Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-11

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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 to bis remarkable success in Oa
raising tsaua aeeming 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 upon all
whoseland is adapted to the produc
tiOn of the Oat, the adoption of hi'
mode of sowing the oat on land where
cotton is growing; and even land or
which corn is grown can be put down
in Oats in this way after fodder has
been pulled. The selection of a va.
.riety proved to be rust proof, early
sown, will always insure good crop.
If the attention which this crop
deserves be givelrit, there can hardly
be an overestimate of its Importance.
Let it bedone, and the time will mark
a,newi era inrSeuthern 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 80 much more cheap
ly and certainly raised.
After making allowance for the time
lost in harvest, you have the more
time to devote to cotton growing, by
relying upon Oats for stock feed in
stead of Corn. y
The hot and dry summers of the
South are unfavorable to successful
cultivation of corn. While our mild
winters, and the hardness of the Oat,
thriving we'll on poor and thin soil,
make it one of the most remunerative
crops generally cultivated.
Mr.. James Y. Culbreath, a young
and enterprising farmer of the Saluda
section Of this County, cut and clean
ed FIVE hundred bushels of Oats, that
only cost in theaggregate twenty dol
[lsrato sow and harvest. Allow the
pasture to be worth the seed and
mule feed required to SOW, and the
chaff 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 so 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, and 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 claiming greater share of thought
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 zen, who are
about to book themselves for life s
rough journey, turn away from a
prospect 50 dark and uninviting and
seek in other fields more remunera-
tive employment.
AS consequence, there is less mon
ey, time, study and talents aevoted
TO the improvement of this branch o.
industry than any other. 1t is a fact
that the farmer gets on poorly, anc
that We are behind the rest of tie
world in mat pertaining to AL
cultural Improvement. Nor is J ior
want of more favorable soil ell
mate, or attributable to the. Yli5lcal
condition OF the country. LIE us give
. more liberal support to al lnnoVa-
tions tending to expedite atd cheaper
the farmers work; and 8 diversity
our crops as to no longs depend up
on any country for anShing that we
can proGtably grow Ofselves. ~
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