The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-12-15

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"a large planter in the Vicinity Of Gcors;
and ebsaid CD Sbein gratt tfiies with the
f5aSamr of South hosp sos siibes
lfsssraliy "a ;sijlhyed, Was enIfg sd and ina
strleted by Viewing the ystern and per.
feet order oEs;ss:s;& Cd & on farm Of great
magnitude, as well as tho method adopted
Lin the culture, which 10 lne was uniqne,
and i believe, unknown elsewhere Il And
although is sip pposition to the princi.
3aplsSf fsohaa crop, SOFA limos stsuniyer-
! sss md very generally
|sa .s ,E,;| IS fs9d
must Come. out OF ttltit, is d Certainty.
The intelli ligent owner informed me, heI
had been on,the plantation five yeuTs, du-,
ring which she had never changed the
crop on any part Of the land; his prac-
tice being as follows. After dividing the
farm into two equal nnrls nf 200 acres
each, one for the growth of cotton, and
the other for corn, he planted corn on one
of these portions at five feet intervals,
withtabout twenty feet between the plants
in the rows, keeping clean, by cultiyating
and shoeing; and at the time Of the last
working, he threw out 4the soil from the
middle of each interval, leaving an open
furrow, exposed to the snbsoil. After har-
eyest;of the corn, this fnrrow was struck
| out deep by means Of tbs double-mould
plow, and into it were closely packed the
corn stubs from the adjoining row, on
which, after being 'sprinkled with corn
| post:ein which lime ind salt formed by far
the principal ingredients, two burrows
were turned, and permitted SO 10 lie until
the spring, when they were pulverized,
and corn was planted, by dropping at pro.
per distances on them; after which the
remainder Of the land between the rows
was plowed and work in the regular way;
n furrow being throwned out in the mid
die of the interstice, again, to receive the
corn stubs and compost after harvest, nd
snfa'it"m. He added, his crops Of corn
had regularly increased in quantity and
quality since he adopted this plan, the
land being decidedly improved by the
operation.
Tho same process had been adopted in
the culture of cotton, with the same high
| ly beneficial results; the dccayed cotton
stubs, after boing beaten down and raked
into the open furrow, being substituted for
1 the corn stubs, ond eeeiving the Same,
1sdtassins Of compost and q covering of
earth, by turning double furrow upon
them. AS proof Of the, decided advan-
tagc of such treatment, he informed he
had begun by planting his cotton ut three
compelled to widen tho intervals to five
feet; his plants at first measuring four
feet in height, now reaching seven, and
often more; the cotton of first quality,
and commanding the best prices in the
market. On remarking the clean and
neat appearance Of the land, without the
presence of weed, he observed, he had
no longer any difficulty in keeping 1t so,
the weeds having long since exhausted by
such regular and thorough culture; while
the lime and salt in such profusion, pre-.
vented the growth of those that might 9th.
erwise spring from the compost employed.
This mode Of management proceeds
upon the French system Of selfrenova-
ton, and would seem to prove the truth Of
the axiom. The best and most natural
dressing for the future crop is the rcmuins
of the former und if this be found cor
rect, Of n truth onc-half the labor of pre-
pairing for and working those crops, could
be dispensed with, by the perpetual sys-
tenn of fallowing the land, and the cxtrac-
tion Of weeds. Would your rcudcrs give
their opinion on u subject, novel in prin-
ciple, us we'll as practice ?-J. w. in the
Southern Cusliraior.
We copy the above, because we have
seen corn grown after the system named,
with great economy and success. We
| n raO yvI he Il
tiyated on the same plan. 1t is not enough
to apply lime and salt to floor soils, in ad-
dilion to all the cotton aud corn plants,
beside that portion Of them sent to market.
There is small amount Of sulphur and
| phosphorous in the kernels Of maize,
which neither lime, salt, nor the stems,
cobs or blades of the blade can supply.
In good soils, by the application of oil the
other elements required to form the crop,
the small portion Of the phosphorates and
su!phates needed in organizing the seeds
! Of corn, may be extracted from the earth.
Our researches and experience, however,
go to prove that the germs, or 'chits' of
of this plantsare tho organs whose indis-
] Pensable elements it is most difficult 10
/ furnish on poor lands. When mouse
eats out the germ of kernel Of corn he
obtains bone earth, "a mineral without
which it could have no bones, as well us
the organized nitrogen, sulphur and phos-
phorus founds in its, muscles, brain and
nerves. The other portions of the kcr-
nefconsist mainly Of starch, oil, and SUI
gar, on which alone no Animal can subsist.
/ Atmospheric mir and water wA,snppy
the elements Of the lssssgega1nli pro-
ducts. But when you cSmc taaiSro ! lea