The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-09
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Thoughtful farmers must see that rc
agricultural cerptEy can thrive that turns
its in9slssSg Into 4 big cation spseplation
to tpespegJaas OF producing its food. All
the ;papeu FpEk that san be- done b
prove sishuael icails that &c is caeaner tc
raise Gotten to buy food won't work i;
out pract ctlcailY ia tlie end. This is no,
the fsuit oSthe 6gurea at all, but arisei
from q wans of q full etatEmene of the
whole proportion with all she drawback
and adlaatsses on either aide. One
man eays: can raiso 100 pounds Of
lint cotton 10 tho acre, and Ilcan't make
moro than 10 bushels OF coFu 70 the aarI,
acre" ylother says: "Thefe Is more
margin ia the increase of production In
cotton than there is ia ccFn.n Aaothe,
says Tbs seaeons have changed and VIC
cant make Csfa any moro. 1 can
remember In Colonel Bnncombe's time
when all the muster beat made from 20
to 90 bushels round to acre, nov 10 Ia
moro than NO make.n And so there ID
one reason after another assigned, which
In some cases may be eound as 70 the
comparative profit Ia raising cotton and
corn. It should not be forgotten, how.
ever, that tho proposition 10 not the rails.
ing Of all corn against ell cotton, nor in.
deed the raising Of corn for the general
market, but only 90 much corn as each
farmer or his neighbors, within ten miles
Of him, 6re likely to consume. Nor
ehould it be forgotten with the labor and
animals necessary to raise the market
crop Of cotton, or whatever else it may
be, Nc may iud 1t possible to interiect a
certain amount of food production at
little or no cost. a planter who plants
eight acres Of cotton 70 the hand may
ind room ct certain period Of his cot
ton cultivation 70 put ia 30 much corn
without Withdrawing au iots OF work
from his cotton, and yet at some periods
Of conducting this cotton planting tho
whole OF this force may be and tnnst be
necessary. This much, then, Of this
grain production, 80 far from its being n
rival with cotton production, is u com.
plement TO 1t, an added production,
always competent TO a, ,well-conducted
cotton farm, which is O solid gain to the
cotton production itself. If it be true
that seasons have changed, which we
doubt, or that the land has suffered such
detoriorstiop, which 10 likely, as to mako
cora production nat actually worth Es,o
while With this ordinary run Of season,
soil and cultivation, of course it Is not
common sense to follow the old rut and
30 tbu ngh the mere motion of produc.
tion, without aud remunerative result.
With the many other kinds of food pro.
dnction open to us at the South, accord.
ing TO locality. such % wheat, oats, high
land rice, peas, potatoes, and still other
crops for feeding ourseIyes and animals,
we are not put to the exclusive task of
raising corn as our food crop, or il NAV
be confined 10 o limited extent and tho
Gull ure intensiied so as to make Il pau.
CIR attention has been called especieiiv
70 tho production of oats on certain town
farmsa or lots in the State of Georgia
which Rhow o wonderful prodnct;oi,i Der
acre IN pats. IN ceyeral parts OF .Geor-
gia, in eoole Of the Oldest and most worn
ont laudey experiments have been made
with the ruat proof oat, known in Geor-
gia c. the ntBsn6rofe,n aud as hint, aD li23
buahelo per acre has been raised. The
land 10 thoroughly prepared aud tho seed
soHn IL the Fall very thick, two. OF three
tin.es the nsnal quantity 70 shea ae.e.
This, it is said, prevents tilleripg, and
thus the beads ripan together and there
is little or no waste. So, too, the straw
is said to mako better fodder. Prof.
Browne, of the Agricultural Department,
OF the Georgia University, strongly advo-
Gates the grfat advantage OF the oat
over corn, both on account of the labor
saved in the production of crop, as we'll
as to its being preferable food for work
animals. The fact OF 1913 bushels of oats
per acre being possible in our climate 10
in itself o tremendous fact where we can
stop and think. Such O yield per acre
would afford from one acre nearly II
quarts per day for the year round,
be5id55 the str.w, to one animal. This
10 certainly g. good average feed. We
then have on, acre feeding o horse for q
year. BY bedding the stall of an amin. q:
we'll with leaves aud refuse straw 8 snfii.
cheney of farm manure could be collected
to make such an acre richer than the
richest river hottoma. With deep pre.
paration and puiyerization we can readily
perceive how it might be that such an
acre could = made almost independent
OF season, especially II this high manurr
ing was supplemented with the FREQ use
OF the phosphate fertilizers and the ash
clement and pea vines turned under
PresumiDg such O course OF intensive
culture, one cSre to horsa might be
readily enriched 18 inches deep: and Il
It 10 underdrained and kept untrampIed
6y stuck, there is no reason why it should
not become richer and richer as the yeart
roll, 90 as 20 be brought up to the tnosl
wonderful results. Nothing but climate
and special eeasons wonld restrain tho
result. And even these incidents would
become so much modified as to be more
or less under the control of man. The
depth Of preparation aud free eupply oI
ammonia would not only restrain The
effects Of frost, but invite moisture from
the dews and by capillary attraction from
below. -
such an acge to every work or D. >ssurf
animal should we bring it up to tho bes,
performance onr climate admits. would or
six horse plantation give uu six acres, gay
az 100 bueheis of oats per acre. This cror
could be harveste1 and q crop of corn
planted on the enriched acres. producing
cay seventy-five bushels per acre. Here
we would have on q eix.horge farm 60C
bushels i's oats aud $50 bushels of corr
which would be ample food for man and
beast. and to spare; go that each locality
would supply It's wants and the acciden.
tai ehortcoming of It's near neiehbors
from year to year. Now this small ares
Of grain culture 10 only 60 much as car
be readily intejected into cotton culture
without being felt at all, aud literally
cost nothing but the hauling and diatri.
button Of mannEea. But these enriched
acres can be passed on to cotton and
potatoes. 6tes enriched aud carefully cul.
tivate3 nli the lie to come back Id the