The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-08-04
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Read Before .i,e E:c!nroni C"::Z Ca. \Sti
cu!:rr,.! society.
tFs;n. he ;,;,,.s:a c,::s..;cial
Much has been said ard w.::..tt,:2 up":
this Important subject, and, ;tl;i.oi'si' ;ie>
merias IT, the system have been "!tel
and iscussed, il does not seem tc
ba> ,resenteG with such force x
II the towAld il to IT, Great ;li:lsS u on:
A,d aD'' rpopulatio.i,
they Ireat maioxiSr Of Southern agci
,,ysd. lists imagine they t;n1 Tx
..,,;n is Of their f,at!;;..cs aficQr&ts., 81
i't- ga poor sappi--,a y! a2> ln@:j;,r
any naproven. suggested i'y
;l.4 ultural papers, I&ne .n@S. etc.
In preparing tins paper am indebted
for many valuable suggestions % oti'
Commissioner OF .iSr;cult"rc, Coi. }. !.
Henderson, 70 Major L,!;;srr =. i2&n'
som. OF the State Board os agriculture
of the State OF South Carolina, 70 tho
book OF HuSbandrv BY Col. George /,
Waring. and 20 Col. i. i. >toc!Aoilsl
for 4 practica! letter upon his own OK,
pcricncc.
Practically good rotation should Dis
tribute the farm work equally, ard !;
should give IN opportur;t* for c.carin2
the land, and it is generally advised thai
the details of the rotation he regulated
very much more by the farmers &c,
mand for food for his cattle than by a2y
arbitrary rule, the two objects beng con
stantly kept in view, of furnishing, 50 TAI
as possible, regular employment for men
and teams Throughout, tie huSy seasons;
and OF pursuing such 4 coarse as shall
supply the land with tie re4GlSitt
manure at the proper time.
Asa matter of general advice, 1t Is
recommended that tLc b;,il1 of the tar.,
manures be applied 20 sch crops as
corn, etc, as cannot be injured by the
most stimulating application. and that
grain crops should follow those to WI. ch
stable manurcs were originally appheo:
that crops which have feeble powers OF
sending their roots deep il the SOL n
search OF food, such as wheat or oats,
should follow such crops rs clover OF
pea vines, which have this power N an
extraordinary degree.
The cro:> whic:, require clean culture,
and the expense OF whose cultivation Is
very much increased by the fouincss OF
the land, should follow crops which
leave the land free from weeds OF roots,
after grain, and that crops which re-
quirc large amount of decomposlng.
organic matter, should follow the de-
composition Of roots &E;; stlhble grass.
Two plants may De cultivated side by
side or successfully, when they require
unequal quantities OF the s::-ac ccnsutu-
ents; at different times thcy viii grow
luxuriantly without mutrsa! ini:,ry, ii
they require for their development differ
ent ingredients of tie soil. rs al plants
remove from the sol. certain constituents
it is quite obvious that no,e Of them
can render it either richie: OF more fertile
for plants OF another kind. If We con-
>ert iuto araole lands g soil which has
GRO ;vn for centuries wood c. vegetation
whicl, has not changed, and II We spre&,;
s,vcr It th,> ashes Of the wood and brush,
we have added to that contained within
the soil Il new provision Of alkaline bases
and of phosphates. which may suffice Tor
hundred or more crops oI CERTAIN
plants: If the soii contains silicates sris-
ceptible of disintegation, then will also
be present in it soluble siEcate OF potash
or soda, which is Necessary tor rendering
mature the stem OF tic siiici0ns plant,
such as oat, wheat, rye and barley; and
with the phosphates already present we
have such soil, ell the conditions neces-
sary, to sustain, uninterrupted, crops OF
corn for q series Of ,ycars. II th:s SOL
be either deficient or wanting II the
silicates, but Vet contain 4 quantity OF
salts of lime and OF phospAates, wewill be
enabled to obtain from 1t for number
of gears successive crops OF tobacco,
neas. 1.cans, etc. But Il none of the in
gredienss furnished to these plants be
returned to the soil, a time must come
when it can no longer furnish their con
stituents to q new vegetation, when II
must become completely exhausted and
at last quite sterile, even for weeds.
A field artiicialiy prepared for culture
cont> ms q certain amount of ;sssinilated
iprredl, ,nts, also Of ammonia5ed salts
and deea>>ing vegetable matter. !AG
svsten, Of rotation adopted on such Z
field is that potash plants (turnlps or
potatoes) is succeeded by L silica plant
1oats, wheat or barley, and the latter by
lime plants (pcas or clover. All these
plants require phcsiohates and alhallnes
the potash plant requiring the lasgest
quantity of the latter and the smalless
Quantity OF the former; the silica plants
require, IN addition TO the soluble slllci
left by the potash plants, a considerable
quantity Of phosphate, and the succeed
inc: lime plants-peas and cloFer--.fe
ca1aisle of exhausting the soil OF this IN.
s,ortsnt ingredient to such an extent that
There IS oai J sufficient lett to enable q
crop of oats 10 form their seed.
4 rotation OF crops IS attempted so faI
rs tie exigencies & the cotton crop
allow. by following cotton with corn,
and tisas E!,e same year witil oats, SOW
inc peas or the stubbie and Eoslcwing
with cotton tas next spring. Home,
made planures are aasd 50 far as they sc
With. excellent results; compost Of muck
and 6Staile manure are coming 2;ore into
use, and the fed pea, either turned 3L.
der or left to witheg on the surface, adds
largely to the fertility o. the soil.
Rotation OF csops is no where reduced
to q cvstem. With q moderate usc Of
manures and cs.aii!.;i culture the SAINT
lands are planted for ye&5.,s in cotton
IS thought not only without deterloI;:
tion. but With sctnal improvement. Iiii
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