~p AMCA -~ - , *i q .t .L .iaol J .WX .... lip~U~~ Ofi1 OL N T 1;S~]E R IL 0-1 ACLN I AL{~ .10,.1848,L~lx4IAJ~1)~ st4d hi ~YtfWBA NER: PUJBLISED* VE ~EDNESDAY ORNIGyMY J. R A NCI S. - .T RMS1 ti .TloodLoalars in advance, Two Dollars and Fity-ceuts :at the expiration of six months, or Three Dollars at the end ol the year. --Naspaper discontinued until all arroarages t4 are epaid, unless at the option of the Proprietor. s ilTAdvertisements inserted at 75 ets. per . square,:(14 lines or less,) for the first and c half .that sum for each subsequent. insertion. 0 iKT he' number of insertions to be marked on all Advertisements or they will be publish ed until ordered to be discontinued, and 0 chaIrged accordingly. - P .One. Dollar per square for a single in- Ii sartion, Quarterly and Monthly AIvertise- I ments will be charged the same as a single' t inbertion, and semi-monthly the same as new % one, All -Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, t anti Communications reconiniending Candi dates for public offices- or trust-or pulling Exhibitions,. will be charged as Advertise- 0 ients. , 0 .l OAlL letters by mail must be paid to in- t sure punctual attendance. 2gricultural. to From the Abbrilk Banner. R. rLEENWOOD, S. C s FEBRUARY 14, 18' 8 .Mt. C. H. Alicn: Sim,-Permit mei p throughthe neliumn of your paper to call li the attention of the pliantors of' this and i the adjoining Districts to the imporw;tnce a ofthe Mississippi Scraper. I iaving visi ted Mississippli in the spingiii of' IS I(), I was forcibly imipressid withi its niily in b the culture'of Cotton. I procuimred ii Iod. el from a practical planter of that State a and had some made and used themim the e past year oi' 111 phlnitationi, anid I cnII con. fidently rCcoiiimminCIid theim to the public ias 0 one of the most otficient ist'rumniiits ihr V the'eultivation of Cotton I have ever seeIt The stdok* is made similar to the common I plows in tse in the country, with this ex. t Ception that they are imich heavier, if the 0 foot being six inchtes square at the (11d n when the Scraper is fastened and I he oth- S or parts in proportion, The eMorap-r is P nine and a half iniehins-wide aun(d four'tee p' imnches long and laid wit-h steel on the edge i and ground sha rp, and is fastened to the% I Atock with a bolt and screw. Whenw properly fixed a good lluwnia van shave i all thegrass and dirt from the cotton, anid pileit in the middle of tihe row without breaking the bed, ind the cotton is lefi oi It betutiful straight ridge about three Incies wide, which will enable a hand C ivitli A loe to chop out at least One lhil ti inOre inja day. A fter scraping all chop. pinig.ouit 0110 or two days, tie tin plow should fillow anl 'throw the soil r back to the cotton which will support and keep it from falling. The second work- a ing should be done in thei samile way, with this exception that the grass should ho e phoippe'd out and the cotton redtucled to a to ,skinid after thle scraper has beii rni romd 11 it, and thlen the ear'th hrown back wih Ii the plow. The third working should al so he dono in like mannril', aftler which I ti use the Swoop in laying by. I am satis. h fled that mitch harid labor can be saved P by the serper on the plan recomnimenihtal 1 ubove.and that every planter can cilbi- J, v Sadeast two acres to the handimi more h1 then Wte usual mnole of' eiltvating cot toi. And I recominmeid the scraper to ihe s white population of our district w ho labor, 1i on account cf' the great saving iof work v done -ith the le which th. all know. to be the cliekf di fliculty in cultivazt ilg a c" t. t ton crop, My object is to benefit the f8 planting interest ofour' distrmict and add to I tho productive wealth of' the Statle, which l isi my apology for initrudinig onm thme co!- t9 umns'of your raiper. i I am your's Respeetly, I T-om 1B. Brun, in Dirctlionafor making Stock'fhr Scraper: .