. The reconstructed farmer [serial] . selling oft the residue torespectable industrious viewed immigration, whetherfrom Great Britain, Germany, theNorthern States or elsewhere, as avery important element in solvingthe difficulties under which we nowlabor. Let us sell off this excessof land, concentrate our attention,our labor, our manures, our resour-ces, on this reserved surface, dimin-ishing the line of fences, the amountof labor needed for the farm, andconsequently increasing our inde-pendence in this regard. The greattrouble is we cannot make up ourminds to part with our broad
. The reconstructed farmer [serial] . selling oft the residue torespectable industrious viewed immigration, whetherfrom Great Britain, Germany, theNorthern States or elsewhere, as avery important element in solvingthe difficulties under which we nowlabor. Let us sell off this excessof land, concentrate our attention,our labor, our manures, our resour-ces, on this reserved surface, dimin-ishing the line of fences, the amountof labor needed for the farm, andconsequently increasing our inde-pendence in this regard. The greattrouble is we cannot make up ourminds to part with our broad acres,we have land on the brain. Landswhich are now worse than use-less to us, yielding unaccustomedharvests under skillful and indus-trious hands, will soon with ourimproved farming furnish the mate-rial wealth which demands andcommands railroads to be built. The subject being unexhausted,was adjourned over for next meet-ing, and the Club adjourned to meetat Col. S. S. Coopers the last Sat-urday in April. Nathl. A. Gkegoiiy, We call the attention ofouTreaders tolteadvertisement of tbe Wilmington N. C. LifeInsurance Company, which appears in thisissue of the Farmer. One of the greatest drains upon theSouthern people since the war has been thelarge amount of money annually sentNorth in behalf of Northern Insurance Com-panies. The State of North Carolina alonen this way takes from its working capitalear?6 °™ ^ tW° millions of dollarsWe do not argue against Life Insurancebut urge upon our people the importance ofinsuring at home, if possible. Examine themerits of the Wilmington Company beforeinsuring elsewhere. J The attention of the reader is directed tothe advertisement of Wm. E. Tanner & the Metropolitan Works, Richmond, wc profess to be no machinist, we be-jeve the Southern people cannot do betterthan examine these works, and see for them-selves before they purchase anything inthen-line. We hesitate nothing when wesay these gentlemen may be relied o
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