Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-28
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From the Chester Reporter.
LET US HAVE rHE STOCK LAW.
RossyILLE, June 15, 1877

ROSSV1LLE, June ID, 1oi
Mr.. Editor Will you allow me space in
your paper to mention some reasons why we
should adopt the "Stock Law ?"
We should adopt it because of the enor.
nous expense of fencing. 1t costs $227.3O to
build one mile of fence. One mile of fence
will surround 40 acres. -Four miles of fenc-
ing will surround $40 acres, and will cost
$9O9.20. That is the first cost. The fence,
to be serviceable, will have to be repaired.
Fencing is too much Of tax on the farmers.
Who can stand it2 The rich not the poor.
Apropos is an anecdote of an old gentleman
who had mill. It was said of him during
the war, "that he made his miller toll the
rich mans corn twice. for he could stand it;
and the poor mans turn twice, to keep him
poor" Same way about fencing; the rich
can stand it, and it will keep the poor man
poor. ...... ...s ... ....
We should adopt the stock law to save tim
Der, time and expense. The time spent in
the worse than pro6tless labor of fencing,
should be devoted to building substantial and
roomy barns for our stock and fodder in re-
pairing, improving painting and beautifying
our homes; in making manure, subsoiling
land, stopping gullies, hauling rocks off the
land, ditching, making and fixing up mead
ows, building breaks across worthless bot
toms and making good ones out of them, as
our neighbor, Mr.. James B. Little, has done.
We should adopt the law so that everybody,
who wishes to, can plant plenty of wheat and
fall OATS Home made -four is better than
bought flour. Fall oats will come on a month
earlier than spring oats, thus saving one
months feed of corn. We should adopt the
law so that every man can lie down at night
and have no fears of his neighbors' stock
depredating upon bis crop. We should adopt
the law to avoid hard feelings among friends
and neighbors to save the roughness on the
ground for manure; to keep stock from
spreading wire grass and other troublesome
grasses and weeds, and from tramping over
the land. We should adopt it because those
who wish to fence can fence as much as they
please and have the full benefit of their own
land and yet have no fear of their neighbours
stock. We should adopt the stock law be-
cause the law that compels me to keep my
neighbours stock off my wheat and oats in the
winter, compels my neighbor to keep my
stock off his corn and cotton in the summer,
and I dare say that is one view of the subject
that the opponents of the law have not look
ed at.
venture to predict that if the law is not
passed, every man will be forced to put law
full fence around his plantation, by people
turning their stock out during the summer.
The law will not prevent neighbors from
agreeing among themselves to turn their
stock out on each others pastures when it can
he done without any injury to other crops
We should adopt the law for the sake Of hon
esty. 1t is not honest for mans stock to
take anything from his neighbor's plantation,
and no truly honest man would wish for his
cattle to do it. A man may say II do not
wish my cattle to feed on your plantation |
want them to have the run of my own fields"
Very well, then fence your own field, don't
make your neighbor 60 to so much unneces.
sary expense to keep your stock from stealing
from him while they are getting 1.-THE run Of
your fields" Examine your heart closely
and see if you have not had slight passing
thought of nice cane brake or nice field of
pea vines on your neighbours place. don't
think of accusing any one of such a thought; !;
of course not. Lastly, at present, we should
adopt the law because large and respecta-
BILE portion of the people are in favor of it,
and it would be nothing but fair to give their
notion a trial for four your at least; for the
old law has been in force for great many
years, and the new law would be a change, if
not progressive STEP Let us be neighborly
and not spiteful. Ex.