Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-05-22


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that can and vi. rei >re US to our
originsi prosper;ay md greatness; E
ThoEe ira ny re- ps that could l
b. ;! i .Ear ri i;s adoption by /
or. Leg, lrn.s and which | Il
hon. - viii nc @ to consider.
in . rat ga4 = ls admitted by
~, inss lent ara practical ia, mers c
t.sie IS a satnicient number of
o. sy.ry IN TO make good a
oas. are e all .Eestocz, which would
t. neol cl.- done than to split z
lar 70 nur e. o new rails and repair l
the ,ars, . 4ov stands, and after
( Tic 81 ie esa az heen made for the (
| p,s.rnr yeg - a; the beginnin of
f! t.. s1t;c ~ 9niy take short
Tia spi. an pnt up few new
~ II! pu5. s.ock fence in com.
- d@r ifr that year. | would
a1 aou'd rot take more than two -
, 10. j. ener- .e.ic farmer to COM !;
lie -. and then the balance ),
~ .ime uliil lowing time set in, =
Z! oe - 10 hauling in litter 3
l., - ifft e,t ;e's. A lot ior horses
ai ,aoiee or cattle, one for
hogs and a0eep and goats. But g :,
rnls mou.>. ~ 2ecnpy all the time y
There could be some time spent in /.
splitting few rails and hauling in + =
litter and making compost pens; and
in few years he can make his land :
rich and do away with the present :
abominable practice Of using COM :
mercial fertilizers. which are a curse .
and will ever be whilst our farmers !
continue to use them instead OF our y
domestic manures.
Another great advantage that will !,
accrue to our farmersif the next Leg !;
islature will adopt the stock fence is :
his: our old fields aud wood lands :, 4
will soon grow upin thick and dense :,
! tec ,5,7,:75 i.-.5 a. 4 our lands improve !,
"a. z,di 30 5tbingis taken from s
8 a., Yaae.as se is left 10
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- 5 :. a.g 10 |,
fores &s;, * ,ssts Y IN " a
and moist 4ad=en conseqiie,see q
shaded conditions; the clouds pass !.
over and disgorge their watery bow
els on the surrounding plantations, :
but II rnc> >lie~ds are barren and sterile, :
the suns rays would drive these !.
clouds higher and higher until they
were driven far away to some water
Course or damp country to again dis
gorge themselves of their watery l !
fluid. In this way our farmers would
be amply renumerated, their lands 7
producing four-lold. But there is !
another grand consideration about
this stock fence; there would be no
cause for burning Of woods and old :
fields, by those that own no land, for /.
the purpose of having early grass for y
the cattle to Craze on, as all would
be required to be in some pasture.
Before l close this communication, '
allow me to advert to some Of Ger
manville's" objections to the stock !
fence law. He says go where you :
will, the stock law is the chief topic. q
He says they have right to COM .
plain for numerous reasons: lst, our
lands are not adapted to pasturasge. 8
81, the expense which would neces- s
sarily accrue from making and pre- $
pairing pasture, digging for water,
etc., would be very grievous. Q
would enquire Of Germanville, ;.
how the people in that township rails 7
ed stock heretofore? As they have II
no pasture land, the Inference is q
drawn that they must raise their Il
stock in the lots and stables. This n
objection is quite thin. His second T.
objection is equally as thin as the
first, for in tie time he tak,s in re- a
pairing all his plantation, he could t
take enough of the sound old rails o
and make his pasture with much less q
expense. I will admit that there will T.
be some farms that will not have the Il
advantages that others have, but to
use Germanville's own weapon, &
would it be right for few farms = =
thus situated without water, to Losas e 3
troll whole community? would sagsIsgs
I to those that are thus situated with q
out water, that they can do as they y :,
do in the praries; when they afa47t
scarce Of water they throw up small
dirt dams across ravines and hollows 81
in the winter seasons of the year, II
and dam the water in ponds and it I
will last from rain to rain, afording ,
sufficient supply for stock during the q
whole summer unless In excessiys
drouth, and the stock will much p1 1 &
fer it to clear running water.
His third objection is that a
ture for cattle, pasture for hog
a pasture for sheep, wc"'l b
expensive than the present
would enquire Of Germanvi ~
does he want with so many p
Does not his stock run at lar
why could they not run togS
pasture as they had been
run together. This objei I
not do. !,
His fourth objection is II
is one side Of the road and
on the other side, and thati
necessary to build lane q
and make two gates. TIL s.
l think is equally grounI 4
third. He c,uld easily .3s s.
and If his stables werI !: