The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-01-18
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hes can to- make our. State, spros-
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lhea can to- make our, State. pros |
pUrons, aud theaIwe will see which,
pays ne best in the long run. and
what q happy people VIC, viii be
As IbaSe. already said, there is |
bpt little ,usS of State or County
Eairs, unless we take ai, interest III |,
them IN trying to raise fine stock
to bc~aexl,il,ised~-at them, and
in the skihfat and ,gopds inahage-
megt of onr riarms that cause, the
eyes OF strangers to laugh with sur
prise and cdvetonsness. There is
entirely to- ,Inuch Of the oold fash.
toned May,,of doing things.-.
Ne mnst be mp with the imcs If
We expeet 10 BE seen OF hsard of!
Suppose, f6f instance, tiiat our
farmers and stock raiscrs. petition
to our Stae7Legislature to pass
law, that. each and every farmer
that raises tie largest yield Of the
cereals lipon a fixed, number of
acres OF ground, shall not be taxed
but twO.thirds upon his taxable
property. This would be nothing
bntp fair and Just, and causing
many a worn-out. farm brought
To life again. Alec, !, a law ieyying
ayceriain tax pSon every inferior
ball, boar, stallion or ram; or,
that the owner OF evtry inferior
animal Of the above named class,
be compelled to keep them under
AN enclosure, and fined not less
than its worth, said fine to 60 into
the county treasury where collect,
ed. This may seem to many to be
entirely wrong and oppressive, but
when properly studied, will be the
only n,eans by which we car have
good farming stock throughout the
coantry. The very few fine an.
iinals that are to be seen at onr
fairs, verifies the trutl, OF what
| have said; and, some, no sdoai,t,
OF fthis small number, are. sot OF
fi,,e blood, but just before the an
nual fairs arc 10 come off In each
year, they are stabbed in a corn
crib and its door stopped with a
stuck Of fodder. Alter their owDers
have exhibited and walked them
aroand at the fairgrounds a few
tfletn ont upon the T grasses, l anu TIN IN
a few weeks would not look as it
hey had been exhibited. and is
scared at the sight of corn. and
t"si'ler. Tie good of every indi.
vidual in this State would te as
directly benefited by an Improve
nient in oursstock breeding and i'm
the cultivation of The soil, as in
any other increase in our -prodnc.
tive industries or the great internal
improvements. 1t is the business
OF the State to foster industries.
and TO carry ont or promote i'm.
provemehts. Now there is not a
county in this State, in which there
are not five, it we may not say,
ten pe.or bulls. stations boars and
rams. to one tolerably good one. =
1t takesI as niucl, of the. farmers
hard EARNINGS to feed inferior 8. ock
as It does OF the first quality. 1t
nsed to be. ] am told, in the good
OH days m yore, that when, a male
animal of the class alluded to above
was seen .rlnnipg ou. at large,
they were taken up and acastrated.
Could no; the farmers, and the peo-
pie generally, make II rule with
in themselves Q .As I have said, If
our law makers would turn their
attention 90 the interest Of tie 2eo-
pie, and not spend weeks, and
months tor no good but d. aw my
pay, and pass such laws as would
make it to their honor for ages to
come lin passing such laws as
viii be tile means of making the
State prosperous, and the people
con'ented and happy, they will
have done mere than their duty
Letphefe be d law taxing sgchysp.
imaIs as afiaded 10. and also a law
giving such a preiniu,h to1ali which
comes ap TO q certain standard of
excellence. Who Is it. that does
sot howe to walk over a we'll cult
waited farm, or does not love 10 see
or,haye fine stocG2 May tile tune
som come wlsena our fair ere8sas
will be crowded with fine work
animals, good stock leaders and
good dairy milserG 1t becomes
a question of no little Importance
l,9to our Agricultural ,Societies ard
the Legislature to discuss If, by
encouragemont or taxation they
may not ne enabled to effect n
change that is so essential TO the
prosperity of the State and to the
wealth OF theJpeople.
The farmers ought to feel proud :,
(and no doubt they do,) Of the
part they play, upon the grcat
'ssage of life, forv they are the trea-
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