Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-07-07

JOl lana lora Pasture Iuao 10 sh' ioi
nothing else.
4 @. But suppose the laboring man
lconli not get land on which to pas
4 ure?
A. That is ridiculous. They can
lget land Tor pasture Just as easily
las they can get land TO work. Every
man who has land and wishes to rent
st, will be sure to have pastures pro-
vided for the tenants; ii he fails to do
Bo, his neighbor will have the pasture
and get the hands.
@. But don't yon suppose, the Ia
oorers would be charged something
for the privilege of pastnrage -.
A. I presume every man would
Fequire few rails to beplaced on the
pasture fence by, the hands, Just as
hey are now required to do on the
arm fences. If they were charged
lditional rent, the next. year they
could go to your neighbor who did
mot charge.
.. What would some Of us do
a5ont water in our pastures?
A. That is the greatest trouble
But that could be arranged. Every
planter has some drain or ravine on
the place, and in this there could be
made &. drain which would hold &
pond of water nearly all the time
B 1t in case even that went dry, 1t
would be just as easy to tote water
Or to drive the stock to the well, as il
Is to drive then up every evening
Those too who cannot have conve
nient water in the simmer, would he
better oil not to have many stock.
@. If we had the stock law We
could not pasture our harvest fields.
a. That is what is the matter with
our lands now; we pasture them te
death. The greatest profit ever got
from harvest field Wa, to let the
weeds and grass grow, t. make The
land produce we'll and grow better
We need this law for this one thing
40 4 hesidss. if man wants to pas.
tnre his harvest fields, the stock law
loss not proposa u deprive him OF
that right; he can build as many
! fences, anu haze then inst az high,
ss he pleases still.
Q. You seen to think We do not
need much stock. and Sun Ill lots or
pastures will 10 them.
A. Experience is my best guide in
all things. Three years ago put
my cows in a small lot, not more than
two acres to the head, with any pick
iugs on it. have kept them there
ever since. l only keep two milch
COWS. I have had plenty Of milk and
butter II. arly all the time. My cows
have been fat enough for beef at any
season. | give them no extra atten-
rion in the summer; through the win
ter. I feed them on shrcks, and about
four or five bushels OF corn and peas.
One Of them now gives more milk
than both of them did when they
went at large. 1t takes sight OF ey-
ercise for a COW to pick mp living
rambling about, and I find it more
convenient 10 get them up and have
them milked by having a small pas
ture. No mich COW should roam al
large, ii you expect anything Of her
Only let the stock law be passed and
people will be obliged to take care ot
tn cir stock, and our stock will be
VASTLY improved.
q. How will the poor widow DO,
who has no pas,ure, AMI lives on
her stock.
A. Well, the cage ol The roor wild
ow has always been a hard one, as
our Savior illustrates when speaking
Of the widows mite. But ii any
widow thinks it is right to take her
living oil her neighbor's land without
his consent, she has au equal right to
anything else that Is her neighbor's g,
But in TACT most widows who have
many stock, own land. and they cal
build pasture fence as easily as they
Gin a tarm fence. Those who have
absolutely nothing, will certainly
continue to receive at the hands OF
the more fortunate, that charity which
they deserve, and which onr good
citizens are always willing to bestow.
G. You seem to very anxious to
have the law passed
A. Yea; our timber isgetting scarce
and it is too expensive to do so much
work for nothing. The fences make
the land no better. | also think ii is
the wish Of q large maj rity of onr
people. They have seen and heard
how well it worked in Abbevilie; and
in fact those who lived near the line,
where they could look owe, in Able,
vile and see the advantages Of it,
h I'VE torn loose from US and passed it
up there about Cooper Township, un
der difficulties. They could not wait.
Of course if thought majority op
posed the law, l would be willing to
work on in our present way, but it is
very expensive Way assure you.