Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-11

fishers of the Rurul Cu,oliaian, advertise for
sale, "The Rural Accountant work which,
if properly conceived, (we have no. seen it,)
may have on extended usefulness, and shoald
be in the hands of everyone who has the care
of an acre Of ground Few of those engaged
iu agricultural pursuits keep accounts, or are
competent to do so, but all would be benefit.
ted by such aid. The operator, by referring
to his notes, would corn at glance just what
he has done, or is doing, his exact pecuniary
postion--proGt and loss thus basc his pro-
ceedings on mathematical data, which can be
obtained in no other way Most of our farm
ing operations are prosecuted with vaguencss,
;ifInot in sheer ignorance, which too frequent
1ycvcntuate disastrously.
AS commcndablc as is perseverance in right
doing, perseverance, in wrong doing is equally
fatal. Thousands through it have been
brought to starvation or poverty, or the other
alternative Of hope III emigration, with un-
'ccrtnintics and contingencies, incident to so
momcntcus q change ~ that of climate, new
3sntrounlirps OF mon, manners and things,
but too frequently ending in regret. detection
ihnd ruin. we .cpcat tbs. s,irh IA work us the
'onc mentioned above should be in the hands
'ofevcry aerirnltnrulist, aud us one means of
educating the people to their interests aud
teaching them to thnk for themselves iu
prosecuting their business 1t would do
much to stop the sad deterioration ofthc soil,
which, perscvc,cd in, must end in wretch
edness aud dcropulation, for so long as any
system of agriculture is exhaustive, the capi.
tal of the individual and the State is dimin.
ished. Commercial fertilizers - including
phosphorus and its combinations, as exhibit.
ed, and however exhibited, (evcn when all
they pretend to be, will not change the re.
suit, for oil organisms, animals and plants,
contain and require many constituents, (or-
gsnic and inorganic,) and tic absence Of one,
causes failure, I must not, however, be un-
derstood as undertaking the use of phos.
pilates or other compounds Us adjuncs.
A constant fnllow culture, even with rot;.
ton, can scarce be otherwise than exhaustive,
and yet this has been the almost universal
practice III South Carolina. It is hardly
necessary to remark that [ do not include
those lands naturally or artiiicially fertilizcd,
by igation-such MS the overflow Of rivers,
&c. If such be the conclusion realized by
all experience, the agricultural condition Of
the State admits Of no doubt. A change
must supcrvcuc, or Iii .omfturc may be surely
anticipated.
1t has been stated that in the present con.
di,ion of scientific knowledge, there is no
progressive agriculture without the grasses
Many say that grass culture is Impossible in
the South, from tho unsuitublcness of the
climate aud soil but to this statement We have
always taken issnc. 1t is as often asserted
that if possible tic grass crop would not pay.
Against ignorant routine and prejudice nryu
ment will not prevail, and the experience of
others is without avail shall not soon for.
get when stating some years back the astuund
ing (olhciaD accounts of grass production by
irrigation, the looks aud even wulCs of mere.
dulity expressed, Tho1c examples and lig
urcs were adduccd from crops obtained III
the norh Of Europe. Shall now give an
example of tho production of grass in lati
tudes approaching the tropics, (about 1879
near Madras, in India. In that locality a
swamp me- favorable for the purpose,
having sti. I'll, was lcyelled and pro
tected from fl The sewage of Fcram
hose barracks jaccnt village, was
led to it ty earth 'nits. The often
awe smell was s Id of
grass and vegetable 'nca
grass produced ut tin ms
of fresh grass. or twel :, .n
ti'> acre. The sanita. of the
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