The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-15

A Warning to Land Owners and Tenants.

MIR. EUITon IL have 40 disposition whatever
to publish expression of opinion except rs it
may tend to advance the material prosperity of
our country.
In ;his connection assume the thesis that
no country is rich except in It's productive ca
pacity. The fortunate few may hnve money,
but the toiling many are poor indeed, except,
so far they rewarded by the products Of
our mother earth.
To obtain this desirable end, no calling re-
ouircs more brain, more ph ysique, and more bus
mess energy than that of the farmer and the
very first thought that should inspire him is,
rs to what kini Of preparation his soil requires,
together with such tillagc, rotation of crops, &c,
rs will make his farm not only rcmuncrativc for
the present, but to retain its virgin productive
ness and, if possible, to enhance its productive
capacity all the while. This much, sir believe
we owe to ourselves, to our country. and u pos
terity at large. And anything short Of this, to
my mind, savOrs Of n want of PATRIOTISM love
Of country, yea, is downright sc!ishncss itself
But to preserve health is much easier than to
| remove malignant disorder. We all know
full well the wanton destruction OF our once
beautiful and lovely forests, followed by n sys-
tenn of cultivation far below the average intclli
/ gence Of our people And when [ say this, l
mean in n comparative sense, with the remark
| being as applicable to one section of the Soutl,
rs another, which any ono by passing
over the country. unless they chose to shut their
| eyes rs to the real state Of things.
| Who are using twohorse plows in preparing
their fields for planting? and will our prcpara.
| tion for planting amour! TO depth of three
| inches, while n three weeks lrouth in Summer
frightcns us almost out of our slippers.
| Guano, mules, bacon, corn -four and molasscs
with liens over and above ALL shall | not
ask, are We not likely to he submerged ? or do
You like the word swampcd better? And who
is to blame? and echo answers who? But the
real fact of blame in my opinion is ut the door
Of the land holders, who say they must have so
many bales Of cotton for rent while Sambo
says he cant ford to pay de rent AMI patch up
dc BoSs's land. And thus. between the two,
many farms since the war have dcteriora cd
from fifty to one hundred per cent, whilst the
! proprietors have neither lived cXtravagantly nor
saved money.
| | know a farm where the tenant, n reliable
man, was making fifty bales of cotton ten years
| agN AMI corn in abundance. but who now only
| makes about twenty bales Of cotton anl an in.
| sufficient amount of corn. This is teaching by
example, though the price paid may he dear
\ very aged aud wealthy farmer said to me not
long ago, that his object hal always been, first
TO preserve his land, secondly to take gool car,
of his stock, and that he had never tried {,
make large crop Of cotton, for he hal alway
found those large cotton farmers borrowin:
money from corn and bacon men, to pay thci,
de- t.. write in no caprcious spirit but to m,
friends who arc making tw cnty five bales of cot
ton to the mule, let me say, hcsecch you stop anc
think awhile. The speed is too great, either ~
ordown grade, and unless you put on the brakes
you will, sooner or later, jump the tract bu, S
| the boiler, or both. MORE ANON