The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-17

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49,. renee OF no Fence. ;,....
Whether we shonld enclose our crons
and "tlirnl onIitO fba .rema;nder of opr
farms. Of fence no the :pasture and leave
the cultivated porEions nnnrotected hv
IanY kind of fence saye the law Of the
iland, ,srr, questions that have snowd and
|theu, seitated the minds of. the people of
teYery one. Of the States of this union.
\ Firm adherepts can ear Be- found to both sides
4 oftbaa auusstiont! hiWa confess q hayi,1r
.na1ar shac6ma i1i.ayIus sseft lad lie onrNn I'm.
ion nnon, this,snh;ect ~.l,.,.F -,
/ VIXEN We zee onr. noble forests. felled
aun1nnaiIv ~ bv Tia t6onsands If acres to
fnrocnre fresh isSa foi sn1tivate q affter IL
bove hv q most slouonIv svsten, !, ese,tSJ
land OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES more Fertile
acres. when nlwe, k,,nwttf,at far more ecin.
iomv ronld. be nracticed 7npon the farm bv
avoiding tha necessitv of HAVING so manv
thousands of raiis riat,led eyery winter:
hanse b,isns az ynarch wood in each fra.
nlace las. ought to s,,nr,lg1 1awail;no and
titchan ond wos5 bn,se 9dnr;no ne cold
ssssaS ' nJ whom " 20 Innsy that . o.I str;n If
Ts;;;J I'll, saatfS3;Js -;;t;,;ns s,nrJ afsr.,
a;de. ride oS ~ .hss sfaldeend th;a frsnnantlv,,th
hsst land ID ;n .ths sGaIJ 10 inst tn cni .ot;oS
beca,,sa of tho fance. uben Sve chow that thot
every negro in The south viii have cow M
and. never thinks he is a freeman nnti}
/ "a can Tia his own cow's horn "a her fore
i fontliHkean hsrIfrom i1,mn;no i tl,a ience
/ that, avon, 4 fiI mn .,.yvben we,thinE of
/ tha. .thousands Of dollars that ara lost to
| the, intrinsic wealth Of the country bv
| the mauiing and hauling and building
/ and repairing that is necessary, to keep
/ mi the fences around tour farms ;lwhen
/ We thipk, of, the propagation to- say hard
/ words when; fox hunters, tramps, Jump
/ iiiIg ing cattle 81 other nuisances make gaps
/ iil our onnirs fences and cannot be punished for
it:awhen wethink how easg it would be
/ to make, g. fat cow ,orlt Of ia Door one. a
\ profitable cow out of an expensive one.
HE the owner was simply Compelled to
keep it. up, take care Of il, feed it, treat
\ Il; AS Tie ietufhs would prove it should
|Ibe treated; when welthinks It islthe crop
lIthat bringa indthe ,moneysand enriches
/ the, country; and mot the forests or pas
II iture lands. and are therefore the more
|Iworthy Of lawful projection on that &C.
||countI when we think: how, much better
lone g6od cow is'thapa hend;of poor ones;
when. we think,shaWs easysit is to herd
Icattle and sheep and ever. hogs together,
iso that they will need but the care of
single person q few hours each day to
prerent their strolling out of sight; when
Iweithink what's, pleauresi is,iwhat q
real luxury to sit and watch improved
herds saad flocks pasturing aad grazing
over Iuxuriant meadows and fields we
say: when we think sof All these things,
wes can, but lwcnder iepislation has not
long since required ronr.farmers to set
about improving their stock4by abolish
ing. the ! existing, fence law and allowing
onr mr. b1r10asa Acres to be cultivated without
the miles andieniless;o rhideous worm
fences,eyerywhere seen. sl.;e .bcs .ioiy
! But, then, when we. haze booked at the
other side of this question, and thought
how ignorant most Of our people are,
even of the.old established dIsw upon this
subject, and Rowhsparselyf settled tour;
country il, and ,,how much easierit is to
enclose the cultivated fields than it would
be to enclose all the remainder of the
majoFity9of Southern farms, fand how;
aSarv Se farmer ne would, inLha'swas bound
to fence ;n ali the balance of his, lands Il,
Sa m - were nerm;tted h. .throw out his fields:
and what a small .nronortiono of the labor.
inc classes throuphout the South are
la5downers, iieVen though every one that
can owns, q cow.9 and how that class are
onnosed, ,,.an ,,tosa ,stock iar. because they
tb;nk. that,all. the, unenclosedj pasture,
lands ara by.a natural right. az fee to
tEEir cows 81 to de owner 81 tie pasture,
Aid. .of what minor importanSei tosour
farmers tf,s care;of !stoek iss whens COM
nared TO the infatnatione they, have, for
The "cottcn.patch, y and what wonderful
social and industrial revolution it would
make to: establish q stock 4awl and abolish
our fences. wa hayeahalted between, two
6ninions.n; Much can be said on both
sides af fhis, Question and more on the,
other. LOOK al Il as YOU m vim. ~ - '>s
,Absanee of fences Is AM evidence of
nrooressiva va Sarmingg When we goliinto
: civ a town or Village. land there are
some Of these last ia tie United .States)
where the roses grow. as ,i It were, sout-
doors. ~ and the vegetable gardens are
net enclosed we iat 6Hncei know thereis an
ordinance there preventing stock going
at!large. and With this idea is also i'm
mediatelyncoupled the thought that the
cows there,ase carefully housed and we'll.
fed, and, in consequence, the people have
pfeeintty5; Of milk: - -. ''ss'1.S' -
! Bntif We DEE aiyiilaee with its streets
and payements ;flthy;s and Che lots all
enclosed I or. even ! = > farm, with, high
sstaked and rideredp fences, we ara not,
lIy.S = =, .,n,.ro;nr - fEn oonc1naion that