The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-01

nets $1,000. So Is. has made Ills
SUPPORT and cleared $40.
If this he a correct view of the
matter. why not stop cultivatlng such
large forms, AMI cultivate. more sys-
tenaticllly snal!'r farms, anu
double your proiiis-aui that to"
with much less lanor Cultivate
just what you can without mortgag-
my or going i'll debt.
Jus, $, long as the farmer con
tlnue< to GUILTY. ate large fields untiel
the present mortgage system, tsyin-
from Is 10 40 per cent. Tor moue.t.
Just SO long he will contlnue poor
ami dependent. Let the farmers II,
fuse to mortgage their crops, cuiti'
vate half as much this year rs las.
1--we within their income, plant MOI
one acre of land without double ma
nuring making tolule its proiu~
tion-employ halt AS much labor =
heretofore. aud we think that the,
will clear more money ami live mu- II
better. Dispensing with half tile
labor, half the horsepower and two
thirds of the expenses of tho farm,
and doubling the production pei
acre. there wol Id certainly be NOR.
money for the farmer.
But the loose, ship-shol way OF
EARNING which seems 10 prevail il
this and many other sections OF the
State, will not pay. In IRELAND, ten
persons can live we'll on four acres U,
land. In some OF the States more
.han $500 worth OF produce is gather
ed from one acre. In some portions
of the South this much is often real
lzed from one acre. There is no par.
OF the country susceptible of higher
state OF cultivation than tialii;aA
:, unity.
Let our farmers cultail EXPENSES
one.hali and double Tie ! loGut tiol per
acre. Plant no more land than Cal,
Je made rich, SOW the remainder o.
the farm in oats or let it rest. !
Land often needs rest, and without
it or continuous manuIing, it will
soon become unproductive The far
ner says he is in debt and mus,
Liant cotton or be sold out, and thus
lose his home. That may be, but if
the present mode of farming under
he mortgage system contir ues. farm
RS must sooner or later submit to
he consequences, which will certain
|. be bad.and they can meet them now
IS we'll as next year. Allow US to
;uggest;
DO not go in debt. Cease to be
.xtravagant. Do not strive to appear
itch and grand when you know you
ire not. Where is the profit Or real
pleasure to the man who claims a
Thousand acres of land. wo~ks ten or
twenty mules, drives fihe horses. makes
several hundred bales OF cotton, and
when sold and applied to his debts,
he is Still. under a mortgage Of five or
ten thOusadd dollars ? Better own
twenty acres of lan.l. one horse, make
ten bales Of cotton, twenty barrels of
corn, be out of debt and able to call
It your own.
AS long as we are in debt to man
Va are his slave if he Is tyrant enough
to claim us.
Farmers could afford, before the
war. to cultivate large farms. because
the labor cost them nothing but now
with free labor they cannot afford it.
say three.to lrths Of bale of cotton
per acre Tor rent OF liant, preparing,
planting, cultivating gathering and
working the crop. Unless the land
produces more than this. there is no
profit. Three quarters OF a bale to
The acre may pay expenses. A bale
20 the acre will enable the farmer to
1--we we'll. II. can make money by
raising one AID half bales to the
acre. Which is preferable. to fall in
tebt. to pay expenses. to live easily,
or to make money
There is no calling more honorable.
more dignifiei AMI Independent tjan
that OF the farmer. None are subject
to so few temptations to be :neau,
-ro>ling AMI dishonest. The bros
porous farmer is always happy. lie
IS less expose1 to the temptations
md various trials Of lie IT, is free
trom the tricks in ira les, anl crafty
cunning Of the rest o. IN ,nklnl. He
makes support for the coua.ry. bears
the burdens laii upon him without
>'ver suspecting foul play, sells his
own VACCINATIONS ,& 800 .,.