The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-11-24
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furnish them with shelter. g Raw
cold chills tho bone to the marrow,
the nerve OF the animal is attacked,
which IL injurious to life.
The scarcity .ofzcoru this year
will prodnce. q corresponding scar.
city of bacon. = ~
- During the early fall Of unripe
fruits and nuts. the swine are at
tackled with cholera. This indi-
gestible food which the hogs pick
up in the woods, chokes ttp the
machinery, and in one night they
roll over and die in great numbers;
in some locations, at certain times,
this seems to DO their fate. There
are a number Of remedies prac-
ticed, some of. which are tedious
and troublesome. The best, prob
ably---and that which is generally
at hand rs the farmers own wa
ter. They. will taEe Il from a
trough. The animal is relieved of
its pains, and moves ahead -agains
Unless they have a constant sup
ply of water, they fall away and
lose much of the good effects of
the mast, &C., whefi il ripens.
: In the fall, droves of hogs are
driven. through this country from
Kentucky and Tennessee to the
Southern. markets. When { h o
cribs are full here, there is no diff
fcplty in exchanging corn for
meat; but the, present year has
been one of xisitations. -
Wages in this County are usu-
ally paid inNcorn, meat or money.
There is an immense amount of
work to be done ON the farms, but
thereto very-slim means for pay
ing for labor. The,surplus corn
and bacon is carried to market in
Greenyille- after supplying the
wants of this city-the remainder
is shipped by Railroad to the mar.
kets towards the seaboard. After
the farmer has set aside that which
lis required for home consumption,
Including the necessary allowance
for keeping his cattle for one year,
Ilthere will be very little left to send
Ito market. IT. there is a surplus,
he will require every bushel of
corn, and every pound OF bacon
he can save, to-pay-tor assistance
lin the preparation of the land for
the next years crop. l,s1l : g.
After the farmer has his farm
well cleansed and organized, fences
in order, shelter for his stock, win
ter wood cut and stored away in a
dry place, and his crops well
housed and protected from the
damaging effects of the, weather,
hesis, in o measure. independent.
Liberty without Independence, is
not worth much. ssa - 4. ~ ,arzt
TIE raising of sheep is a great
economy in the supply of meat,
and in the payment Of wages.--
They have stood the drought well.
The wool is more valuable now
than ever, for the South has now
become a woolen as we'll as cotton
manufacturing country. The prin.
ciple obstruction to rearing large
fiocks of sheep in this County, is
owing to the absence of stringent
State laws, which should protect
the wool growers. The habit OF
keeping on hand large numbers OF
dogs, makes it unsafe to keep
sheep. The farmer cannot, under
the circumstances, be expected tc
pay one thousand dollars for 6
ram or two hundred collars pei
head for ewes. He, has to confns
himself to the common stock to b.
nsed up freely. There are some
very fine Soutbdown sheep here
but, for every one on hand, large
numbers have been torn to l:ieces
by dogs. These miserable, half
starved curs, are kept, it is said
to catch coons, opossOms or foxes
i The meat of these wild animals il
only liked by q few individuals.-
I 1t is generally considered to be no
only very coarse, but unwholesomt
food for man or beast. 1t costs "a
much to keep dog as il does t.
keep a hog. There are man,
whites and blacks in this County y
whose families are supplied will
the former. but none of the latter
|, vet they believe as little in the Olt
, Testament as they do in the New
Those who work industriously !,
the field all day making bread
!, cannot live we'll if they pass tn,
!, night in the woods after meat.
II The power to increase the agri
: Il Il. N.l ~ 4.