The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-02

offended" Who is here So
old fogy that does not sea the
c%essity Of All utter revolution y
whole agricultural system
any, speak for him have I 5T
ed" And there may IL some
set down a large part ot
Objectionable IN the pre,eu.
of our agriculture 10 the an..-.
Of the war. And that i,
short. convenient and comic
way OF putting 1t. But after
reasonable Attachments and ez.
atoms are made for the dss
tons and perturbatlons eutaras B.
that calamltous event, winch
of course, most heavily uuya
agricultural interests of tie e--
try, you viii find the csscuua.
characteristic feaSturcs u the -
unaltered-only details and re>-
are affected, principles not a.
And it Is TO the principles.
vicious principles and method.
our agricultural procedure ta..
wish especially to call your a...
ton, IN order that We may >p.a
set about the correction Of .t.a
You may 90 back, if You cLa
TO the scenes Of 1850, and yaur
is not materially altered. Ie-
ed from any point You Wal. ,l-
facts stand out conspicuous
unmistakable from the record.
the exponent, expression ana ms
Ire of the character, condition
tendency of III agricultural sis,
tenn. OF these the first and a
important IS that which have e.
deavored to set prominently he.
YOU, to wit: the lmpoycr>hu.
of the soil to such IN extent.
after throwing out OF cuItUt
one-half of the improved land.
remaining (and OF course The
teri half yields rs less than tN..
bushels OF corn per acre, and
than :, probably less than Is, bust.
els of wheat, (and Of other crops
the same proportlon(. unit. eye.
one realizes that We have re...
the end OF that road and m
Fright about face" The o'
two facts which | have only .a
to categorize here for your me-.
ton, are, first, that there is amor
IL farmers Il greater waste d.
Dor. by the i%njud!cious and uae-
nomical application OF 1t, than .
where else In the world aua ~-
ond, that IN proportion 5o 'a
advantages, they enjoy less Of ..
comforts and conyenlenees Of
Ct say not Injuries and elegance
than any other civilized people
the globe. Such, then, being
condition Of affairs, il Is ou'."a.
a matter Of urgent and palam..
Importance to ascertain and c..-
appreciate the causes thereof III
der to their removal or mo..#.
ton.
Let us, then, consider '...
briefly, it must be- the VICE.
hindrances OF agriculture 10 Nor.
Carolina, its advantages and
cOuragements, and the mea">'
improvement and reformation.
Probably most OF You Will IT,"
with me III placing at the aeA.
the list Of defects, the cu...'a
of too much land.
This is the crying evil, I4.Ia
to every one, acknowledge 3.
and yet universally per>.-'..
The efforts Of the farmer arr
over SO large a surface that
are frittered away and render"
etfectual. The Object of can..
ton among neighborlnE i7r'a.
not the production OF the
result on the smallest surface,
with least outlay Of labor al!
tai, but the cultivation "
greatest acreage. Thu. o.e
dred bushels Of corn, for t.+.
T laboriousIy produced a...
acres, at an expense, in lib. a
Grafton Of the soil alone, ol .~
twenty per cent. Of the
the crop; while under "a ".-
TEN, the same result Wo1.t
tanned from two acres WILL.
fourth Of the labor, and
improved by the process.
II source of the enormo.-
of labor already referred ..
labor expended on al acre ".
for example, produce herr,
dollars, IN Massachu-et.s
Hampshire, fifty-fre doll"
if you substitute wheat, TIE
are fifteen and forty-tI'e
of other crops. Now these
tions ought to be reversed.
our advantage Of soil ami
Our farmers have not e'
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