Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-09-27

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nications.
To the Editor of the Cheraw Gazette.
No. II.
Sir-The question is often asked "why
is it you do not make more n,anuree' and is
as often answered, "we make all We can
we cannot find time to make MORE" II this
answe, was found ed on truth, he efforts OF
your Agricultural Society would be fruitless,
and the proposed Convention need never as
semble.
The making and application of snanures
look upon as a matter of the very highest I'M
portance. Indeed it may be said to compre-
head every thing-it is the cornerstone upon
which must permanently rest the Agricultural
prosperity Of every country.
For example, look to the bleak and sterile
hills of New England, where nature herself
seems to have stamped her seal of poverty,
and see what mighty wonders an enligh'
tened system of naanuring has achieved
where its cost must be four.fold whatit would
be with US. I viii not draw comparison. for
certainly it would be any thing but crediiable
to Us. We should, though, strive to emulate
her example, and profit by her experiences
Our people are not wanting in either enter
prise or intelligence, but they require stlmu..
lating and directing for the full developement
of their unbounded resources.
It is neither for the want Of time or avalla.
be means that more manure is not made. but
it is because we do not use either judiciously or
economically
The quantity of land under cultivation is
entirely too great,-the valae Of the iabour
required to cultivate it, bearing no proportion
TO the value Of its production-which has
given rise to the very common interrogatory'
" how much do you make to the hand.' not
how much to the acre! Lessening the guam
sity of land under cultivation may be looked
upon as the trst remedial step. and employing
the surplus labour in making manure. think
il can be demonstrated to be the very best in
yestment the Planter could make. If the crop
should be little short the first year, it will
not be 60 the second. Having now the labour
TO spare, by lessening The quantity OF land
under cultivation, the materials for making
manure will be found scattered in protusion
every where.
There is nothing scarcely that may not be
converted into manure,-if thrown into your
stables and Observation-Disclosures vege'
table matter of every kind, and above all the
super. soil from the woods. The quantity that
can be accumulated IN twelve months by one
hand with a horse and cart, would appear in
credible to those who had not tried it. Appro'
DOS the subject A communication lin the
last number of the Southern Agriculturist
over the signature of &C. R. g." says, 81
selected the bes. hand on my place, the driver
himself and ordered him to see how many
loads of gum or oak leaves he could rake and
cart in one day and though the leaves were
close at hand, the result was but five loads.
He might have carted more, but the difficulty
was in SLING the cart. We have no utensii'
and, indeed, it would be difficult to invent one
with which to load; so in my parts we have
to use basket, and trample the leaves in it,
and then in the cart" One will not be sup
prised that &C. r. G." should have made SO
signal failure. To trample the leaves in the
basket, and then in the cart would be, indeed,
a tedious process. / should certainly have
not trampled them in the basket. Much more
would have been done if the arms simply had
been used. But the most expeditions way
would have been to have incorporated por.
ton Of the surrounding earth, while the pile
was being made, and large four -2ronged iron
fork used, have no doubt double the quantity
would have been done, and worth four times
as much when done.
To resume-It is matter of much inpor.
tance how this accumulation in your stables,
&c. should be managed SO as to make it yield
its greatest benefit as food to the plants to
which it is to be applied
1t is very common practice to expose the
manure, to the dileterious influences of both
sun aud rain, by which, the most valuable
portion is lost. am certain the injury sus-
taiued is much greater than most persons are
aware Of. To remedy in the fullest degree
these difficulties, regards should be had to site
upon which you intend to erect your stables
and lots. Ifyou are compelled to choose a
situation not naturally adapted, you should by
a,lmeans make it SO. It should be 50 arrang-