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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
The Democrat. A Live Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published Every Friday Morning, *t Crawfordville, Ua. M. Z. Andrews, Proprietor. RATES OE SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy, (one year,) . . S 1 SO single Copy, (sis months,) . 7 Single Copy, (three months,) . . . 50 .™ and JOB PKIti te * • HOOK to Ti.NG a specialty. Prices suit the times. Miscellaneous. ~ — ■ : — —— - JUDGE REESES SPEECH —_ We owe no apology to.our readers for w»»«i. -«^ hal..«s the Ma o! Uon. Iteese, before an Agsicultaral club, in Morgan County. We commend to readers this able and very clear tion ol the condition cl Southern Agri. culture, for their caveful study. Judge Reese is ho wild, theorist, but Ji a practical farmer t ! tir whose views unon tim subject which lie Heats, m entitled , , , to the highest respect. He treats of a sub ject of the most vital importance to all our people tod we trust his speech Svh I,eetled - no Gentlemen of f.i the Morgan 1/ County ,, Ay nail fi? “[“J IUe Iand WeekS smce other 1 citizen.1 leueivect an luvi- : t u n the°«ii r 5 Ub t0 addleSS yoU wptoiMie iirnin “ l ^Li 6 Subje wi ? t .? nf f agriculture if and a ae * inviUtum, and the day was fixed foi the hearing ; but, owing to the inclemency of the weather, resulting in a very small audience, the club, at its own instance adjourned the occasion ovei until to-day. I am, therefore, now before you, to talk upon the subject of agriculture and such other kindred sub jectsasl may deem legitimately con nected therewith. In doing so, hovvev ei, 1 shall not ptesume to dictate, hope to be able to say some things wor thy of your thoughts, aud from which you may work out important results, lor it is said that “the babbling of fools and babes sometimes benefits the wise.” If the vocation of a large majority of the population—say two-thirds or three torths—fixes; the status of a State or jieople in adding to the material wealth of the world, theu Georgia is an twal btate and will continue so to be for V,“5 tmle t0 ,f onle i l£ ’ ,ofc always. What i» agriculture ? lhe American Cjfe/msafiw defines it to be “tlie|u-t of cul satmg the giouud aud of obtaining smmVvi Preduete necessary for the n/in 1! r I™, ,r L? 1 ' in, ! l ' l | f j V * 01 ,K a,,i " mals al , u use- ra j nuLii^L' fm .!.‘ 18 bt! 1U{; aa, “ t t ? d t|,e juesuon is suggested, , , does . this > ’. large mijonty oimir populat ion engaged in this b y.mess came up to this staudard de.n.turn, either in letter or spirit? fr ‘ &M ^ n, g ai ‘Hinng Aie ? then , A - re , lands u '? I ^ aT.uL 1 '^ t ;*» B»ey were - As ley pi,,,,.,ousand happy? If by chance you glance at an Atlanta rTT^' y0U WOld ‘ l suppose, it nut fHisted m newspaper ways, that the people of Georgia-far rneis and all-weiv in a slate of boom ing prosperity ; out of debt, lands im proving, prosperous nud happy. 1 would iiiin believe that thvse itew^apers are not unformed as to the U-vm state of things in this respect, that they judge of the whole State by the actual or seeming prosperity of then-respective cities. Aly personal knowledge does uot extend over the whole State, but from what 1 do know iu connection with such information as 1 receive from-different regions of the State, 1 venture the asser tion that if the ipiestiou of prosperity among our farmers was submitted to be voted upon Uy the farmer* o| this State aud none ether,, the ballot wmild stand as teu. iu the negative to one in the af firmativs. They would say our interests have gradually declined since the fall in the piiee ol cotton iu the cotton year 1872 and 1878, the price from I860 to that time rang)from —Tins’, 40 to 1 wouh/be 16 rents per pound Itliink, about the result and the truth of the matter, with now and theu an iudivid ual