The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-04-28
Chr Gupiah Si0nal,
Hazlchurst, April Us 1882
Manure. and Plowing.

iNod va
OF cattle and owns sheep aad hogs
in proportion, and will hire an active
hand by the year Us 1t man and
stock man, and to perform no other
labor but the collecting and heaping
the nanures, aud TO litter the lots &c
will make u sufliciency Of manures,
provided a proper rotation OF the
crops are observed. rs well as to
SOW clover on your felds) US will en-
iich farm Of 200 cul,ivatablc acres
without having to bay these CONNER
cial fertilizers. 1t is as much part
Il u farmers duty to make manures
as it is 10 make his fencing, cultivate
crops AID house them. This modern
mania for fertilizers is only aspecu-
lation inaugrated by cotton planters,
10 make heavy yields OF cotton ut the
expense OF every thing else. It's one
Of the SO manias that will have its day
and time, and then phiz ont. Farm
ing proper, that is, mixed crops con-
sistipg Of corn, wheat, oats, potatoes
peas aud grass and clover. enables
one to do much for preserving md
improving The lands by rotation, or
well rs 10y turning under clover and
stulble. Tie advantages are much
greater than with the planter, who
plants only corn AMI cotton crops.
hence, as above remarked. with the
amount OF stock named. aud o hand
10 attend to the collection OF ma
nuros ~ specially, for a two
hundred acre frm, bought manurcs
aro unne crssaiy-all required can be
made on tue farm.
My crop on two hurd,e ed acre
farm would be. GO acres corn, co
acres wheat, % acres oats, 20 acres
cotton, potatoes, ., grass and clover,
so acres--the rotation system strict
~ adhered tn, and the two-horsc
pl0w usel for breaking up tue
ground with.
Much has been sail in favor q
cul';vIing with sweeps. but it is q
p,ow | could never admire. | used
them when cotton planter, and
they destroyed young grass by
Wholesale murder, but on broken
lands. the lInds washed away after
item, and on dat lands they became
compact 10y heavy rains. prefer
the iron tooth harrow as cultivator
az the gang plow cultiva,or; they
leave the middle in better condition
than the sweep. | am satisfied in
my own mind, we have not yet the
light implement in cuitivating, TO
freak out tue mildles with, some
thing is wanted that is light, thor
.uga aud oSpeditious.
i am for four feet rows. 1t is mere
iy, | gresum", difference Of opinion
based Oh tho successful experience
ct tho two, but with the marrow sys-
ten, the harrow answers an excl
lent purpose after tho second plow-
lag, aud | can make MORO corn and
rs large carol corn as any man can
on the I and row width. But am
IN favor of any system that one sue.
eeeis best at. The great error in our
farming. IS the want OF thorough
blowing in the fAll and winter. We
stick two much 10 the old one.horse
piow, with which We cannot break
up our lauds "a they should be bro
ken, hence, our spring work is So
hard, and drouth affects our crops SO
materially. Ga my farm there is
striking instance OF it. During the
winter broke up'the poorest land 10
a field OF sixty acres-twenty acres
with the Briuiy M. 3 pillow with two
horses attached, the balance OF the
fed was broken up with oro horse
scooter plows, breaking Mt least eight
iAc!les deep. Inc scooters used were
tho square pDin. scootcrs. l plant
81 tn, whole Ii III (G) acrcs) in corn
that.sprins. At least Six bushels
more corn was made to the acre OH
the land broken up Brinly plow, and
I'll was planted and attended alike.
Remember the part broken by the
D July plows was tie poorest land
The next fall. | sowed the fed in
what, snd the wheat on that twenty
acres was at least one third better
than that on The rest OF the field, and
S"wei anl IN ,nag1i alike l can ac-
c'uat for it in no Other way, except
j; having been thoroughly broken up
with large two horse plows. aud turn
tg uaier heavy coat OF grass aad
other litter his caused the differ
cucc. As such. If We expect to farm.
successfully. we must use proper
plnws and plow thoroughly; IL not,
A.