The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-26

| are the most valuable. In England Che
| population is 22Ejto the square mile. IN
| Holland about 800 and in Belgium 33O
whereas In South Carolina it Is not much
over 25 to the mile. In Great Britain
Feyery f!tcsn acres of cultivated land
SUPPORTS about ten people. Nov wis,
\ Woaid become of ten persons on hfteen
acres OF average land In South Carolina
Some years back fifteen to twenty bush.
els OF wheat per acre was not uncommon
ia thia country; then the average in
Europe was about the same. Now thn
latter averages from thirty TO iifly bush.
els, while ours iB reduced to from fiye To
ten bushels. BY ai intelligent, system-
atic routine OF mannriDg and cultivation
| they have been steadily improving,
whilst we haze been steadily going tho,
other way. AN American traveller
speaking of European agriculture, SAYS
the mind pauses in its busy yhirl TO
iinger with inexpressible. delight ON The
smiling beauty of the gardens OF Europe.
In the great plain OF Northern, Italy ssxs
teen hundred Thousand acres OF ,lapli
display the highest state OF cultivation
/ ! Z, e which modern ingenuity has ad dvanCed.
This vast area presents one continual
succession Of green pastares, golden rice
fields, loaded yineyards, neat cottages
and magnificent villas, aud the surface
exhibits complete network of canals
and their tributaries, each losing itself
upon the bosom Of the placid Po, whose
siiyery waters swarm with crafts OF every
description. The snow-capped Alps 20
the north rear their lofty crests in silent
majesty and the mellow sunshine flash,
ing from their daZzliDg submits dances
in gorgeous splendor upon the sea oi
waving green and the many colored OBJ
Jects below. The whole ecene seema like
lively dream or magnificent panorama
OF Elysinm: But. q glorious reality it
indeed Is, where living men with loving
hearts work with unfiinching energy and
beauty lnd elevate life. Rice, wheat,
rye, corn, hemp, flax and vegetables OF
every kind and the vine are, what they
feultiyate, not single thing but what our
own little old State will produce.
You can pass over to England where
on every side you see
''The lowing herd wind slowly DER the lea,
and the picturesque, dairy farms, in peace
and plenty, amiling with satisfaction en-
4 the inquisitive stranger. You are aston.
ished TO find theEe farms yielding from
fouritO six hundred pounds of batter and
| five hundred pounds OF cheese yearly 10
1 each COW, and that they supply the large
cities q hundred miles away with freaf
mix morning and evening.
| Ini Scotland you are struck with the
economy of, labor everyNne mere exhibited,
I'M tho number of. steam engines and
labor-saying snacbines,s and stiIl more SO
with the amazing sight of twenty thou
sand sheep grazing on o single farm.
You next turn TO Switzerland, and after
Tummaging among its mountains we find
at Hofwyl, the site of the first agricnl-
tural school that the world ever saw,
which for thitty years annually sent out
one hundred trained agricuItarists from
its' Halia'ss and Mt every step. both.nn the
Continentand in England, i've meet with
these iusti tutiona, sWhera by henlthful
variation of mental and bodily eysrcise
nlarge ge'number Of boys are moulGed into
good and useful citizens. But it Is III,
ireland that;the agricultural school avs.
tenn is most perfect. In this email island
there are one hundred and sixty-six farm
schools, with attachments of land vary
| ing from ten acres TO one hundred aud
eighty, forming o gradual scent 20 Che
central model farm, or highest school at
Glasnevin, into which only the most tai.
ented pupils can enter. Itsis indeed a
sad contrast, rs re turn 10 the compare.
lively desolate tields of dear old South
Carolina But rs said before, 1 believe
see a better Gay coming know there
| is life in the old land yc1, aud with all
her faults we. love her still. Reid what
La glowing description in The Ne,cs and
| Courier last week from Marlboro.
Then. Mr.. President, let us be no
lsionger bo,...d down by any particular
Iisystein or routine, but as individuals let
lius learn all aboEt our OWN business. We
can't 60 to agricnltHr schools nov. but
we can acqnains ourselves with our agri=
Ecultural literature by reading and study
I Ing our agricultural books and papers.
And right here pardon me for SAYING that
/ nothing staggerea my faith; go iblighted
I my hopes for the future OF. South Caro-.
/ linn a5 5ricnltlre as the shameful fact OF
{ our farmers allowing such nltigazine as
the SRnrdt Csas.oh hinidn TO go down. for the
! want of support Il I
/ a. farmer in d back eighboslioeti Of
| eastern New York some tWentysfive yeafs
ago enhanced the value of his property
By eleyating the standard Of agfichisnre
by the means of agricultural periodicals..
he seksgfibeA for twenty copies OF sn
agricultural paper anu Ind them mEiled
to as many of his neighbors, seieci.ng
those ia whom he hGd most hope. ne
wrote to ell telling n iiss iSthi 10 lad Ione,
and saying lie would receive nothing for
1 tho paper the, firaL year, Mt iha end 81
which IL they did not consider it worth
| the club price they could Atog it and In
aeTnn him sof their deaisi0n. Some ol
them s ere SO prsiudiced that they would
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