The Greenville times., 1883-12-15
GREENyILLETIMES.
SATURDAY. DEC. Is, isss.
COMMUNICATION.
RnIroR TniEs

county upon the Pence question,
| viii endeavor IN as brief way
as possible to set forth the evils
Of the present system. In the FIRST
place a fence may be ever 80 good,
aye perfect, il will keep out steek
of al kinds until corn gets into
roasting ear etalc, and then the
sarmer Dads, one by one, the
planks All of; an occasional ra.
z0r back hog is found in the corn,
ard II the shotgun or Winchester
rifle is not brought prominently
to the front, and effectually used,
a large part Of the crop is destroy.
ed. Later on, larger gaps are
made, and COWS help to save the
cotton, but carry none to the gin.
houses; mules and horses "gct M
and knock out aud DESTROY. No
one can account for these gaps !;
no one did ii; the hog just got in
dry So.p These yagrant hogs are
a wonderfully sharp set /; kill two
or three Of them in a corntield, and
let the rest know that similar
fate certainly awaits all that may
be caught in the field, aud short
stop is put to the mysterious fall.
Ing OF Of planks and pickets.
Another way stock get in is that
every night, riding or walking
vagabonds, leave the gates open
or knock down the fences, and
leave them SO. One man wants to
fatten his stock on another's crop,
aud to avoid detection, turns in
with his, some one else's.
lis II right TO expect n man TO
work all day, and sit up all night,
watching to protect the crop that
he has built fence to protect I
Aud, is II not bad state of fairs
when the Winchester rifle has to
be rcsortcd to as the only r, liable
protection for iicldi Yet, such
is notoliously the fact.
Take an equitable Wow Of the
matter, justice between man and
man. a. owns so acres adjoining
b., who also owns so acres. A.
wants TO raise cotton, aud corn
enough to feed his wants
no stock except his mules aud
horses, and thinks II most prolita.
bile to keep them in the stable. |
I'VE will suppose both A. aud B. to |
have only 40 acres each IN cultiva. /
iion) Consequently a. has no need
of "A fence. B. wants TO raise corn
and hogs aud cattle, and wants
pasturage. Is II right or Just, that
y. should he put to the expense
OF making and maintaininga fence,
IN order that II. may have the
privilege of grazing his stock on
the uncultivatcd lands Of A. III
u. wants TO raise stock, let him
do II, but where is the justice in |
doing 80 at his neighbours ex.
pensei
Mahy planters have undertaken
70 raise stock "on the range' since
tho war, but when they went to
pen the fattening hogs they were
not there, and when u butcher
came along to buy some beef eat.
tie, 80 few could be found, that,
one by one, they have abandoned
The attempt, until, venture the
assertion, that there are not twen.
ty planters IN this county, outside
of the dark Cornerr who make
any attempt to raise stock in that
way,
But you sec within the past year
n growing disposition to raise fine
hogs, and good many have been
imported, not to be turned loose,
but raised in enclosed pastures.
What is the use to fence in tho
fields, when we can't make the
range profitable 7 Is il not far
better, and II is certainly much
cheaper, to fence in the range 7
Make enclosed pastures. know
,f q locality on Deer Greek, four
plantations, taking not less than
wenty miles of fencing to enclose
hem, and no division fences ci.
hor, except short lane between
wo OF them. Counting the value
IT the timber, and that fence is
worth. at the very lowest $1,000;
wear and tear 10 per cent.-ssOO
interest on money 10 per cent
'SOO-si 600 per annum to keep
mt stock that aside from the
mules and horses can be bought !
It a full valuation TOR $500. Where |
$ The money in that. Better buy {
he stock and kill it, and do with
'ut the fence, OF else make n pas. i
ure and keep it there. I
Some urge tina, - no fence law !
you'd drive away laber. refer =
hem to Madison parish, La: to
ounties m this State that have .
he no fence law; they have as "
iuch or more labor than we have. "
nd to it's WORKINGS In Goutb Cor u