exception, growing out of advent! tious circumstances. But be this as it uiay, it cannot be questioueu that every Other material wealth-producing voca tion-miuing, manufacturing and me* chxiniCctl pursuits—are fnoru prosperous than that of agriculture ought’to • and if so the farming interest be looking around for the reason why it is that the profits of labor iu a country like ours, af ter making proper allowance for the dif ferenceiu expenses iucurred in acquiring the knowledge and skill requisite in cer tain pursuits, should not approach more uearly equality than they do. By so do mg they will advance their own interest in the present and avoid the pernicious teachings of communism and socialism in the future. Wbat, then, are some of the reasons why the farming interest is not as prosperous as these otter unite ■“ Dead Capital I11 Laud. i^*ra£j?rju a 2®s south s s h/so/r/nii’] her h./.H i/t t westis2:6miles ^ acres^^ allowfnV^640 3974 and According KtS fist “coilu“Jf w-i’slnot it; - 3 "Sf Vnlti tsss that everythtng'ehm there more in vaf ion alreage^^ would^double t hi art cotton the tmwl whole thot 2 afSSSiStoteuhStebffind 57^ <#)9 x ° r y iv) Put no om XZtVtlmeron P ’ ac^e i^Lr 4(f one 400^ feu-tli of the whole We have 574 acrof ilead^^ less capital^ WUUffl 159,93^—35 414'462 l”t-ike aci^dead capital 5 • For this evil it i/tlia tir-rr- incre/e h lnit one reinedv and that is rJsS’T&KK* unless they find the reside,R w m atkin tectof Wily in, the near future. Yol. 5. ! Our Eastern and Northwestern farmers and . sinners living in a donate where bbe - cannot work to any advantage o£ f,,r m °re th:l11 five months , of the year, and having every lulu cement to change tlieir location, . ffA. s .ur Wait; Seoteb eii.l » aie the IMt, Ineh, r German, t rench and other-Ea ^ BiU1 w lth tlle Wrongest la- 2fSmeHnd vjgfrXSg?oi . o^rTafwe , totweet aa are our own (icople. Judg t!l ® " ol 3 l u SUCh l lg8, *5 e ' 1 MU Leetl m • large of secunng any number immi grant tanners ami la boms into our «>tato unless we first make our own farm Effort lif 1 ? 1 ^ f)fie t ,r « s x^Zut lwous to me ,es amm /f/. suggest! d or Unit may £ r be suggested y ,,U, 7 '“ will, ea f, s the mtlie end, in iny judgment, prove to be merest liukeiing, The CreOrt >ysteui. *V majority of our fanners, large as well ns small, run their farms wiinsup plies bought oiv a, credit. It is bard to belieye that many of them know what interest they are paying lor credit for such supplies—corn, meat, nudes, etc. They pay, as J aui advised, at the be ginning of the year from 2 . to ;iu per cent, upon the cash pi ice, ami the most, of them buy their supplies monthly, and pay the same percent, upon the cash price 1.1 dune, July, August, Septum October and A o> ember iln-y do in January, amounting to an interest dur iug the year from 40 to 200 per cent., and averaging 120 per cent, per annum, Now, tiie is there any business known to civilized world that can be run on a credit successfully w*th such an interest p,?!d for credit for supplies If Vanderbilt necessary to run tim; business? or Gould had i'M Y/hole of their fortunes invested in farming miu were to pay for supplies local ry don wuh sue!: s per cent, on cash prices, their bank, ::;ucy would be a question of time only ; as some of our farmers, running fifty or sixty plows, and inning manipulated fe: tilizers by the one hundred tons, have ahoady experienced. The mining and manulaetiiiing business in tlm Stale, anil nreeiiiiniaal pursuits-in our cities prosper, because the mining anUmanu factni iug business is ca.rmdo.i princi pally by corpo.-atii.ns who have the cap md to buy then Ueirlnlor supplies for c: sh aid pay casn for employed-and the contraetuts in our cities have the means to pay us they go.