Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-22

n humans 80 HOGS
ST. Mays. Ga. Oct. b. Editor Nora
ina Ns1es- The location Of the peninsula
farm in the article Hogs V. Humans"
in your paper. is easily recognized BY the
description there given
The wire fence on the ditch does not
extend across the peninsula, but joins
Jersey farmers Enclosure about 60 yards
from his dwelling. There the gate Is
placed, which Is alluded 10 in said article.
The hole in this gate has been there for
some time. AID Is still out Of repair; and
from its appearance would show even 70
the dull comprehension OF corn neld
negro, that it was made by the careless
ness Of A driver with his wagon in pass
ing through
The fence is the most miseTably con-
structed affair I ever saw. The posts and
trees - which the wires are attached are
IN many places fifty feet apart and IN
several places the holes under the last
wire are from three to four feet deep.
hogs aud cows going in and out as they
please. and have been doing 80 ever since
il was made.
This is the second crop lost since the
wire fence was made three years ago.
The enclosures previous to its cOnstruc-
ton were just as badly made The horses
on the peninsula farm assisted in the de-
structiOn Of the crops.
The Western farmers were told what
would be the result. As they are men Of
intelligence they could see for themselves.
From their representations 10 Us the pro-
pTiet0r was to secure their crops with the
proper enclosure, which he failed 10 do.
] saw these farmers a few days before
they left. They were very much lncensed
against him for his neglect We regret
md fFnr To
induce them 70 purchase homes in our
. county. No unkind feelings ever existed
between them and their neighbOrs. There
was an exchange Of pleasant social visits
with them from the time they came until
they left They are excellent people, and
would be an acquisition To any cOmmunl-
/ ty. No man with common, practical
sense would attempt to farm with such
an enclosure. or induce others to do 80.
Yet it is easily secured, having only one
! side to fence. while all OF the other farms
| in the peninsula have three. This farm
| mas had six different tenants. Not one
I crop has yet been made and think only
( ten acres Of land have been under cultiva-
I ton. 1t has been the cause OfsiX lawsuits
/ to the proprietor, and he has been as sue
1 cessful with them as with his crops.
| A few days after the Western farmers
| left. | visited the jersey farmer with a
/ friend. He showed US his finest COW,
/ badly wounded with shot, which he had
/ just driven from the peninsula farm, and
/ said another was missing. We went 10
| the farm in search Of it. When we ap-
/ preached the house a great many buZ-
| yards flew up; they had been feasting on
| the caTcasses Of the Jerseyman's hogs,
/ which We saw on the premises. The miss
/ ing COW returned few days alterWard
| crippled with shot.
! The four adjoining farms are owned by
/ people from different States, viz: GeOr-
] gia. New jersey. Massachusetts and New
/ York. The Georgian has been living on
the peninsula eighteen years, supporting
large family by his own labor. He has
! been very little ANNOYED by stock. No
/ gentleman viii allow any Of his stock to
| injure his neighbours property that is in
| closed BY q reasonable fence. 1t is true
| that, occasionally, cOw or hog will be-
I come so unruly that no fence will turn
them. During my life as a farmer, have
/ known Of but one person who refused to
/ remove such animals.
The time will come when the citizens Of
I our county Will have to decide which viii
! be best for them-tO fence stock or fence
crops. When this question is brought up,
let 1t be done by the practical farmers and
| not by quill-driyer.
All good citizens will obey the laws that
be- and not attempt to farm under the
| fence stock law before it comes into exist
| ence. We had best let the law remain as
/ il is until more settlers come among US.
The stock law may work we'll in some
counties, but in others it would be a seri-
Gus injury.
Our barns are filled with corn. The pO-
1 tatOes are bursting their beds, making
/ room to grow. The sugar cane is waving
its green leaves to the breeze, and will
| soon be ready for grinding. The young
| folks are waiting with Impotence to en-
Joy their candy pulling. All are healthy
| and happy No heart burnings or disap-
pOintments. Love and Kindness are ex-
tended from one neighbOr to another,
| ready at any time to assist each other
! Our cattle and hogs are all round our in
! closures, sleek and fat, enjoying them
selves as such animals do. And the pc
ninsula farm with its tenantless houses,
| Just as its last occupants left it, shows
! that it is in an honest, civilized
/ community. There all is desOlation.
! Occasionally the silence is broken by the
/ twang Of a wire. sounding like the blast
/ Of a bugle that is blown in the distance.
| 1t is caused by the stock going from one
4 enclosure TO another. such is a true
/ statement Of the peninsula farm, which
/ can be proved by the farmers Of the
/ county and by the record Of the court.
''R. +. A." represents himselfas assisting
| in the building up Of the waste places in
/ our Southern land. May the good Lord
/ deliver US from all such assistance in the
| future. ONE or THE FARMERS.