The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-01-19
ana aio they will liye-honostly or othor-
PLoWING-TERRAOING.

?, AHohlNG--TEERACIN
~ our chmatc, as general ruIo an
80 tar as the desired disintcgration an
RulTerlHation of the soil is concerno1
. ; Inc !ater the breaking up before plan
hl8 INC better. Our clean, heavy cIo
soIlS, IL proved very early, will soon rn
.o8othcr oy tho heavy rains of the carl
ii2i nonthS OF the year, and be in but it'll
| r;,e 1U.vot coh9ttlon when planting time n,
Ives lives In"h II not. But on cYory forr
nnS ololo arc Holds OF stubblo lands, or fold
IEoToieu WIN grass and weeds that shoul
49, D1 plG%eG' at once. Crab and crow-foo
So II proved under early and not Gov
d;I ohIu 100 aeep, Will rot and benefit TIN
nof' nott @no INC crop: II doforrcd until ius
poAoro planting it will be much bcttoy +,
burn off heavy coatinr of ~roS, $500 ti u
TO turn 1t under. At this late tfooo i,l thl
grass has been lcached of it's albn4ino,, n
mettors and the loss by burninU VII
amount to little in comparison Win thl
greatly improved condition of thf
proved soil. Somo experienced formn,
n"S SAID that If it woro practicable to Gr
80 no would prefer, as q general ruIn ~
ing. '0Aoio plaht-
IN Wow Of the probable bad woatbcr
amounting sometimes to an ontiro
iuoil'h when plow cannot run at oII
nft Mitn?ut greater injury that possible ben
Hi:, 1t IS "cil to commence plowinp c0r-
- ~ January, "r nyNn before, as aIrcodv
indicated. Our own rule is to kcrn IJ thJS
WORK ANIMALS busy doing the hauling Of
TRils, hrc-wood, litter for stables and
tHts' materials for composing, etc. 50
Ihat PioWlng may be done when thn
ground Is III the best condition. Deor
turning Or inversion of ordinary soiIs IS
not the best practice. SubsoiIno ;s af
doubtful profit on old ard worn soils mn
loss well manurcd.
Iho general experience is in fovor &c
tIcrr@clng as compared with hiIlsiGn
.Jir. irI3'f; 9.Hr' a" " 5tt ruf1JgIl urv
not already run they may be QUICKLY
marked out ahead Of plows by the care
tul use almost any of the cheap levels
now advertised. An instrument that
depends upon spirit-lcvcl for its al
justmcnt is much more accurate and re-
liable, aud will give better results in tho
end. The rulo is to locnto tho terrace
at such q distance that each will bo three
feet IN the perpendicular height above
the next below. A good swivel, or re-
yorsiblc hillside plow, is very desirable,
though not indispensable, in throwing
up the foundation of tho terrace Per
fcctly level lines at the start and careful
Of the weak places by the
use of hoes or shovels, will assure the
final stability Of tho terrace banks.
Breaks arc apt to occur from very heavy
rains dtuing the first year; but by
PROMPT repairs and occasional changes
Of location, the system may become per
tectly established and prove great pro-
:eetlon IN tie course OF few years ut
most.
FENCING.
There arc still many large sections anG
even cntirc States where farmers arc re
qulTed (and content to d sO) to keep rp
long string3 Of fences for tho protection
of crops against stock. The time is
rapidly approaching when the so-callcl
"stock law will be generally adopted,
ard the farmers Of the future will won
der that their fathers ever submitted to
the combrOuE, unjust and expensive sys-
tenn OF fencing against stock. In the
mcantimc, however, fences must be kept
up where the Old law prevails, and the
waste and destruction OF timber must go
on until the supply becomes unequal to
the demand. Now is the best time to do
the work. The timber splits more
easily, and such heavy work is moro
agreeable in cold weather.
MAKING MANURE AND COMPOST.
Where labor is abundant and costs but
little, tho old-timo practice of hauling
leaves and straw from the woods near by
and filling the stalls and stables is good.
Farmers generally appreciate the great
advantages Of composing. The truth is
one Of the chief advantages of compost
! iN,nt
collecting the crude materials that might
otherwise go 70 waste, and incorporating
them iuto the heap. If the same matpri
ais that are available for composing hc
collected and distributed separately in
the soil no great advantages would ap.
pear in composing them if the cost OF
handling be Justly estimated. In put,
ting up n compost heap the proportion
of crude homo materials, such as cotton
seed, stable manure, scrapings, etc, tC
the purchased clemonts-phosphato ol
lime and potash salts-ie Of no specia
Importance. These various materials
vary SO much in degree Of concentration
and practical manural value that it wouli
b0 impossible to make o rulc that vii
always apply. Let tho farmers of
neighboThOod club together and buy
acid phosphate and potash salt, exchange
cotton seed for cotton seed meal whcl
good tCrm3 are offered, each farmer buy
ing as much Us he may judiciously. Lc
, the acid phosphate DO in proportion 0
about ono thousand pounds to cigh
hundred pounds Of cotton seed and on
/ hundred pounds Of kainit, and allow
say two hundred pounds of the miXtur
per acre. Now mix them with tn
crudcr materials according to availnbl
quantity and when ready for use dis
tribute according to the proportion suQ
gcstCd, or so as 10 go over the Cntir
area to be cultivated.
1t should bc remembered that as
y principle it docs not pay tho best t
G manure few acres very heavily an
!. leave tue main oxpanso Of the farm wit
l little or no manure. A moro equal an
t impartial distribution will bring til
c larger aggregate Of final yields an
o profits. Intensive farming, as system
8 excludes entirely tho cultivation Of III
, profitable and unproductiyo acres. 81
6 more on this subject after awhile.
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