The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-06-08
What / Saw on the Way.

In passing to Anderson recently, we were
pleased to see evidences of farming thrift
and skilful preparations for another crop.
The small grain crops are generally promis-
ing and will soon be harvested, and the
preparations for corn and cotton are decided
ly encouraging. Never has there been
time in the history of the people OF this
State, when we should labor and pray for
bountiful harvest that the cry for dread
may be hushed with bountiful supply of
food. A serious disaster now to the present
wheat crop would entail untold miseries
upon our people. Surely with the. terrible
lesson of the past before US and the critical
condition of the County from the scarcity of
breadstuffs, our farmers will never again
look to the granaries of the West for a sup
ply of breadstuffs. But among the most en-
couraging things that greeted our eye on the
way was some luxuriant clover lots. Mr.. ].
NJ. Glenn of Slabtown has three acres nearly
ready for the mower, which promises an
abundant yield of nutritious food for stock
for the summer and fall. 1t is from two to
three feet high, nearly in full bloom. and
thickly set on the ground. Mr. Glenn in
forms us that his horses now will make his
crop and thrive on four or five ears of corn
at q feed and plenty of clover. If every
farmer in Anderson possessed now small
lot of clover the relief to the County would
be timely and complete. At and near An
derson Court House we also saw some beau
tiful lots ofclover, all going to show that here
we may almost compete with the Northwest.
in the production of this valuable plant In
addition to the unequalled yield of succulent
hay, the clover is now conceded to be one of
the greatest renovators of the soil known to
the farming community. When once we
get any of our old and exhausted lands set
with a good crop of clover, we are then on
the high road to successful farming. To
accomplish this requires skillful preparation
and some manuring, but we will be amply
compensated for the outlay by the yield Of
hay. Mr.. Walker Russell, near Pendleton,
has for several years made the cultivation
of clover rather a.speciality, and so much IS
he pleased with the results. that he would
neither think for moment of giving up the
clover for cotton. The cotton yields him
little money once year, the clover causes
rich flow of milk from the well fed milk
cow, and this makes the butter, and the but
ter brings the money at any and oil times. 1t
is true it comes in by little but in the course
of the year aggregates large amount. The
Adger farmers around Pendleton have for
many years gone largely into the production
of clover and small grains, and consequently
their farms are stocked with large numbers
of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, &C.
Mr.. Ellison Adger has about consented
under the advice of his manager, Mr.. Ham,
ilton Russell, late from Indiana, to turn his
farm mainly into stock farm on the In
diana plan. We would be pleased to sec
the suggestion fully tested, and believe that
Messrs. Adger and Russell are the men to
do it. Push the clover crop, and along with
it plenty of cattle to make milk and butter,
beef, &c. Hogs can also be easily and
cheaply raised on clover; they furnish our
smoke-house with q good supply of bacon.
R. HIT.