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

tta aS1i3y 9S AAfs f1 rs 38eat1O1et7, OF UDfQf.--
Read at tEia Joint sunnner h1eeting OF
tho state Grange yRnd State Agricultural
Society at Darlington, august q. 1880.
In referring TO the past farmer pre-.
sumo as useless to refer TO the antiquity
of agriculture. It began, 80 TO speak,
with the beginning. 'Tis true our first
parents began life rather, as horticultu-
rists; but then they were precipitated
into agriculture proper with about as
little ceremony "a some OF us were at tue
close of our late npleasantness. 5,
Agricultural pursuits have ever been
held in high estimation. and We arc al-
waye told by our public orators aud
modest candidates when they come out
10 address the dear "bcne and sinag" OF
the country, how honorable and inde-
pendent it is to be farmer, and how
they would love 10 live, In the country.
al Of which sounds very we'll; yet we
need o. vast deal of educated faculties
theless, since the day that plain old far
iner Cincinnatus was called from his
plough to lead tue Roman iegions to vic.
: tory, it has been nidenonstrated that even
Z a farmer may Sbe found equal 10 greater
things than simply, cultirating the soil.
Though the past farmer can boast of
great autianity and of sosne honors, hi,
improfef9S have bsehs sslow and
tedious Always behind thesother ats
and sciences.
You may turn your attention to that
part of mankind that interested them
selves in mechanics, and you find them
In the beginning with yoke of oxen
and simple slide. NoW.they. think
nothing of boring through the Alps, CUT
ting one sea into another; making 8 tour
of The worlds hills, dells and valleys in
hours where it once took months and
years, an1eas our plain old farmer goes
to mill, with his corn in one end of the
sack and the rock in the other, he Is ns-
tonished by the whistle of the locomo-
tiye on tho slIshmit of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Those engaged ins navigation we 5GL:l
first with o. simple canoe. Yet they have
utilized every improvement in art or
science, tk-t could aesist them, until to-
day they are najestically riding the
oceans wave, alrloss fearless Of wind or
storm, aboard the "Great EASTERN a
dozen or more times larger than this
house, and carrying millions of pounds
ofgFeight. T. 4. - S.
a cotton broker. anywhere round the
world win whisper 70 the telegraph sire
what your cotton is worth, and in few
minutes the offer is knocking at your
door. Yet our past jolly old farmer en-
joyed very much the joke that went the
rounds of the country sst the time ewhen
some member of Congress asked for an
appropriation of ten thousand dollars
that Prof. Morse might be able TO DEM
onstrate the feasibility Of his electro,
magnetic wirS,S ahdsspme other inember
said he could not vote for the nppropria-
tioneu1less ione-half of The amount was
given to parties then establishing the
SCIENCE Of mesmerism, which Killed the
bill: gne agricuiturSi uisiots pf iiie an
clients, extend ing oyef q period pfs many
centuries, may, in literary value orsoeial
estimation, tfor they had writers like
our own, so We find something about
twelve yoke Of oxen toSI Gnei plough, but
we seeksin vain for ANY aiglf OF Fsal pro-
gress.
We find q practice that is careful, ex-
act aud saving, but tbs the same year
after year. You may search avery page
for several ages; but there is no mention
of any Improvement in systern or ad-
vance Of any kind. It is che same rou-
Ana year ~ year, nosheW implements
s aavocatea, no Ola customs abandoned.
y Sio 70 Sh;na, the fp!deata country; in the
sworld, ana there agriculture Is the same
ior Se;nturies,E EeAsepg lney improve their
ianG itti oy mhhuf,ne aou nnd the! Chl-
nannan VINO walks ks over bridges built two
thousands years ago, sgfo cultivated the
silkSworinS before King Solomon built mis-
throne, who cultivated the cotton plant
centuries I neiore this conntry WAS heard
), 30 e. il.ey housand sauaye miles
nfs4ngf anVe ghlch pre- called tsie
3 eastaen anu which he sa been
4 titled ". anliksllesa sgnneratinna and are
as l,EpuligIl now as ever @ ct they
*
EEoysn neTe ls no, doubt .iiat
) the scaicf reason Why the past iarnler has
oeen 80 SLOW or improvements because
tins a.sery i:ttle pEstIi's connec-
Ign Hf yfti lts mot 90
inr; ns 20 sisaye a. t1erinan
or nn Va or a,l American
8 I..eeEs7s ss;AtA 4llggh M s AZ their lime f
3 sclchtine aeflcHasnrai scx perimenta, but
,aFneEs ia9 geneTalsy must cultivate their
Drains aA sTeli as stneir muscles That
man on cur Old
ailas Syitnops s0Elae y. \ Q! now 10
improve lien en- IS as iaiidclous IS ttas any
iite ct;u oe pursued syi slc-
cess tWitnous cai5itai.s II mere ~ ene
s anlopgsE " Slio is Without brains or
es sses generally cal good tor
iiothiag, ,oIIi ilaSy people seem TO Imagine