The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-02-09
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~ Farming Manure.
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by reason of the cold, there
fore shah he begin .;ne ,ef har.
west and : have nothing" Poor
Richard says: g He that by, the
plow would thrive, must himself
either hold or drive.n The next
thing after early deep breaking OF
the land; comes the manuring of
the soil. On this subject, there
are ,diversities of opinions as to
the best manures, and the best
mode of their application. Among
our people, this matter has not re,
ceiyed that attention its impor-
tance demands. A great deal of
manure is often lost, or proves in
furious to tie growing crop, by
being improperly applied. An
other fact is, different ,yarities of
soil and plants, both require differ.
emit kinds and quantities ofmanure.
The cheapest and best manure
that we can use, is of home man.
ufacture. The question is not,
"Will mercantile manures pay 2"
but "What manure will pay the
BEST" just here ] am told, that
with our system of labor, we can
not make manure 80 as for it to be
profitable. 1t is true, in my opin-
ion, that the present system of la
Dor will break, itself down. The
sooner, no doubt, the better for the
country. Instead of paying a
share of the crop, every laborer
should be employed for standing
wages. It would be better for the
employer and employed. I be.
lieve such is the only system by
which free labor can ever be prof.
itably and satisfactorily worked in
this country. But it is not my
purpose at present to discuss the
labor question, only so far as it
pertains to that of manuring the
soil: First-Home made manure
will pay better as a matter of in
vestment. Suppose that a land
owner has one hundred dollars to
invest in manures instead of lay
ing it out for commercial fertili-
zers, he employs hands to haul
loose loan and decaying vegetable
matter lying about his farm and
converts it, with the scrapings of
his lots and the cleanings of his
stables into composts would he not
obtain more actual manure for the
same money! Experience shows
that these manures, every year, add
more fertility to the body of the soil.
The most of commercial fertilizers
are exhausted with one crop, but
the effects of homemade mannres
may be seen for tour crops. If
the present crop fails with foreign
fertilizers, all is lost, which is not
the case of the other. By contin.
uing to apply composts for ten
years to the same fields, it would
at the expiration of this time be
much more productive, besides
every year, from twenty-five to
one hundred per cent. profit would
he realized from all the moneys
expended upon it. If man
should take ten acres of land, and
each year for ten, should make
and apply one hundred dollars
worth of manure 10 It, and then
lind bis land worth onesthousand
dollars more after having obtained
that much more of products,
would it not pay better than If he
had gained the products onlyg-
There is exactly this advantage OF
composts over commercial ma.
nures. Second-It is often said
by tue tenant, 1t will not pay
me to manure another m a ne
land" 1T aotW pay the tenant
Say you rent ten acres of land
1t will, with favorable seasons and
good culture, produce ten bushels
of corn, or an equal amount oi
cotton per acre. You bestow five
days per acre, or fifty days to the
neid In cultivation, and gather one
hundred bushels Of corn. Now
say yon take five acres Of the same
land and take twenty-five days, oil
half the time required 10 cultivate
the whole, and apply yourself te
making manure. This increase,
the productive capacities of your
land to twenty-five bushels pei
acre--the other twenty-five day,
cultivates 1t, You gather from
the five acres of land, for ffty
days labor, one hundred ant
. twenty-five buslels of corn. Ha
the making of manure not pai,
,iyoul But does some one say, {"
don't think it will pay that well.
} Try IL. Take one acre along b,
the side of two, put the same worl
on It in manure and cultivation
} that 10 required to cultivate tn
other two, and see what the result
will be. Itis Tor you to nse you
! labor in that way that will pa
} you best, even If others are. benz
, fited by IL, In .appline manur.