The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08
Fancy Earmera.

The Chicago Times has few truthful
paragraphs describing fancy farmers,
which read as follows:
No class Of men have been ridculed
| so much, and none have done 80 much
good, rs those who are denominated fan.
cy farmers. They have been, in all times
aud countries, the benefactors of the men
who have treated them with derision.-
They have been To farmers what inven-
tors have been to manufacturers. They
| have experimental for tho good of the
world, while others have simply worked
for their own good. They tested thco-
ries, while others have raised crops for
market. They have given dignity and
glory to the occupation of farming it
never had before.
Fancy farmers have changed the wild
boar into the Suffolk and Berkshire the
wild bull of Britain into the saort horn :;
| the mountain sheep, with its lean body
| and hair fleece. into the Southdown and
the Merino. They broupht up the milk
COWS from pints to gallons. They have
| Heightened the srloin of the bullock,
deepened the udder of the cow, enlarged
tthe ham of the hog, given strength to the
l shoulder of the OK, rendered finer the
wool of the sheep, added feetness to the
speed of the horse, and made beautiful
every animal that is kept in the service
of man. They have improved and has
tened the development Of oil domestic
animals, till they hardly resemble the
creatures from which they sprang.
Fancy. farmerS introduced irrigation
and ander-draining, grindiDgs and cook
| ing food for stock. They brought guano
from Peru, and nitrate of soda from Chilli.
| They introduced and domesticated all the
plants we have Of foteign origin. They
brought. out the theory. of rotation of
srops asa natural; means ,of keeping up
and increniing the fertility of the soil.
They first ground up gypsum and bones,
manures OF n peculiar valle. The first
| analysed soils, rs means Of detcrmin-
| ing what was wanted to increase their
fertility. They introduced the most i'm
| proved methods of raising and distribu-
| ting water.
Fancy fnrmers, or fancy horticulturists,
| have given us nll our varieties of fruits
| vegetables and flowers. A fancy farmer
| in Vermont, few years ago, originated
1 the Early Rose potato, which added
I millions OF dollars to the wealth of our
country and proved To- be Most impor.
tant accession in every part Of the world
whore it was introduced. Another of
| these fancy men originated the Wilson
strawberry ands another, the Concord
grape. 1t was fancy farmer who brought
| the Usage orange from Texas to the.
Northern States.
Among the men in this country who
were classed as fancy farmers at an early
day, were Washington, Jefferson, Frank
lin and Livingston! The first introduced
mules; the second, the cultivation of i'm.
proved rice the third, theuse of land piass'
ter and the fourth, the raising of lucerne.
More than 'any 1neH of their time did
they add to the wealth of the country.
After t1em came another' race 6f fancy
farme.s, who introduced Arabian horses,
| lSpanish sheep, and the improved breeds
of cattle and swine. These fancy far
n,ars added Immensely to the wealth of
| the practical farmers of the country.