-But you tell me you have not the means to do other wise than pay this, interest for credit, I’epiy is, it we expect ever to prosper we must farm witlun our means. we can’t keep within our menus run n.iug five plows, try it with less, and if when we get down to one and find we are not able to keep within our moans, go to work for some one elan for standing wages until we get able to ruu. one plow upon the ciish system. John Randolph, of Virginia, in tim early part of this oenturv, when a mem her ot the House of Repre-seutativesof the United States, and at a time when the French thwaisis, fancied they would soon he able to contrive something to be, called the “Fiiilosphef’s S.oue” that would fufin evetythiug it touched into gold, arose iu his place and said ■ “Mr Speaker-t have discovered the “Fhilos opher’s Stone” pay as you go “ l leave you to make the application of this inci d nt, iiutividu-'Tv ..... of C'ha.rarf«- ’ ' The lack of individuality of character is one of the great Veulled defects of this eJery “pro ll-Bsive ^, in almost ‘h paitment ot life, and is as conspiuvous a ‘ !,lon = iaruiers as anywhere else, The farmer of to-day is too much jnelin K(J to adopt any system of farming and evi!iy now Jahor-saving machine he may fi“d favorably spoken of by newspapers, without leasoniug to see whether or not ^ suit.tblti Co(«fns Iumi or oul* labor ■ s >' s ‘ ell Vand, therefore,, constantly expe nl »Dnting, ami never settling down upon any system in planting or iu eulti vating or taking caroof what lie makes. 1 he f ’ tt,,fers ot Ul(! fortunes of this conn ,uade Bv farming did their own ttu 'ikingv and adopted notiiing new un leHS tUeir reasoning taught them its util )tv - 11 « a v,:!y ^ Ul,l ‘K that any “ succeeds 1 at anything . 111 this hie without decided individuality ol char toter, and it ought to be cultivated by our farmers. i-eitiBzers. Another’obst-ele iu the wav of nrm sssrtsss WTf, s£’ ‘fc’tsjstt : 5 .if ^ <sc m r these m f fertilizers A" vnn, ,i ^fAalile HrT n ?UI<i matter, d i" the plow ° and s? rt!i:V •ur, /o. manipulated B* oornmeicial f !., ! fti'.? m « n mwp fe i. ■ i ^ ®“. , t,lel3 . f 'Iw “ iu - P 1 . ^ ^ f[ orn a ‘ aud aU w ! l,m ' eHsr ul t ™ v r / l ‘" W;<l ‘ J ' U t n « 1 m ! i ntdmiS^fe.-HU^ ^ v pf n ' WU iimn!' ‘ i '. ,t S - n - ^ i. tl •• u < ,,S tni ’ 1,1(1 1,1 feimm-fin fe- t > it 1, . ! . caused our ssSSSS vZr ss droUloVs^ ^sXtter UmnU JlU The Democrat CRAWEORDVILLE, OEORUIA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1881. ! now a drought of two and a half or three weeks duration. My judgment, based upon observation, is that if there had never been a sack of it sold in the State our people would have been to-day millions upon millions of dollars better -•srsiaEi, {L.urf issss. clover in Sorth iU XotttaM Georgia, in Connection with domestic manures, would long since have been tWa th « SSSSiKia“bJ^SSTSSTJSS 9I these the use fertilisers. But if you fi! the 11 pea not v»«e 8401,1 and J 3 domestic / a I atem manures, ot fertiliaing who buy a manipulated fertUiwr about which you know nothing as to iu adaptability to increase the productions of the sol! upon which you use it, and pay tij«bn an caatvvatoalMm. forty-two dollars Bureau, containing,upon an average, 1,717 pounds of Massachusetts or some other dirt or some thing else put down in circulai- as not valuable ‘t The cireu lav to which 1 allude bears date. 17th February, 1881, new series No. 16, and purports to coutain the tables of ses of some hundred and seventy differ ent brands of fertilizers with “Explana tions of the Tables of Analyses.” 1 ex tract the following •„ “The commercial values are calculated as follows : The available idiosphoric acid, ammonia and potash being the valuable ingredients for which the farmer pays his money, they only are considered in ascertaining the commercial value. The Humbert in the respective columns of these in gredients uidicate the number of pounds of each in each one hundred pounds of the fertilizer.’’ Here we have from the highest authority (and every farmer ought to feel giatefui to Mr. Henderson for this expose) the mode of finding the number of pounds of the valuable mate rial iu every hundred pounds of these fertilizers, which when multiplied l>y twenty, gives the number of pounds of valuable ingredients in a ton. Now, *pplying the rule as laid down in cireu taf No. ih, new senes, to two brands— one of the highest anu oftfi ?f the lowest the commercial value. Let us see how matter in ton stands compared as to valuable with ingredients a as such as are valueless—for that which is not valua ble must be valueless : Baker’s Am. Dissolved Bone com. vaiuo ,,, r«talavailable Xisbrst in table of anafesto Ae^inlOOIbs. «M 12 PUos 13.M p"u " *’£ Val. matter in ioo lbs. ir.47 20 - ■■■•*■ ,, , U . nt °’ V ^ 4u ^wo ; , »a.40—Total of valuable ingredient.- la ton. l.fi.w.«o-What is this? N. G. * Co Superphosphate, lowest com mcrcinl value. #27 on Total available Phos. Acid in ioo lbs ID.so ^ Total available Pb.os. Acid in ton. nr, oo 2,000 216—Total valuable ingredients in a ton. - y^-whatfis iiom,! U * bU! ln this 0ake ? r 3 A,n 1)184 - - „ Not valuable in N, U. & Uo ‘sSn- ' ' peepbosphate -'_ 1 784 00 A andnot val. mat. in 2)3,4:14.60 vDi»ge ton 1,717.30 commcrXl'fertifizeri’fs if^you^wm m^ abons lE! 1 Now cial manitmlated yourselves fertilizers, in why not manipulate them to Janes’ fosamia making Barry's composts according which composts, if or the testimony formula, in of many farmers, as contained in certificates, is to he believed, you will have looking to crops KWTTK and save in every four tons, by Junes’form ula’8115, and by Barry's, in every three tons, §73 70. Let us see how this is: janes, fouuuia ' Phosphate, 2,000 Cotton Seed, lbs. 3000 3*wo m oo Stable Manure, lbs. _L_- jouu 2,000)8,000—4 tons $33 oo per t0ni 4 tons of Jane*’ formula*' ’ * ™ «, ran< 0 , Saved #115 00 barky’s formula ' Bi .p,. 0ii of , lme ' tons’Cotton tbs cost 2 Seed 133; bushels 4,000 4330 2,000)6,000—3 tons #53 30 Cmht’FVrt ‘ ilrors 11 ISP ~ l "“ **•”’“ ...... know what , you are doing ; you know that cotton seed and stable manure in f°“, pOSt 0r w,1 ‘ do y° ur crop and kSS »."? oSSt ence to. whether you use the hull of the seed aftec the oil is expressed or the gr f? 8eud who !°- But >“?' suggestion is to use in amputated , coiuuiercial fer at ^ ^ the plow, bbu »*» . ^ other vegctaldc matter ^ r " e d un,!t ' r aflli domestic manures and haebj . penuanently improve the du V. tlv<il ‘f 3 ^ ^ul. It may he Xu \^t?- whelliei , itny bu^iiics-s can lie made to pay in the end lf the Ual employed in ttmt business is ,U ?ZV ° r "’ ,l,eat a "' 1 nau, “ s ’ u IE SH l ; e^o^o^TbliSouT^ the Original fertility of their soil was due in the main to vegetable matter and to neglect the making of domestic manures allowing their -stable aid cow pen accrc tious to be exposed to rain, sun and wind uutiLthey liecome so thoroughly a# ««* yr *, S»h -^rf In. thiy LeS ere lit to b* in diking composts. You tell say that witftftur labor system you cannot have '*???'■ *? 5UTSSS; «■•.*■* he Uvos upon the premises and gives his bush ess his personal attention and umlf s such contracts as will enable him K»}f and direct succeiful, his hired labor business, to be must Sad «Mp a head and such a one as can com the respect of the employes. You might as well undertake to tight a battle adopt cosl'acts the tenant system, so make ,our as to be headin. the direction, of Hiings an adopt, with: it, the English system iu. regard to domestic manures, to£ike which is this : Every tenant is bound amt take care of all the domes tic banures in his power. If he moves at tim end of the year to some other pla«), he takes nothing of this sort with him. and he is content to do so, for he knows that he will (iml as much or more on the place to which he goes than lie leaves twhind. In this way the