The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-20
"Quit the Business In Disgust and Gone
to Town."

Mn. tthlroh: On inquirihg after II
Young friend, who had been engaged in
farming mostly since The war, the answer
at the head of this article Was this re-
sponse. He was q young man OF great
energy, first rate ihiiiily connections,
with a young anu interesting family OF
his own, and has usually succeeded in
Growing first rate crops, mostly OF
diversified character. And yet such is
his testimony in reference to his own eS-
perience for the last ten or twelve. years.
lii the business Of agriculture, Which 1t Is
GENERALLY toiideded form tile basls of. all
true prosperity in any community. tbs
true that in his case, along with hundreds
of others, the discouraging results OF his
experience was somewhat due to the fact
that, for the last two crop seasons, he
lived in the scope of country visited, in
the first case by q most destructive hail
storm, entailing partial ruin on al! grow
ing crops, and, secondly, by the distress
ing drouth Of last summer. But these
calamities alone would scarcely have
driven our young friend to his sad con-
clusion. Such proridential disasters
only occur once in while, and would
scarcely form sufficient reason for a
change of pursuit, much less change OF
locality. There were other reasons back
of these calamities that had impressed
our young friend unfavorably towards
the business Of agriculture as source OF
profit. Most of our young men rather
evade than covet this ancient and hon.
orablo pursuit; and yet we think that 1t
still remains true, as 1t has from time
immemorial, that agriculture is the
safest and, in the long rum. rs profitable
as any other avocation. To make it so,
requires more economy of time and eS-
penses than other pursuits, and 1t Is pc
culiarly difficult for those unused to this
experience from childhood to practice
those economic habits so necessary to
success. In this battle for life, much,
very much, depends on the female MEM
bers of the household for victory over all
odds in the end. Considering the ease
and freedom from personal labor, which
was the happy lot Of most of the South
ern females previous to the war, it is
amazing to see the vigor with which our
females address themselves to the task
before them. Eventually we will gain
the victory over all Obstacles and ,agri-
culture will assume her proper position,
as the first of all pursuits in pleasure and
profit. In illustration of what may be
done by the female members Of the
household in the saving of expenses, it
came under my observation very recent
ly, that young and devoted wife wisely
decided to make suit of clothes for her
husband rather than pay the additional
cost for ready-made clothing, thereby
saving at least so per cent. in That single
transaction. So, again, young ladies,
married and single, that l know OF, are
paying their own way in the way of
dress, &C., by working small cotton
patch of their own. The cooking is
usually done by them, except In cases
where the families are large, and the bur-
dens might fall too heavily on single
one. Thus, in many ways, may our
wives and daughters help to work out
the problem of the pleasure and profit
ableness of agriculture as pursuit, so
that we shall no more hear the mournful
complaint al the head of this article,
"Quit the business in disgust"
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