The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-10-16

'htSFuAiootnS' le8fs expressed that
the white people; would. mot, turn
ontrto vDts and1,hey woal1 he dc
fea'ed by defaalt. The sCuunty
,his a Conservative hn,ajnrity,qbht
tie peoplerseem politically dead.
But we mnst bid Greenville adieu.
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From tas Southern Farm asd Hoss.
Bsi6ssi Fii ia si-iataizss3s 4
The Comparative Value Of Oats and
Corn as Fora &c Crops. 90 /
Whatever Ihe-piactice may be,
the generally adopted tIeory is
that il ~ the best policy of lie
Southern planter 10 raise his owr,
provisions tur man and beast. and
keep tho money ut home that he
would he Obliged TO send abroad
to bny them. This beng admit.
ted. r Theoretically at. lei,st, the
question arises how this can be
done in the safest, surest and most
inexpensi, e manner.
OF all the cereals. il is nhques.
tionably true tina, Imiian corn is
the most expensive crop that we
can raise. whether we regard the
COST of cultivation, or the risk oi
partial or total failure of the
crop fi"in the frequently destruc
tive dr"u"hrs in June and JuIy.-
Cmld we always count on a tnll
crop every year. when the COST nt
making it is c"nn'ed, it will still
be found TO be very expensive ;
bul as the tact is that not more
than one year l.. four or five do
we raise full crop, il will readily
be seen that it wohld be greatly to
the planters advantage if he could
find substitute III whole ur in
part for corn, which does nol call
f"r So much labor and expe,,sc in
cultivation. We bcllevc that, not.
wiihstandiug It's Cast aud its lia
b'lity to he cut "tf BY drought. i,
pays tn raise nnr corn rather than,
10 send abroad TO buy il. and
wei, ont our males and wagons
hanlihg il h.ne ir"n the nearest
dep"t but we are satisfied thai 81
tar is We use corn as food for nInics
and horses. we could iiid a subsii-
tute IN oats which are better a.. ID
more Wholesome food fur. animals.
and wticn do not cosr me. fiftn, ui
the labor that lnnst be expended tu
make Il corn crop. "
h UhtIl recently the oat crop in
The Southern S;atts has had little
or no attention. 1t was regarded
rs II sort of nake.sliift To make w
for deficiency in the corn crop
OF the previous year, or t" pro.
vide green foud for a few weeks,
and lhc, il WAS so>n on the poor
est land. and in the most sL,venlv
manner. The result vas few
bushels IT wre;che1 grain or a
few bundles Of very poor forage,
hardl, worth harvesting. Latter
ly more attention has been paid IL
this crop, and we are happy to
say that now it's value is very
generally rec'gmized, and the
large yield of lnis year has serves,
t" encourage this appreciation OF
its inlr"riance.
Now is the time TO prepare for
the cat crop Ibis month is the
lime TO Put the seed in tho
ground. The sarl,er in October
the seed are son u the better the
crop Ti:is, at least, is our own ex-
perlence. The laud should be as
well cI,ared as Inr wheat, and 1t
should be mannred as liberally.-
We recommend sowing fully three
bushels "f seed per acre. covering
with harrow, and then ro ling
wilh'a heavy roller. .r.m
The oais known in Georgia as
tAec' IRWIN oats," species sold
tor many years near Columbus.
Ga, rs tho rust and snnt pr,a,t
Oats. and III Gar t,f sale by Mark
w. JoI,Iispn, ot ALBANIA, as a rnsl.
pr'"'f oaI, are strongly recommends
ed rs an excellent variety. We
do not believe thar there is suci,
a thing us al intailibly rust proof
oar, but we know that the kinds
We nave named escaped rnst when
all other oats in the neigI,borllood
were destroyed by rust.
Where the land has been well
prepared, aud well put in The
ground, .frolu forty 10 fifty bushels
nf cleaned oais are not an unusual
yield from land which, with the
same manure, would not yield
imore than riileen Bushels 1T corn.
Working animals can be kept
tat on half u peck of oats and y
bundle oi. fodder, or The same
quantity Ut hay three times a day,
and we are convinced That their
health is promoted by this kind pt
fn.d. as c"npared with corn. We
never heard of % horse or mule
winch was ted on oats being affect.
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