The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

scarcely believe that 1t Is your in
tention or desire to infiict upon yoHr
correspondents the painful task OF
writing anything like a dissertation on
these important subjects. There may
be some gentlemen among your list of
reporters for the different counties who
are sufficiently qualified to do SO, but,
| presume the greater number of us are
not much knights Of the gull. We
prefer to learn from those more com
petent to teach. While we make this
apology, however, we do not deny
that we have some idea of our own III
matters pertaining to cur vocation. We
read a good deal, and some Of US are
well set up IN u rays. We have
learned that a good many things written
are instructive-indeed, valuable, but
W. know equally as well that many
things said and written for US, specially
as farmers, might have been unsaid and
unwritten. SO also a good many things
have been written about SO much as to
DtCOlIC lllOuOtObOuS, anu
dry. There are many other things
which become exhausted besides that
of the Judiciary, 50 far as North Caro-
lima is concerned. With such dogs and
legislators as we are inflicted with, how
can we say more about Sheep Husban-
dry, than has already been said-cui
hanoi Tt raica cham nrpEto hlU uA
should 60 into the business largely, |
mean comparatively. OF course to do
so, we must nave besides improved
stock, pastures, shepards, dogs, &C.,
sc. What little experience We have
in raising sheep, has taught US that the
business will pay. All calculations
beyond this are theoretical. There is no
use to be always specializing about the
profitableness of sheep raising. Let us
do something more practicable. Let
us go to work and have such legislation
on this matter as will give US an open
road to success. Of course, all OBJ
~structions must be removed before any
efforts worthy of the cause, will ever
be made. There is no further use to
talk of the price Of bucks, the number
of lambs each year,, the number Of
muttons, the weight Of ~fleeces and price
per pound, &C., &c. This is learning
rapidly to read by continually saying
the alphabet. Every one who writes
about it only makes a fool of himself
by being the monograph of somebody
else. What he says has again and
again been repeated until every one is
tired of it,. Let US go for the dog with
a vengeance, and remove him, or load
all the ballot boxes in the land with
dynamite Of freeman and blow the cur
lawyers and flee demagogues to-Guinea:
a. to improved implements, machinery,
&C., we have but few in our county -
not that we would not have them, but
because W. are too poor.
as to the stock law, we have but few
who advocate it. They are confined
entirely to the more intelligent land
owners, generally. our people are 50
conservative that they cling TO the past
with a tenacity only equaled by their
preiudices to all innovations whatsc-
ever. If to do away with our fences
"a curse to any people, depends upon
u local or county option, we will have
them for a thousand years to come
The fruit crop, apples and peaches
will be short. There are out few
peaches. Wheat crop is looking finely
and as we have a heavy per cent. above
any one crop ever planted in acreage, it
is gratifying indeed.