The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-15

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lect that plant which has been
made to attain double it's size by the
use of these stimulants, has doubly
drawn from the earth those clements
which were necessary to form it at
half the size. And it may be made
q question whether or not anything
has been added ut last-or enough
additional to pay for the cost Of
the fertilizer.
Compost manures are superior to
phosphates, in ny opinion, because
they furnish more vegetable matter,
which, being resolved into it's origi-
element of earth, adds hunaus, or
fine soil, to the land, and remains
unaffected by chemical changcs--a
permanent real addition of better
dirt. I have seen one good broad
cast application of litter from the
woods show for ten years on the
crop. Note the difference in the
appearance of crops under dead
trees which have been left standing,
and where plants have had the bene.
fit of dropping bark md branches.
Who has ever seen piece of land
full Of vegetable matter, that failed
to produce remunerative crops to
the last.
Phosphates are inferior to CON-
posts, because they furnish little
OF nothing which by decomposition
generates hatn,ats-which is the
essence of fortility-and because by
their stimulative action they cause
plants to consume more of this
hunaus, just as u drink of brandy
before dinner whets the appetite.
But, say some, my yield is Increased
by this sharpened appetite of the
plant. This is true, and if it were
proposed only to convert the
h'tnaus Of our land with produce by
tho shortest and quioket route, T
would advocate the precise plan
now pursued. Let me remark Just
here, brother farmers, that whoever
fnrms for 0ay only, and does not
regard his lands with that kindly,
considerate care and attention
which are due to his domestic
animals, invites poverty. and do
serves chat ruin which cannot be
averted by emigration to virgin
lands where his butchering powers
can be repeated.
When / said in Darlington that
tho phosphate beds were a curse, I
meant that they would prove a
curse by being improperly used,
I. g., that the advantages in hand
ling them would cause diminution
in the size Of our more bulky com
post piles, and that the country
would run into excess in their use,
end produce crops 80 large that
cotton-the only available money
crop for the South would cease to
be remunerative, and our lands
would be left too poor to produce
anything else. My predictions have
been moro than verified and I shall
close by giving my brother farmers
another warming: Unless you
divert yourselves of the foolish
ambition to grow rich suddenly,
learliing that the true philosophy
Of life is to adopt ourselves to sur
rounding circumstances, and that O.
poor people must not have rich
ways. I tell you now that ruin
complete and widespread will soon
envelop our fair land. Stop pur-
chasing manures and become manu-
facturers of them. Teach your
selves that it is a crime to burn
brush and logs, because by being
piled and allowed to rot, large
additions Of hunaus are made to
your soils. Level all your rows
and water burrows upon fields
planted or sown, for the reason
that all muddy water which runs
from your field not only takes
huneus in solution, but also sweeps
off trash upon the surface, which
would soon add more to the soil.
Having done this, systematize your
labor, as is done in every other
part of the world. Have regular
hours and signals to commence
work and to stop work, and rules
as to how the work is to be done
being sure to be on hand yourself
to see the rules carried out. Teach
your laborer, whether he be white
or black, that when he hires to you
for q year or for any other period,
he has sold his services, and that
you are entitled to them. Don't
forget also, brother "clod- -hoppers,"
to pray earnestly for the ontinued
success of straightout Demooracy;.