Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-03-06

ting-one time going to the middle. There
need be no difficulty in getting stand of
checked cotton if any care is used, and
farmers should not be deferred from adopt
ing the plan on that score.-Sdrd',adh Neics.
THINGS THE FARMERS SHOULD KNOW
The farmer like the business man must
know what he is doing; he must have some
pretty decided ideas of what he is about to
accomplishing fact, he must calculate be-
fore hand. He must know the state or con-
dition of his soil, that of each field or lot,
not only the top, but also the subsoil, and if
will be needed if he expects to grow crop
of grain. He mustknow the condition that
his soil should be plowed in, that be not
plowed too wet or too dry. He must know
that some grain requires earlier planting
than others. He must know that seeds
planted the proper depth will germinate
quicker and produce stronger and healthier
plants that will give better results than If
planted too deep or too shallow. He must
know that it pays him to have machinery
to aid him as we'll as muscle. He must
keep posted with the markets, political mat
ters, public moneys, etc., and especially the
interests of his State and county. He must
know the value of the different kinds of
manures, and when and how to apply them
to secure the very best results. He should
understand the cultivation of fruits, both
large and small. He should know that his
farming and his manner of doing things
will tell if he is good farmer or not; all his
surroundings proclaim the verdict, either
for or against him. His horses, cattle, wag-
ons, harness, plows, fields, fences,-even his
wife and children-bear silent but unmis-
takeable evidence of his management.
Every passer-by can read this evidence pro
or con; this fact alone ought to stimulate
every farmer to do his very best for the
sake of his character as well as his interest,
and thus honor his profession, for he may
rest assured that they will pass judgment
according to the evidence. He should know
that an animal we'll wintered is as good as
half summered, or vice versa. If it is we'll
wintered it doesn't take half the summer
to gain what it has lost. He must know
that it costs no more to keep a good grade
or a blooded animal than scrubby one,
and then they look SO much better and are
something the farmer takes pride in show
ing to his neighbors, as we'll as keeping
them well. Good stock, well cared for, al
ways bring good returns; more than this,
they speak we'll for their keeper and show
up the farm to good NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
totcn Telegraph.
ORGANIC MANURES.-To the end that
commercial fertilizers shall pay the largest
profit, it is essential that the soil be amply
supplied with organic manure in some suit
able form. Trash and surface mould, di-
rect from the woods does we'll and the con-
tinued judicious use will surely enrich any
soil in time. But the best forms of organ
ic manures, of course, are of animal origin,
such as may be derived from cattle, sheep,
swine and the horse. Practically, it is best
to combine the two forms, vegetable matter
and animal eXcreta, and get them worked
over, cut up, and united into one mass by
the trampling of the masses upon it. 1t
takes Il little more labor, but the trash
will gain in quality and richness from the
animal deposits, and the latter much in
creases in bulk by the addition of the vege-
table form. 1t is we'll, then, to have the
pastures and stock ranges so arranged that
most of the droppings may be saved under
the sheds or houses where the stock sleep at
night, and this being done, every stall
should be we'll Uttered all the time, SO that
there will be no waste of animal eXcre-
ia, solid or liquid, but plenty Of trash or
half-rotted matter to absorb all and retain
the rich and volatile gasses that are con-
stantly arising from such matter and
which readily escape if no absorbent is
placed near it. Wood mould is one Of the
best retainers known of these valuable ele-
ments, and thus the free union of woods,
trash and animal manureS become the best
way of saving organic manure for the farm.
Trash being abundant, it should be used
LARGELY