The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-10-23
Intelligent Agriculture.

W |
we heard minister tell story once,
ahrut q boy riding along To mill with |
his bag shrovp across his saddle, in ono
cad Of which Was his corr, aud in the
other end. 20 balance, was large stone.
Tks Sin5ser nsetisg him aaa ascertain
ins how he was loaded, suggested to him
tliAttit soaid be better 20 divide che
;ssoAsaa kaIf ID esch end Of the bag, assd
tkss ~ yopld ,thus balance itself, 9 aud
assa cha axfra "a load 4, Of the stone. The
Asy lisseped in aasenishment 70 the sug-
gdstiea, but after a omomant's hesitation
rejected il With :scorn,i isayibg: "This is
aksssl IN way daddy lass 70 do aud IN do
,iiks IL side :, y ,@ s'a" .,.. s3'.a i e a. 3
t4emis iajust the way chat many people
plant, ksa work shsir ground aud their
'Sissaisiais. Sisisi NsSw aesS are rejected aud re-
pad;zted us unworthy OF notice "This
10 de way va daddy use 70 do and we'il do
SlRs aisRn ,o9ial 10 sar3 aai OF :
'aeThese is something, we admit, in hay
iihbpg, iibp,s beaten safe track laid out before
! ", and being trained up to go in that
ltrask from youth. But when sugges-
itionseef Improvement come, either ema-
iaasingiih ouro owa' brains or prompted
aby smother. they certainly should have
our careful consideration and not be
lloSs chloksd Iia9'W down and scorned, as the boy
did Indeed the farmer ought always
fS6tef drinking and contriving plans for
AcScAohy and Improvement, in his mode
e Wanting and blowing, the use of fer
tilissrs, ,atock raising. and arranging so
az asstc tc sell his produce only on a good
. 7
49aAnd'not only this but he ought to
-psA himself In the way of learning all the
new and improved systems Of farming,
ss9ck raising, aud using manures.
'sSe doipot pretend to give practi-
eal eounselto our planters upon these
IiIBijesss, 9esditoriaily, but we are always !
SELECTING and publishing some agricultu-
raj article from exchanges just for them.
And ne would be glad, if our intelligent |
and successful farmers would write, and |
seAl 10 us communications of this practi-
'caf nature, and drawn from their own
experience, A gentleman in our Coun-
", who has had some experience in the
matter promised us, two months ago to
ssndius practical article on making
hay smother promised an article on get
tihg Dat aud seasoning wood for shingles
and for Building; another, on manures
others on agriculture generally. But
theaa promises arc not yet fulfilled. We
hope these friends Of ours will take the
iiibs and keep theis promises quite soon.
But information to be derived from your
CcgPty paper, upon agricultural subjects
is Of course limited, compared to that 10
ourTAgricultural Magazines.
g Take for instance, the Rural Caroli,s-
Sias, TO which we have already alluded !
The arst number is out and it teens
with interesting aud practical articles
for che farmer. II has a full descrip-
tiOaof David Dickson's system of farm.
ing, @tish is modal for our Southern
MOB Every farmer in our County
sheuis take this Magazine. Let him
sabsrFibe, at onss.
:ai Bssides this our farmers ought % en-
'eoarasa ss- Agricultural Society. This
Is q great means Of diffusing intelligence
snd ipfoFmation upon these home, and
psae.icsi subjects.
2 Bssides being social reunions of the
sssss interesting and delightful nature,
tAay induce thought aud reading upon
these subjects, and must be productive
of infinite GOOD 70 our AoricultuYe. Let