The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-16


best interests OF the State 8. Your
country had just been devastated, your
fields laid waste, aud your labor dis,
organized, aud who WAS to build up the
waste places The farmer, the merch
ant, the mechanic, the men of all pro.
fessions and pursuits, even he who min.
listers aud serves the altar, we're left
comparatively helpless. In this com.
mon calamity, few dcsponlcd in the
struggle to effect renovation which was
to bs accomplished by the uni,ed etsrgy
of all. None, however, more resviutely
renewed their occupation than tho far.
uer 10 whom all looked with anxiety
Tor their daily brea l knowi,Sth h.t time
is the great innovat,r, Jou havu wissly
resolved no longer 10 contiuGo to walk
lmpltoitly in tho footsteps Of your iath.rs,
but have sought other paths ,hat lc,d
more directly to SUCCESS. You aro no
longer insensible to the great results
that science has achieved in all the pur
suits of life, aud are ready to invoke hsr
strong hand to uphold and leai yol
safely or your 'urney. You
"Iehold tho unconquered arm OF steam
Drive the slow barge anl swiftly drsw the
| onr,
while the electric spark
"Sposds the soft intercourse from soul 10
| soul,
AMI waf.s 3 Sigh from, rndus TO the p ol,."
This intellectual progression in he
arts aud sciences is marvellous indeed,
and you must &c always read, Co AMI
yourself Of those discoveries which
economics your time and abridyc your
labor, else y"t spern the gift OF Jour
Creator. Ecmoinber that yours is the
prime business of liic-you iced the
hungry-you clo,he the uaked and the
great enterprises Of the day ave Indirect
ly dependent upon you. The profit OF
the earth is for all-the king himself is
served b. the field. This being the
mission Of the husbandman, the general
purycyor of mankind, you should ever
act with an abiding re se of the du'ie
you owe not ouly to y' urSclvc., but to
the community, and Embrace and employ
every impr- yemen which can aid jour
search into tho reason oi thes. ......,
aud do not foreg5 the rracept, example
and experience of the thoughtful in
every deparahopt of husbandry, or you
will discover, WHEN the harvest is cuded,
that yo'r bnrLs are empty.
TIE sur kuowlcige is pouring rays of
light mn every rtsh.of ind ustry. aud he
whu fsiiI nslk by the elimesina light OF
The nsoon will be l,,St in shoss by-ways
that the wise have l,ng abandoned.
From the seabYard to The mountains, thc
general acclaim, IL progress Not the
iruitlcss rrogresa of u dreaming iunoY;.-
tor, but an advance supported ~ the sare
deductions Of reason. Ii knswlcd e is
power, lie instructed in tho great lessons
she teaches, and you viii then be able TO
accommodate yourselves To the changes
arouad yUu-not the novelties Of AN idle
brain, but changes effected by the en-
lightcned wisdom of II profoundly in
IuiElng and progressive ags. This is
not the dsy Oh stage coaches and pstit
ungers, but OF steamers and the tsleyra-
PHI aad v ho may not safely pr.dict that
the balloon will ere long in mid air
move on the uiags Of the wind?
Apply these principles to tho busineae Of
the agIlculturist and inquire II it i, wise
according to the viciou. system h-re;Y-
fore adopted, to exhaust .he virgin soil
without an effort to sust,in and restore
it. aud 10 lea,o tho old Ii III forever
ials,w sud aban donel, which must result
in fn;lur- 7 lfyou hid rot your fertile
i,eld, you Will force b.rran soil far
scanty brad. ls;' judicions to incur
The expense OF l,b>r and time in r-mnv,
ing tho fnrcat for new fields no better
than the old, if tho means Of ofienovation
can be employed? All animal life is sus-
tanned by food, aud shall it be withheld
from the plant that feeds mankind 4?
The analogy is clear and the logical con-
clasion follows, tha; unless you revive
your barren lands with suitable manures
your lahoy will be in vain The nature
and tho value Of the various fertilizers
and their application to the different
soils have been taught uaand have been
teH'd By the experience of our planters;