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F A 1{ M E R S ' R E G I S T E R , 



[No. 10 



Irom communicating our thoughts to otliers, yet, 

 at no time, ncl contrary to ;lie (iic(att,=: of your 

 own mmd, or resign peir-governnioiit, in lavor of 

 another, whose interest, and who.^e views, may- 

 have a contrary direction. A man who is sober, 

 attentive, and ui' any sirengih olmind, will rarely 

 go liu' wrong; at leai?t, if he does, he will soon lie 

 recalled to duly, b)' ihe influence of corii-cience, 

 that vicegerent of ihe deny; whereas the [lerson, 

 who is irregular in Ins conduct, and without prin- 

 ciples to govern his tnind, may be roni[)ared to a 

 ship in a boit'terous sea, unprovided with a helm; 

 He is tossed to and tro lor a lew passing years, and 

 hnaliy wrecked upon the shoal? ol misery and 

 ruin. 



" In the third place, as a larfje share of every 

 master's happine.'^s, even of liis proiessional char- 

 acter, depends upon the integriiy and (aiihlblness 

 ol" those below him, I cannot sufliciently recom- 

 mend to your notice, what may be called the 

 economy of managing servants; hecaupe, by stu- 

 dying this art successfully, your own interest may 

 not only be promoted, but also the welfire anil 

 comfort of the laborers in your service maierially 

 increased. Servants with all their imperlec'ions, 

 (and God knows no human being is altogether 

 perfect) are rarely so bad as represented; and in 

 many instances their detective conduct may be 

 imputed, in some measure, to the master himsellj 

 in so far as he neglects to teach them their duty, 

 or behaves to them with roughness or asperity. 

 When you, George, become a master, treat your 

 servants v>riih kindness; and I venture to say, thai, 

 almost in every instance, a suitable return will be 

 experienced. The best servant may fill into error 

 at a time; but when one of this character happens 

 to m.dvc an unintentional mistake, rather wink at 

 the liiult, than reprehend it in Ihe manner too cus- 

 tomary with many people. Depend upon it, more 

 good may be done in this way, than by ado|)tiiig a 

 contrary conduct; that is, if the servant is gil'ted 

 with the slightest portion of sense and discernment. 

 The thoughdess and profligate, I would not retain 

 on any consideration; lor it is an old and a true 

 saying, that one scabbed sheep is capable of in- 

 fecting a whole Hock. 



" Lastly, i advise most strenuously, that regular 

 and correct accounts be kept of your whole pro- 

 ceedings. This system ot' correctness I do not 

 restrict to the mere articles of debtor and creditor, 

 — a length to which every man goes who pays 

 the slighiest attention to the management of bu- 

 siness; but extend it to disbursements of every 

 kind, — to the produce and sales of jour crop, — to 

 the returns and profits of stock, — and to an yearly 

 balance of your affairs. The pleasure and sat- 

 isfaction arising li'om these exposiiions, independent 

 of their maniliist utility, will aflbrd a full com- 

 pensation lor the trouble thereby given: and were 

 I to add. that a daily journal of your transactions 

 would also be advantageous, it would only be in- 

 culcating theulility of a pradice constantly carried 

 on at this place, since I entered upon farm man- 

 agement. 



" Let me see you often here; and rest satisfied 

 of receiving my best advice at all times. If dis- 

 posed to write me, be assured that a speedy an- 

 swer shall not be nealected. I wish you well, and 

 trust the lessons received here, will be ofadvanlage 

 to you afterwards." 



The foregoing contains the substance of Mr. 



Jamieson's advices to'ilje', *hich.I ho))e have' 

 made an impression upon my mind, never to be 

 obiiieraied. My correspondence from Barn-hill 

 shall now cease, as I expeclto l>e with you in eight 

 or ten days fiom this dale; and to deiail, more 

 pariicuiarly ihan praciicable upon paper, the many 

 proofs of friendship displayed by Mr. Jamicson 

 durifiL'' the twelve months 1 have l)ieii under his 

 liroteciion. i am, your dutiful bon, &,c. 



BADEN COUN AND OKKA COTTON. 



To the Editor of tlie FarmfTs' Register. 



Poplar Springs, Fairfield^ S. C. i 

 September 25tli, 1839. 5 



Having read and heard a great deal about the 

 Baden corn, I obtained some of" it last spring and 

 planted it, expecting to make a tremendous ci'op ; 

 but, to my utter astonishment, it is ihe pooresr. 

 corn that i have seen iriovv on my planuuion. I 

 plained some ol it on hitrh land, and some on iiood 

 creek bottom, and neiiher made so good a turn- 

 out as my own corn that I have plained lor seve- 

 ral years, the seed of whicli I obtained Irom York 

 district, in this state. 



Noiwithsianding the experiment which I. have 

 made has entirely fiailt'd in turning out as well as I' 

 was induced h; eXpect, I Yun not ahogether dis- 

 posed to discredit the statements of those, who 

 have done so much wiih it at the north..' At ihe 

 north, they plant their corn 'about three' feet each 

 way, and leave three or lour stalks in each Inll, 

 and this is ilie way they iiia"ke so much Jo' the 

 acre. Here wc have to plant our corn four leer, 

 each way and leave one Ftaik to the hill, or flvw 

 leet each way and leave two stalks to the hill. 

 The clnnaie here will not allow it to be planted 

 thicker. The fact is, that planting corn too thick 

 is a li-inlt too common among our planters.' 



The method of planting and cultivating at the 

 north will noi answer in a southern climate, with 

 respect to corn particularly. I have planted corn 

 four leet each way and left one sialk to the hill, 

 and 1 have found this to answer best on high land; 

 and five feet each way and two stalks to the hill, 

 thi; best on lioito'm land. Some planters, liowevcr, 

 preler planting in the drill, with the rows five or 

 six feet distant, and leavinir the stalks Irom IS in- 

 ches, to 2 and 3 feet a|)art in the drill, acconhng 

 to the quality of the land. Judging, froui my 

 experience and observation, the best seed corn lor 

 a southern climate, is to be obtained from the up- 

 per parte ol" the Carolinas and Viriiiiiia ; and I 

 consider it advantageous to get seed corn Irom 

 there every lew years. 



Our lands in the middle part ol" tliis slate are, 

 wearing out so fast, that unless we adopt some 

 system of improving the soil, or substitute some 

 other crop in the place of cotton, many of us will 

 have to deeeit the country and look out lor belter 

 lands in the far west. I think it would be well lor 

 our planters to employ a part of their hands in the 

 silk business, and raise more irrain and siock; they 

 would then have more time to improve their lands 

 by a sysiem of manuring. We are to have an 

 agricultural convention at Columbia in November, 

 which it is hoped will do something to improve 

 the agricultine of the state. 



Last winter I obtained two quarts of okra or 



