The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-13
EHE CHEAT CREATIVE ;., l7gs IVDus5Tgy.
Hts AttTaot4oas, Capabilities, yysass, Aa.
vantaBss and DiAalIsiitiae.
I,

4 men, that>of agriculture unQuestionsbly
}occupies Che very first place. Imposed
on man in the Infancy of the race, it has
Fever since stood in the front rank OF hn1c. l.
/ man employments. Pronounced against
Adam Id the nature Of a curse, it has all
down tho stream OF time ,boEsne
Erich argosies of blessings. To affirm it's
34high inpbrtance is but an affirmation of
Ia self-eyident truth. Il exists Us q mo.
lEccssity and the earth Is habitable only
Igby reason Of its existence. A few nor.
Ymadic tribes turned loose upon it might
wander Ifom place to place, driving their
3 lSherds s and fiocAs before them, and derive
Femporasily ascanty subsistence from theil
,Setdrns and the captures of the chaise.
,S3Sbut it is certain their duratioa woald be
fhort. Famine and pestilence, would
Sovertake them, and ultimately render
fthem extinct. r II e
The cultivation Of the earth ia the
natural and normal occupation o? man.
AttTactiEe ib6cause Of Its hsait6fulncss
and Innocence. Peaceful because it i'm
p!ases upon ne ether pursuit. Instruc-
tive because it affords abundant themes
for thought and contemplation, thus Civ.
ing activity and enlargement to the
mind. Beautiful because in the, fieidb
flowers blow, seeds germinate, stalks
ffuctify. It Is o part of the civilization
that was divinely communicated to man
in the beginning, and wherever most ad-
yanced there are to be found the largest
intelligence and refinement. The SIM
plest of the avocations, it is the most
difficult to master. The laborer though
mere automaton cultivates his patch
and from its product derives the means
Of existence; but q Liebig, 8, Willie OF
50aii55ooH, nave Tips yet suun1licii is i5 depths
or comprehendqd half Of its mysteries.
The feeblest insellect may undcrstand its
primary principles, but the strongest has
not hithertothecrE dbIa 10 gtusP lis pro-
fundities. So, varied, SO wide are its do
mains, that vast tracts and continents lie
unexplored and inexhanstible in re-
agriculture is the motive power of the
world. It ia the source of ali wealth and
prosperity. t. sustains all tho trades
and professions known n men. Il, Sr6-
pels the machinery of all the nlanufactc,
sies on the globe. Eminent success in
this pursuit requires thought, skill, phys
ical forces, experience and large infor-
nation. - Scientific knowledge certsinly
contributes largely to efficiency, Botany,
chemistry, geology and meteore.ogy may
be reckoned essential, as furnishing the
knowledge of the. laws of adaptation
capacity repuisiou, assimilation,r &c
Sach attachments have hitherto been
possessed by comparatively few of the
denizens of the soil. - ...''i -ti.' a
There is, however, scattered and diff
fused throughout our isiI niiiis com ii Iii;
ties, derived eithev froei reading or expo.
.ss Fss9es eFpdj ebssssrYatip pnagw yit&gaaay b5
from tradition, the see:s:st:t= .:s. ss=.s .
the profession, which, III ii systen,atized
and applied, would 60 very far: toward,
securing permanent results. In The
main, under present conditions. the, re
turns of the iaSmer are neither certain
nor remuneratiye. !, Both are eminently
desirable, and ! am bold to assert arr
attainable. When We have passed thil
transition state when labpr becomes
reliable, ahd something like L. fix;ty o
values have been reached when som.
security has been thrown around +th.
pursuit, either by common consent o.
legislatiye enactment j Hher o reciproci
ty is brough: about, which vii. insure t,
the farmer similar resulta TO those, de
4 rived by the merchant, mechanic ane
artisan; when like capital, .oor, skill
and Intelligence are employeh, then tn,
management and economies of the farm
will assume "a systematic character
There ever will be, it is TRUE, great varie
| ty Of seasons, circumstances and ,co1di
tions of modification, but, still, this ap
Proclamation should always be Kept, s,
apparent as to act as stimula,,t tore
tain those already engaged 4. .agficul
ture, and as an indneement 70 embar)
others in this ail.srstaining industry
Ought not this great intetestso coElmen'
4 public opinion that discriminating legia
lation cease, and place 1t on the. sam