Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-13
WASTES AND WANTS.

The farmer who would suffer his grain to
rot in the field, who would sit tamely by and
see his stock taken from his pastures by
thieves, or his barn fred by incendiaries,
might we'll be accounted insane, and be treat
ed accordingly.
The man who places his money in bank for
safe keeping and checks against this deposit
as needed, knows full we'll that the supply
will sooner or later become exhausted if no
new deposits are made.
The farmer who suffers fertlizing mate.
rials, of the very best quality and abundant
in quantity, to be wasted, year after year,
without any desire or attempt to utilize them,
must be accounted foolish, if not insane.
The farmer who plants and sows, year af-
ter year, and gathers his annual harvest
without returning to the soil some of the con-
stituent elements taken from it, will soon find
that his drafts are dishonored. He has stolen
the original deposit of the Almighty, and
would cheat hiu, longer, "c.o it possible.
Thousands of tons of plant-producing food
are annually suffered to 60 to waste under
the farmers very nose and he does rot la
ment his loss. The rank growth of weeds
and grass by roadsides, in neglected corners
and a score of other places testify, in the
strongest manner, to their fertilizing quail
ties. The manure from his horses hogs, cat.
tie, sheep, swine and poultry, is suffered to go
to waste; drenched by washing rains, and
dried up by burning heat His land is call
ing for it and should have it. 1t is one of
the first lessons in agricultural economy to
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expended in our behalf And as the benefi.
cent Giver of all good has wisely provided
the means for US to do so, if we will, it is the
sheerest folly to neglect so wellde6ned du-
ty, and for such neglect there can be no rea.
sonable excuse.
Farmers in the vicinity of large cities pay
large prices for horse manure from stables
and sheds, and haul it sometimes as many as
ten miles, and it pays them to do so. Cannot
the country farmer also make it pay to col.
lect and utilize those equally-valuable fertil-
izers which are everywhere around him, es.
pecially when they are furnished without
money and without price," Most certainly
it will pay and pay handsomely, too, and he
who neglects or refuses to avail himself of
the opportunities extended him, may be reck-
oned sloth or fool.
Farmers complain of short crops, and hard
times follow as a natural consequence. The
soil is growing poorer and poorer every year,
and so is the farmer. The elements of abun.
dance and prosperity are within reach of
all-why not grasp them2
Farmers make great mistake in attempt.
ing to make quantity of manure spread
over too large an area. While little is bet
ter than none, yet it is economy to use it lib
orally. We do not know that any limit has
been ascertained-ce certainly there is no dan
ger that the average farmer will err by ex-
cessive use.
The compost heap under the manure shed
should be prominent feature on every farm,
and nothing that contains within itself the
elements of decay should be suffered to run
to waste.
Our own experience in this matter has been
varied and extensive. We have sometimes
succeeded in making a superior article-at
other times and with equal advantages and
materials we have obtained unsatisfactory re-
suits, but never have we made complete
failure. A little energy, a determination to
succeed, correct knowledge Of the ma
nipulatory process, and failure need not be
feared.