Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-16
To the Farmers.

aNANNAE Has N4''AAI AilNA' "a ANA ~ N1A
Virginia, but it is not in the economy
Of nature TO do al. Nature has given
her boundless stores Of wealth hidden
in her hills, hu! art must bring those
treasures TO the surface and utilize them,
nature has giyea To the state thousands
of acres Of rich pasture and farming
lands, sufficient to maiutain a popula-
ton a hundred times greater than the
present, and vet without the appliances
ot art. and the sweat of mans brow
the acres win grow mp in weeds and
b-.crs. ana De CD, haunt ofof the 'fcrrae
nature which mfst the brush. The
.ma,cria, ve,cre Of the State depends
on the utilization of all tn, advantages
which ua,are has bestowed, and the
putting forth of mans hand to pluck
the fu.t that is offered
Weas the attention Of the farmers
LOT Yves, Virginia to a few words Of
exh0rtai.on We know some of the
trials of farmers life; drouth, and too
much rair-'ate hosts and early frosts
fly nudge, wcyil, potato bug and
tobacco worm, murraiu in cattle, rot in
sheep, cholera in hogs and chickens.
an these have mingled in our experience
or that of our friends. and vet Of all
the pursuits Of human industry we look
upon farming as the most desirable;
the most independent, the most condu-
Give 20 health, long life, virtue and
mauliue>S. But IN speaking of farmers
we do not include a lazy thriftleSs class
who manage to worry along from one
years end 10 the other ia a log house
without ehinking,-wjth o 6y windows
and part Of them stuffed up with old
haas auj rags, with no shelter for
their S,5ck--l parcel of razor.hacked
hos and dirty children quarrcling for
the scraps around the mud puddle that
graces the back yard Of the mansion;-
such men as these are no farmers; they
are not even decent farmers devils;
they are q disgrace 10 the name of
farmer. AMI We hope the time is not far
distant when the race viii be extinct in
In this region.
but there is another class who are
really farmers; who raise large crops;
have good houses to live in, keep Fat
cattle and hogs, and who still do not
make anything near the crops which
nature intended they should make Off
t1e lands they occupy.
To those We would say IMPROVE
This should be the farmers watch
word. as 10 life there is said to he no
state of immobiIity, either an onward
or a backward motion, soin farming it
IS the natural tendency of Affairs either
to 20 frvard or to re'rosade Il a
man does not improve his lands his
crops viii decrease, aud he decreases II
Improvement is the order of the day.
Plough decp-cultivate thoroughly
use the means that are given YOU and
then there win not be 50 many COM
plants Of harI-umes, unremunerative
#m.- ISL.
BIT to secure the best results, it is
no, necessary to follow in a certain
routine; to keep ,ue same track that
has been Travelled in for years: these
trmws's mus, hc broken. The capa- !
1.l,ie. Of the soil of West Virginia I
are varied; in some localities we find T.
the soil peculiarly adapted to the blue I
grass Of Kentucky; let the farmer
take ,he hint then, and cultivate his
aud so that he may work it by de
srees into grass then, by degrees
again, stock it With cattle; by follow
ing well and steadily in this course,
making use of the faculties God has
given him, he has a competency insured.
Other portions Of the soil are pccu-