Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-07

! tEGnl, am SaliS.i"C ,'us "'o 60 S"o''0'''
! il carr:1l ..l.o prlc.c>, will altord nlr sou''.'
ern !.ie.Gs al ,:Jvl',a;:cc O: i:ic !!ncss MI:
and L,.::::cr--ur.iu..cs t..ry are ROW H.: muct;
i acquainted with. !,!:ow .rom experience
that mulberry leaves Increase grca::% "a
quaaiy and q.;ai:ty o!?;'.- i.:'i a.. o..''o:'
and caa Sc - Possible o'.rc...' J" 49,
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large NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 FAEAEEs.
! \ srca: charge has been made IN calt'''
va:ius the sol. Twenty or thirty years
, ago wura;scd wheat, wheat, w'!eal--.!cn we
rtiiscd rye, rye, and l few oats, peas, AMI
buck what ana then, in 4 great many
places, we laaLe fuel of our fences, gave
our lands to he commons, and removed
.. 10 !lc IVES, wler: again wc col:l raise
whea: and rye, and en-! W.. oa;5 2nd oUc.:-
. wheat
S;a-h las been Our Sy5.cn {! c!aor.cniiufe,
a3I SUCH the yo,Gtto~ o. cTcHS. Dut a
change has come owe: TIE land. We ale
; !ea.aiag to recover soils, and raise great
! variety CT crops.
Great attention is now paid to the culture
OF roots. The po;atoe, ruta baga, maa-
&C. wur,zcl, carrot, and porsniP, are piercing
, Tie Garth, where once stood Il few hal!
starved speals oiryc or white beans.
BY tbs change in agriculture, the !anl is
made 10 produce ten .iuacs its former yield;
aul the cuI,iva ion ofrouts Is now consid.
crrd as o." of: Inc tests Ct farming. Roofs
p,rparc ;na Iand finely for other crops.
! rhey possess The greatest vaIuc as in al
! t!c,; ;or food. they cnaL!c The EI:Ac: 10
/ keep ten lines the sock that grass would
support AMI he wto :co 'ccts roo:s now,
{ IS moi IL gooI farmer.
! The following VII! show how much food
ca4 bc raisol from! one acre, by cuit:va;me
: roots:
! The Aicsscs. BIoc.is, near Albany lroa.
] / acres, have taken 1890 bashe!s OF ru:a
baga. 4 scnl!cmen in New Jersy, from
= acres ,.,u 1000 bus:.".>.
, Mc. nan.an: Of Aioany, well known Tor
his 2a;rs:::c Efforts IN Tic cause OF agricuI'
ture, has produced roo;s weighing "A J
! pounds. Edward Miller, Of Albany, has
raised 1T the rate OF 1920 bushels per acre.
TAc agent Of the Land Company, at Dat.,
! S;ubea coun'v, rulsed at ,he rae Of 1920
: bushels per acre. L. Gordon, IN The Far
,ncc and Mechanic, states lis crop q: 1910
on au ac:c.
! OF the maugel wu.:Ze,, crops of from
! 1000 to 1000 bushels Der acre have been
repeatedly raised. It is probable that OF
this roo, more ions have been produced on
al acre than oi any other. The caro-;
| docs not G,Il nauch behind tie field beet III
productivcncss. Mr.. Beach, o' Marce.!us,
has raised $4,000 bushels 10 ;:.c acre, and
! Edward MNcr, OF ALBANIA county, 1850
t bushels. Ia villa: o;hcr way could we have
F; obtained 81 n!uc.! aUi.:aa! !Oot !
+; /, Should be remembered tia. Wa; i.aS
been done in c;;;..::::va:n, the ca.::h, may oc
done and that ihc productive powers OF
, the sol are not diminished and more than
all, ;!..a. WITH 300 bushels potatoes, 500 rula
baca, or carrot, and tic same Of Mangel
wort2cl 10 the acre, aEl suitable soils. these
amounts will mos: surely be exceeded. Root
crops a:c IL: more profitable than any corn,
CT grain, or hay crops.
! What should be tic reason" SAID re-
spectacle farmer, IN Conversation the other
day with another farmer, d" that with 4 less
/ quantity of land under cul ivation. You can
keep So much more stock in proportion
than am abe 10 DO, and at the same tine
produce such Quantities Of grain. p
NJ 10, Is do it," was the rep y. 81
fa;tcu ny pork on boiled apples aud pota.
toes. finishing with corn or ground barley !;
iatcnmy bcct on turniqs, feed my horses
ca ;urnips q: carro;s, unless put 10 hard la
boz during tic winter, whcG allow them
oa:s; and separate carly in the season my
lambs from the rest C.' the flock, and feed
them with turnips. b. udopling this course,
rarely loose an animal, and the expense
OF keeping my whole stock is considerably
lesscned."
No" will not every man who reads Ills,
consider the subject. Try the experiment.
He WHO suspects ii! changes mus, abide old
evils. Manufactures arc improving edu.
Cation Is progressing, and the world is On
lh: advance. If farmers do not wake up,
they will be irodden on and crushed by this
marcia OF Improvement. Thc farmers pro.
! irssiou, III is nature, is Tic most uoblc and
Independent: Of any; let ii BE- so in practice.
| Ccaul0H School Akmanac.
! From the Journal ct the American Silk Socic.
t., and Ru.2! Economist.