d -V -.;'f..:l HM. I v.v.3 rice;,! vi- . . :;t- J
U vhiting the farm of Mr. Pvt.... ...r Cal-
1: i:i Georgia, but was informed that it was
conduc t: 1 0:1 the same principles, and with the
same gratifying results.
8. In conclusion, allow mo ret to remind you of
th vast importance of the grass culture to the
prosperity t;rid political importance of our South-
, cm States. You can easily produce on your own
farm.;, the cattle that are to supply us with food
beef, veal, butter, and milk, and the sheep that arc
to furnish us with mutton and wool. All this while,
ho wcver, v,c arc dependent on Kentucky and Ohio
for our beef anl pork. The hidc3 of our cattle
arc sent to New England and to be returned to us
in Yankee pegged shoes. In passing, recently,
through Carolina and Georgia, I observed abund
ant crops of Crab and Crowfoot Grasses. The
hay that could be. made in these two States, from
these grasses alone, Would feed all the cv.t!e in the
Union ; yet, on my return to th ! i Lae, this
day, been compel! purcha : hay shipped from
Connecticut, and v. inferior quality, and paid 1,75
per hundiv 1 -r.y pyunds weight. I was inform
ed th can itj of these high prices was the
;&c! th:.k thj stock was reduced in consequence of
f much" of their hay being sent to Columbia,
Camden Aiken a nd Augusta ! ! ! Our butter, (not
over fresh) Goshen butter it is called, (Coahcn
must have grown rapidly from 'a township to an
Empire State, since it furnishes an incredibly sup
ply) comes, also, from the North, where their sum-
,mer pastures are no better than ours might be
Vrcndered, and where thev have no whiter pastures. I
7 tout are compelled to house their cattle through u
" long and dreary whiter. These fanners, however,
convert-their grass into hay at the propeV season,
-.whilst our grasses are, in too many instances, left
v standing to ripen, to wither and become tasteless,
like broom straw. On some plantations, that shall
. be riamelcss, you may, late in October, witness an
"ancient mode of mowing going on between the
corn beds. A hoe is first sharpened, (I have seen
this done with a brick) and the wiihered grass is
mowed by this primitive scythe. A consideralc
portion of the roots, with much sand.and grave!
attached, is brought up by each cut of the hoe :
the materials thus detached from Mother Earth an
finally raked up and called hay. No chemical
analysis,. that I am aware of, has been made, in
order to decide on its nutritive properties. In the
winter our cattle, for want of hay, which wo might
have had for the (Jutting, are left to luxuriate on
dry Iroota sedgo, hicb possesses faUordrg prop
erties about equal to that of dry pine leaves. To
wards rpring the cattle, thus pampered, become
thin, weak and tottering, and may bo classed
among PharoahV lean kinc." Some ditch or
morass where they had strayed to find a mouthful
of fresh grass as a change of food; (as the epicure
paries of turtle steak and plum pudding) becomes
their last resting place.; Tho Turkey Buzzards
will direct you where to find their bones.
In tho preservation of our sheep we are even
lcs3 fortunate. The worthless curs of squalters
and petted negroes kill them, and our independent
Legislators, fearful' that a law to chain or hang tho
curs, might endanger their popularity and lessen
tlnir votes, seam to have concluded to spare the
dog and surrender to his tender mercies all that
was once so confidently anticipated of the wealth
and comfort that was to How into cur Southern
States from fine wool and delicious mutton and
lamb. Tho - sheep culture being abandoned, our
last resort must be to the Goat ; and if the Ango
ras and Cashmeres fail, (which I think they will
not) or the dogs begin to relish kid, when deprived
of lamb, all our woolly prospects will have faied
into thiu air. All thi while we have the fir est
climate in the world, nnd suitable pastures for
sheep. How easily could this stain on our Agri
cultural escutcheon be remqved. J. I),
DIVISION OF THE FARM AND CLOVER
CULTURE.
A sub scriber at Pomdnkey, Charles County, takes
us to task with a good deal of severity for delin
quency in passing over a matter which be thinks,
and justly we admit, of much importance j viz:
the proper division of the farm. He concludes
his letter with the hope that he ' has not trcspasi
ed on our time, patience or temper." Our timo
and patience are verv much at the service of our
readers, and as our friends seems to have calculat
ed hugely upon our t:'iiipa; we take the compli
ment, ai.d are rather -pleased at his good opinion
of our amiability. I reply tj our correspondent
at Summit Point, N. C, we asked that some of
our experienced correspondents would let us hear
from them 0.1 this subject of the division of tho
f irm, and ia expectation of a response, postponed
the matter. As we are thus far disappointed wo
will throw out some views of our own, hoping that
the introduction of the subject will lead o some
thing better.
The three field system which our friend says is
practiced by himself and his neighbors, was de
nounced by Col. John Taylor in his Araior as Si tho