The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-22
O. NOVENBFR2 % 1871 mo- q

! In this connection | would like t,
digrcss 10 far as to say that my pco
rlo, the most law abiding in the Stat
are losdy to say that NJ more take
arc to be wrung from them by vii,
rulers who Squander thcir substanc,
for purposes Of personal aggran
dizoment. Looking to remedies from
an agricultural stand point, | advo
ca,e moro diversified systom o
planting and a more general iuclina
ton for experiment.. \ pooplo arc
always moro prosperous who most
diversity their pursuits.
Plant largely Of grain crops and
experiment thoroughly with tho roots
and grasses. Rccullcct that an acre in
sweet potatoes is capable Of making
more than three times as much food
fur man and beast than can be bought
with the proceeds Of your most luxu,
iriant aero of cotton. Curtail your
cotton area for many reasons. Cot.
ton lands ore more liablo to wash
than any other beoauso II rcquir es
cleaner cultivation and 'thoro il less
81 weeds and grass to hold tho soil
aud impede tho foods. Tho cotton
planter is more at the mercy Of our
demoralized laborcr, because Of the
intricate and long continued culture
necessary for developing the plant.
Whilst he ID absolutely bcholling to
him for the picking out Of the crop.
Tho grain producer has his gang
piows, hla stump rullcrs, his grain
drills and gunno distributors, his
reapcrs and portable thre$hing MA.
chimes. The grass grower has his
mower, his horse. rake and tcddcr with
which ono man is oh agricultural
host within himself. But no su.h
advantages appertuin to cotton plant
Ing. With all the boastcd improve
mcnts in agricultural machinery, and
amidst innumcrablo patents issued
monthly, thore are really but ono or
two cotton machines Of any merit that
| know Of, and these arc Of kind
less necessary than any others that
arc needed. n!ludo to seed sewers
and guano distributors. This work
can DC done by hands necessary for
the after culture Of the crop and who
at this season would scarcely Darn
their bread ut anything clsc. Be-
sides what would it amount to if We
had machinery that enabled us to
cultivate an unlimited amount of
arca7 How would wo gnthcr it 7
Yon all know that three bales ror
hand is now good picking for your law
making laborer. And here is n srri.
Gus ,mrcdincnt in tho way of large
crops and unless we can have what
has 30 far bafflcd tho mechanical in
genuity Of the world---a cotton picker,
must so long as the present regime
remains, prevent us from making
largo crops only as has been done, at
the cxpcnsc of corn, wheat, oats, and
bacon. Nor am one Of those who
think large crops are best for us.
| Experience has already demonstrated
that we clear most money on short
ones. 1t is.not our business to clothe
tho world, but to do as tho world
docs, look to our prccuniary ndyan-
tagc. Why need wo care whothcr
they have cotton shirts around those
cold hearts TINT made thom stand by
carefully counting dollars and cents,
while the South, tho custodian Of the
gcntilitics Of the world, uas being
stabbed at by the Communists of the
North. Well gentlemen, | have socn
enough to convince me and think
havo related enough to satisfy you,
that We are not in IL prosperous conai
ton. Why is it that we arc not buoy.
ant and happy as in the days Of old
An agricultural people should be-
and usually are, the most permanent y
prosperous and tho most joyousl y
happy Of the nations of the earth
Is it because of the waning fertility
of your soil ? Your newly discovered
phosphate beds and improved plans
for making and utilising the compost
heaps, should have met this. Is il
because Of your changing seasons
IN all parts of the world arc to be
seen happy agriculturists, whose
seasons arc more unpropitious an,
whose soil responds less promptly t.
tho coaxings Of the laboror. Is it be
cause the efficiency of your labore'
has beeh destroyed by the proclama
| tion Of Abraham Lincoln :? who, lack
ing the patriotism that sbould have
mado him decline an Office to which
he was called by minority, and tru,
to the oalculatingtinstinots f'tko par
ty that elected him, considered ]
more profitable to pocket the prcsi
dential salary, though it might COS
the Sonth thousands Of millions il
money and the whole country its lib
critics. [ sec no reason why thi
should clog US at this late day. Tn
world from timc immcmorial has sub
sisted by FREQ labor; why cannot "
Of the South do the came. This lat
ter, whilst it must Of necessity hav
contributed largely to our temporur
discontinue, should long ago hav