Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-07-23
For the Advertiser.
Two or Three Farmers Who Con.
stilnle an Exception TO Capt.
Tillman's Otherwise IRE
fntable Assertions.

I fntable Assertions.
The lands along the line of the
Railroad on the Ridge are all i'm.
proved by a more attentive cultiva-
I tion than generally exists in the in
terror of the County; but it is doubt.
full if, as class, these farmers keep
as free from debt as those further
from the railroad. This applies only,
|! tbaagh, to such as all W the railroad
a.inhueneeseta absorb their profits. But
many Of them have kept aloof from
the awful folly of running large a..
counts with guano agents and depot
merchants, by making their food and
fertilizers at home.
Mr.. Loderick Hartley, Of Bates.
burg, belongs to this wise class of
good old. fashioned people. His state.
ly and hcspitable mans;oa stands on
an eminence just above Batesburg;
and he preserves the simplicity of
true prosperity by making his own
corn and raising his own meat. Like
our good old friend, Mr.. Benz. QUITS,
OF Meeting Street, he raises big crops
of corn by planting long rows, and
having heap Of them" And auch
corn as MIR. Hartley hasl One would
not think land as near the Lexington
sand hills would produce such large
and lofty stalks, with two ears on
each stalk. And back behind the
house, amid the apple trees, that drop
daily their bountiful supply Of ius
cions fruit on the ground, are his
huge, lat hogs-too full to even no.
;: tice the mellow apples along their
shady path. His cotton and pea crop
aleo are very 6ne, and show that they
are attended to by him in person.
Though getting toward his threescors
and ten, Mr.. Hartley is as active and
energetic an ever, and gives his many
furrowed fields the imprint daily oi
his own footsteps, whicA il said TO be
Hia active, energetic habits are les
son to The regiment Of idle yonngsLer
whose lolling forms lie stretched upo1
snn lit beds, only to be reused by the
> smell of breakfast. He still rises al
= break of day, and goes out to biz
peach orchard and watermelon patch
and gathers by break fast many crates
of luscious fruit, which by good hsnd,
ling, he sells for good price in Rich.
mond, aud at other points. This money
comes in good time. Aud then be
lives so splendidly at homel You
may talk abont the tasteless pile of
dishes Set about one at city hotel |
Who knows where the lard comes
from that seasons the food, or what it
is made Of? And the butter and the
egga; who can tell how many rough
miles they have jolted in a peddler's
hot wagon? How "dnll. stale and
Improbable" is fashionable hotel fare
compared with that of thrifty coun.
try homestead like Mr.. Hartley |
This pro '"rous and model farmer has
for din; .,t chickens just from his
yard; new butter milk, cool and pure
tomatoes, fresh and red cabbage,
white and savory; big Irish potatoes,
beets, tquasLes and cucumbera, all
sweet and juicy from his garden; and
rich, yellow butter; and light biscuit
shortened with genuine lone made
lard; and delicious ham of his own
make. Then for dessert peaches
just pulled, with rich cream and su.
: aRIs pies. g.th-a glass Of fresh fresh
sweet milk. Aud besides this, one
can help ones self all during the day
to peaches, apples, watermelons and
figs, that grow in the glowing sun
hard by the deeply shaded yard.
Just down the road, little below
Mr.. Ilartley's, lives Mr.. VIM. Mitch.
ell, the young and energetic Furman
OF Batesburg. He farms according ]
to the improved methods Of the times,
reads the Cuhivato', and prepares To
keep abreast Of the age. He is using
Ihe buggy turnplow to prepare his
and, with the happiest results. His =
arge fields of cotton are truly beau !
.ifnl. He has arranged his land into .
egular plots, and rotates the land d
With oats. corn and cotton, not for o
getting the pea, which he Justly con- '
iders, like Col. 0. F. Cheatham, as a ci
,reat improver of worn out land. Mr..
btchell has also compounded very =
inc fertilizing mixture Of his own,
which, from the experiments showed II
,e by actual illustration, ia decided
Improvement on any ready-mad qua.
Q. His compound is secret as yet, tr
ut be proposes to give it to the world W. w
ater on. His corn, which he plants
/ checks, and plows both ways, is W ss
6ue. He never put to
OF in it.
When country blessed like ours, =.