Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-29
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A MODEL FARM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
fro BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

A correspondent of the Edge6eld Adver-
tiser relates the incidents of visit to the
farm of Mr.. w. A., situated in an adjoining
county. In inquiring for directions by which
to find it the correspondent was told to 'go
along on this road, and you will know the
place by the looks of things" From this
description we should say that there was no
danger of missing the farm. "The looks of
things" must have been indicative enough.
Here is what the traveller saw:
On the side from which I approached the
house to the woods, about half a mile, are two
fields Zone on either side Of the road) lying
we'll for cultivation and improvement. They
are surrounded and cut into sections or divis-
ions by the most substantial and durable plank
fencing. The field on the left and in front of
the dwelling, is divided into four sections, of
about sixty acres each. Near the centre of
the field noticed large, magnificent looking
gin house, with three other houses or large
shelters very near-all enclosed in two acre
lot, by very high fence, similar in construc-
ton to the oth.rs, Near the centre of each
division is large barn or shelter, fifty or six
ty feet square, enclosed by neat and substan-
tial railing. These, I learned, with their
ground and upper stories, could accommodate
all the small grain and long forage raised on
the place in an uncured condition.
One of these shelters is reserved for the
protection, when not in use, of panels of port:
able fencing mile of which is used
on the place.
Away in the rear of this field, and almost
in front of the dwelling, in the edge Of pref
ty grove of natural forest, is a row OF neatly
painted cottages, six in number, about one
hundred yards apart, each with its compile
ment of outhouses.
l noticed that spring which arose in the
vicinity of these cottages was made, by artifi.
cial means, to empty its water into some por.
ton of each section of the field. 1t passed
out across the road into the field on the right
and finally emptied into small creek in rear
of Squire AS residence. On the right hand
side the field is divided into one section of one
hundred acres and four of twenty-five acres
each.
About the centre of the front side of this
field is the dwelling lot, with its twenty acres
of flower and vegetable gardens, vineyard,
orchard, truck patches, outbuldings, &c.
The fencing around and through these acres
is much more elaborately fnished-all, how
ever, being in the most perfect harmony.
After detailing the meeting between him.
self and Mr.. A., the narrator gets the follow
ing description Of the farming operations Of
the year:
"The division which you first approached
of the field in front of US was in small grain
the present year-as you perceive-about 81
acres oats and 10 acres wheat. Last week
steam thresher came by appointment and
threshed all out. The yield of oats was 80
bushels per acre the wheat 543 bushels per
acre."
"The division in rear of this one" (pointing
in front of us) "is in corn, about 63 acres; l
expect so bushels per acre. The one next to
it in cotton, same size, from which expect
two 500 pound bales per acre.
II have gathered larger crops per acre on
the field in rear of my dwelling. This is pro-
crossing in fertility as the other did,"
"The clover in front of US will be turned
under this fall preparatory for corn. Cotton
will be planted in the corn lot, and small grain
and clover follow cotton. This system I ex.
pect to adhere to until better suggests ITSELF
The field in the rear has four lots Of twenty
FIVE acres each, which are similarly managed.
I began with this field, and consequently it is
in higher state of cultivation and more pro.
ductive. On the cotton lot last year the yield
was 80 five hundred pounds bales, 80 bushels
corn per acre, 80 bushels oats per acre on
twenty acres, and 56 bushels wheat per acre
on five acres.
"The small grain crops thisyear was a slight
increase on these figures, viz. u: Ninety bushels
oats and 6fty.six and half bushels wheat
per acre.
"My hands are working for wages; 1 pay
them as they want the money. With one ex-
,eption, each head of a family has money in