The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-08-29

alone His rents amount to twenty-tour
bales without dollars expense ON his part.
lie plants few acres of it himself, on which
he makes an average of bale per acre. His
Clubhouse is complete in all its appurtenan-
ces. He uses six-horse portable engine In
ginning He plants no corn at all. lie
maintains stoutl that small grain and clover
pay better on upland than corn. Whether
owing to the nature of his land, which is
red clay soil, or the thorough manner of pre-
pairing it, it certainly pays'him better than
corn would He sows down his grain IN
September and October, and plants the rcd
oat entirely, which is rust proof. When
planted on stubble or clover land, his plan
is to turn it under with a two-horse plow,
harrow it. and put one bushel and half OF
oats to the acre-if necessary, top dressing
it in the winter. When in cotton land, he
goes into the field in October, after the Sc
cond picking and runs shovel plow on the
sides Of the beds tearing them down, soHs IN
his oats and runs q sweep in the middle
along in the month of February, he knocks
down the stalks, and the oats cover the
ground as if broadcasted. If they grow too
rapidly during the fall, he grazes them down
with his sheep, to prevent their Shooting,
He does this work with two hands to the
plow. and cuts them in the spring with an
Excelsior Buckeye Reaper, with patent
Rake attached. He thrcshes by steam, be-
ing his own engineer. One hand ieeds'
with two to stow way the straw. There BE-
ing no intermediate cultivation, his expense
is comparatively very light. Last season, ne
had sixty acres of oats planted, which turned
ont twelve hundred bushels Of shcllcd oats,
a fine yield per acre for the season. ne
sows barley and rye in the same way, with
proportionate results. He sells his oats tor
seed at an average of one dollar and twenty
five cents per bushel. The day l was there
he ordered fifty bushels to be sacked tor an
enterprisinc friend of ours at Liberty Hill.
His clover fields reminded us ofold Virginia.
They Weld about two tons of clover hay to
the acre. He had field he was to cut the
dav left. Itwas about Is or Is inches high
His mower cuts it very close to the ground;
He showed ME some of it, the aroma OF
which was delightful. AS hay, 1t Is un-
surpassed, and turned under, it is nonpa-
reil manure. He showed me clover set in
nut grass patch, and if any thing will de-
stroy that most pestiferous grass, clover will
saw it below Greenwood, growing luxu,
riantly on gray land. Red land is best
adapted to it, but it seems from this, that it it
is practicable to grow it on gray sandy SOIL
This is problem that can be solved by some
one of our farmers who own that class
of land, trying it, He showed me some land
which was clover-sick. When this occurs,
it is boStcr to turn it under, cultivate the
land and next season set again. This occurs
in regular clover countries, and is not pccu,
liar to our climate alone. A friend OF ours,
who came to dine with us the day [ was there:
spoke in high terms of lucerne, and exalted
it high above clover. He sometimes seeds
down orchard grass with clover lie showed
me the wonderful broom-sedge acre." Ills
house is vel located on a high ridge, and is
called Stoney Point, from the peculiar rocky
formation Immediately around it. The hos
pitality of himself and excellent wife, the
courtesy and kindness of his children, the po;
lneness of his servants and hired help, and
the abundance of provisions for man and
beast, entitle him to the reputation OF being
model host and farmer. He, emphatical,
ly, puts in practice the theories he so ably
advocates. ~.