The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-18
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MARCH.

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LABOR RsAvINGIMPLEHENTS
AND DIVERSIFIED AG RI
CULTURE.
The leading and far-seeing agrlcul-
turists oftbe South hayerepeatedly urg-
ed the epeople to adopt plan ofdiversl-
fed husbandry, as an indispensable
prerequisite to future independence
and prosperity: but as yet to little or
no avail. Labor-saving machinery IS
necessarily bound to effect by actual
facts and results that which precept has
thus far failed to accomplish. The
u,odus opsrandi by which this all
important reformation is to be brought
about We propose now to consider
We find that the inventive genius OF
the present day has not ignored the
demands for improved implements,
bearing upon the production Of that
most potent of Southern staples, cotton;
but has produced labor-saving ma
ehinery well adapted to every process
connected with it, from the preparation
for and the planting of the seed to its
shipment into market, except that OF
picking or gathering from the field
At this point nature seems to have
sent forth her edict : ''thus far and no
farther shalt thou co." and although
many attempts have been made to sub
stitute mechanical for human labor IN
this tedious and laborious task, so lar,
as we are able to learn, little or nothing
has been accomplished towards the at
tsinment of the desired end, nor can
xe conceive how any machine short Of
one possessing every known mechanical
movement, with the addition Of brains
and eyes, can be constructed to mate
rally facilitate this work. Under the
old regime of hand implements IT was
estimated that a laborer could produce
as much or more cotton than he could
gather. Now, if by the aid Of labor
saving machinery, he is enabled in one
fourth of the time to produce as much
cotton as he can gather, the remaining
three-fou,ths may be devoted to the
production of those crops most essen
tial to the comfort of both man and
sEs FafBaF b gs5b az pfseesas h 81 his
undiminished cotton crop at home.
Thus it is, we think, that the general
introduction of labor-saving machln-
cry in the South will prove of most In
estimable advantage ; it will necessarily
enforce diversified industry and az
ford opportunity for the development
of her many but now latent resources.
In the Southern States the introduc-
ton of labor-saving machinery has
been slow, nor is it a matter Of sur
prise that such has been the case when
We contemplate the great clouds Of
depression and gloom which pervad-
ed the minds Of Southern agricultur-
lists, as they gazed upon the shattered
ruins of the very foundation upon
which all their hopes of prosperity
were based, and the effect upon the Ia
borers, the bulk which, AS is well-known,
was composed Of negroes, was no less
marked, but was, of an entirely oppo-
site nature, producing the widest
enthusiasm. But time and force of
circumstances have, to large extent,
closed the chasm thus formed between
the owners of the soil and the laborers;
and as before stated, it is gratifying
to notice that a general tendency to-
wards improvement in manifest, that
will prove eminently salutary and ben
efcial. Upon almost every farm, from
the verdant mountain slopes to the sea-
board, may be seen labor-saving ma
chimes of some sort. The innovation
is insidious in its progress, like all
other great changes continually going
on around US, both in nature aud art,
but of which We are scarcely aware
For Illustration, behold the tiny spears
of wheat or grass, just pecping through
the soil, We see it all the while, but
cannot discover the change that has
taken place from one day to another,
yet in short space of time appears
the golden waving grain in all of its
beauty rely TO- ,he harvest. So it
is with the great agricultural progress
of the South.
N. L. DONALDSON, in tie Ru-
raj Carolinian, March No.
MAcARoN1 SoUP.-Put into stew
pan Of boiling water four ounces of
macaronj, one ounce Of butter, and an
onion stuck with FIVE cloves. When |.
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