The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20

slaves, without properly considering the
uiterence IN the labor We receive. Ther
iaoor was not expensive and was entirely
under our control. Now it is very cx
pensive and virtually at its own will
ohder the present irresponsible system
everything requires constant supervision
ana IL provokes 3 vast amount of annoy.
ahce. Then there WAS no demand fol
noes, axes, trace chains, plow lines, Gle.
Vises, back bands, and hame strings
except oy those farmers who expected To
! P'y ior them az we had done. Now
! upon large farm it requires large
outlay OF money to replace these things
that having become loss to one man have
become gain to another, who plows lust
over The fence the neighboring field. In
carrying the expense of our broad acres
We attempt more than our powers can
compass or our constant diligence main.
tain. a few men may .,e equal TO these
things, not many are. Such policy
hinuers proper care for our lands, tho
necessary preparation and culture of our
crops, gives US deal of hard work spread
out over 4 vast territory and makes us
poor yields Whereas reduction of
area will not only bring us better in.
come by reducing the expenses and in.
creasing The yield, but it will very much
lessen the hardships o. the life. Why
wear your life away with business that
taxes your best strength, exhausts your
resources, cripples your energies and
gives nothing i'll return but threatened
loss Of your inheritance?
II an acre of ground will yield two
bales of cotton, forty bushels of corn,
thirty bushels of wheat and sixty bushels
OF oats, why cultivate five for the same
results? 1t requires five times the ex.
pense, five times the labor, and the land
depreciates five times in value. Here,
am sure is the key note to our success !:
a little farm we'll titled. We need more
of discretion mixed with our hard work,
more of the soitening influence Of intel.
ligence spread over our hald licks.
Theodore Terry, most successful in.
tensive farmer of Ohio, says, in speaking
on this point: "If l were required to
delineate upon canvass my idea Of sue
cess, | should paint beautiful engine
giving evidence of strength in all its
parts, and npon its throbbing cylinders
would write its name work Standing
with his hand upon the throttle, his face
beaming with intelligence as he looks
out into the prospect before him, would
paint the engineer to drive it, and Just
above his head, in letters that breathed
his power. would write his name
thought
A judicious blending of these two
great elements Of success will make us
all we desire as individuals and all the
government can expect of US as class
of its citizens.
Again, not only the extent but the
system of our cultivation has brought
unnecessary and almost unmeasured ex.
pense. Some time since we learned that
one man and one mule would plant our
cotton much more satisfactory than-let
me see-three men and two mules. Since
then we have used machine to plant
our cotton. If it be true that ono man
and two horses will do our plowing bet.
ter than two men with the same teams,
let US save the wages and feed of one
man aud put one hundred and fifty dol
lars in our pocket to the credit of econo.
my and sUcceas, If our teams will cut
and bind our grain more satisfactorily
and at less expense than our hired help,
let us have our t. 1ms cut our grain. If
il be true that c'i compost can be put
upon our fields much moro evenly aud
cheaply by machine that will rest in
.he shade while we eat our own bread
and meat, let US get machine. If q
machine will drive our gins and pack our
cotton while our teams Craze in the pas.
lures to recover their strength for the
demands of another crop, humanity, as
we'll rs economy, demands that we should
get machine, if it be true, and tell
you it is true, that machine will grind
our cotton seed and furnish for US upon
our own farms a manure superior to any
to be found in the market, what is to
hinder our success with such machine?
1t was said Of Alcibiudes, man who
kept many hounds, that he was finally
eaten up by his own dogs. If the far
mers a, the South continue many wears
their present destructive policy, history
will record that they were eaten up by
their freedmen.
Again, our general farm economy is at
fault, in that we fail to raise the immedi.
ate necessities Of our business upon our
farms. Every farm should be measured
in its extent by the amount of home
made manure it raises, to be supplement.
ed by such commercial fertilizers az arc
essential to the growth of crops and can.
not under any circumstances be supplied
from the farm. The purchase of COM
mercial fertilizers is always hazardous
and it should be guarded by the greatest
care and caution. Any farmer who has
not tried it will be amazed at the amount
cf manure that will accumulate about
his barns, if COWS and calves, and oxen,
sheep and horses are all properly stabbed
and furnished suitable bedding for alb.
sorbents, such as we have in straw, leaves,
rich earth and muck.
We should not only make oul own
manure, but we should make every pay
ing product adapted to our climate and
our section. In support of my own views
am glad 70 be able to read to you IN
article from one of the most progressive
men of sister State, who is authority,
not simply upon agriculture but whose
public spirit coupled with his ability has
made his opinions respected upon all
questions of public concern. read
from an article by General Butler, of
South Carolina:
"Tc accomplish the most satisfactory
results requires study, observation, pa
tience, frugality and industry. Too many
men become impatient, discouraged and
quit the field if their most sapguine an.
ticipations are not realized, and pocket
full of cash is not enjoyed after one or
two or three years. effort. A visit to
these sections of the country where farm.
ing lands command the highest prices,
and where, consequently, farmers are the
richest, will disclose the fact they have
become rich, not 80 much from the money
they have realized from their farms in