The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-01-13
Wors for the, Month.

=, 'i.s.s 80 - Wore for. the Month.
The system of deep splowing in fall and
winter. Surface culture In spring and sum-
mer, ,togetherawith Liberal applications of
Fertilizers, heretofore urged in our col
umns, has been severely tested during the
past extraordinarily dry summer, and we.
hesitate not to say, has. been completely
vindicateds 5S0ur people have been more
firmly convinced than ever that tho judi
. cious use of fertilizers will pay. We de-
sire to call attention, noao, at the very
beginning of the years work, to the fact
that the degree in which they will pay is
very directIy proportioned to the thor
oughness of. preparation of the Soil. In
all cases, where the land has been broken
up deep, and we'll pulverized, it has with
stood the effects of drought decidedly
better, retaining it's moisture longer and
giving the fertilizers a longer time to as
sist in the Development of the plant. We
suppose. a great. many of our readers will
purchase largely of fertilizers again for
the next crop-we would not advise any
one to deso who has not made up his mind
tosand. has al stheq applianeess TOR, thor
eugh preparation of his land. IF this has
not already been done, s.o,o is the time to
begin-whenever the ground is dry not
only at the surfaee, but as. far down as
the plow goes, open deep and wide the
furrows, that the rains of heaven and the
6ertilizing gases of the air may enter and
make all thiags ready for Che ensueing
crop. No thoughtful or observant man
can doubt the great superiority of the
system which prepares few acres thor
odghly as compared with that which
spreads itself over as many acres rs pos
sible giving them.theS, most careless and
slovenly preparation, With given
quantity of capital, labor, manure. &C.,
it is easier oimake 10 bales. of cotton:
from 10 acres than from 40. This has
been shown again and again by the expe-
rience of the last two years, but we are
so much. the creatures of habit, have cul
tivated fifteen, twenty or thirty acres to-
the eshand SO long, and large fields and
abundant haryests seem so naturally ais
soeiated, together, that almost every far
mer., is tempted to plant too many acres.
We have no hesitation in saying that the
proper rule to be governed by Except in
thocase of naturally fertile soils, like the
alluEiat lands of the. West, .is to divide
the manure heap, whether homemade or
commercial fertilizers, by the quantity
required Is manure one acre aoeN, and the
qaotientsWill give the correct number Of
acres to cultivate. Let it not be forgot
ten, m moreover, that twenty acres plowed
three inches deep furnish no more soil for
the 'roots3of plants to feed in than ten
acres plowed. six to eight inches deep.
BY all means, give some of your poor,
exhausted land rest. Quietly and silently
st viii gather stores from the atmosphere
and lay them up for your future use.
Another portion (and letit be large one)
sow7down sins oats in early spring-the-
South greatly, lacks feed for stock just
now. Another portion devote to the cul-
tiyated' grasses and clovers-just think Of
Northern hay at present being sold all
ever the Soulful February is the proper
month for sowing: these, and stops should
be taken at..an early day to obtain such
seeds as may be desired. Abundance of
hay emakes abundance of stock; abun-
dance of stock makes abundance of man.
ure, and. abundance Of manure makes full
cribs and gin,houses.-Southern Cultivator.
WELL LSA1D.-Commenting on tbe"New
Year" the Mobile Register closes an arti-
Gle tastefully written in the following
beautiful and impressive manner:
"But hard as the task Of endurance is,
wemust not despair. While we till the
earth, drive the spindle, unlock the mines
of mineral wealth from the sleep of ages
beneath our soil, expand our commerce,
educate our children for the duties Of
roonhood ,ond ootrint;om thora 10 ctill