The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-04
SARGE PLUNKETT.
The Old Man Gives up His Old Time Ways,
and Is Now q Modern Farmer.
Atlaata Constitution.


Wiser men than me and Brown both
put together, have changed their minds.
1t is fact that the agricultural de-
partment of the French government has
fully proven that thirteen (13) acres of
land can be made to yield more than
Il ,S00) acres. I have always been
doubter on such things as this, but at
last doubt no more, and have left the
old heme and the old hills where have
scratched for years with scooter plows
and razor back mules and shook hands
With the young generation to develop
1ne modem farm and q msdel country
community.
It was hard for me 10 make the change.
Hard to give up my seat at the old hearth
where have worn the jam rocks smooth
in the noohs as resting place for my
pipes. Hard to give up the old window
where we SO much loved to sit and listen
10 the melody of negro voices as they
sounded over the fields and the cry ofthe
"Birdsong" hounds as they trailed the
'psssum or the coon, but 30 it is, have
given up associations and opinions,
shook haads with progress and shall,
with the yousger generation who are
brave enough to stay upsu the old hills
Of Georgia, strive to bring to the front
new area in the agricultural pursuits and
rural home life.
It is hard to think that the country
farm houses that sit in the shady groves
and by cooling streams must go. But
tkay must, fer statistics fully show that
great majority of the insanity of wo-
men is caused by the loneliness of these
sweet places, and the drift of The people
from rural parsuits fully sustain the idea
of mans sosiability-a desire to mingle
and eommingle with others. From where
I sit view the doom Of these country
solitudes, fer the surveyors with their
chains and sompass are cutting up
great old plantation into multitude of
small farms and just in the next room
from where write an architect is draw
ing up plans for center village for the
tenants of these small places. But of
this I shall write when it has more fully
developed.
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I started eat to tell you of our plass-
our Castles" me and Brown. know
that this "ssstle" is net to tumble as did
q great one over at the town of Douglas
willie. It is propped, and scotshed, and
eemeased with all the foresight of
Browns mechanical skill and my sgri-
salsural knowledge. We have spent
sleepless nights on the plans of the fsun.
da,isa and every foot that it travels up
ward shall be braced, dssble braeed,
iron. roded and secure. All this precsu-
.ion Of Brown and myself might leave
just little doubt, for we have bsen very
confident on several other matlers and
oscasions-the third party for instance
but sbis time we have held long and se.
rious counsels with our families, We are
in "soueh" with oar wives, they encour-
age and assist US and pet US sorter as
they used to 10 the years long and long
agone, and this makes as feel good and
young again and is mere than double
assarasce that our ''castle" is not to
tumble.
Ours is one of the small farms into
whish the great cid plantation is to be
turned. We are tho first eomers, there
fore, the first served. Brown and me are
partners, and together We have twenty
Eve acres to be devoted as follows:
Five acres in sorghum.
Five acres In potatses-Irish and
sweet.
Five acres in wheat aHd oats.
Two acres in turnips and beats.
Tive acres in sunfowers.
The other six acres are to be used for
ths raising of fowls, hogs and milk COWS
and dog kenHel.
The foul dominion of this little farm is
the one over which me and my folks
have sway. Brown and his FOLKS are the
managers of the hogs, COWS and dog ken.
mel. 1 take great pride in raising fine
chickens, Brown takes great pride in the
raising of fine stock and is fancier of
the Kennel. Te start out with, I have
500 of the finest assorted hens and
rooster for every twenty hens, 100 geese,
100 ducks, 100 guineas and 200 pigeons.
Brown has On the start, twenty-five fine
brood hogs, great number of goats, four
COWS and forty eight fine we'll assorted