Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-27
agricultural department.
INTELLIGENT LABOR.

INTELLIGENT LABOR.
The great hobby of the present day is re
form. All parties are crying loudly for
change in the management of State affairs
This, no doubt, is desirable result; but i
never can be effected unless the means neces
sary to secure it are first put into operation
The bane of Southern society is ignorance
The struggle at present is to prevent th(
country from falling into state Of harbarlsm
At least onehalf of our population are in q
state of gross ignorance. These constitute
in the main, the laboring class. Their igno
rance keeps them in poverty, and it keeps
the whole country in state Of poverty. They
have the bone and muscle which enable them
to endure; but they lack the knowledge tc
guide and direct them.
To successfully perform any labor, two
kinds of knowledge are requisite. First, the
oretical knowledge must be possessed; and
then there must be that mechanical knowl
edge or skill which is acquired by repeated
performance No amount of physical power
will compensate for the lack Of these. The
previous circumstances Of the country made
| the laborer kind of senseless machine. The
calculation was always to direct his move
ments. The circumstance which allowed that
labor to be directed has been removed, and
both the laborer and capitalist are made tc
feel the crushing weight Of ignorance. There
, >t>o. - l.,kn md hpn
auce of capital in the Southern country to de-
velop its resources, if these were only intelli
gently directed. The capital cannot be EN-.
ployed because of the kind of labor.
! Evidently, We think, that which is most
needed in our Southern country is intel
ligent labor. Capital without this is like
gold in the ground and intelligent labor
will, in country like ours, soon accumulate
capital. When we say intelligent labor, We
do not mean that every laborer must receive
finished education in the popular sense Of
that word. All that we mean is, that every
! laborcr must be educated to that extent
which will enable him to successfully dis
charge the duties of his calling. There
should be, and always will be, in a civilized
country, reward for skill and experience,
as well as for mere bodily strength.
NORTH AND SOUTH.
.N'. Editor: Let me consider again the
above subject, and touch upon points not con
sidered in my last.
The Irish potato is better adapted to the
North than the South the sweet potato j:
best adapted to the South. Indian corn and
small grain, everything being equal, is sup
posed by many to yield better at the North
than at the South; l believe it is true as re-
CARDS Indian corn but in regard to small
grain have my doubts, unless in the terrific
ries, where corn cannot be pro6tably grown
At the South we are liable to drouths during
the period that corn is maturing, that cuts of
the yield. Small grain generally natures
before the dry season commences therefore il
should grow equally as we'll as at the North
At the South, Il pea crop can be grown and
matured before frost, after corn is laid by the
period is not long enough for pea crop at
the North. This would seem to make up the
deficiency in the corn crop, and that we could
raise pork as cheap at the South as at the
North But peas are better adapted to cat.
tie than hogs besides peas can be planted
with corn at the North, and as grain does not
follow corn, that is the proper way to utilize
peas in that section. At the South small
grain should follow corn, and peas would be
in the way. So at the South, peas should fol.
low small grain, and at the North turnips
should follow. At the North, timothy and
herds grass yield heavy crops after early corn
is laid by, giving plenty of time to harvest
large amount before turnips have to be sown.
At the South the yield is meagre in compari:
son, and interferes with the planting Of the
pea crop after small grain. This is all right,
as hay for winter use is not as necessary with
u.s. or rather, so much is not needed as at the
North. We can make large amount OF hay
at the South, but it has to be with the legumes
that come so early as to Interfere with corn
culture, and is better for soiling making hay
inferior to timothy, and perhaps better suited
for cattle than horses or mules. Clover does
not grow as readily at the South as at the
North. At the South the English grasses can
be grown and grazed from October until June
growing most Of the time. At the North
they are useless during the greater portion Of
the winter, but can be grazed later in the
spring and earlier in the fall than at the
South. At the South, Bermuda grass should
be substituted for the English grasses during
four months of the warm season, or soling
with the legumes resorted to- The freezes at
the North put the soil in Il mechanical condl'
ton that gives an advantage to that section,
and in nothing greater than the culture OF
corn.
Let US hear from others on the subject. |
am in doubt about some Of the above asser'
tions, and am anxious to know the TRUTH
O. JONES, IN Our Home Journal and RuraI
| Southland
MANURING LAND.
A writer in Our Home Journal says: There
is no farm operation more important than
manuring the soil, yet how sadly neglected
Ifall farmers appreciated the fact that it pays
they would certainly give it more attention
The common system is to make one crop after
another, without any restitution, the soil de-
teriorating all the while, until finally it is toe
poor to make any thing. If farmers would
take into account the loss in crops while the
soil is being worn out by degrees, and the
loss Gin practice,) of the land after it is worn
out, they would certainly be aroused from
their apathy on the subject of munurng the
soil There is no better manure, and as
general rule none cheaper, than barn-yaro
manure which has the elements of fertility, ano
no manure will be continuously beneficial
without them. Lime, as it increases produc
ton on most soils, when applied alone, would
seem to add fertility to the soil, but it only
renders soluble insoluble elements, and vii