Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-02-24
far1hu's department: |:
THE TRUE SYSTEM OF FARMING,

THE TRUE SYSTEM OF FARMING,
Trying to 'domueh, isa common error into
which the farmer often falls. His great ca.
serness in striving to be rich, is doubtless &,
| the cause of his errer He is ambitious and
energetic, and forms his plans on large
scale, too often, perhaps, without counting
the cost: He buys large farm and wants
to be calleda Elargs farmer" without un.
derstauding or considering the true elements
that constitute a real farmer. He fancies
the greatness of>that profession, as is toe Of
| ten the common estimate, to be in proportion
to the number of acres, not to say cultivated,
but embraced within. the boundaries OF his
domain. The fact is now being spread a.
broad, that large farm does not make a
man either rich, coutented or happy, button
| the contrary, the reverse d NIL these, unless
| we'll titled, when his labor is we'll rewarded
by ample drops and fair success in the Vari'
GUS departments in which he is eng!aged:-
No farmer can realize the full benefit OF hlS
profession without adopting thorough sys-
tenn of culture. His success, commensurate
Ito his wishes, always depends upon the man,
ner in which he prepares his grounds,
plants his seed, and rears his stock. Mel
ther. of these departments-whieh may be
considered the cardinal ones of his protes-
sion-will take care of themselv The SOIL
NAV be rich, but it needs culture. His seed
NAV be sown, but it should be in due time,
and always on soil we'll prepared aud Of a
suitable quality for the .productioa OF the
crop desired. His stock raust be constantly
cared for-it derives its thrift from the soil,
and sends again to chat soil the sustenance
tit requires; but this is not done in Loose or
hap hazard way. The farmers care is re-
quired. and all his better judgment must be
exercised IN keeping up this system OF re:
eiprocal benefits that may be realized by
every intelligent and Industrious farmer.
Thorough cultivation and systematic at
4ention to all parts Of his BUSINESS is indls-
peusable toa good degree of success: The
very corner-stene- to this: whole" system OF
farming, is to do what you do thoroughly
nature will not be created, and never gives
full returns to the halfway work that is
practioed by vastly too many calling them
Iselves farmers. If the land has been worn,
the extent of that exhaustion, and the food
required, must be first considered. When
ascertained, the full measure Of these re-
ouirements must be given, to bring out full
returns. IF the farmer has but small stock,
and consequently but small amount of ma
nure to repleuish his land, it is obvious that
but small.farm can be supplied with it; and
good Judgment at once dictates that to eal-
tivate properly large farm, artificial fertil-
izers must be used if good crops are obtained
And so with the labor; two men cannot
suitably till one hundred acres of land, when
the labor Of two men, and perhaps four,
might be proftably employed on the seventy
five acres
This is the great error in farming. Two
men STRIVE, to do what four hardly do, and
thus thousands of acres are run over, half
titled, and producing half crops. The land
is run over till worn out, sustaining, year at
ter year, the unnatural tax, till its energies
are entirely exhausted, and it fails even to
yield feeble crop, because-its life is worn
out. Much of the sell in Virginia, and 9th
]r-southern States, is type Of this. Thou
sands of acres are lying entirely useless and
exhausted, and will ever remain 50, till the
first. elements of its power are returned to 1t.
T This process is fast going on in many Of the
| Western States The soil is:treated like an
inexhaustfbIe mine 1.-The tillers crying, give,
give, give till, in few years, it will have
| nothing to give. The boast of the West Is,
| large farms and large fields. of|grain; ploW,
SOW and reap, is the business Of western
farmers, drawing out the very life of the
| soil, sending away in the heavy exports that
are constantly going onward, without return
ing to the soil the food it requires to make
it productive.
The light that is being spread abroad on
this subject, lis beginning to correct this
practice to some extent, but in most instan'
ces very littlais returned to the soil to. Keep
it alive, till, after several years of continual
! cropping, it mapifests signs of exhaustion,
and ultimate barrepness When tillers of
the soil understand their true interests, they
will cultivate no more land than they can DO
we'll. Fifty acres of land for tillage, brought
to high state of cultivation, pays better
than one hundred run over in the way that
many do.-%ferson Farmer.
How TO CoNouRER VICIOUS Cows AND