The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-31

rvrT,RlrsDA 3. cENBER q. 1870 g
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s s..a,,, ~ ,repuuerative 3, eroplo ymens.
~. III, msdst nf aIL this, and accepting tne
er,,sh so ,ft repeated, that our reeuperauon
srnn, the many Ills that have so long 6eset
- INDY posttlc--- and that our progress on
ward--c only have its beginning from the
MOON .oi mother earth. yet the strange.
sno,na9y 81 presented of the desertion 81 the
aountry BY young and old, white ana black |:
THE eanital city OF our State not only locked
a. from The country by hungry Elendicants
Tor soft places with but little work, bur aaso
fhe youth OF oar land, who Should learn 10
he our independent yecmanry, content 70
contract their usefulness and Dwarf tnelr
energies in fkeing out bare SUD-
sfstef1ce In mere cierkships--so oilen
without q hope OF anything mgner..
And az 81 70 impede the efforts we maze 70
counteract this evil and encourage tDe culti,
Yaticn Of the soil, the city Fears cosby anu
magnificent institutions, conductea az neasy
expense itkfe Taxpayer consoied VIII Ine
idea that it Is humanitarian ana pnhah.
fhropic). whereby. the black man ana woman
a. invited to desert our fields, deprive US anu
onr wives OF their much-needed help, and
they to walk into these grand porticos to eat
fheir bread and drink their soup Ia idIeness.
Witt, all for politics and personal aggran-
dizemerlt, we find no help from our Legs
iatures-nst even to nuke good our hlgn-
ways 10 market, that we may feed ana en-
rich The merchant and middleman. a :,
Reset with such difficulties In the patE 0!
him who vet strives to "make one blade OF
GRASS grow where none grew before, is IL
moi. then, well to give one word OF en-
enlargement II honestly we can!
identified az we all are IN the agricultural
interest Of this State. and protesting TO
know something about it, think that Word
of cheer can be given, and appropriately on
ahis The eve of our coming new year. GlVe,
then. to farming the same hours ana atten-
4fot, that the merchant docs to his business,
and say that, In the long run and with the
IKE facilities, farming will pay the better OF
the two. The days of depression OF busl-
ness and OF prices affects the one as the
other. II grain has been selling low, SO mas
everything else. Ask the merchant thus
struggling In these adverse times, ana ne
win tell you that with 1000 OF capital IN
vested In bis business be has been not Only
content but glad to find at the END OF tne
wear that he has paid all expenses and lived.
ipnring the same period, what farmer Is
there who with one-half Of that capital out
laid has not been able to do all this and
more2 And then reckon his time given to
nusjrIess. and you will find be has been but
one.hals employed.
No doubts that the farmers lie Is
the more heaIthfui and independent, but
in his accounts the farmer forgets, OF never
counts, that from bis farm, with his fresh
fruits and vegetables, his milk, butter,
eggs, fowls, and pork, his family had their
rent and support, and from the use OF bis
horses that pleasure and comfort, which
sinpllIarIy is counted for nothing. And
farm labor, except Immediately around our
cities fvhere tempted to idleuess, as before
said), was never SO plentiful, aud never so
eheap. and with the proper attention one
man now in our fields will do almost the
work Of two In the days OF slavery. Why,
then, does not farming pay? And why Is
it that at the end OF the year we 50 often hear
the young farmer say he has not made eX-
pensesp Leaving out the extravaganza now
SO prcdominatiug, the answer Is In the fact
thnt instead OF going, ~ the merchant does,
to bis countipg.roonl, there to remain, and
instead Of taking bis plow-handles or lead
ing In his business in some way, the farmer
80 oftenmounts his horse, thatshould also
be ut work, and, with o cigar in his mouth,
rides to the courthouse or country store to
discuss politics, and with his boon compan.
ions the better part OF the day, would
SuTpTISb yUu AZ tCAib6 INV nc So"t~ m"No
fields OF endless grain.
In conversation few days past with nm
old, intelligent, and wealthy farmer Of the
county Of Nottoway, insisting as he did
that farming would now pay as we'll as ever
IL but properly pursued, and as illustrating
somewhat the views I present, 1t may
not be altogether uninteresting to give
ar, incident OF his early experience.
This old gentleman, at the beginning OF
our late war, had made by bis own unaided
efforts at farming about 100000. Com
mencing business life poor, bare-footed
boy, he undertook with the owner, and for
one.half the crop, the cultivation OF a small
piece of land. Twas in timber. He cleared
1t and planted in tobacco. 1t met with
dry season, and In August presented the
very picture Of complete disaster. The
owner OF the land, complaining OF his loss
OF timber aud failure OF the crop, this poor
youth. with the aid OF friend, undertook
TO relieve him by purchase of the land for
some $500 or $500. Afterwards II favorable
season set In, the tobacco wonderfully i'm
proved, was marketed, and sold for $40, 900.
BY constant and uaremitting attention to
bis business, in o few years he had pur-
chased property all around him to the
value Of $4,000, and soon succeeded to
wealth.
3 The life OF a farmer, unlike that Of many
<cflce-holders, Is no sinecure. We cannot
reverse the decree that :" we must earn our
bread by the sweat OF eur brow"
1.-THE land be poor let him learn in the be-
ginning that to make haste to improve 1t by
costly fertilizers will but surely end In his
own impoyerishment rs we'll as OF the land.
Essays SO often written In these days Of
so-calied scientific farming and so often In
the interest OF these quack compounders oil
chemical humbugs, and most often, too
learned for the comprehension OF the gene
raj farmer, will usually be productive only
or more harm than good to him. II yol
would succeed, these sa0nipuIatorS must b,
aet alone.
Lime we'll your lands. Study in a prac
steal way your compost heaps. Make ans
gather from your barn-yard aud woods
i Use plaster and bone. Apply them so IA
!. sasthey will 60 to Insure a growth Of yege
aation. III it be but ten or fifteen Of you
3hnnsred acres for.cultiyadon improve tina
first, and cultivate not one acre more. thar
yontcan Improve.
antthe spring SOW upon this lot corn, turr
il Nnder deeply, and in August follow witt
rye Ithis will aIern your sheep, &C., gooG
Wintar grazingG In May p3ow the rye
under and sow dewn In black peas, to be
followed by wheat saa clover.
Thas faed and treat kindly your lands,
and with the blessinss OF Providence, never
Rithksae, ysu witt surely reap.
With nm opportunity here to live aud
realize the pElyer Of Barns for g health and
peace and sweet content e why shanld any
seek the oyes.croWded city for q presaricus
iiytngl Here cheap fields are inviting,
with enly the condition that y0n work.