The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-12-14
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8 *S 3 Is ~, 1fors Corn to tho Acre. 80 -
& s. RttScn Ussos TrKns I'll see that SOME Of
s 81 yenr farnsss have been taking ne dspsr5
/. rs spfs this 1sssoSs In The N.seS nynins. We
need thsS snss sparturs m eyA Southern
I SountrSl a6 order To- pAks w ad independent
snd.ssS srcgs people. I. II ihuts tsisc cot
B & s. tot ist us msks the Shalf orslesss Of cur land
prodace whatlks whole now ;dsesSsSs Messrs
S .s Minter, Norman and Hogan: have done; and
= let the rest be put In grai42oorn, wheat, &c.,
with the results obtained by Messrs billiard and
/ Is 5ssS4 Tsnch.
sh. rsisaa No would bring lust
. as much money n 6utif mussrntse -nvs Tssi1
~SE lion bales let It 10 done half the land now
q k% planted for that crop. We must not depend en-
Z r. tirely cott =, with the present method OF
planting and ne average price obtained. We
cannot afford to raise it the way we do, and
make it pay oil the bills. We must either raise
J. less, and thus increase the price, or we must
raise more to the acre. and leave the rest OF the
land for other crops.
few more years after the present method
will bring about change, of necessity.
Neither farmers nor merchants hold out
finch longer Our system is radically wrong,
Sbikd must right ITSELF sooner or later. SUCH re-
q fsults as have beep obtain ed by Messrs Minter,
"a Eorman Hogan, Dnlard Tenoh and others, are
So = IN the right direction Sothcr farmers through-
working alter the same re-
= hts. Their number is yet. few in comparison
:a .E; With the thousands who following in "fhs
5;z Old ruts :; but we look forward to the time
z<t z<>t& 81 When their example will be felt by all.
t our correspondent is intensely interested q
ect of improved farming and especially 90
<< pimprov ement of corn. For four yearS he
ben selecting apa improving sssa corn, nod
ssldyns ~ cure saa q ssessisiSsOf thesesI
M ~ Ssstny4 Dsat this vslls
&X53E iudvidaals are, nov sdgased in its i'm
,ysf$SH ment; and in a few years. no doubt, we
- Aave entirely ideas and notions of corn
S<H4s<hg The old story of 8, 10, and possibly 10
&&14js to the acre, average crop on up
. land, will sound strangely when we We learheu
-. ). how to produce five times these AMOUNTS per
80. acre. Mr.. G.. B. Hogan reports 2O9 bushels on
On acre. Your correspon lent raised i6e I,sh 8
ssls ON. 81 acres of upland !Sere yiedI,
~ S6bout 70 bushels gentiemansto whom VI
80 81 sent peck Of the same corn for trial, raised
bushels pecks and 3 qts on acre Of pine ID
Ech snd says the yield would have been 12O bus
but for weeks of drouth. Our own fiell
fered from drouth of weeks in July nj
gust. We planted for 100 bushels to tn
3Ss% and think that possible average crop
upland, thoroughly prepared and prov
ured, with well selected seed. We
improving white corn for severely
think we have found superfofS - ,SSAs
corn can be planted thick m I.ure's 81 aSNS
is Of good weight We hid l2,eoO stalks to tnsr
. acre this ssaeon.- small cob clear
=, "a deep grain with little husk, and runs from So
zsr to 63 lbs per bushel. 1t is always sound; and
s5z% makes beautiful meal and hominy., always
SE@ gain my toll in every bushe carry to MILL al
lowing Sc lbs the standard Do farmers
generally ever think of little thing like
this? Many carry to mill that will scarcely
reach the standard weight The toll is the