The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-08-03

Air Walker to see his cow. He found IN q neat
lot with stable attached, quite fine cow.
daughter of Mr.. Collins, seating herself pesiue
IN, cow, took from the latter quite quantity Oh
tie finest richest milk. Mr. Z. informed MT.
v that this one COW was nl that any ordinary
szed family would need that he d1d not n".
If keeping but one milk cow Mt tlne' ..;I.d
cow was kept up in that lot and stnoie, T,oJ ev
during the summer upon green ioo"'
e'euy - ,a commenced this article we have oeen
ssiszAlilg fRikKans from s,.e
North, at Gaffney City, thinks veiy stfanec -
the practice of letting cattle run at large, be-
cause of the waste it involves. He contends "
that n cow kept up will yield ton per year OF
! n fertilizer, equal, if not superior, to ton Of
| ordinary commercial fertilizers, which is cvi-
| IDENTIFY true. But instead of this our farmers let
| their stock run Mt large, fence them out Of the
| crops getting by no means an over supply OF
milk, butter and beef, and buy commercial fer.
| ,ilizers Mt ruinous prices while, by keeping up
and soiling the stock, each cow would supply
ton of excellent fertilizer, with milk and butter
| besi,les Hence, if we reduce the question to
ON, Of fcrtilizing alone, we find that stock kept
| TN and soiled, will more than pay expenses in
fertilizers alone to say nothing Of the increased
yiold and quality of milk and butter.
As to tenants stock, landholders enn well af>
f,rd TO arrange for the keeping and soiling aH
the stock ownedby tenants. BARRING the saving
of the cost of plantation fencing, it will be de-
cideLly to the advantage of landholdcrs to do
this. for the reasons just indicated. Self inter
est alone would prompt this, independent Of
law
To keep stock and soil them Will result IN the
following advantages
: First The heavy tax of fencing out stock will
! be abolished:
Second The loss of stock from straying and
, theft will cease almost entirely.
Third. The damage to nrabb lands resulting
n n w ~ ed
Fourth The losses resulting from bad fence
: and the consequent depredations of breachy
: stock, will be prevented.
c Fifth The foolish quarrels and lawsuits
o growing out of the depredations of stock will
n be prevented.
d Sixth. More and better stock be raised
c and kept, by keeping up and soiling than by al
II lowing stock to run at large, or even upon the
n fields of their owners.
!, Seventh. Cattle kept up and soiled will pay
It or more than pay, the expense thereof IN man
IL urc alone.
Eighth Hundreds of acres of valuable
$; hcdgerow land around old fields could be util-
,r lied, which otherwise will remain vaueless.
i. Ninth. The time and labor necessary to keep
D up the present cumbersome and expensive sys-
" tenn of plantation fencing, could be directed in
'e to some profitable channel.
Mt This article is already too long, but the i'm
rs portance of the subject to the country in gcner
nj is our only excuse.
20 In conclusion, we would say 10 tnaC CLASS VI
N tenants who may have taken up the notion that
rs the new stock law is infringement of thei,
s. rights, to disabusc their minds of all such
groundless notions. Look at subj ject rs it real
ID ly is consider the advantages that must acrut
r to every class of the people if the stock arc KEPT
'c up and soiled (not pastured) and fences dis
Mt pensed with. And those who are favorable Il
the adoption of the fence law should lose M
Ill opportunity to explain the nature and advanta
ges of the proposed system. Cali meetings
= have speeches, and by every proper means en-
W deavor to create wholesome public opinion OF
&c the subject The timo has arrived when
IT,. Il. change is imperative. The ofu ffeiudiccs ant
10 suicidal practices, which have already well nigl
~ ruined the country, by destroying the forests
w skinnng the soil, leaving the greater portion O.
- the surface barren or washed into gullics, mus
- be abandoned and superseded by an intelligent
- system of management adapted to the present
state OF things, orthe country will yet be ruined
- beyond redemption. despite The ousting of tho
y carpcthaggers and the Inauguration of the
~ Hampton regime. The physical and political sal
= walton of the country depends upon the intelli
y y gent and well directed industry of the people
g CLODHOPPER