Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-25

count, and delivers the sum wanted. These
accounts are kept by the clerk till Saturday
evening, when Mr.. Jameson takes them of
his hand. BY attending to these methods
ofcarrying on business, | am bold enough
to say that the affairs of this farm are regu.
larly conducted, and with much less hustle
and confusion than on farms not SIKH part
50 large, where order and precision are neg.
lected. You will be well pleased with these
particulars being lover ofregulari'y. and a
keen friend to systematic arrangement IN
execuing every kind of business.
March 4. Mr.. Jameson des red me to
take walk with him this forenoon, which
I did with much pleasure. We went to
field where Elliot was drilling beans, his
whole eighteen ploughs and six drill barrows
being employed; and noble sight they
made. Elliot says Mr.. Jameson, have
we a prospect of obtaining good crop
here? In my opinion replied Elliot, we
have a fair chance of 1T |; the land is rich and
clean and if the season is not against US.
eigh; or ten bolls per acre may be expected
Pray, MIR. JAMESON said, how many
beans will you SOW here 2 for | could hard.
ly see 10 the end of the field. To which
he replied. There were just one hundred
acres in the break. which may require from
l3O to 14O bons Of seed.' And what time
may it take to plough and SOW the whole OF
that quan,ity;' Eliot says Mr.. Jameson,
show long have you been here? why,
Sir, two days before this one and am
tolerabIy certain that in three days more, if
you allow the whole strength to continue,
we shall have the field finished AS this
was nearly an acre per plough per day |
expressed some: amazement at the quantity
of work executed but Elliot said, that
pair of good horses with a light farrow, such
as should be given 10 covering beans, were
unproftably employed, if they did not turn
over an acre per day, at two journeys OF
four hours and half each. So much Tor
the despatch given to business at this place.
We went from the bean field TO the land
intended for oats, which Mr.. Jameson
thought to be in good condition for receIv.
ing the harrow and added, that the moment
his bean seed was over, he would strain
every nerve to get his oats deposited in the
ground as speedily as possible. He in.
formed me that his earliest oats, though
often ofleasisbulk, were alwavs more prolific
hose la,tor sown, and that a day At this sea.
son was of incalculable value. Here ended
our walk and went 10 detachment of
my old fellows, employed al turning com.
post hidden, The remainder being with
Elliot wheeling his bean drills.
Howard tells me, that he has got few
lambs and expects ten or twelve score more,
before eight days are over. The ewes. |
notice, have got supply of fturnips lately on
their pastures, which Mr.. Jameson assures
me, is absolutely necessary at this season.
If good lambs are to be reared. 1t Is the
New. Leicester or Bakewell sort Of, sheep
that are chiefly kept here, and they are
quiet and docile in disposition, beyond any
sheep that hitherto have come under my
March 20. Our oat. seed is finished this
day and when | tell you that three hundred
acres have been sown, you will allow that
no idle bread has been consumed. either by
men or horses. I noticed that thirty-six
harrows were employed, and learn from
Elliot, that above thirty acres were, on an
average, finished in each day, good part
Of it having to get four double times Of the
harrows. He added, that when grass land
IS not very tender, he makes it rule to 60
over it two times in length, before he drives
he harrows across and this is done so as
the furrows may not be pulled back. and
The sward brought into its original position.
which hurts the crop exceedingly. under.
stand that about one half of the early va
rie,ies are sown, and the other half OF the
kinds called Angus and Blainslies. l ven.
tured to inquire at Mr.. Jameson which of
the sorts were most profitable and he was
so good as to inform me, that both had their
though as the cary ones gener-
ally yielded the greatest quantity of grain,
he was partial to them but that as the 9th.
ers produced most fodder, which was an
importan, object with him, he was led to
sow them 10 equal proportions; and tha,
in this way, his harvest work is divided, and
much hurry and hazard avoided at that pc.
riod. This, to be sure, is matter of I'M
portapce, therefore deservedly yviewed in that
light by so celebrated husbandman.
Our turnip-fed sheep are all gone off;
and the field which carried turnips forth.
with 10 be cleared, and the remainder ofthe
crop brought home, 50 as the ploughs may
be entered preparatory to the sowing Of bar
ley. Ii iseems that the charge Of tipping,
failing, and building Of the ,urnps. is 10 be
entrusted to me, and Of course that my
svuad is 10 be employed in these operations.
Howard informs me, that about thirty of
the turnip cattle are still on hand. and that
these, and the stock of ewes, will consume