The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-10-26
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little surprising that sgssS :}ssfss;
.hs improvement. in seaFly S syess ss thEls Elssss
little has been effected toward aimers
to opc; .te, ina sygtematie masnner, aRd Keep
record ard cee'p account of shsiE sTA opsfations
and h'ieesa generally aas ss,Rsf S9E salss :
f9F farmer Eho aaes 81 jqssy niaS a Solss hss
all their accounts iip thsi5 bead ara seSsss
qpcntly are rightly termed agaffsYs
for they never know but guess uess i IS 90, IEsg.
don't know whetherr. thfry that q 81 ffs SsksY
crop pays better; whether thy can afford %.
sell their produce at such price, or not. ThSy
cant tell # il is for their inteEsst 4e5 to sonsRue
such course Of husbandry, use such rtiIizers,.
cultivate field in suoh ? manner; nor even ,at
the end of the year are they sure whether they
are on the prpft qE M Mloss tf!t ade)ofI the ledger
They guess it is about 80.
Neighbor Smith "a came in last eycnTg rtils
vas filing up my record and Ssaia' 'asls; as hs
ticcd my occupation - ~
What you doin' Ksepiispas KEs.iisa }'n Es7,''sa
eyes; q little Fixing up my accounts
suppose you keep farm accounts; don't your"
sMc? no. It's too much Bbther err sean
keep my counts in my hcad''' q ''''Inn'oo
"Dcnt you think it is bctter"6 6 have sS6sliaeq
thing you can rely upony Any body isaiPptt'tS
forget" r. y" '''' 10 'Hoi3 eas
cts we'll enough for stofskcepers ana siiIeIR
to keep counts, but don't sec ho5 nho5 heed 6fia
farmer doing it." ''''i' N'' Lp''iT?oaJ isyos"
"Isn't it as much for 'odq interest tS tSaoSkfdF
for onr hus;ncss no Il ID for iLr sifHlt siHlt s
attend to his 2' 'i't7'' ''i 10 s't'i'iiao1g
aWan, yes; I s'pose 80; but what's me hss
Of fellers spending time to. write down every
thing about what he does?'' ''oirf i''yasa siGr'
aft pavs. Smith" ~ 7ei"Fa rot'oIloD trda
.Don't sec how.r tu,miIiuto, ono,uf tiir
"Wcn, see here. Howiwas ysar odIn crop
| this year Pr ~ iaf Iliti= iIiw bns ,stAt
"Fretty fair, though tho frost hntt.it someaRS
"Shall you plant some more, aext NeanSasado,
.Sartin. i alters plant corllA,sp OH, ,,.saIc.,
"What for?D yr. .5Ii'ia ms,df1isI bas.
"W hat for? Why, becausei Inl7crs do:ii b4ss.
t"Yes; see. Now, Smith, ,how rinnehadid
that field of cornipay youI7N .Iytnsiqqe srsog
"Pay me I? Well, guess aboutrr.2,.l ,be,sreg
"That isn't it. Do you knoM9H ~ ,7s .uoiq
"Wcll not exactly !, but i caplat.-+''inao
"Never mind; but really now, do yoplknow
whether you made or lost money inoraising that
field of corn 7" a!edr nu..,I stsgo7eai,a
"Dunno as do, for sartin,R .qsn aeaft,&s
j "Now, look here, Saith, r3T,lhecEr There is fmy
'corufeld record have written doYn eyesyr
thing connected with itand. today III / hare
summed it all up, and I know all, aab1oii about il,
Hero is the size ofthe field theI kind s 9f asil
what grew on it last year, when and hoN Hany
times it was plowed, narrowed, and fqgF55ovssd, qgF55o
and also the amount and kind Of manure ma ~ ;used,
how it was put on, and what Il Il used s for ,tep
dressing. Then here is the, time of planting;
time and manner of cultivating !; how, far apart;
where the rows and hills; number of !fblklqi staflkg ip
the hill; when tho corn came ap, e. rnd ss yshbagt
variety it was, when it was harvested, ETC., etc.
And here have got, in; exact, figures, the
price Of everything connected with it: Plant
ing hoeing and harvesting; the value Of the
corn, beans, pumpkins and fodder; value Of
manure; rent of land and every itemset down
in full. So know exactly how, much i eoyt
arc to raise that piece of corn; and thus whetf-
cr II pays me to continue raising it under such
| circumstances"
This is only an example. All the farm ppe-
rations should be recorded in f somewhat the
same manner, and then there would be an end
of the continual guessing" and "fhinkipg,"
and ignorance in regard to those things we
should know about.-G. E. B., il Wqrkiay
Farmer. f.
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A REMUNERATlvE CROp.7--The Commercial
Circular of Mcssis. Caldwell & Norris, Of sNew
York, Of Oct. 4th, undor the heading Of " "Pea
Nuts" says "None Of the new crop .offeringfs
would probably command s8i25. pcrl bushels"
We cannot hut think, that ab prices ayeneap-
proximating these figures, tbeo cultiNatioafpf
the Pea Nut woald' be found, ptn6table in this
country It is especially adaptca TO oun iiigiaf,
sandy soil, and our poorest lands will, produce
thom we'll. The prioo Of tho ditiical-
ties attendant upon its cultisatiopuuther fet
that tho South has lost the monopoly of the
great staplc--that tho foreign production gEeas-
ly exceeds our own---that tho united crop now