The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-16
ROTATION OF CROPS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP
UP P.FE2TILITY OF SOILS.

nusDanury are L. 10 cultivate less land
2. 10 make that which is cultivated rich
in plant ioo6, so that it may produce large
crops 8. The practice of rigid system
OF rotation OF crops, and mixed farming
H.. Ihe cultivation of the grasses and less
OF hoed crops and feeding upon the farm
the most OF its products. 5. Eurichinr
the land by turning under green crops
All observation and experience 20 to show
lhat those sections Of the country are most
prosperous where mixed system of farm.
my prevails. The farmer who fluids in his
own garners that which is needed to supply
his daily wants, is far removed from the
! i7xn>atiun u,Ju lvssus attendant upon outside
Parchascs, which SO severely tax his means
lt is not untrequcntly the case, when he
produces but single article for the market.
that 1t commands price which but poorly
compcnsatcs him for his labor, while he has
TO pay exorbltant prices for that which he
Is compelled to purchase. This is Selling
inc nid' Tor penny, and buying back the
taii Tor shilling, which surely is not a
profitable transaction. Mixed agriculture
necessarily leads to Il system Of rotation of
crops, which is the ky to successful farm.
lug. That there is vast rccupcratiye
power in lands where succession of differ.
| crops Is grown no one can deny in the ioht
OF universal experience. Thousands ofthos
who have hitherto devoted themselves to n
single production-cotton tobacco or grain
new acknowledge this error.
successive crops Of the same character
exhaust lands Of the particular food thew
require, with great rapidity The aid
Which nature so freely renders. where crons
! rotate, ia withheld IN ouch sysIvm or cul-
tivation, because the farmer is violating her
laws. To fight against nature is to war at
fearful odds, and it is not difficult to fore
cast the result. 10 work in harmony with
her, insures comparatively easy victory
One Of the most beautiful Of her provisions
Is, that while one crop cxhausts the soil Of
that element which enters most largely into
its composition, by the operation Of some
mysterious law it prepares that same soil
for some other crop Of different character.
This is very curious aud interesting pro.
cess Of nature, which results immensely to
our advantage if VIC expect her aid As an
illustration of this principle, we know that
clover docs not successfully follow ITSELF
although it leaves the ground in the best
possible condition for corn or wheat. One
crop, therefore, restores, in measure, what
another has taken. BY RAISING """.;- ~ous'
| ly the same plant, you interfere with this
tbcautifI Coutrivuuce of nature to rebuild
her wasted strength.
Nature, therefore, will do much of our work
for Us if we ouly second her efforts, and
give full scope to her bcnefcent laws 1t is,
therefore, question for the farmer to deter
mine whether he will by rotation of crops,
have soil thus enriched by drafts on natures
treasury, or draw entirely upon his own |
do net mean to argue that there is nothing
for the farmer to do to make his lands pro.
ductive. Ear from it. But | do argue that
he may make nature co.worker with him
in attaining desirable end Change is
prominent feature in natures economy
| Cut down the forest Of hard wood and the
pines succeed. Again, remove the pine
aud the hard wood reappcars. One kind
of grass succeeds another, and nature sup.
plies the seed These changes give the
soil rest, to the cad that the process of re-
| '"vi,s"r"';a.- ..>"y ., D-y ~.I -;,L.
succeed each other, aud each performs its
function in promoting vegetable life Eter-
nal sunshine would result in eternal blight.
The falling dew brings with it the nitro
gen from the air to gladden. vegetation.-
The sun appears. Its light and heat libc-
rate the acids and gasses which enter upon
their work of usefulness in preparing a va
ricty Of vegetable food Winter and sum.
mer fellow each other. Frost disintogratcs
and renders :ne earth porous, opening the
way for tho heat and moisture of summer,
so that chemical laws may work out their
beautiful results. Thus INCREASINGLY year
after year, the silent agencies are at work
preparing the earth for mans use, that it
may bring forth abundant Of everything
which is necessary for his pport-JUDGE
WILLIAM FULLERTON in Nev York WorM.
THE THIRD TERM IN OnIo.-A Wash
ington letter says: GA pronounced Radical
Republican. who has been spending few
weeks aud the holidays at Cleveland, Ohio,
has returned to this city with some very
decided notions as to the feeling of the
Buckeyes over Grant and the third term
He found that, since the recent open an.
nounccment Of Grants Willingness to run
again if he could receive the nomination.
the quiet, determined opposition to third
term in Ohio was decidedly apparent and
fatal to Grants candidacy in that State
Not only have all of the German papers of
Ohio openly served notice that they will
not support the issue Of a third term, but
the natives themselves, when canvassed on
the streets Of the city, are in marked ma.
jority against Grant. The choice Of the
opposition is about evenly divided between
Blaine and Sherman in the city, and over
whelmingly in Blaine's favor in the country
surrounding. He says that Grants nomi.
nation would give the State of Ohio over to
the enemy next fall"