English people keep their lands constantly im proving and to-day produce more per ac*S8ioi; the support of animal life than any other people on Uie globe, of whom we knosv anything, thelx huias becom injj mole addition and more productive every year. I11 to the adoption of the system I’ldw indicated as to fertilizers, the and vegetable matter, you must contract your farms so as to be able to improve iUgliO your lands, instead of eultivst or 40 acres in coni and cotton to tfiwblow and 80 of that in cotton, as scituia of you do, your system ought to he thMcora, SO^Acres in oue-third all-oae-third cotton, one re/Bar small grain, with rotation of crops. I do not know of A single farmer 111 the Oemulgee (Jir cdh. who farms upon this last named system who is not out ol rtebt and pros “nd is So because he makes every tiling to run Ins farm at home and buys no f.i tihzrfs. I (‘•■uinot see where our indent system of fanning’* to eml, if per isted iu, except in the discouragement impoverish me d of our lands, the aim demoralization of that large produc b.g class who till the soil, and loss of l>o;ulation HU-le in the emigration from the b«& of our best >oung men and owi laborers. “The wise sreth the evil ouWfcttL.^ a«8cov era his head, but the Silly press Jtsitroyod. ” . State Agricultural Society and Slat* fair*, bonm . well „ meaniug: people , seem to be , lookin B to our State Agricultural Nocie ty and our State. Fairs to lead our farm era in the way of getting out of debt and becoming prosperous. In my judge- 1 itf U § 0il b k ®", sticks. Unless l the State Agricultural - u Society has some secret history, I have as yet been unable to see that they have ever done anything calculated to advance the agricultural interests of Georgia. It JS Said 111 their favor that they have le£ ul hefoie the Society, at its semi an liual meetings, essays upon subjects con noeted with agriculture which arc puh Imbed 111 pamphlet form aud circulated AmD }f t ! W 1 hav « " OT « r hi * d ^ ff 4 to f, tU “ U lw ,' w « 0l *« ot U “' se V*mU a»d eaiinot. theiefoie, 1 . pass judge ment on the merits of these essays. One ot your club informs me that none of these essays have been published within the last three years. But from seeing the names ot, these essayists, tnentioned ^ Bold-, dsOTIfF L farmer can hut from exclaim such : teachew,” cot’Id for, I-k now some of them not, if their lives cultivation depended on it, direct the successful or im provement of an acre of ground without assistance, and therefore L conclude that wh j* t£he ^ of these essayists say upbn these occasions, if they stick to their text, must bo taken from aglieul tural papers and newspapers, with about as much practical sense, upon the whole, abuut farming, as the essayist. Hut eve “ lf this Association had the intrinsic elements of usefulness, a grave anspic ion lias taken hold upon the public mind (»««* 1 am not prepared to say it is witti out cause) that it is more of an oflice seeking machine thau it is an Agnoul tural Association. The politicians joiu the Association and make themselves conspicuous practicing upon that trait in human nature which inclines mcm bur ? of a U associations to stand up for ss’jawjtsas . rass ,v-a. ^.w «•*— to regmatetbestar.dardofprRiiiiui^award- fix the place for holding them, and to ed thereat, etc. .state Fairs, as I under J“"' “ l"" 11 ™ £ '“i«4 “. u » £tss corn, cotton, wheat, oats, etc., and pre maims me offered fertile best mule, horse, milch cow, colt and hogs, etc. The citizen wjio baa tlie money, and will ! put a few hundred dollars worth ot man me, labor and irrigation upon an acre or so of ground, can always win the | r ; - mi urns for the productions of the soil; and ijy the farmer ol hw who starving has but all little the balance means,’ jeu.