The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-13

~. Sims, Of Columbia, s. C.
There are many reasons, growing ou.
of our natural resources and our political
aud social condition, that require and
demand greater diversity ia our indus.
tries. In the rural districts we need va.
riety OF employment and relief from the
fatigue and drsariIess of the one routine
of daily physical labor; in our cities and
towns we need the energy and enterprise
that grows out of active and varied cult.
vation Of the soil aud ihe development
of water power. The effect of diversify-
ing our employ ments will be to make &C.
cupations for every ono. II will make
good workers out Of many who are now
idle, and who either cannot find employ.
ment or do not find congenial employ.
ment. By giving variety we add intelii-
gence and dignity TO labor, and tighten
th. burden and elevate the character of
those who do the rough work; we en-
courage better habits and cultivate O
higher order of tsstes; we learn to appre-
ciate the relations Of cause 10 effect, OF
climate ard soil TO production, and OF
education and industry to happiness and
stock raising, fruit culture, bee keeping
and poultry and Eish raising commend
themselves to us as both practicable and
profitable, either as independent occupa-
tions or to be pursued in conjunction
with farming. Of fruit growing we are
very ignorant. Our apology for this ig.
uorance is the aggravated subjugation of
the last twelve years. Our congratula.
tion Ia that we have lived through IL.
Now that an era of peace and honest
government has come, we should "take
The current as it serves" to increase the
value and variety Of our products, and
to diversity our employments and indus
tries, SO as to combine and develop the
means at our hand for the improvement
and elevation of our people and State.
Let each person thoughtfully solve the
problem as to what is his beat interest.
In this let him consider hie location and
soil, his means and his tastes as factors
TO produce the highest degree Of intelli-
gence, refinement, Fespec .sbility and
comfort. Having selected his industries.
let him go iutelligently snd energetically
&c work 20 understand how GO succeed.
There has been so much prejudice against
books and book farming by class that
it has become ridiculous, and fortunately
has nearly worn out itself and It's follow
ers. There is much good sense and prac-
tical wisdom contained in books, as there
IS often much nonsense and frivolity |;
and it is not creditable to the intelligence
Of a man 10 say that he cannot learn val.
liable Lessons from books, or that he is
injured by reading them. If you under
take fruit raising with some intelligence,
whether you get it from books, from your
neIghbors or from your own observation,
your labor Will be very much easier and
nF al
grenter. Without it vnnr cha ncaa Of
failure are multiplied. There ere books
that are standard authorities upon fruit
growing, and there are numerous men
Gnd fruit growers who are intelligent,
honest and trustworthy. IF you consult
them anu pro1t by their directions, you
vii! succeed; If, on the contrary, you
grope for years in ignorance and mex
perience, and consult only with the tree
peddleis who bring to your door trifling
trees at enormous prices, you will either
become disgusted aud cease to make eff
forts to raise fruits, or you will succeed
daiy after Jears OK successive failures.
You have in horticulture an industry
older than agriculture. You have the
experience and observation of intelligent
men Of all ages and from ali parts Of the
world; bus you have what is more useful
to you, the experience and wisdom of the
most honest and honorable horticulturists
of the United States and Of your sister
States, Georgia and Norin Carolina !;
this experience is in books and in month
ly and weekly periodicals end in reports
of the proceedings of horticultural socie-
ties. These reports are reviewed and
corrected and added to biennially by the
American Pomological Society, each
State being required to report through
the chairman of is fruit o;ii;a;..eo Sc &c
varieties, soil and climate, and semi-an-
nuaiiy by the Georgia horticultural So.
cicsy, each section Of tho Stats being
represented liz the discuss:c.s. You have
a gentleman living less than hundred
miles from here and in sight of the bor-
ders Of your State, whose name is a syn
0nym of honor and integrity, and whose
high intelligence upon fruit culture "
authority in England, F.ance, Germany
and wherever Angle.Saxon civilization
exisss. You have living in the modest
town Of Chester, in this State, gentle
nlau whose labors in the perfection ofou
fruits by hybridization are better known
and appreciated in Australia, to-day than
they are here. You have just at hand
every facility to become Intelligent In
frait growing, and ynn have IN your cli-
mate and soil and in its variety and ca
pacity to produce almoat every kind oi
fruit the greatest inducement TO become
30. You have, besides, the attraction that
iruit growing presents rs an occupation
in being. refining, elevating, healthful,
invigoratiDg and profitable. Besides,
you have not . great deal TO learn to be
able to succeed. and you will learn it so
easily and I'D pleasantly il you take an
interest in 1t that it win become directly
pleasant recreation. You must ficut
learn the kind of fruit that cults your
climate, soil and location; then what
varieties and the time of their ripening
are best suited TO your climate, soil and
location, considering their value for home
aud for market. Nearly every kind oi
fruit that grows in the north. temperate
zone may be grown somewhere in South
Sou.i-eiupiua: iruiis,--s.a
oranges, lemons, lt,ses, bansnas-may be
raised along the Southern Atlantic coast
peaches and grapes grow we'll on the
coast besides. From the coast to the
great falls in tho rivera nearly all of oul
,ative fruits improve In .heir character,
in this region the scuppernong grape Il
most prolific and excellent. In the mid.
die country the peach, the apple, the
pear, the grape and the plum grow tc
great perfection; in the Piedmont region
the apple and the grape doubtless do fal
better than in the middle and lower
country. The pesr Is so subject TO blight,
and the intelligence and resources Of hor.