The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-15
For the Times.
A Warning 70 Land oxnars and renanta.

A Warning to Landowners and Tenants.
Ma. EpIToR 81 have 40 disposition whatever
to publish an expression Of opinion except rs It
may tend to advance the material prosperity Of
our country. 4.
In this connection assume the thesis that
no country is rich except In Its productive ca
pasity. The fortunate few may have money,
but the toiling many are poor indeed. except.
far as they are rewarded by the products Of
our mother earth.
To obtain this desirable end, no calling re-
quires more brain, more physique, and more bus
mess energy than that OF the farmer and the
very 6rst thought that should inspire him is,
as to what kind Of preparation his soil requires,
together with such tillage, rotation of crops &C.,
as will make his farm not only remunerative for
the present, but to retain its virgin productive
ness and, IL possible, to enhance its productive
capacity oil the while. This much, sir, I believe
we owe to ourselves, to our country. and to pos.
terity at large. And anything short of this, to
my mind, savors Of want Of patriotism, love
Of country, yea, is downright selfshness itself.
But to preserve health is much easier than to
remove q malignant disorder. We all know
full we'll tho wanton destruction of our once
beautiful and lovely forests, followed by q sys-
tenn Of cultivation for below the average intelli-
gence Of our people. And when say this,
being as applicable to one section Of the South
as another, which any one can see by passing
over the country. unless they chose to shut their
eyes MS to the real state of things.
Who are using two.horse plows in preparing
their fields for planting? and will our prepara-
tion for planting amount to q depth of three
| inches, while q three weeks arouth in, Summer
| frightens us almost out Of our slippers.
Guano, mules, bacon, corn -four and moasses,
with liens over and above all, shall I not
ask, nre we not likely to he submerged or do
you like the word swamped better? And who
is to blame ? and echo answers, who? But the
real fact of blame in my opinion is at the door
Of the land holders, who say they must have SO
many bales Of cotton for rent, while Sambo
says he can't ford to pay de rent and patch up
do Boss's land. And thus, between the two,
many farms since the war have deteriorated
from fifty to one hundred per cent, whilst the
proprietors have neither lived cxtravaganlly nor
saved money.
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man, was making 6hy bales of cotton ten years
| ago and corn in abundance, but who now only
makes about twenty bales Of cotton and nm in.
sufficient amount Of corn. This is teaching by
example, though the price paid may he dear
A very aged and wealthy farmer said to me not
long ago, that his object had always been, first
TO preserve his land, secondly to take good care
| Of his stock, and that he had never tried tc
make large crop Of cotton, for hc had alway.
found those large cotton farmers borrowing
money from corn and bacon men, to pay their
de'ts write in no capricious spirit but to my
friends who are making tw enty five bales of cot
ton to the mule, let me say besecch you stop and
think awhile. The speed is too great, either uE
ordown grade. and unless you put on the brakes
you will, sooner or later, jump the tract or bu, 81
the boiler, or both. MORE ANON.