The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-12


and your few hogs? Five acres, we take
It, would be ample rasturoge for the
number of stock specified; so thai on
score Of economy of labor, you would
by that single operation save the fencing
OF thirty acres Of land. And then your
stock would do better, and always be at
your call where you could see after them
and provide for them in case of sickness
or otherwise. On the other hand, if YOU
decide to fence in your thirty. five acres
OF land, and turn your few head of cattle
and hogs to roam at large ia barren
range, they derive no advantage from
this extensive range. which they would
not more surely obtain in your enclosed
pasture. There is nov no outside range
that is worth the name. The broom
sedge is the only inducemcnt, and that
in general range where everybody's
cattle brouze, and under our parched
summer suns, soon become dry and un-
nutritious. Then, again, in the fall Of
the year the half.starved cattle and hogs
roam around the fields, and if they find
q single broken panel Of fence, in they
go, to be dogged and perhaps killed by
those who will not veto for the law. but
who practically have "no fence" ANY
fence less than lawful fence il, under
the present law, no fence nt all and these
people, many of them, seem to glory in
i,ieir i,ut HoncoG fo-o,. or.l ..., -,
protection in the fall Of the year for their
r'pened crops is pack Of hungry ours,
who will in few minutes tear, and main,
and sometimes destroy, their neighbors'
stock that unluckily mako break
through or over rotten and low fence.
Then, on the score of good ncighborship,
vote for the mo fence" law. AS matters
now stand, there is virtually no protec-
ton to the landlord or tenant. either, for
their ripencd crops, after lard sum
mer's work. There ia not dozen farms
in tho County enclosed with lawful
fence; hence, in the eyes of the law, less
than lawful fence is no fence at all. If
your neighbors' stock commit dcpreda-
lions on your crop, yo,. have no redress
but to stand guard with dog and gun,
and then you would be liable in an action
at law for any damage done to the stock
under such circumstances. So, if you
wish to preserve neighborly and good
feeling In the community, vote for every
man to bo responsible for his own stock.
He need nos necessarily remove any of
bis outside fences, MS many farmers have
a sufliciency of inside ones to enclose
pastures for his own and his renters
stock. Car anything be more moderate
or reasonable than such q proposition ?
There is but one serious objection to the
proposed change in the fence Jaw, a:;d
that is the want of good running water
on many of our ridge farms. But it is
notable fact That on most Of our highest
ridge lands there are depressions and low
wet places, which, in the winter and
spring, is abundan.ly supplied with ro;..
water, and for tho dry summer months
shallow and cheap wells could be con-
structed at very little cost, wherever
| needed.
/ TO the landlord we will say few
words, aud then bring this communica-
ton to close. Why should the land
holder oppose the "no fence" law, as
some of them are now doing? One will
say, II have plenty of timber to last for
my generation, and let posterity look out
for ITSELF" This principle has had full
sway long enough for the past hundred
years OF our existence, and surely the
ruined, SCARED and gutted fields, the
destruction of forests and forest timber
during that TING il. enough to causo tho
thoughtful man to stand appalled,. If
the same or similar policy is to be pur-
sued for am ther hundred years, not
forest tree WI be left to tell the sai tale
OF reckless destruction, and ghastly and
forsaken old fields will greet us on
every side. Wha; patrimony to leave
to our posterity! Let us "right-about-
face ]" and spend the next hundred years
| in endeayoring to repair tho waste and
destruction of the last hundred. Let us
husband and preserve our forests and
.sSscss trees, toT ornament, for ileaitil, ior
fertility, for comfort along the wayside
and around our dwellings, and our chill
dren will rise UP aud call us blessed.
Iappposc you have enough timber for
yourself and children, tho greater the.
reason why you should unite with your
more unfortunate shbors in a policy
absolutely indispensable to them. Tn
doing so you make no sacrifices whatever,
for having an abundance of timber you
can fence up your stock without tearing
down the fcnces around your fields. #
you arc not disposed to do So. 3d. 4
One other argument and wc arc done.
1t Is very evident that in this part of the
country, at least We must abandon the
all-cotton policy. What shall DO the
substitutef Small grain, grasses and
stock. Not on increase so much in num-
bers of stock, but an improved quality.
Why should arr an milk three head Of
cattle when one COW well kept and we'll
fed would give more milk and richer
butter than all three under our present
| system TO improve materially the
stock of this country, the very FIRST I'm
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