Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-11
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81. w. .dORNE.
For the Advertiser.
The cats Question, and a Plea
for More Thorough Farming.
Mr.. EDITOR Seeing the commu
nication Of my friend, Felix Lake, jr
in late issue of your paper, in re
gard gard to Il, b bis remarkable I success il Ga
rahhinlgs sad aeeminig a few remark
in reference to the vast Importance o
this crop acceptable to the farme
readers Of your journal, I take thi
occasion to respectfully urge eupon all
whoseland is adapted to the ,produc
ton of the Oat, the adoption Of hi
mode of sowing the oat on land wher'
cotton is growing; and even land OF
which corn is grown can be put dowr
in Oats in this way after fodder ha'
been pulled. 9 The selection of a va
,riety proved to be rust proof, early
sown, will always insure good crop
If the attention which this croE
deserves be giiverit, there can hardly
be an overestimate of its Importance
Let it bedone, and the time will marx
a,newi era in1Southern Agriculture
Why should not the Oat entirely su.
persede the use of corn. Why culti-
vate corn all summer to see it at last
withered up by the scorching sun
during the dry season that invariably
comes, when Oats. answering every
purpose, can be SO much more cheap
ly and certainly raised.
After makingallowsnce for the time
lost in harvest, ) ou have the more
time to devote to cotton growing, by
relying upon Oats for stock feed in
stead of Corn.
The hot and dry summers of the
South are unfavorahle to successful
cultivation of corn. While our mild
winters, and the hardness of the Oat,
thriving well on poor and thin soil,
make it one Of the most remunerative
| crops generally cultivated.
Mr.. James Y. Culbreath, young
and enterprising farmer of the saluda
section of this County, cut and clean
ed FIVE hundred bushels of Oats, that
only cost in theagg1regate twenty dol
|,larato SOW and harvest. Allow the
pasture to be worth the seed and
mule feed required to SOW, and the
chaf and straw to set off the expense
of cleaning, and what other crop
would have paid 50 we'll? These Oats
are worth at his barn FIVE hundred
dollars cash; and to have produced
the same in value of corn or cotton,
would cost nearly three hundred dol
lars.
In no country under the sun is the
great calling of the farmer pursued
with an eye ) !; $ 50 III little to profit as in
the South. Every where among farm
ers here there is urgent need Of re-
form. The old track has been so Of
ten travelled, ard without profit, that
some less circuitous route mast be
opened by which better results, in
less time, with less labor, less ex-
pense, and with great certainty, may
be reached.
Agriculture, being the basis OF our
national and individual prosperity,
should not, by thinking men, be look
ed upon as subject, or object of sec
ondary Importance. But must be
elevated, improved and diversified,
by claiminga greater share of thought
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full consideration from our intelligent
men. The low ebb to which all
branches of this great employment
have sunk, the dilapidated condition
of the whole cotton growing section,
the aversion Of tho emigrant to re-
move hither, the continued financial
pressure which weighs SO heavily and
persistently Upon farmers, are few
reasons why young men, who are
about to book themselves for life
rough journey, turn away from q
prospect 50 dark and uninviting and
seek in other fields more remunera-
tive employment.
AS a consequence, there is less mon
ey, time, study and talents devoted
to the improvement of this branch O.
industry than any other. 1t is fac
that the farmer gets on poorly, anc
That we are behind the rest of tie
world in matters pertaining to a@i-
cultural improvement. Nor is tor
want. of a more favorable eoilsr cli,-
mate, or attributable to the. FllVlcal
condition OF the country. Leua give
a more liberal support to al lnnova-
tions tending to expedite ad cheaper
the farmers work; and y diversity
our crops as to no longs depend up
on any country for an1hing that we
can prohtably grow otsslves. =, /
No FUNERALS A1owED.-A gray
haired ro I old man fled to get a room
on ar''I Kearnev sa m stree San Francisco, the