The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-27
Prosperity OF the Northern Farmer.


To the Editor of the State: ''The
North is $50 years ahead Of the
South said a farmer to me in western
New York a few days ago. They
plough two and three horses at time
and plough deep. They rotate in
farming; the same kind Of grain is
not sowed in the same field the next
year. They buy little or no guano.
They make barnyard manure from
their stock. They raise their own.
horses, Ito a large extent) cattle, hogs
and sheep. They raise chickens and
eggs for the market. They sell milk
and butter. They take their surplus
milk to the cheese factory, convert it
into cheese and carry the "whey"
home for the hogs. A farmer said to
me that he could not make money
by selling grain, but he put his grain
into cattle and got in return butter,
cheese and beef: ST got s25 for a
calf the other day that was not year
old. We force quick growth by feed
ing and caring for our cattle. This
makes the meat rich, tender and
juicy.
The farms are small. A large far
meris one that plants. about l25 acres
or less. Thousands of the farmers
only own so or 100 acres Of land.
This brings the population in touch
and near neighbors. Churches and
schoolhouses abound and the farmer
Z children are educated and Chyistianiz-
ed at home, and each family is pro-
tected by the ether. The farms make
from rs to 100 bushels Of corn to the
acre. Wheat, oats, rye, barley, pota-t
toes, etc., in proportion. In western
New York, near Lake Ontario, great
deal Of fruit, such as apples, peaches,
pears and plunls are grown. The far
mers are now busy shipping this fruit
to market. They do not depend on
any one crop for money. They plant
everything that the land can produce.
Most all Of them grow vegetables, es-
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pecially cabbage and Soldier or Yam
4kee besns.' They make more money
on beans than anything else. I'm
proved machines have taken the place
of man s hands. They need the brains
and hands Of men to guide them, and
the works done. Everybody works.
Tie women do their own cooking and
house work, while the men work on
q the farm. Nothing is wasted. They
cook no more than they can eat. Dogs
are few and the pigs and chickens get
the crumbs from the table. Time is
precious and they know how to utilize
every minute. s'Make hay while the
sun shines Strike while the iron
is hot, are naxims that must have
gotten their origin in the North.
Said a farmer to me: SIN the
South, you can put of to-day for to-
morrow and leave to-day's work un-
done, because you have plenty Of time.
to do your work in, but here we can.
only work about seven months in the
year and spend the balance Of the year
feeding and caring for our stock. We
can't begin to plough until the last Of
April and in December we have to
house our cattle and horses. That is
she reason you Southern people are so
poor. You are lazy anyway and then
you do not know how to work and
save. We haYeto work hard for our
living here and we know how to take
care of it. I understand that it is a
disgrace for white man to work in
the South. They let the negroes do
the work and white man will not
work unless he is driven to it or COM
PEELED BY poverty"
I told him that If he lived in the
South he would be as lazy as anybody
else, and he would get negroes to work
for him too if he could, and besides,
he, Democrat, would treat negroes
just like Southern white people treat
them.
The houses for man and beast are
most comfortable and spacious. In
the timd of harvest, if the weather
looks threatening, the people will go
direct from the Church to the grain
fields and save their crop. Wages are
high for good farm hand--s25 and
$20a month and board. Day hands
$1.25 per day and feed. The ways Of
the North are different from those in
the South. The laborer (all laborers
are Whitley sit at the same table with
his employer and eat with him. A
white man in the South does not eat