Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-30
toms of decline,

uiiu IL H3iSStrdeuSpy Lne owner us ING
most paying portion oft3his cstatca This
single ihstanee of thrift and enlightened
Economy yisA, copgineibg proof pf the
great aa8antases ~ 6fFiifsclosing stuck, and
that it. benefit can be attcincd by all
classes of society. It is clearly god
send to the poor man: The grass will
cost lin hoiti'hng,S Sa1hid the rails required
for tic incosurc simply viii be, perhaps
hpdnet9 FER Gent. HasS' tlB@ ahe dadahiaBer
nccessarY Is. fence the .whole.farai--G Goad
/ old fcllgs, waste; lands as they are now
called, are assFeasedr at, from fifty tplseyenl
ty-iiyc GENTS per acre, APP. .at these prices,
should they, continue, every hoAest and
industrious freedman may. become q land7
lorT and. and -th owner Of Mt, least one
hnpdrresdl I'd seres, ~ But ifthe present, fence
law, ii, i, eefpnt eefpntnpedd, these poor men will be
EeoWplljlsel Jtee, Is, buy. enough timplbered land
Ato Ssfnce, tlbbffir Yh8le tarrms,l which eanl
|l?nly b b, dqnnc atiaI heavy cyst, sv svsa in.
l4p add adddji'ji9n j9 tp the Blesrmqda grass, 'se
9ave the Japan glover, which, is valuable
as n, summer grass, and the red and white
cloyer and the oat grass that arc valuable
both in summer and winter. The oat
grass, grows with great luxuriancy on
good land; it detics the most intense cold
sf winter, and puts forth in the spring
ahead Of all negotiations. "A Western
gentlemen Of great experience pronoun.
ces it the forwardest and the latest 9f7all
the grasses. It has not .been. properly
appreciated in this couniyy,1,po have l
any doubt but that. by proper attention
it may be made almpst .as profitable. to
us during the winter months as the Ber-
muda is in the summer time, ,,ri ia
But there are still other advantages.
Every one can see the benefits that may
be secured BY attaching COW pens around
the sides Of the stock Enclosures. into
which the cattle may be driven at night,
and ip which they are fed during the
winter. These pens, thus enrished, would
Yield heavy crops Of .tIlryi ttIulrrynips, and sother
valuable roo,s aGd rye. and ,. barley. on
which to Craze the miith COWS dasilrgs slhe
awintca.s ,..> s.- oasIu lo,,; ooii.,,.
su Ifthe policy Of grazing all ,raur stock.
in inelosures set in grass has the sanc-;
tion Of reason and common sense, the
folly and intatuation of continuing ,to
Fierce whole farms, yea, ~ whole country,
at cost ef many millions, oi,dqllarsl au1
nu',lly, and the destru ction OF Qua, alua-.
iblc timber, is appalling. And for What
reason is this overwhelming tax, On the
mnsel, of whole people levied? Sim
pie that u lew vngabond cattloand land
pike hogs may be allowed TO run them
selves down il, search Of il scanty sub
sistencc, anil lrcaking into and destroy
ing ,hier ncighbors' CROP.
In all countries that have attained n
high degree of agricultural Improvement,
even where there is no fence law to make
it obligatory, stock are, all inclosed and
the hcgrcatcst attention paid totheir breed
ing SO that none but the, most profitable
and approved kinds are raised. But
here VIC, witness, in cveryfold field, little
scrub bulls and land pike boars, not n
year old, mixing their ignoble blood
with the finest cows and sqws of the
country. This ,abomnuble ,miscegcna-
ton has been, and will continue to be,
the ruin Of our stock as long as. the pre-
sent policy prevails. If al! our stock
were ncloscd and under the eyes of the
owner, 40 man of common scnse would
fail to cmascuiatc his little bonrs and
bullics III time to arrest such n calamity
| 1t will be admitted BY all, that the
cost Of metaiping. improved stock is not
greater, if as.mucll, as those.of aintorior
breed ;qn.d IN this makes the peglecttonse,
lect the better kind the more inexcusa-
bic. The incloSins, system would not
fail to accomplish a complete revolution
in this respect. The stock being under
the eyes Of the owner, who would Gitncss
| daily their Growth and doyclonuopt bo