The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-13

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4, I" L. 'o'e: IN ms E,~,01s, -
Inc satnsrlhs ana no''Shiis' " '''-''-'-e- :
crops VIII for the present occupy most
OF the farmers time. The rewards OF
III, 49,, 7o,>o~,r,, 49, ,iS va NO. only
sANl '-00 1"0o1 'S1o D0" ''' !,
has the pleasure OF seeing his barns ana
store-bouses well filed, but also the ex-
o,,;s;+n .,;or,,o,,+ ot ,,,a,,s cors,,,,-
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mated, OF unaerlahlnsS wen eAec"'e'''
His estimate OF his OWE ability is posi-
bly enhanced bv the success OF his
ventures. and he may reasonably and
properly INDULGE his pride a little. For
six months or more he has been engaged
IN an ardnons carnnaicn-one calling for
1nceos:ng attention.. vrHarriac energy
and discrim;nstinn indcment nj everv
49, t,,rnN>ona IN wb;ch Giff:cnlt;es we're con
sto1+,v % to ha mot on3 ovarcone-lna,lv
a Scrila IN the ore side and q Charvbdis
IN fbe o+ber 70 6e shnnred-ona IN
Ub;cb colo,,e-e+io,, wifi nat.re was to
he oss;5,,o,SsIy co1,rted a,,6 9rtaoopism
With her as csrefuiiy avoided. Nov the
bent bow may be little relaxed, and
elasticity restored to the strained body
and mind.
While the plain, routine work of pick
inc cotton or breaking corn IS rolng on,
there is 20 strain upon the mind, ana it
can leisurelv and quietly look back and
cornare results with their causes. Like
the old soldier who recalls the battles he
fought, the farmer can now bring back
before him the eight places he vas IN,
the difficulties he lad to meet, and how
he met thera, and calmly ana Jadlc,alIy
discuss his management, whether good
or bad. If you had to do 1t over again,
are there any changes you would make:
Would you have broken your land deep
er and more thoroughly? Would you
have narrowed it more before planting:
Would you have used the san.e quantity
and kind Of manure? Wouu ycn have
worked your crops more rapitsly and
oftener IN sp!1ng ana earl J summer, ana
gotten ahead OF the grass oe'ofe the
rams set IN: Ii you had known II was
gong TO oe a Weg sulnnet' ,.s,5 Mo9uo YOU
not nave oesulrreo youIselt Z 1!s'ie uoII:
Could you not nave pesS!rTeG .}oulse5 .t5
without knowing 1t was gong 10 De "e':
Is 1t not an excellent RUE 10 1e al"ays 5
prepared 1oG tne Norsv, lnouSh HopiHs
lot tne oest! Ion you tii-ne e,i1 ii9", ,-;ti -
view o. your ea.enuess oos'on 80 IL - We ba
Ineif c,eaH' o'sie s9i iiss'es -" go ~.
Masneo a"as: anu 'itea so.3 -. -.
the WINTER rams anaT yo9 '1:-i.s| -. S1'.,
700 mucn coI'on: notlt1 !. l.0S Da,o .s,o
oee9 oeeler 70 nave ie7te. so:Ie W .no
lana you cul1lVaIeu: ~ - w. ,-S,Ia 80
ape thau II d country ~ "i:ton t'opsa'. -
non Is SO sparse, ana .. ianu - ~ stRe. ;i;aa
aounosnI, We are as aaAiouS oa ~ U.n-ne oa-..,
every iooI Oh IL eNe1! e<i .Ss - oo,,I -
trleS "1ere populayion - 'eis ';e IN ;SE,.
!as ano e4 nis So,s st.Po1 tPe o,,e.' ,snG IN
!aomea. - .a.s' a45 - sl3- 80, ,-. 2.ca 1abso-
Lne counls sas So eos o.sa;,,S 90 80 1 r,Inb
IuVe tsS', nos soMa - sIs a,,,4:,,otaS :, 80 90
@oulo NC i1a'.e ~ 'He n1nA 'I-'- '''ee 90
Is No" Maue oI the "noie'
nave Tue artaise!lei's Sou s'..oi'.Ios .T,
last WINTER ana spring 10 pre'eHV slIe =
Washing OF your land proved successful
Didn't you make your terraces II Iee
early spr1ng, Just oeiofe the uss1al pig
rainfalls occur, and dld not these rams
strike them before they haa t,me 10 SeS
compacted or get growth c1 any Alnu
upon them to blnd ana mold tnem' ana
did not they get badly washed away
Would it not be better to make terraces
on land when It IS resting OF Ii SSuoole'
and do the work IN the 1a1 or carly WIN, vi
ter, so that the terraces may get settieo
and firm before the heavy spung rams;
and would it not be well to >ow the ter
races in rye or wheat, as soon as they are
made, and get a growth upon them at
once9 If terraces freshly made in stub
bic land should give way under heavy
rain, the land would not wash, because
it is compact and held By roots. But
when terraces are made in spring, and
the land between them pioughed, as is
generally the case, the washing becomes
excessive and disastrous if heavy rain:
prevail. We have found that on o:c
land, in which washes have already
started, it is extremely difficult to &c,
terraces well established without the alo
of some hillside bitches. Our practice
in such cases is to run bitches Just a:
one would do if he did not have terraclns
in view, and then lay off terraces just a:
if there were no bitches present. Of
coutse jumping -ver and not filing the
ditc2es where the terraces cross them
After 3e terraces become well establish
ed and Eeth inclpient and OLD guilles art