The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-07-15

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4th. The failure to properly make, care
for and use the manure, which could be
easily made upon the farm. 1t is said,
eff we were only able to keep more stock,
then we could make more manure and
save the expense of buying so much com.
mercial manure" But where il the ma
nure from the stock kept? From the
COW lot, during every rain, we see it drift
ing away, and as more is dropped the
next rain washes it away. From the hog
pen, in which large quantities of corn
have been fed, We realize little or no
manure. It is doubtless true, as esti.
mated, that the manure maderby a cow
with proper attention and application
will fully compensate for the feed ueces.
sary to keep her. How can the farmer
prosper, and buy, not once, but year after
year, the manure which he has and thus
permits from idleness and inattention to
be swept away. From our barnyards and
lots each successive rain bears off our
substance on its tides.
5th. Unwise and inadequate prepare.
ton and cultivation of our land, and in
attention to its preservation and develop.
ment. This arises partly from habit and
from disposition to cultivate too much
land. So many acres must be planted to
the horse, whether prepared or not, and
whether the land is worth cultivating or
not. Is it:not trne that vast quantities Of
land are cultivated in every community,
in even exhaustive crops, that can not
possibly pay the cost of cultivation7
Plant such lands to crops that will i'm,
prove them or let them rest. Many
bitches and terraces were broken during
the recent freshets for the want of atten-.
tion and repairs at the proper time.
The farmer knew it, and intended to
repair it, but postponed it from time to
time until it was too late. The washes
remain as monuments of the carelessness
and inattention of the farmer. Cultivate
only so much as you can prepare, enrich
and preserve, and thereby save your land,
your labor and increase your income.
9th. The failure to raise upon the farm
the necessary supplies for the support Of
man and beast. 9It is cheaper to buy it,
than it is to raise it," is a common senti.,
ment falling from the. lips Of all, as
applied to almost everything We need and
use. Our tools, vehicles, clothing, bread
and bacon, and in fact all We consume,
is bought. In aEclimate like ours, and
with q soil like ours, there can be no
good reason why we shall not be self.
supporting and independent upon our
farms. Sow not only more grain, and
plant more corn, but devote more time
and attention to the growing of such
truck crops as will give support to man;
and beast. All cotton, 10 the exclusion
of everything else, is not only a danger
GUS and unwise policy, but has banks
rupted nearly our: entire population. II
you argue, we are:in debt, and are with
out the means Of living, and are forced to
plant cotton to liquidate our debts, is it
not clear that without change it is only
matter of time when the end will be
reached, and the storm in its fury will
burst on us? Diversity your crops, raise
everything you need, and then the dawn
ing of a better day wilIhaye begun.
7th. An effort to farm entirely beyond,
our ability. This results in the purchase
( of stock and supplies upon tims at enor:
nous rates of profit, and sinks its follow.
ers, year after year, deeper and yet
deeper il debt. No agricultural people
can ever permanently prosper and even;
pay ten per cent. interest on money
invested in their business. Ifso, history,
80 far as I know, does not furnish US q
single example. And yet the farmer
pays $1.00 per bushel for corn worth 75
cents, and from 8 to 10 cents for bacon
worth from 6 to 81 cents, and other
things in proportion or at similar rates.
These debts from now will be due in four
months, and makes the premium for
credit from 100 to 200 per cent. How
can success or prosperity attend such
management Why assume such em-.
barrassment, when the end oan not be
Otherwise than disastrous? Farm within
your means is a truth, the Importance of
which should be Impressed upon every
farmer,in South Carolina. If We have
large farms, and are unable to cultivate.
them without resort to course and;
policy so unwise, it would be better TO
sell of. or even allow part of them to
grow up than to undertake to cultivate
the whole.upon supplies, stock and i'm
plements purchased at such ruinous rates.
9Th. Not only the purchase of supplies
and necessities at such ruinous rates, but
the purchase of many things which are
not necessary, To keep up with the
fashion, to purchase many unnecessary
things because others do so, constitutes 9.
very large part of the annual expenses of
the farming population. 1t is not neces-
sary that farmers should go to the other
extreme, and cultivate habits of stingi.
ness and meanness, but buy such things
only as constitute part of the necessities.
of comfortable living. Abandon every
item of uselessness in living and dressing,
and a vast amount of money will be
saved. If any article is peddled through
the country aud offered for sale, upon
notes payable in the:fall, no difference Mt
what price tits offered or how compare.
tiyely.worthless it may be, or how many
conditions or waivers the notes of credit
may have, all are aware that the sales in
nine cases out of ten of such goods are
enormous. No people have certainly
ever IlfGQ w WuO WClO mOAO -ohoook0SeAaEJ
more credulous, snd have allowed them.
selves to be SO repeatedly, necessarily
and continuously tfeeced and humbugged
as the tillers of the soil in the. South.
From the smallest catch pennies, which
call for dimes, to the most gigantic
swindles, in speculation, endowpents
and futures, find the working people of
the.south ready year after year to invest
and lose their hard-earned money.
Will it never cease? soften asked, and
if we are to judge the future by the past,
the answer would evidently be never,
never" -. ~. I
9th. General improyideace, ,Ethriftless.
ness and watchfulness; or might it not
be truthfully said, the utter want Of
management. Through the heat of
summer, work, work, day after day, to
kill out the grass, and if success fails to,
crown the effort, quietly allow it togo to
seed and remain for the killing frosts ard
rains of winter to kill or destroy allow
the stock 10 suffer in winter for the want
of it, and then buy and haul hay from
the market to wage the warfare for an.
other year. This not only once, but year
after year. IL summer the earth sponta.
neously produces much that would
greatly supplement the cultivated crops
in the sustenance of beasts, and conse-
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