^oii of his stock aud pampering one or two, will not often tail to obtain a premium th '> ^ <“'■* and expense in producing ; | ilm^rSS No. 26. ! Georgia ever thint k of nfwi, o? ., nn. m uni forthe best;> olV25 ' of expend improved land lnmroved -it tim Sour * land? It iir Her vlw that t e.se fed noons ! not weanne ® out C ui inv m in ; of z sense ■ farming*interest h»iS"eC5!°lu",“ CSffi” and fiietid'’ott*ie ou dit to be the watchword of K every ELccSTffi people of Georgia ? SESS^SET** “» *•' Again tiiis, - lam told that the fairs do good in that a great ma.iv iiuprov ed labor-saving tiJ mat-bines-u-e 'iii Kin r^e, iiici mteu J o L o wrn^^ w ,nd L t, o ilm' pie earn the ■ H S Ac. I never knew of an/ , mini ,ved saving machine in deniuUuent of life, if it was worth havmg. tbut did not SKrtfoin” ^le who is wts^H not and ought uot to invest in such things without using tlieic liimself or seeing a. fair trial given to them other than on fair grounds sous to know whether or noUt be adapted to our soil and our labor system Our farmers as regards new inventions and nrichinmv LordCtaStei&ld^ta^feLlei^ will do well to remember tlm oVvies of iu bis day given 011 the suhieet ii/iin.-w Vi.e log- “Be not the first b> uut oid°i> on new, nor the last to nut off Hm Again : It is said fersevi tint a ifi...-.J* rre ifi « r t»<v i *" of lino cattle these’fairs'V...1 a are exhibited at .ln.h if. ,;/ be added by*reasou a great manv hctiLintmiK.iUir'.is of om induced, of i<mi and other false romesimt cows' if fabulous prices for iinnmviniVt'iiu miw* It % Ac with an eve to L*i in the State ir in the huiumiI ask sucli whv it that nor m«ni.i.. I’,' 1 / m hies for simn sti»nk ,! ‘*1 tive cattle if imlieimwiv imuSn,'S judieiouslv crossed •lih'i 11,“ “ for wilt in a short time l..-L>.iTff ■mi purposes belter tlian inv ot wird her foil? eattl. iu the worW Mv r selected we give ouv native cattle thus ittdiclmislv hoiisin/ and crossed the same currying, food and iiitlldng given to the Jerseys and Alderncvs you sec -it the tabs receive, prepared hv gentlemen for exhibition aud sale for the purpose of making money, yon will soon.'vorv soon have Jerseys and Alberneys in evev l »ejgliborhood in the State hn’ilS tlinn»i. Z “er dittereut rwe and vPd/of a le' adapted to the Ihat/illnav our p In^ef -.n \Vo need us^“S®as cile mil5 mUui? and oxen n Thi8 is not 1 conntrv for m il sfS iurr hutioi* -i' Scotch I „ v Fitziuheif min Arirndtiirt ,nd 0 f U» mtvst writers oh and wivo lived in llte SixU-bllfli cent (try ^.Uo said a tlun - ei'i-midti 1 tiiis 1 m ,ni i mid it a l ‘ , * f h A .! , lv ^. come ...... ^ n 1 My suggestion is to let I lies" blooded cattle (as limy are called) alone, amigo to improving your native oatllo upon the plan hinted at by tiie- S< ofeliinan, as Urn Usd, breed in tlm world for this State--they thrive on less food iU -e to.iu„«oii and good heel which qualities, eoiubin ed make, them more valuable to us than other bleeds. fit the places wheie IiediUm imciRiiarily, as is evidenced by tho fact that our large cities me willing to pay for the privilege of having the fair in their midst or near by, enough to defray all the expenses in ssi ses of of 1 Vr/I?’ tho , tato .W Hgi 1cultu1.il W ‘ th Vr* Society, 1 ?' Tiie cities where those fairs are liahl can well afford to do all this for the reason that they know they can, assisted by a lew newspaper booms, always command a lame ‘rtc crowd ci own, a ind no Dnt inat those Dime who who at Lend leave , in the city, in on# w.'iy or anotlior from fffe to &thO (ier head, amounting in the aggregate to a hundred thousand dollars of other large sum dependent upon tiie size of the crowd, and has'been a great deal of the moneys, spent hardlj oaineil and had.ly jiaid out. I heard heard an an old old gentleman gentleman who who lias has been been in in the habit of attending (State fairs say: “If I had a minor son arid desired to make out of him an educated'gambler and spendthrift, I know of