The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-23
QUESTIONS r(p pR FARMERS.
so,av inquiries su-seF Ftsd by the Close of
the Year.
(.S0ntIerM CNltsrAt0r.

.NOItjtcift y S''E'''SS''/
Up tothe present month the farmer
has been looking Toward. The con-
summation of his plass, the final out
come of MS labor and$oil, in the shape
of cotton bales and ohcr crops, have
been the objective poa5s before HIM
Now, these cease TO y matters OF eN-
pection and become 4atterS OF fact.
We hope his expect ions have not
been too large and hisarops TOO small;
we trust that having sGVn wisely, he
has reaped bountifully. But, however,
well he has done, he n Sght have done
better; farming has nd reached per-
fiction and q retro Spect may be very
useful. Let us 90 bacl together and
review the wears worb Looking at
il now in the light of realts, was your
wears work well plaAed? In the
first place was the wot undertaken
proportionatc to Your mans; did you
attempt to 90 more tha You could
we'll manage: did you atenpt to do
more than vou could &ll manage;
did YOU have enough hose-power to
work to best advantage; id YOU make
all the substitution pos>lbsof machines
and horsepower in plSe OF more
costly human power; didEou spread
out the manure YOU At over too
many acres; did vou b9 fertilizers
iudiciously and economicay; did you
cultivate vonr land SO asto save 1t
from washing, and is il in liter condi-
ton how than it was a yes ago; now
is the balance-shect betweE p expense
and receipts?
Endeavor to answer thcl questions
in 5 calm, candid spirit, ling aside
all conceit and pride OF oHlon. DO
not attribute 20 seasons Wat might
have been prevented by 70. sight and
energy on YOUR part. Il an Old
trick of farmers 20 explain : failures
bv laving them at the do3 Of bad
seasons. Difficulties occurRl every
occupation: the successful IN is he
who anticipates, provides fo]nd over
comes them.
work we'll planned: did In have
fixed plans on did YOU just TX along
as weather and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ed? To Illustrate: There acertaln
kinds Of work which can bsPne on
wet davs and when the groMis too
wet to plow-goinS 10 mli3auling
manure, gathering litter, har Ewood
making coinpoStS, etc. you
ALWAYS look ahead and ar Re, so
nf
must be done, were done q, eut OF
the wav when the time tor owing
came9 When the period fol Snting
a crop drew nigh and prepal b for
it could not be deferred, dlas find
YOU with composts in sacks krrels
already hauled out and d<.4uted
conveniently about the fields Ehich
thev were applied. or were yc. eams
stopped then to do hauling w-rFery
animal should have been hits to
plow? Had you studied QUIT. Iully
The best appliances and mo- Spe-
dios method of putting ont G tsts,
and was everything ready to-the
work rapidly and well? If va md
was rolling aud the rows had rs gun
on level, as they always she sPe,
had YOU established your lines, els
or guides, or had the plownel Pc
times to wait for YOU to run 0. hd
# the hurry was ver.' great, :! he
rows run by guess and theret n-
perfectly: was the quantity OF St
to be applied to all acre declc p,
and We're there ony arrangenl 10
guage il? A most excellent pltAto
make memorandum in advs%S4f
all work to be done, adding :Esp
ANYTHING that may be suggesf&SHY
daily observation and expes5.
Consider this list carefully and es-
lish the order in which the warp
items are to he executed, and rel
the memorandum accordingly. 4
recasting should be done several til
IN the course OF q year, as clrcg
stances may unavoidably Interfere
nccessitate changes.
Was the work undertaken prop
tionate to your means; did YOU b
funds in hand (working capital} su
cient to pay for all the labor need
all the supplies, all the fertilizers,
ali the implements which could
profitablv used, or did YOU have
place yourself at the mercy OF n
chants and dealers and obligate yo
self to pay fifty to one hundred
cent. more for such things than t
could be had for cash? Do you til
Won can make such large percenta
ON money used in farming? Il
doubtful if there has been an aver
of eight per cent. made by tarn
during the last ten years. Scare
any legitimate business pays more
that. If you did not have the nece
~ working spital to cultivate as m
as you did, AWod Gave been sa
it would have eensbetter to
undertaken less. What profit
pleasure is there in cultivating tn
or forty or fifty more additional &C
the whole yield Of which, and "
too, must 90 to Mr.. Merchant?
has been terseiy and ap,ly said,
simply make yourself the mercha
overseer over free Negroes, wi
guarantee that they shall make hi
many bales Of cotton. Had you
better save Yourself the Worry
vexation of spirit; had you not b.
let your land rest and recuperate
money can be borrowed at seven
cent, with q reasonable pIospec
making ten per cent. on its use,
might be justified il borrowing;
how is it when money is borrowe
fifty per cent, with g very Gel
prospect Of not making more