The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-05
Tete-R-Tcte with Our Farmers.
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A1 'npR esASon, stl'e business elasS, oi
our people arc the farmers The sem
inary virtue, dother Earth, existing
at sthise sysason in ita perfection, bids to
works Rightlamong them at cir work
we will come, and taking seat at one
end OF the farfow will have chat each
time the ploW gets III up this way.
Well We Oughs Of course to begin by
telling 9some, very wonderful thing. So
hers Wo arS! s'd! nj ts1u-ooo ~ -
It's Known that the doinCs, goings
and .comings Of wind and weather are
no, longer uInlkPowp Il subjects, But the
direction and force Of the wind and the
tefsPerstursib aud Horoscope of the
wSssher aro safely and regularly fore
told. Signal stations are erected a,
different points on .he Sea Coast, and
mariperla are told the morrow's storm or
calm, Now, this lore knowledge of the
weather IL tolbc applied and utilized for
asricdltual purposes and advantage.
The Illinois Horticultural Society have
sent to Congress, memorial in which is
the following, paragraph:
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asWs do, therefore, respectfully ask
that the appropriation for the signal
Service be 50 increased as to allow the
establishment Of stations of observation
In the large, agricultural districts and
such extension Of the warming signals
and ether publications of results and
Information as the Chief Signal Officer
may end feasible aud useful TO tho agri
cultural interests of tho country"
gIsssnots . grand conception The
farmer sillino longer talk ef his crop in
the future with the prosiso, "if We have
a. good season" lie will know in
advance when it will rain, wien it will
be dry i,whep to plant this, that and tn
ether, when, to plant it, how to plan. and
cultiyase' it.. Wonderful. But again.
We notice inshe aAmericau Farmers
Adyocase,P' splendid agricultural
magazine, very suggestive article
under the pertinent heading "What i.
tho Farmers Share?"
In strongly ta9soeating organization
on the part Of 1,ke farmers it says:
1t will not be disputed that one man
can ship one hundred thousand bushels
of sSaia from d station per year at less
cost than ten men can handle tho same
amount. Wills the one mun might m AXE
acouifortabls living from one cent por
bushei, either one of the ten would
Satve upon two cents per bushel on
each ef the ten thousand. It is evident
then, that the division Of such business
at shipping point is always to the
farmers disadvantagel Ifthe grain be
worth a given amount when loaded in
car, any excess Of charges for handling
comes cut Of or rather DOCS not 20 into,
itteir pockets So with the dry goods,
sand othsr supplies needed by the far
smeE Every ti:as you multiply agsuts
sios their handling you multiply every
ssapensS Of tho 'businsas, vnd aubject
youfSelf TO Che payment of all the iu-
ergaae2@ BsnssBy fasi that you should
sappors tie 'surplus ones in
aiisStl class boasaing house, conducted on
ecouoaiieaf principles. If the farmers
a6R Z 20 wh or township or civil district
would co.oparats in their business affairs
30 that one experienced, honest man in
seaoh branoh might be selected 10 traus.
'acs the business for all, he might if you
please be Better paid nov, and still the
.sAviag TO each farmer would be very
eonSidefable1id the course of year.
But to Chat about something more
ssssopsblss lsiGSd and practical, hear what the
s'sonthern Gultiyators'' "a magazine
lpslhlishsapi in Athens, Georgia, which
should boread and supported by every
s0stheri, iatihor) says abou.
z 80 coTToS pLANTINu
s4 I 81 SEd dnNh s-aR ~ v'
szp4Ehsas5ielda Of a crop IS very largely
zaspeRdepthppon the sstaad'' secured.
sAip, ,scsaessss .si1ep depends upon got,
asiag essstand al aiparticular time. A