd seventy
eight was made; and during ten
m.o:::hs Of the prascnt year, tho pat
cat C!i;cs has issued Eo lees tl.an one
Thousand scven hundred aI;i s'ventv
sven. Thus tho number Of asrioul-
tur=! invoutions perfected yearly is
low more ,!an f,rty f,I g'eatcr ,aau
twenty years ago. Already has this
nation surpassed all oIacas in the eX-
ccllence a,d variety OF its a sr.cui,ura!
mact.iuery. Partially represented as
was our agriculture in tho recent
worlds exposition Of industry q. Paris
aud almost ignored tf;i tally in the
rational rcco gui,ion of thu. crca. cx
. E:hi;ion, OF: ilo:ors rluchoI from the
field of European c1mp:ttio. were
almost exclusively industrial, and
, Iargeiy agris u':ural. SO successful
have been orr ia; ming implements il
repeated contests on European foii
. that their rapid introduced, III into for
. ciyn nar'Sc's is only i:npcd;d by TIE
!. gre Ally Increasing demand 1t homo
, These improvements are rapidly ruv
o!usi,uizny tie agriculture IF th'
! West, and reducing TO the lower mis-,
, imu". ever attained. the proportion
manua; labor employed in its opera
;iuns. a. an instance, tho rcaro;
iir-. duiag tho labor Of talt Il do1: u,
y ;hsn :, half ,c;-c cf mon, ia supple
m"n:ed Wit, :: self ker, which doe
,lo wo,l; of others & III and now
- farther 70. facilitate and economisc In
harvcs: work, tho came macLiuo
y furnished with apparatus Tor Instant
J. neous binding OF tho sheavos. An
u to fur,hnr this labor saving Froces
~ tie higher tho waz:cs of harvest VIC
T. kara, tic broader becomes tho ha
- vast H.:lis, the greater arc the prof
~ If th, farmer, a;.G ihc n.ore eXt.nsi,
bccnm"s thc garncrs OF the world.
- Co;ncident with this application
- mecnanirs to agriculture, systemat
C. aud enlarged business apt;tudes has
also songht alliance with the noble Al
F4rus uf a thousand acrea have Ec,
mamagcd with tho greatest tkiIl,
moro economical adaptation Of mea
=, to ends, and with Il larger margin
nc: prc!i'. than many others Of cigE
IL acres The m.Sinl acultivate f,
Acres, ard cultivate them bet;or," is
,es a.fs ono for farmers who can only
Ii; induced to cultivate better by tho
{. lcE,n Gf tic ar,a cc!ti"atod; hut
will be found tia, the larger the. far
th within the c,paciLy aid means OF
,ht farmer for soud tiI!agc, ihs batter
of cheaper it may bo titled. Yet it
L,ue lf The muss Of farmers, who O
Iy employ the labor OF their o*n Ian
'on that tho concentration ri that lat
Inc upon a small area is their Highest
assurance Of success.
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CHEAP AND EXc2LLENT CANDLES
- A correspondent Of The New E"gfd
-, Eurmer says: Il have tried the
:. :" Iowing rccipo twice, and Gnn It.
- that it cracked Up to b.. / have
durb. that it would have been .wo