The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-11-08

south Western States. and the various other
purposes to which labor has, of late years,
been Invested, with an increasing dispo.
si'ion and tendency to loaf.risip) ] re
peat in view of these causes. the tendency
is to make breadstrffs scarce and high, even
IN our own country, and when to these
causes 10 added the prospect Of n protrac-
ted European war, the inevitable tendency
and result is to cause breadsiuffs to ad-
vance and continue ut high prices, until
the causes cease, or the producing country
is stimulated to yield and upply equal to
the demand. Now every farmer, ran, SO
far rs hc is concerned, contribute to check
:he high prices Of lour. by sowing suifi-
cient quar- tiiy of whelt for the coasamp-
tion OF his own family, and this IL what
every farmer should do. and then if prices
still continue To rule high, he can reap the
benefit of the Ugh price, BY adding fcw
more acres, after enough for family pur-
poses, for the market. The brst criterion
of good farmer, is that he makes his own
bacon. corn and luur, and still better vri-
tcron is, that he makes enough for home
use, and II little to pare, such u farmer, IL
pnsierity should fail to bless him. will be-
gratefully appreciated by the non produ-
GERS Of his day. In II cotton producing
country, brcadStuif1 should BE- plcn,ifnl, and
consequently cheap, and cotton high, and
then prosperity, trae prosperity will abound.
In the wheat crop, II selection OF good
seed, and the thorough preparation Of the
land is important and absolutely necessary
to II rcnunerative yield.
AS 10 the seed, experience has taught us,
that To avoid smut, the seed should b.
soaked in & solution Of blue stone. and I
believe experience has convinced us, that
the early Varieties, known as spring wheat,
is the best, on account of its bring less
liable 80 rust than the kind which ripens
Later. On this sub ct m Ike the follow
my extract, taken from the November mum.
bcr If the Farmer and Planter, published
at Pcndiuton, in this State, aud edited by
Mcssrs. Scubo,n g. Gilm n, gentlemen nf
ability and great practical knowledge:
lin order to avoid the llv of late years.
our rule has been ~ 8 " in the latter part
of November and first Of December, when
S"wn =" IL. the curly ripening varieties
arr most suit ,blc Tor our climate, rs the
later maturing kinds are liable and npt to
he attacked by rust. w. are inclined to be-
iieve ihot II we We're tn sow earl-r. say in
Sep embcr ar QctOber, To pasture down in
.,,s. Il II. a. L.. 4
I'll" fly. rrt;rding the growth 80 40 to es
cape late fiost. aud n'ndering the soil more
compact about the roots of the plant, We
should realize better crops"
The thorough and complete preparation
"f the Land should also be carefully at
tended to. ani by n tn 'rouyh prep ar .tion. .
mean not only the deep, close blowing and
breaking up of the soil, and narrowing IL
ne, c@s.ry, but also the addition Of feriiliz-
ing m ,tt rils. do not be npprehensive that
your Land is too rich for wheat. have
never yet heard that u rich soil prodncrs
any disease in wheat, but on the contrary I
suspect that the poor, thin soil, which
makes an imperfect and f,ulty grain, may
contribute good deal to smut nnd other
Impurities IN the seed. Guano for any
plant. is great and powerful stirnulant and
Ierti izer, aad for wheat especially. Il has
been successfully tried in Virginia and
'iar!! land on exhausted lands. and i,s effect,
has been wO' drrfuI, was informed b, n
gentleman in NJ ,p land, that tn. farmers of
that State, had used guano with So much
proft aud success in the wheat crop, that il
II could not bc had they wonld be almost
induced to abandon the growing Of wheat,
but II this cannot be had, rake the cow-peo.
and bLrn.yards, clean out the stables, and
SOW broad east, or apply cotton seed broad
cast. Each and all are known TO be good
l have thought thtt mixture of uuano and
cotton seed ior wheat would be- the very b,,,t
Fertilizer tht coiid DO used, but was nj
loss to know 'he proportion.
] was gratiied however. in re ,diny IN.
same editorial in the "Farmer and Planter
TO discover that Il hid been tried by IN. ,f
the Eiitors. The Editor remarks .with
one buShcl only Of guano rolled in ten Of
wet cotton sred, aud plowed in with our
i'st wheat crop, we at least doubled the
product of m old an much exhausted field.
We are told that l4O pounds of guano will
adhere To ~ bushels OF cotton seed, when
properly wet AMI r"lle | ia it. rhis qa,n.
iity We woald recon neni instead or one
bashel. espscl.lly In poor land"
By-ths.by ~ have referred to tht valu
able agricultural paper the Farmer and
Planter" woaId advise your readers, q.
Psci.liy the agricdIturL, 90 sub berib. for
IT, rhs price Is oaly oas d,ll,r psr an
nun. The agricultural con iition an pro !.
perity of our Distract aud State nay be
g"'aily inprossi b. resdiLy joarnlis de-
vosel I" the sabjseL aal plowiay the soil
deep and close with
''LoSo GRABs."
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