Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27
From the Farmers Cabinet.
MANURE.
MANURE.
What is th' greatest quantity OF Manure
to be obtasnsd from giren means?

TO be obtasnsd from g'ren means!
Mr.. Elaor,-Tnere are in agricultural,
as perhaps IN every science. some leading
propo osltlons, calculated In particular man
.ncr 10 arres, attention By Their prominent
imuor;ance. Suca hold ,na: OF Sub.
scr,ber, in YOUR May number-'What will
m 4 re of land produce ;" and also the ques-
ton which h ads this article.
Were 1t possible at once TO ahord COM
,I,te aud paIpab!e solution 10 these two
nro,osi,ions, what mind can calculate the
vast increase Of treasures That Would n.
stanty become accessible TO humanity! AS,
Their, we cannot inquire TOO slrIc ly, or
know too much regarding them, | propose,
after recapuuailug few OF the principal
statements Of a .'Subscri5cr,' concernng
the latter question, to furnish my own ex'
perImen's upon The former.
lie informs us that single acre OF his
land, with abundant manurng aud suprIor
cultivation, was made TO produce tn: sum OF
e34s ~ per annum, Tor five successive
wears, besides the vegetables used IN a
small family. He further staes, IN sub.
stance, as hi. present conviction, that The
ouan ity of soil cultivated has nothing to do
with the secre, of gathering money out OF
it, ,ha, this altogether depends Oh judi.
cio,:s selection Of soil, on the facility OF OBJ
tanning manure, and on the proper applca
,ion Of its food for plants" &c'-ihat he
found, by actual experiment. made upon a
large scale, "that The profit of capital laid
oui III land produced an n;c.cs; OF only 1--WE
Der cent. per annunl, the capital LAID out 10
manure upon the same land Producei t'cen.
yper cent"
Now, my own experience. as shai! pres.
emily show, abundautly confirms the prob.
able accuracy of all these a:ements. Let
us distinctly understand, then, that II is not
the great quantity of land, bu, the abun.
dance of manure upon little, that is alone
REQUIRED to give wealth and independence !;
that the man who owns five or Six acres.
NAV according TO the above data, with the
aid of manure and good management, draw
from $500 to $1,000 from them each
wear. while nc of hundred acres may
scarcely obtain half Of it upon the common
plan.
But where is the requisii manure 10 10
Obtained tina, shall so suddenly ard surely
enrich the farmer? 10 reply to;hs, will sim.
oIy give nv own experience, and o.v 1t en-
deayor to convince the rejecting iarmer
vyba,amoun, can, and in fact has been made
from means comparatively more limited
than is generally imagined possible.
Previous TO 1929, had followed IN fhil'
adeI ha sedenlary occupation, which by
excessive application in it, had SO entecbled
INV constitution, that was obliged to seek
in the country for that measure OF health
which nigh, no longer hope tor!n The city.
So bough', with my scan'y SAVINGS a
small place Of ten and a halt acres, and
moved upon it The same fall ot 1929.
No, being acquainted with farming !
hired man 10 plough two and halfacres,
and sow it in rye. The cost OF seed and
labor, in putting in, gathering and thrash
ing the said crop, was So 56. The crop
Welded five and half bushels Of very poor
black rye, fit only for hay ieed--say at fof'y
cents per bushe, (as good rye was then
selling a. (iitv and fifty. six cents per bushel),
was worth 81 20, and the nett loss sustain
cd upon farming the ground was SO 80.
The season was moderately good for gram
and the two and half acres, rather ia:
vorabl~ specimen Of the rest of my land /
planted potato patch the following spring
ils3O.l of about the fourth of an acre,
which / manured in the hills with one load
of mari only, and the crop yielded but three
and a half bushels &! :,
Being total stranger 10 the nature and
character of soils, but having previously,
from some cause, entertained the notion that
land in general produced about twenty-five
bushels Of whea, or forty bushels OF wheat'
or forty bushels of corn: or four or flve
loads Of hay 10 the acre, the conviction
had now received Of the absolute worthless.
ness of my land fell upon me like the shock
of q thunder.c,ap. Discouraged by the
greatness Of my disappointment. but not
quite confounded, determined that manure.
in future should be every thing TO me and
stand in the stead Of both land and crop.
Being greatly improved in health by the
change of situa ion and exercise, | Piled my
avocation with increased diligence for the
maintenance of my family, aud made IT the
amusement Of my leisure hours and leisme
moments 10 collect from every corner, and
pannel of fence, every thing that imagined
could furnish vegetable nu'rimen:. nnd