The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-20
Farm Management.

Our benefcent Maker has not stricken
the land with sterility. He but requires
of as the use of the means he has placed
at our disposal. The proper application
of these means is illustrated in every land
where agricultural prosperity prevails.
If We read the lesson Alright, it would
teach us, among other things, the actual
necessity of limiting our cultivation to
the area upon which we can do thorough
work; of keeping, to the full capacity OF
our farms, improved stock of all kinds;
of increasing the quantity and quality of
homemade manures by fair feeding and
precautions against their waste; and of
making profit from the manure machine.
ry by tie sale of beef, butter, mutton and
wool.
Are none of these things possible to
us? The heaviest cost we annually en-
counter, except in the qualification of our
personal tastes and habits, is the pay and
maintenance of laborers. Can We not
reduce this number, and limit our culti-
yation to the surface which it is possible,
In some way, to manure? If your pres
ent oorn-feld of forty acres produces two
barrels to the acre, can you not, by con-
centrating your efforts on one-halfo of that
surface-by green manures, thorough and
timely cul.ure-greatly increase the yield
and sensibly diminish the cost of Produc-
tion?- And will not this rule apply rs
we'll to ali the crops you cultivate3
1t is believed these questions can be
answered in the affirmative. The mat
ters involved in them are of vital impor-
tance, and our necessities demand imme.
diate action in the direction in which
they point. Let the farmer who has sat-
isfed himself that his occupation, as now
conducted, is proftless, prepare for a
sfnew departure" Let him begin the
use of green manures, as the rsadiest and
cheapest revenue at command-rspeat..
ing, if necessary, upon the surface. Aud
should be obtain from them the profit
they elsewhere afford, let him not, after
the old Virginia custom, in such cases
made and provided, forthwith abandon
their use He is poor, but he has few
COWS. Let him contrive to feed and
shelter them we'll during the coming
winter, and, at the proper season, procure
them access to thoroughbred bull. By
continuing such care and management
for few years, at the end of them he
will have an improved herd, from which
profit can be derived. Meanwhile, let
him make good use of the improved ma
ntue which he will find to be at once &C
cumulatiug.. 1t is not probable that he
has asleep, Let him contrive to procure
six, if no more, and, if it be possible,
breed them to a thoroughbred RAM
Keep all the eve lambs, and begin to
feed the; flock sparingly in early winter,
and their digestive organs may be able
to manage the full feeding hard weather
will require. In a short time he will
have as many sheep as he should have.
Then, with a full herd and flock of i'm
proved animals, the further exercise of
energy and common sense will greatly
advance his position and prospects,
They will not probably make fortune for
him, but will materially assist in secur-
ing bread, meat, and home for his fam
iH. These blessings he now holds by
tenure which cannot even be called pre-
carious. His efforts at rising out of his
hereditary agricultural ruts will be great
ly aided by the regular reading of one or
more Of the agricultural periodicals of
the day. Without believing everything
he finds in them, he can yet see what is
elsewhere accomplished by the use of the
means which lie in his own reach.-Cor.
Southern Planter and Farmer.