no better college I could send him to Ilian to let him attend every 8tato fair and gradu¬ ate at 28 or 24 years of age.” What a commentary Judging upon .State Fairs ! by the past, it is evident to my mind that neither the Agricultural Society, nor State Fairs under the pat¬ ronage of tiie Society, will ever ho in¬ strumental in inciting our farmers to a rivalry in the improvement of tlieii lands and increasing tlieir profits by producing l.fe. They mote must food look to after sustain their aniwai inter¬ ests for themselves, through your county clubs, or otherwise, as expediency and propriety may suggest. If legislation, not inconsistent with fundamental law, is needed to encourage tbe permanent JL. improvement of our lands and the budding up of the farming in ferest w« in In the «» State, you yon must make in.lo it ,1. a ss«rif r lvszmz., <srs it that they carry l/l out your views ™ as as tla-ymay to o Ug!2 has been encouraged by yoiir ture. Manufacturing bus buT been encour aged by you eg s at. bus.nUs fanning the most imporUnt of ail iw reason of its production of food to sue taro animal life, and by iVulaMo.. reawn of beS t he larger portion of our isngHfgvd.in it, hai been Uitt to take cure of itself. Ami if you farmers don’t lake care of yourselves it will I* your =s that wiii be the -poor.” aud my fears ou^lWs 'Tit LT tt wShWe The Democrat ADi rKTimiSG HATKS : ra One Square, first insertion 4 * • . t » OSe Square,eachsubsequenl lu ertios One Onq Square, Square, three months . 4 40 twelve multifile 1." -. . • M. Quarter Column, twelve months . ■ MU# Half Column twelvemonths . « *e One Column twelve months « M Ey One lueh, on Less considered m a square. We have no fractions of a square, all fractions of squares will be counted M square^. 1 literal deductions made on Con tract Advertising. I -______ , *"*? an , individual , , or a i l^Lfiw m aidedtheir ' * d ^ uato to acc <>mpllsh a,e ,^ n1 « ««*' of which \' ^ le e **' e,1 ‘ il ssrasst * a re s of farmers 'K.totS,"ofthi'Slt °*n?* 0r ' ' nil for min* Jwi# tl?» ! proximate 827 OTO ^ Out of that S' our less than 8,000000 S JJ" e ?‘- cs a “l ^ ut „ !w »cs, not lewtiiiii 1 ' »,mloov noooioeo 1 Ka " u "*' t . Um tor’s Hill, Tuition.ic 2,oo®,«e» kobd #23,200,000 and J*early all ot which goes out of the State, never is again subject to taxation her*, Whole leaving in the hands of the farmers of the state only about #3,800,000. This it farm coonomy with a veugence It it, t think, demonstrable that there Is mor% money to thu farmer from Ufa crop of 6 or 7 bales of cotton to tlm unit* without the ex pense of bought furtiUxefs, coni,. Hour, meat, &c., titan tliere is in a crop of Ufte*n bales to tlio mule, with this expense. Fig¬ ure on it and sea if I am not right. 1 have known some people to make good crops successively income atnl expend their entire net upon themselves and families m fast as thoy get it. Such people never ac¬ cumulate and are never called “hlps««a" »y those who come after them. Them's-no economy or wisdom iu attempting, without .Uie means, to give our children a coiiegfat* education. Our first duty to our children (s to give them healt h ami stamina of con¬ stitution. Our next duty is to give them as im us can be done, a thorough English education; fortitude tor with that and good health pre* and self-denial, you have pared them to light the battles of life suc¬ cessfully, and if nature has done her pert by them and their nuihitiuu prompts, they "dl ol' themselves acquire everything m cessary to any desired position iiwllfo, a* they ascend tile ladder. Don t oe led astray > upon this subject by tlio fanetioism of tha day upon college education. For it Isa la.