The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-02-23
Isndessaa yatelligeute4.
Young farmers Work.
Hsellu Ne,us and Courier.

81 - u Teekiy Netus did Courier.
You have been receiving reports from
saifsrent partssof the State concerning
the crops made in 1857. I had 6ve-
acrs patch planted in what is known as
the Bancroft cotton, from which l gath.
ered ,s4S pounds Of seed. or six bales of
slint, averaging 1923 pounds, including
&bsgging and ties. Il also planted three
acres Of the Peterkin variety, from. which
gathered nearly three bales.
Ny farm is only a.small one, only rum
ming two ploughs. The FIVE acres that /
mentioned above was manured with
twenty bushels of stable manure and
cotton seed and one hundred pounds OF
Atlantic acid to the acre, and used three
]: tRd. horse loads on the piece: ] believe
sd deep ploughing il our clay subsoils
9until the cotton commences fruiting.
Then q believe in shallow ploughing and
scraping the land, and with only. two
farrows to the row, leaving q ridge in
6 The middle.
/ made last year from my two horse
1 farm 90 bales Of cotton and $50 or 300
bnshe elsof corn and plenty OF; oats. /
have oats in the sheaf and thrashed, and
made 100 bushels Of sweet potatoes on
one acre Of land. The twenty bales of
cotton ! made from twenty.eight acres.
Some of our farmers complain of hard
B times but If they would only make their
{ 1Is own hog and hominy at home, times
would NOT be 80 hard. Instead of buy-
{ inn from the merchant and depending
% EtRs West and Northwest for IT, why,
cam ne raise our own pork as cheap as
they can, and have our own sugar:cnred
5 hams at homo without buying them?
am only 4 young farmer of about ten
yeafs experience, and Ihave sold more
hams and bacon than I have ever bought.
Some men say the farm does not pay,
sbut { say that the farm does pay. It is
not the farm that does NOT pay. It is the
"a men that ARE on them that don't pay.
they loose too much time and waste too
much money is the reason the farm does
.s .sriof pay. Farm Implements have got
& too cheap. We can't afford to make OF.
have them made, consequently there is q
! great deal OF, valuable time lost, and time
Is money. I:
Tie plough stocks. awiDgletrees, cley-
ices and ali are bought, because they are
so cheap. Yes, and they are very poor,
{ TOO. The wood IS brittle and easily
broken consequently 9 new one must
ottan be bought.
The farmer, that is q farmer, should
have him q shed and shop. and do all
that pssk himself on rainy days, and
have extra swingletrees and plough
ssocks.of his own make and sage!alI that
expense.
One word to young men. Don't leave
aha farms to. find a more honorable posi-,
ton, but take hold Of the plongh.handle
Yourselves, for I consider farming one Of
the most honorable positions that ayoung
man can follow. There is where the
bread Of all other professions comes from.
IIff i were 10 tell your readers what I
made clear on my farm last year they
would d;say chat it paid me. On the FIVE
acrest that / made six bales on last year
am going to try to make ten this year,
snd 4 want to make my crop average 8
sbalo TO the acre this year, for have con,
cluded it as easy to make o bale to the
acress itisa half bale.
s IS j. SIMPSON DoMIN1cK.
Prosperity, February q, 1888.