The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-06-28

Ions OF milkin twenty four hours. They
may be seen wandering about through
the woods looking like you could hang
yonr hat very easily on their hip
bones. Now / ask, would ii not be
better for man to keep one cow only,
that would give him moro milk than,
those five or six cows2 readily
agree with my friend, T. n. r. whose
article on agricultural Improvement
appeared in your issue of the 24th
ult., that if we would lay down the
culture otcotton and go to manuring
our land so we could raise clover and
grasses Of various kinds, we, could,
generally speaking, keep more and
better stock, and with the fence law
in operation would be better enabled
to save the manure to enrich our
lands. A third reason is, that q great
many farmers have line fences in
company with their ncighbors, per-
haps with two or threo neighbors, to
be kept up between them. These
fences sometimes through neglect of
one Or the other, or both, become in,
sufficient to keep out stock, (and those
fences very often cross streams) and
they sometimes got swept away by
. freshet during the summer, and
through neglect or the press Of other
business they remain open till fall; one
man gathers his crop andaturns in his
stock; they go right into the other
mans field and destroy several buah.
els Of corn, and perhaps two or three
fodder stacks before he knows IT,
These are circumstances calculated to
produce hard feelings between neigh>
bors, which would bo avoided by hav.
ing the fOnce law. The fourth reason
which l shall give applies only to a
portion Of the citizens of Piokens.--
There is a goodly number Of stock
destroyed on the Air Line Railroad
This would also be avoided by
having the fence law. Now, 1 would
say to the farmers of Pickens that we
noed reform in agriculture as we'll as
in politics. We neod improvement
in tho mode of agriculture. We mood
better implements to prepare the soil
for cultivation. 7. III. r. says, in
speaking Of Mr.. Knights patent plow,
that it has subsoil plow attached,
resembling very much tho old fash~
oned colter. Ho thinks this colter is
equal, If not better than any subsoil
: plow he knows, and am of the same
opinion, know Of no subsoil plow
J which would exchange tho Golfer
. for. AS agriculture is the main spring
, of all other pursuits; as it is the corner
, stone, the vory life blood of all other
enterprise, we should endeavor to
make farming o self.sustaining and in
dependent occupation. Instead oi
the agricultural interest being at the
. mercy of all other classes, we should
endeavor to mako it what it should
be-tho controlling elcment of the
country. In the first place foc tho
, good of farmers and evory body clso
, see to IL that you keep the seats in
! the halls of legislation occupied by
men possessing honest, sound, COM
mon sense. This calls to memory q
8 remark made to me by prominent
/ gentleman during the war. He said
that common sense was better than
D fine sense; that common sense would
3 never have placed this country
D in the condition it was then in, and
= common sense never did do it. dc
O not think that man can have too much
= sense to legislate, but I would greatly
{: prefer sound, common sense to fine
!, sense mixed up with q teaspoonful o.
: aristocracy and q tablespoonful of ras-
cality, stirred together in u cup oi
consolidation principles. Tho claim
ing Of unlimited power in the admin,
L istration Of national affairs, we have