-t, conceded by some of our moat able awl experienced professors of colleges, that, uot inure than three todive out ot every ten pnpi.s sent to college are materially Lena fitted tliere by. Tim baton** stray along In their studies to.tbe final examination, with a ing, smattering and of learning, no mental train¬ pass oftener ttiau otherwise, through the kindness of the faculty and re¬ ceive llmir dlploums ; and then adopt some mm ot tiie learned professions and drag along in llm! until tliay are tldriv-fivo or forty years of age, before they discover tlieir mistake, anu then having no knowl¬ drones edge. of practical, life, are content to bo, in society the remainder vt their fives. 1 1 here Is no economy in the farmers of l ie State, after paying out #23,200,000, or thereabouts, wheat, for commercial fertilizer* coni, pittance mules, Ac., lu spending the families, of #3,#00,000 left in visiting, with your first fairs, cotton exposition* 1% cousin to State fairs). Ac., without! any thereby hope pecuniarily in expectation of being benefittod 4 at present or in the future. Keep away from these fair* and cotton expositions. They may benefit rail¬ roads anu the cities wluire held, hut I car se* al attention nothing in them demanding tiie pergon¬ of the fanner or Ids family,,ifl indeed, there be any benefit In them for him at ail. Live and move within your means iu everything, CoMehuthui, You ">a.V* consider some things said by mw on this occasion as impolitic to be said. 1 si,r was brought up in a school where It was knew a talker to Injure his cause in the end by speaking wlml lie believed to be the truth when duty required it of him, and If go to work with tlieir hands ami brains tot shutout the dark future before them I 8hal1 not be ashamed of tho charge of not liu vin k h« rl > politic i» what 1 have said,. , 'yi 13 l, r ou Kj!. t "P “d 1 ® a «m . i , ™i»“ban ZuZg, and^none*' iu iny judgement, requiring moro bruin power to ruitcli tiie lilgiiest place, and hum opening laws of up such a field for tha study of tin,. nature and tha cidtivalion. of tb« elements of human character, and Bm® bringing him nearer to Nature „ God. 0lw u ,„ K , rat , Men ot lllB wwld , satire her days upon or political men and things la England in' mouth of King Brobdiugnng corruption, tbe put in tbe truthful worits, to wit; “And lie following 1,u °i ,bl,,m t,,a ‘ whoever could gave for SLgToS/S* make two grew kind ami before, do would, essential desvr.vu better of man country than tbe inert who!* service to th* race of politicians put together.” . Don’t cower, my farmer friends, but nse to the dignity of the situation; goto thinking, reform what is faulty in your system of farming, look after and pro¬ tect your own interest, and attlie same time the interest of your class. Be not deceived by Ui# siren song of prosperity from they tell tli* about uiliier-scoLxr, Uie 01.speculator, when" ing interest. You prosperity of the bu rn¬ know it is not true.' When they talk about the credit of the State and hv r high standing financially, ’ tell them you liaye sense enough to,un . derstainl by whose hard earnings, untiM ths operations of our tax laws, both are in the main sustained. '1 bat tiie farm¬ ing interest in Georgia is sick and the constitution (land) of th* patient is gradually wearing out there can, in im , . he l’ a i ,a. minus, no doubt. What ______ wou ‘“ think of a physician who,, would persist in a particula; treatment wbl n “ w:m "»■’ evident that urn, tiro U.« jjjrtient,. |»tjrat lliln a,i arrantfoof, a laoiumumhic or a 1 «^kless , xy. rhneuter. systemo^farm-' Appiy this R yhu I>»« » i feih mu esent * ,n t*’ eor fc’ ,a > if you don’t think there o.ig! t to be a change continue in the treat ' “*c»t of the disease to send nea,! l r ;,JI y° ,ir cotton money out of the ' SUt 'j t0 pay for manipulated «*,,£ cpmraer- ’ corn,’ meat. 0 ats, nny, h,,, ijmmls, after ^-c., and if you hate any- ’ • J’ *->«'* K wv uot d' to pay paying your for'these other debts, things, but ’ - ’ Bi.tell tlwmv, and I shall say 1 « * 4 ’ A- DAVIS *.«».,*
