The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-07
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&At5alltiMSs, b0sesfscialty during the
solve growinS season, II behonres the
labor and time. Now Is the ume u
rnssEe every, edge c0t>" Our, M ethoas
or cultiTating corn and cotton are par
ic01arlS detective, in the fact that thay
require too muoh limo to "go over" the
crop with rlooshs. In this respect We
com pare nnfaVorsbly with Northern aud
Western methods. With their vide sx-
pSD5inG cNltiSstors and harrows, the
Ohio farmer will effectively cuttivats
from two to three times as many acres
farmer. This Is chiefly, hnt not on.
tirely, duo to the Srester width OF the
cultivsting Supplements used by western
farmers. In the South we use sweeps
shnd scrapes cutting (and covering TO.
Rether) from eighteen TO thirty inches.
our cotton rows on uplRnds, will not
average over three feet in width. The
usnsl--almost invarisNle--prsctioe Ia to
Pnt two burrows in oanh middle at cash
plouRbiDg ofthe crop. Every farmor must
run in row or middle does little more
original work than to side one side Of q
row Of plants. The first furrow OF
t~entS"lnch sweep, or Scrape, with good,
straight wiuCs-a little turned up--wil
stir, or cover with fresh soil, An average
width Of not less than twenty. six inches,
leaving only ton inches Of nndisturbed
soil next to tho row Of plants on the of
side Of the middle.
The second, or return furrow, finds
Only this teT inches Of surface uustirred,
and needing to be done; vet, the imple.
mont is capable, rs before. of stirring
twenty six inches. The consequence Ia
the effort and time of tho horse and
plouShman is largely employed In stir.
ring sixteen inches Of surface that has
This is obviously great waste Of labor.
Now is it to be prevented Is the Ques-
tion. In those States where cultivators,
horse'hoes and snch expensive imple-
ments are In general use, this Is &C.
cromplished either by "straddling''
the same, extending to tho centro Of
the two middles AT one going; or by
running in tho middle and extending
The work as near as may he to the rows
ON either side. In either case only as
many trips are made across the field as
there are rows Of plants, thus requiring
every inch OF the cutting edges Of tho
implements to do full, original work all
the time. THIS is certainly great say.
ing-not less. in many cases, than 6fty
per cent. How can this saving be ap-
pro&imated with the ordinary one.horse
sweeps and scrapes? Very easily, by
simply siding both sides Of every alter.
nate row at one going over. This Will
eflectually side every alternate row In
the field, put onefurrow in every middle,
OF the entire surface Of tho field. or
course, il will require only just one.half
the timc TO 60 over n field and ovor the
crop, rs compared with the usual plan
Of running twice in each middle. The
farmer will then be ablo to plough his
Gotten crop twice rs often, and do IL
almost as etloctualy, with tho same
labor, In showery weather, such as fre-
Qnenly occurs in June, tho advantages
OF this plan Will be obvious. The hoeing
can lc done according to circumstance
either hoeiDg every row or every alter.
nate row-eiLhor those last sided or those
previously or !et TO be sided. The rela-
tive strength of the available ploughing
force and tho hoeing force will fre-
qucntly dotermine which is the bettor
plan.
The system can he extended even to
wide rows, III which the two siding fur
VOWS woEld nottouch OF break into each
otDer al any point; hut not with tho
same degree OF saving AS in case Of mar
1ow rows. WeoriGinated the plan, while
.ctjvclv engaged III farming, and fol
lowed 1t ior Years, modifying according
10 circumstances, with great satisfaction.
UrV it, farnOrB.