-He'Ilve 4 1-2 feet long uand (i inihes p equare at foot; beam 3 1.2 feet long f'romn point to helves; and from lower' parit of' heam to tupper part orshioulder cuat to re ceive the scraper 9 inches on the riglit ~ hand side and 10 1.2 on the lefi--1-2 t inch (leep on the left side, and 2 inches ~ on the right which it will be p~erceived~( " will make the right hand sidec of' thle sc-rn per lowest; from poinit of scrae tino 1 lower t' edge of beam, perpeCndnicuhlr 14 1-2 inchi- I es; give 2 1-2 inches lund. C T1. 11. fl. PLE SURns OF AG~IeIULTRE.-The emr plovmenlts of agriculture, independent of' i their profit, are mostcongenial anti pleas. "' ing to human nature, An 'uneorruipted a mind sees in the progress of vegetation, ~ imnd the habits and diispositins amnd uses I of those animals which man hats sub ijee. ti thd to his swa'ty, chairms and beauties C which the objects of' art can schdom afl'or'd. '" 'The occupations of humsbandury are more n 'pvorable'too, to health, to plen-rty, to i'e- i .pose, and to iinnocence. Can the puristuits ~ .of low and vicious gratifications, can lux. 'urious indulgencies, can time restless caired, a the fears anld anixie'ties of the ambitious, i ab compared with the labors and enjoy-a 'mnents'of him whose days are spent in su corintendinig the culture of his fields-- " is nights in quiet and r'efreshing sleep? I n'~okta life is not inconsistent with a high. u Jy cltivated and polished mind. It is by P no means necessary that they who engage tI .Indrural labors, should contract coarse-( o iis ofmannier, or vulgarity ofsoti'ment. 'Fr&4 the Laurens"~ He rald. ROTATION OF CROPS. FAntirNNTON PLACE, Feb. 16, 1848. Mr. Editor.-As the season of plan' ng is fast approaching, allow one, who takes no pretensions in writing for pub. c scrutiny,-to oiTer a few suggestions, y way of random shot, to your readers; nd especially those ofthem, who are in. !rested in the accelerated progress, and leedy development of the .science of Igriculture, such as is practibally appli able to our section of country. And as ur staple commodity is still growing beaper, and yet seems to be monopolizing ur time and energies; for which present rices do not yield sufficient indemnity -aving out of the consideration, the ex austion of our lands by a continued ser s of Cotton crops, withotut alternating lth some other grow th,-having to keep to soil exposed and clean in order to get full yield, and thereby rendering it more able to wash from a want of due admix are with litter. I would suggest a hiange, by whiclh we might more ellbc. ally prevent our undulating lands from 'ashing away-continue to improve the -rtilitv of the soil, and the eventual pect iary realization be equal, if not superior, > our present modo of proceeding in cul vating our lIaids; so injurious and ex austilng to the soll, viz: alternating with rnall grain, corn, peas, &c., more fre uaently, to assist our ditched bulwarksin roventing and altering the dolorotus gul ed aspect, which the hilly land of Caro na has, too long, been wont to assume, nad that too, from a want of a stmiall mouint of very necessary 'arv aid pinus, hich have such a direct tind important earing 1111011 our irming interes;t. [ut the influence of iabit is so great, ild the Cotion mania, is such a prevailing pidemaic in this /atilmle, that it is a ainat !r almost impossible to scare, or drive it uit of the minds of' the fangiers; and it 'o11d be Imuch 4i1o, if the rail-road Doc il COuli work it out of then, by sprink tg golduti at their do(ors and aloig, Ieir iorers, suflicieit to colint themia 45 r 100 lir their cra anld potatoes. You tmy talk to fi rscra of the11 propriety andi aperionty ofla chiange in tile relative tmount of tih- growth of their ;espective rod Lcts, ad they will yield obsequious