The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-06-05

turn them under. So soon as this can
be done, the hogs should be taken oil,
for the peas are useful in shading the
land from the summers sun--a most
important matter in all improvement
and in giving 10 the thin soil large
mass of vine.leaves and other vegetn.
substances. From experience in the
use Of both, think peas not inferior to
clover Ito which family, indeed, it be.
longs,) as specific manure for whe at.
After this mass Of vine has been turn.
Il under, you have 'pea-ley,' over which
sow bushe and half Of wheat per
acre, and six quarts of clover sccd.-
Harrow both in thoroughly, and le, the
work be finished by the middle Of Oc.
tobcr. The return will Of course, de.
pend somewhat on the quality OF the
"old field;" but I venture to affirm, that
it will amply repay oil labor and out {.
lay, and astonish by the grenl result ap.
paren,Iy from so trivial cause
am familiar with the great increase
Of crops from the use Of lime and clio.
yer, and do moi mean to compare the
two methods for rcnova,ing land as
aqual; but, where limo is not 10 be had,
there is no application that can COM
pare for moment, on we'll drained
land, Gfi. need druining) with plaster,
peas and deep tillagc. No gold mine
is SO valuable Us good mari pit. !
am, however, combining myself 10 intc-
rior districts, where neither lime nor
mari can be had.
After the wheat comes off in June
following, the clover, if sown early in
October, will have grown so rs 10 shade
the land pretty well, even on the waste
lands speak Of. |, should not be grazed
the first year, at all; in The February
after, top.drcss it with all the manure
TO be had, not forgetting to apply all the
oM ashes within reach. This time of
the year, (winter) is best for applying
manure in our country, where the hot
sun nets SO irjuriously on bare sur
face. The roots of the young clover
being protected from hard frosts and
sudden changes by the manure, ii shoots
forward with the earliest warmth OF
spring, and smothers all weeds. When
weeds mature their seeds, they draw
upon the fertility Of land equal TO most
crops. Glover gives crop Us profi,n.
BILE as any other, and it is all returned
TO the land in the droppings of,he stock
while grazing upon it.. AS proof Of its
profit, for three years have never fed
my working horses but at mit! day on
grain or fodder, from the middle Of Nav
till the clover fails. They arc turned
on the clovcr-Ged after the days work
is over, and taken up in the morning in
| good condition for service. | have nev.
er lost one by this management; in fact
they improve from the time they are
thus treated, and work better.
A ftcr the clover has been on the land
for two summers, during which period
ii has dropped three crops Of leaves and
stalks, and thereby greatly improved the
land, either turn it under as before in
September or October, for wheat, or
later in the fall for corn tho ensuing
year. In the former case, YOU will
find your land as thickly set as before
with volunteer clover, which ought to
remain ms pasture for the summer, ar.
ter the second crop Of wheat comes off.
| If corn, instead Of wheat, be grown,
SOW peas broadcast among the corn at
the last plowing, soaking the seed and
rolling them in plaster as before. AZ.
ter the corn crop, do not suffer the land
to "lie OUT No error can be more
opposed 10 good farming, than that
which assumes that land is improved
by "lying out" and permitting crop
OF weeds 10 mature upon it. five had
duly reflected, this error would long
since have been apparent, in the con.
tinued sterility Of thousands of acres
lying waste around us, mol whh i'm
prorcd by "lying out"
After the soil has once been brought
up by peas, subsoiling, or deep blowing
and clovcr--all within reach of the far.
rncr even in the interior-it will not
again relapse, unless the former barba.
rous and scnseless practice Of exhaus.
ton and negligence be again adopted.
If lime can be had, even at cost OF
90 cents bushcl, I would in all cases
sprcnd it on the land, after the frs,
crop OF peas had been turned under, 10
| the amount Of fifteen or twenty bushels
per acre. This quantity will greatly