The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-07-31
A G R | G. UhT Il Il z AL,
What an Cid Man would do ifhe were
now Young.
NUMBER IL.

Editors Southern Cultiyator I'm my
former article on this subject, divided my
middle country farm, I would have moth.
ing to do with "rver bottoms" or "rich
sections'-Middle Georgia or Alabama ia
my Arcadia,) into three fields Of so acres
each Essentially my svstem Of !"ditch.
ing," is the slow, cafe, old, only sufficient
one ofterracinC. will defend it when
somebody shall dare to attack il. At
present I propose to report the mode OF
proceeding necessary to enrich tbe farm,
ard increase it's productiveness. The rota,
ton is a. follows:
lst. The so acres intended for cotton.
I'd. The SO acres intended for corn.
Sd. The SO acres intended for wheat,
oats and rye.
Early in the fall, begin to prepare the
so acres for cotton, (after the lst year il
will always he the s,ubble upon which
the corn or small grain has been growu.)
lst. Having perfected tho mounds. rock,
walls, DC, lot it be turned under" with
its coat OF straw AID grass ID Law il off
in deep furrows, with turn plow let the
furrows be three feet apart-not less and
certainly not much more. Sd On the
fiat, damp places, Gil these furrows with
oak leaves, rotten trash. and in conv enieut
places. with back mud or muck, and
cover them up with turn plow. The
leaves, &c. viii! be ro,ting the next sum.
mer and fall, just in time TO increase the
number and enlarge the size Of the bolls.
Now as to the poor bill tops. They
must be made rich. For this purpose,
hnild common rail pens upon them. Into
'Hese peps put layer Of leaves. and a
laver Of muck, and a. the LAYERS are nut
in, moisten the whole contents, leaves and
muck, with lime water, into which salt
has been mixed say 8 bushels of flime 10
of sal. for a 10 foot pen. Two active
hands. with an OK cart or two horse wag-
on, can put up such pen in a day
twenty FIVE such pens will supply manure
enough to fill up all the rsma aiming burrows
in the field When planting time comes,
or little before, let the pens be taken
down. the rails put on the nearest fence,
The manure deposited on the open furrow
and beds thrown on il The whole field
has been manned, and it's productive
capacity doubled, a, a coat of$l0o.
81. The corn i. to be planted in this
field Of so acre. the next veal. Another
will be prepared for cotton. The prepare.
ton for the corn crop will consist simply
OF deep plouehing in the winter, to in.
'ermix the raw cotton weed and pen ma.
nure thoroughly with the soil, and free
application Of well rot,ed manure and cot.
ton seed to the hill. where the corn shall
he planted. This manure is to come from
the compost heap. or be manufactured by
a process i will describe in my next ar.
ticle.
Sd. The small grain will follow the
corn, and require nothing but deep
ploughing Of the soil and to be thorough =
iy narrowed in. The manures applied to
the cotton two years before. and 10 the
corn one year before, will leave the soil in
fine condition for wheat, rye and oats.
In ten years, this process will make
any hill farm in Clark or Jackson county,
as rich as a "river bottom" and worth
$50 per acre.
Soft and bounteous as wonan's dear breast,
Glorious land Of my birth, let me here sink to
rest!
Libe Angels eyes pssping 'mons raiubows Of
, bliss,
Ny visions of youth were not equal to this!
WARWICK.
The Hills. near Auburn. Ala.