The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-23


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JAME9 aRANr.. Union J. R. ALLEN.. Qheatert o.
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esuaosa .a1goNUtuDED. 2'J n4yuN4,e
e.Rafhihg,; infS&, from tie. e.laborefto hia
T5fksp We Have TO- coHsfder what system,
Sf salsifsis the, most productfHe-and
hefS athave I'D, hesitation, in saying that
tteisygteM WHICH calls t6 its hid all the
appliahSee e6ffnskin Ind science, will
aiShys'a Stbsf itKfi3gs being equu, prove
tie most su5cess7di II r do hot propose to
enterinto the details of cotton planting,
nozptoBivetthab bent plan <for its oultiSa-
ti0hjs beeause, tn b lsaau g. rules will not
aqp1y TO aibabpalities, and because time
Wiibnos permitTme to do more than touch
onnfh4 eHrand fundamental principles
whieh psilnnld ergovern all Intelligent
plehfarsI tRhe problem for onr solution
istliox. Hescsn Obtain, the maximum pro
dactiUua latS the, minimum cost. We
cbeaPAn labor by increasing its pro-
ductiveness, for while we may in doing
tho aattes have itoi pay higher wages, we
rt6sipe foFtheswork done larger profits.
Our robjeot.shotildi be not to enlarge the
area Of .culiuation, sbut, to make every
acre cultivated yieldeto it's highest Gu
pacity. eThe' labor with which we culti-
vats zone acre. producing from" 600 to
LOCO pounds Of seed cotton, costs rs
much as that which would make that
same aoret bring 5000 pounds. Is it
economy tof'use labor, which is now
money, SO that1i it will only make from
ten aores what it can ias easily make from
fve29 If our laborers cultivate ten acres
to- the hand, liz it not best to plant only
ouf crops under the improved system
which experience and science have taught
and to devote the, other. moiety to grain
and grasses?, These propositions do not
admit Of O. doubt. and the question then
arises how is the prodnctiveness Of our
lands to be- ebropght to its highest pitch?
Here, again, Z refer You to your own
great authorities in Georgia, only saying
thatsthe prime secret of success in plant
ing is in thorough preparation and care
ful culture. crop that is properly
planted is already half made, and it's
subsequent cnltiyRtion is comparatively
easy. But in order to prepare and cult
vate our land properly, we must use all
the means which 20 odern skill aud recent
science have offered. This skill has
placed in ,eHr hands improved imple-
mentsi Of husbandry, while science
teaches, as how to use them, what ferti.
lizers to apply and the best mode of their
application. Itwas by means of her
labor-saving machines that the North
was able to keep up her agricultural and
mechanical interests during the war, not
withstanding the heavy drain on her
laboring population. England has in
creased the yield of wheat four bushels
per acre by the, use of thesteam plow,
while McCormick's reaper performs the
work of many men in harvesting the
golden sheeves. It should be source
OF pride to US that these twogreat labor
saving machines, which are revolutioniz-
ing the agricultural operations of the
world, are the inventions of Southern
men; for Bilinger, the inventor of the
plow, was q South Carolipian, and
Mccormick a Virginian. If we hope to
keep pace with the enlightened farmers
OF other countries. we must hasten to
employ the means that give them sue
cess. Every advantage of soil and of
climate is with US. and if ne fail in the
great moe, the fault will be ours Let lis
then, my brother planters, strive man
fully for the supremacy which our kind
mother, Nature herself, intended us to
enjoy. Let US prove ourselves woi thy of
ucF DeHeucepces ie6 US leave TO piacemen
and partisans the troubled field of poll
ties to seek peace, recreation and happi-
ness in those more congenial, more allu-
ring and more honorable ones given by
her. Our duty TO our country demands
that we should devote all our energies,
our hands, onr hearts, our souls, to the
restoration of prosperity; to the re-
establishment of luw,and order; of smiling
peace and" tranquil happiness, through
out all the limits, of our beloved South.
Let ns lift her mp from the dust, and
chow that she still has loyal and devoted
soDs. Let us cling with reverence--a
reverence made deeper and holier by her
misfortunes-tot this orr native land; let
no. promise of wealth. or advancement
tempt us to forsake her. When the bar
barinn horde destroyed Rome, and her
sons in despair aud sorrow were about to
forsake the eternal city, We are told that
the impending doom was averted by a
happy omen. A eeptprian passing with
his company to relieve guard where the
sad concourse were deliberating on the
proposed removal, gave the usual word