The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-08-04
ROTATION OF CROpS.
Rcnd Before the Richmond County (GnD tgri-
cultural society.
. tFrom tic Augusta chrlaiolc0 'v

ih"Si' hto DScu Siuu uiltt WiiIlCn upon
this important subject, and, although the
merits of the system have been often
and ably discussed, it does not seem to
have been presented with such force as
to recommend it to tho great mass of oul
agricultural population. y.
The great majority Of Southern agli-
culturalsts imagine they find the
methods of their fathers ADEQUATE, at
least to n poor support, and arc iIdiifcr-
cnt to any improvements suggested by
agricultural papcrs, magazines, etc.
In preparing this paper ,un indebted
- for many valuable suggestions to our
Commissioner Of Agriculture, Col. j. IT,
Henderson, to Major Luther NJ. Ran
som, of the State Board Jt Agriculture
of the State OF, South Carolina, to. the
book of Husbandry by Col. George e..
Waring, and TO Col. r. n. Stookhousc
for n practical letter upon his own ex-
pericncet
Practically good rotation should dis
tribute the farm work equally, and it
should give ali opportunity for clearing
tho land, and it is generally advised that
the details of the rotation he regulated
very much moro by the farmers de
mand for food for his cattlc than by any
arbitrary rule, the two objects being con-
stnntly kept in view of furnishing, so far
us possible regular employment for men
and teams throughout the hnsy seasons,
and of pursuing such a course as shall
supply the land with tho requisite
manure at the proper time.
Asa matter of general advice. it is
recommended that the bulk of the farm
manurcs he applied to such crops as
corn, etc, as cannot bc injured by the
most stimulating application, and that
grain crops should follow those to which
stable manurcs were originally applied;
that crops which have feeble powers Of
sending their roots deep III the soil in
search Of food, such as wheat or oats,
should follow such crops as clover or
pea vines, which have this power in an
extraordinary degree.
The crops wlichreq,nro clean culture,
and the expense of whose cultivation is
very much increased by the foulncss Of
the land, should follow crops which
leave the land free from weeds or roots,
after grain, and that crops which re-
Quirc large amount of dccompos:ng,
organic matter, should follow tie de
composition Of roots AMI st,lbhlo grass.
Two plants may be cultivated side by
:" sidoor successfully, when they require
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bnvo such n soil nil tLr conditinns nocGs-
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