The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1870-01-26
Plough thorough sud deep, while slug
CARDS sleep,
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SIofv"Ss ~"" oeep, while slug
And you'll have corn 10 sell and corn 10
kccp." - -
God said to man after his sin.
Cursed is the ground for thy
cake; in sorrow shalt thou eat Of
itall the days of thy life.n aIn
the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread" This shows man. that
his subsistence is TO be derived
from the ground, amid the " sor.
row J" and "sweat !" of toll. The
question for each one is, not what
amount of land can be plowed.
bnt what amount can be so pre-.
pared as to make the greatest yield
from o given amount of labor. If
one acre can be so prepared as to
yield as muclt as two otherwise
prepared, then is there a saving of
half the sum of labor. It cannot
be doubted, that early deep. plough.
ing is favorable to a crop. Tho
bare fact of having to break the
soil at all, clearly proves, thatithere
is q given depth, and quality of
ploughing, that will give the great.
est yield Of which the soil is capa-
bic. Different varieties of soil
should be I louglied in accordance
with their respective natures. All
stiff, clay lands, should be broken
from elk to. eight inches deep in
December and January, if posi-
bic: 1t would bc better, if done
from the first of September to the
last of December If the land is
covered with good coat of veg:
etable matter, it would be an ad-
vantage to turn it under. Where
this is not the case, l don't know
that anything is gained from turn
ing. All vegetable matter con-
tains carbon, oxygen and hydro
gen, which are disengaged. by de-
cay and united in different forms
to make water and carbonic acid
gas, and these afford nutriment to
growing plants.
Deep ploughing increases the
capacities of the land to absorb
and retain carbonic acid from the
atmosphere during the falling
SHOWS. and rains of winter. This
gas is principal fertilizer. Ifcn.
tiers all the Jumps and clods, and
pulverizes them. Vegetable mat.
ter thrown under deep in the early
fall and winter, begins to decay
much sooner, and further pre-
pares the soil to absorb portion
OF the ammonia which passes
through the air and store it away,
as it were, to nourish its future
young. Deep ploughing not only
prepares the soil to store away
aliment for its coming tribes of
vegetation, but IL greatly enhances
the ease of their culture. Land,
well broken, can be cultivated
with a great deal less labor, with
greater profits, than that which is
poorly prepared. Sandy soils don't
require the same depth of plough
ing that red clay, stiff mulatto or
wet bottoms demand. Nor is it
so necessary that they should be
ploughed so carly. From four to
six inches appears to me to be
deep enough to break sandy lands.
These lands usually have more
silica or calcareous formations than
other varieties seem to possess
Owing to this fact, they never be-
come SO hard or baked during
summer drouths. -
A word about our needs. We
should have q Farmers Club or.
ganized in every Township. Each
farmer should bo q member. The
results of different experiments
should be detailed in these clubs
for the benefit of their member
ship. In a multitude of counsel
lors there is safety. The tillage
ofthe soil is an art--old-but still
defective. 1t can be greatly i'm
proved with us. Why should we
not address ourselves to this duty2
The farming interest should con-
troll all things in the way of bust
ness. 1t should make the laws,
impose the duties, and regulate the
prices Of all commodities. The
farmer should enjoy life the best,
be the freest, the happiest, and
most independent among men,
He should know, and feel that,
upon his mind and hands, depends
not only his own, but the prosper.
ity and peace of ali other condi.
tions of society. Instead of the
prince or noble looking down MP.
on the farmer, he should feel it his
privilege to look down upon these.
No engagement is more honorable,
none more healthy, none so essen
tial. Why, then, should it not
be conducted upon the most i'm
plan2 sr