The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-03-31
The True System Of Farming.

Irving to do much is O common error into
which the farmer often falls. His great eager
ness in striving to be rich j" "htless the cause
of his error He is ambidous and energetic,
and forms his plans on large scale, too often,
perhaps, without counting the cost. lie buys
a large farm and wants to be called large
farmer" without understanding or considering
the true elements that constitute real farmer
He fancies the greatness of that profession, as
is too often the common estimate, to be in pro-
portion to the number of acres, not to say cul-
| tivated. embraced within the boundaries OF his
domain The fact is now being spread abroad,
that large farm does not make man either
rich, contented, or happy, but on the contrary,
the reverse of all these unless well Tiled where
his labor is rewarded by ample crops and tar
success in the various departments IN which he is
engaged. No farmer can realize the full bene-
fits of his profession without adopting thor
ough system of culture His success conmen-
surate to his wishes, always depends upon the
manner in which he prepares his grounds,
plants his seeds, and rears his stock. Neither
of these departments, which may be considered
the cardinal ones of his profession, will take care
of themselves The soil may be rich, but 1t
needs culture. His seed may be sown, but 1t
should be in due time, and always Oh soil well
prepared, and of a suitable quality for the pro-
duction of the crop desired. His stock must Isl
be constantly cared fort derives Its THRIFT
from the soil, and sends again to that soil the
sustcnance that it requires; but this IS not done
in loose or hap-hazard way. The farmer 5
care is required, and all his better Judgment
must be exercised in keeping up this system OF
reciprocal benefits that may be realized by ev-
cry intelligent and industrious farmer:
Thorough cultivation and systematic atten-
ton to ali parts of business is indispensable to
good degree of success. The very corner
stone to this whole system of farming, is to DO
what YOU do ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will not be
cheated and never give full returns to the halt
way work that is practiced by vastly too many
calling themselves farmers If tie land has
been worn, the extent of that exhaustion and
the food required must be first considered.
When ascertained, the full measure of these re-
quirements must be given, to bring out full re,
turns. If the farmer has but small stock, and
consequently but shall amount OF manure to
replenish his land, it is obvious that but small
farm can be supplied with it; and good Judg-
ment at once dictates that to cultivate properly
q large farm artificial mannres must be used II
good crops arc obtained. And so with the la,
Dor; two men cannot suitably till one hundred
acres of land, when the labor of two and per-
haps four, might be proftably employed on
seventy-fve- acres.
This is the great error in farming. Two men
strive to do what four can hardly do, and thus
thousands Of acres are run over, half titled and
producing half crops. The land is run over TIL
worn out, sustaining year after year the annual
tax, till its energies are entirely exhausted and
it fails to yield even feeble crop, because its
life is worn out. =.
The light that is being spread abroad on this
subject is beginning to correct this practice to
some extent, but in most instances very little is
returned to the soil to keep it alive, till after
several years of continual cropping it manifcsts
signs of exhaustion and ultimate barrenness.
When tillers of the soil understand their true
interests, they will cultivate no more of the
land than they can dowell. Fifty acres of land
for tillage, brought to high state of cultiva-
ton, pays better than one hundred run over in
the way that many do.