The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-21
Agricultural Items.

farm.
There must be systematic arrange.
ment or labor on every farm and planla.
a'mlessly over too much ground is Ger
tain failure.
In Arkansas Il species of cutworm has
completely destroyed the stands of cotton
on great many large plantations.
Many portions Of the State are oyerrun
with locusts
1exas farmer invested $3.50 in ten.
acre grove of 1000 black walnut troes
Ten years ago, and the nuts bring him
Sl,Vu0 year now. In another ten yeaye
nc expects the grove to be worth $50, 900.
nit. i is os estimated by good judges that the
the present year 20,OOO.OO6 bushels e
wneat. lhe increase in milling capacity
has been growing every year. bnt y,
no period AS fast "a at present.
There were over 100000 of sheen
rhcarrd in Michigan this year, according
70 oiilc'al statements from the Michigan
secretary OF State, Mr.. Jenney. He says
mat the total average clip was IL. .974 1863
POUNDS or wool. That is an average Of
| ''S"i'y ~ PouuuS per ncau.
by judiciuus fertilization and careful
and systematic culture we can dcublo tho
present production Of our soil. Now. II
we diversity our crops to reasonable
extent. taking care to raise our corn and
meat, there is no doubt but that apricu].
tural operations will pay Handsomely. no
matter what market rulings may be. "
ms way only can the farmer be truly in.
Mix little sulphur with salt and feed
occasionally to sheep. II will eifectually
destroy sheep ticks. The same remedy
applied to cattle troubled with lice will
soon rid them Of vermin. The use of
sulphur with salt repays the trouble Of
keeping supply for cattle and sheep,
ii mixture of one part of sulphur with
seven of salt be freely applied there will
be no trouble with vermiii.
In 1880 Georgia produced 2419O.472
bushels of Indian corn, against 1855.
400 bushels in 1870. OF wheat she made
last year 3,l5S,335 bushels, against 9.
!27,Ol7 bushels in 1870. The oat crop
10 1880 amounted TO 5,544,I6l bushels.
against ,904,60 bushels in 1870. Only
1886 bushels Of barley were grown in
the State in 1880, but the product in 1870
was still smaler-5,64O bushels. The
figures Of rye are l01, ,759 against so. .54o
and of buckwheat 2,439 against 4o2.
Paris and Berlin have each an nrricul.
tural university of the first order. Re.
specting tho relative educational value of
either, it is admitted that the French
Cpiiege has more systematic aud co.
oTdinated programme of study, but that
at Berlin ls vastly superior in all that
relates to the practical illustration of lee.
lures, such as richly furnished museums.
laboratories, &c. The German govern.
ment has refused nothing to luxuriouslv
provide the material for the highest nrri-
cultural education.
| The New Orleans papers nnuonnce
that the Louisiana Land and Reclama.
ton Company now have in full operation
their steam ploughs. The traction en-
glnes are placed upon model barges.
which can be moved along the canals
| that intersect the land at intervals of
l,2O0 feet, and pulled by steel wire rope.
the great ploughshare moves through the
rlch SOIL, cutting q three.foot furrOw. and
breaking twelve acres of sod land n lay
in manner that could nor be accom-.
pllshed by any animal power. The com.
psny Will this year seed some hundred
acres OF land with rice, and prepare q
large area for cultivation in the future.
AN experimental crop of ten acres of
Jute has been planted and is thriving.
Sorghum in the South now seems TO
bid fair TO come into extensive use as o
een.soii;ag crop. It's yield per acre is
doubtless equal to that of cat.tail millet
or pearl millet. MOI less than fifty or
sixty tons may be reasonably counted on
as The production Of single acre. pro.
vided the land is rich and the seed prop.
erly planted and the crop well cultivated.
We feel confident that it may, in extreme
cases, be worked up to hundred tons of
green fodder TO tho acre, and fifteen tons
or dry food. But there is great differ
ence in the different kinds of sorghum.
Probably the Red African has been the
best fodder plant until lately. Sorghum
Fuigas seems now to be more fuvoraby
spoken OF. But these have broader and
RANGER leaves than the other kinds, and
look more alike than any others.
The american CuHirotor SAYS sheep are
justly becoming popular with the mass OF
farmers, and The United States is de.
siined before long to produce all the
wool her factories may require. Those
who seek to increase their profits by
stock raising, and at the same time ir..
prove their soil, raise moro grass, employ
less labor and make moro money, will
raise more sheep. A pound of mutton
can be raised cheaper than a pound of
beef or pork, and is worth as much in
the market; the wool is thus extra profit.
The writer advises us to continue 10 use
thoroughbred males upon our common
ewes. He has no disposition to dictate
what the breed shall be, only let it be of
its breed full blooded, and in q few years.
by cullIng our poorest ewes, We will have
flock equal to the best.
One would th k that the articles by
thousands in Southern newspapers in re-.
! gard to the wonderful qualities of the
COW pea, rs fertilizer and forage plant
in the South, would induce every fnrmer
in the South to plant it. The Southern
farmers arc 10 completely in harmony in
regard to the value of the COW pea as
Northern farmers and farmers every
where else are in relation to the value of
red clover. But it is ono thug to con.
vince farmer Of a valuable truth, and
quite another thing TO get him to act
according TO his convictions and his in
terests. Not an acre Of corn should ever
be planted in the South without the COW
pea. The COW pea will restore to land
more fertilizing properties than the corn
will take from it. The COW pea is the
Southern farmers greatest and cheapest
fertilizer, and may be his bank and gold
mine. II is worth more than all of the
commercial manurcs put together. But
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