Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-27

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farm Implement, out Of tho empirical mud
sunSertainS and placed it upon tho ndohangip8
principles OF science and mathematical pre-
oision. '2With this key more progress ,hus
bccp made in the last eighty years. than'in
tho previous three thousand.
SENDS HOME SEEDS FROM EUROPE.
He was great lover of nature and close
observer of all her productions. While
abroad in Europe ho was in the habit Of
studying its agriculture and horticulture, and
when he found a useful plant senthomo seeds
to try its utility in the United States. He
sent home seeds Of the lou.foin aud many
other plants to the Agricultural Society of
South Carolina. His efforts to acclim te new
and useful plants extended to various parts
Of the country. He examined Nil new inl.
plcments, and those he thought useful he
made known to his countrymcn. Heavailcd
himself eagerly of all labor. saving machinery,
and imported q Scotch thrashing machine by
which he could thrcsh $50 bushels of wheat
per day. lie found this machine very benc.
Iical in destroying the white wccyil by early
thrashing. The crop was sometimes destroy
| after it was harvested. He used a GRAIN
DRILL invented in his ncghborhood, which
was said to work cxcclcntly and to be supc-
rior to anything in England or Scotland at
that time
HIS FARMS.
Mr. Jefferson was princcly farmer. His
estate in Albermarlc County, around Monti-
cello, consisted of 5,50l acres; and Poplar
Forest estate, in Bedford and Campbell
Counties, had 5000 acres-10,647 acres in
all. lie had about 1000 acres under cult.
walton, and divided these into four farms, each
farm into seven fields of forty acres. He
effected this separation into fields by rows of
peach trees. He set !, ISL peach trees in De
ccmbcr, 1894.
lie appears to have used horlsman for
his animals in tho day, and folded them in
enclosures at night. His stock was like
| Abraham's "upon thousand hills" This
using hcrdsman to look after cattle, instead
Of fencing, showed great practical sagacity.
1t is much the moro economical where large
numbers of animals arc kept. In 1905 he
had 81 horses 6 for the saddlc) 8 mules,
240 cattle, 800 hogs and few sheep His
fields were many of them SO steep as to rem
dor it difficult to carry the produce to cen.
trail barn, aud therefore he built barn in
each field to house his crops. His rotation
was seven years, and this was his reason for
seven fields; one wheat, two corn, three peas
or potatoes, four vctchcs, five wheat, six aud
seven clover
HIS INVENTIONS.
Jefferson possessed rare originality, con.
structivc and inventive ability. lie had a
passion for mechanics, aud to crafty his taste
in this line had workshop with all nuccssa
ry tools adjoining his library. lie was wont
to spend short time here daily, working out
some mechanical idea. Beside hisinv.cntion
of the true mathematical principles for the
construction of the mold board to the plow
he invented leather top to a carriage, which
could be easily extended over or folded away
1t was very similar to that now in use. lie
invented a machine for breaking hemp, which
he run by horse on t'o gate of saw mill
This was complete success and performed
the work of 20 men. lie also invented nu
merous small articles Of convenience for use
on his farm. IIo manufactured nails ant
woolcn clothes for his servants Ills slave,
were, many of them, educated mcchanicall,
and numbered many respectable workmcl
among them. The carriage in which Inc
rode, his garden seats, much of his houscholt
furniture, and the implements used on his
farm, were the joint work Of himself and his
slaves.
MS LOS u OF DETAILS.
lie was the most prcosc of men in details
His pocket account books show that he noted
the smallest expenditure. He recorded the
time, of planting, sprouting, or rpcning o
all vegetables in his garden. he made ia
bic showing the earliest and latest appearance
of every vegetable in the Washington market
during the eight years he was President In
natural history he was most minute obscry
cr Nothing escaped his notice. But his
Notes on Virginia prove the wide range ot
his mind, and that he could gcncralizc as vel
as note small things. 1t was an observation
OF DR.. johnson, that ''rhc truly strong and
sound mind is one that can embrace couall,
great things and small"
lie had the most profound confidence in
the capacity of the masses for sclfeovernmcnt
but he did not undervalue education as a
means of qualifying them for an intelligent
exercise of selfgovcrnmcnt.
He was taken i'll during the last davs Of
June, and fingered till mid day of the 4th Of
July, 1926, and passed away on the nations
glorious birthday,
gsS" Buddha has more worshppcrs in the
world than Professionals can claim. This
statement is very startling but when VIC
remember that the greater part of the four
hundred millions of Chinese arc Buddhists
besides the population of Japan, Burmal,
| Sian0, Thibct, and Ceylon, it seems 10 he trun