The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-01-19
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ing the better. Our clean. heovv cIoT
soils, if plowcd very early, will soon vi;
together by the heavy rains of tho carI,
months of the year, and bo in but IttlI
better condition when plantine-timo mr.
riVcS than if not. But on cVory forn,
there arc folds Of stubblc lands, or fold,
covered with grass and weeds that should
30 ploWed at once. Crab and crcw-foot
grass II ploWed under early and not GOV.
cred 100 deep, will rot and benefit the
son and tho crop. If dofcrrcd until iusi
bcforo planting it will be much better tc
oufn OIL heavy coating Of grass than
to turn it under. At this late stage Tho
grass has been lcachcd of it's albuninou,
mattors and tho loss by burning will
amount to little in comparison with tho
greatly improved condition Of the
plowed soil. Some experienced farmer
haS said that If il were practicable to &c
80 no would prefer, as q general rule, to
plow all his land the day before plant
ing.
In view of tho probable bad weather,
amounting sometimes, to an entire
month when plow cannot run at all
without greater injury that possible ben
CIT, It'll well to cOmmonc0 blowing car.
~ IN january, or even before as already
Indicated. Our own rule is to keep the
work animals busy doing the hauling Of
rams, hrc-WOod, litter ior stables and
i0ts' materials for composing, etc, SO
th"t pioW!ng may be done when the
ground is i'll the best condition. Deem
turning or inversion Of ordinary soils is
not the best practice. Subsoiline is of
doubtful profit on old ard worn soils IN
less well m0nurcd.
Tho general 0vpnr;,,,oo :, =, r
terraclnG as compared with hillside
"itctnng, "8 II preventive Of washing on
rolling lands. IL the lines Of level 0re
not already run they may be quicKlv
marked ont ahead of plows by the ca16.
tui use almost any of the cheap levels
now advertised. An instrument that
depends upon Gpirit-lcvcl for its ad
lu8tment is much more accurate and re.
liable, aud will give better results in the
end. The rule is to locaso tho terrace
at such distance that each will be three
1eet IN the perpendicular height above
the next below. 4 good swivel, or re-
Yerslblo hillside plow, is very dcsirablc,
though not indispensable, in throwing
up the foundation of the terrace. Per,
fectiy level lines aJ the start and careful
strengthening Of the weak places by the
use OF hoes or ShovclS, will assure the
final stability Of the terrace banks,
breaks are apt to occur from very heavy
rams dning the first year; but by
PROMPT repairs and occasional CHANCES
OF location, the system may become per
lcct!y established and prove great bro
:ectlon III tI!e course OF q few years ut
most.
FENCING,
There are still many large sections and
iIrp tnAn 1,.l,,
quncd iand content to Il so) to keen ND
long StrnG5 Of fences for tho protection
OF crops against stock. The time is
rapidIy approaching when the so.callcd
"s!ock law will be generally adopted,
and the farmers Of the future will won
der that their fathers ever submitted to
the combrous, 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 90
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
hItl@, the Oid-tlmc practice of hauling
leaves and straw from the woods near by
ana tlllinS the stalls and stables is good.
Farmers generally appreciate the great
advantages of composing. The truth is
one OF the chief advantages of cOmDost
ing is th0t it involves the necessity for
collecting the crude materials that mioht
otherwise go 20 waste, and incorporating
them into the heap. If tho same matcri.
ais that are available for composing be
collected AID distributed separately in
the soil no great advantages would ap-
pear in composing them if the cost of
handing be Justly estimated. In put
ting up compost heap the proportion
81 crude homo materials, such as cotton
seed, stable manure, scrapin9s, etc, to
Il purchased clcmonts-pho8phate Of
lime ana potash salts-is of no special
Importance. These various materials
vary so much III degree of concentration
and practical m0nural value that it would
Oo impossible to mako rule that will
always apply. Let tho farmers of q
ncll@hborhood club together and buy
acid phosphate and potash salt, cxch9npe
cotton seed for cotton seed meal when
good terms arc offered, each farmer buy
ing as much Us hc may judiciousIy. Let
the acid phosphate h0 in proportion Of
about ono thousand pounds to eight
hundred pounds Of cotton seed and ono
hundred pounds Of kainit, and allow.
%ay two hundred pounds Of the mixture
per acre. Now mix them with the
crudcr materials according to available
quantity and when ready for use dis
tribute according to the proportion sug-
| gCStcd, or so as to 20 over the entire
area to be cultivated.
1t should be remembered that as q
principle it docs not pay tho best to
manure few acres very heavily and
leave the main cXpanso Of the farm with
little or no manure. A more equal and
impartial distribution will bring tho
larger aggregate Of final yields and
profits. Intensive farming, as system,
excludes entirely tho cultivation of un-
profitable and unproductivc acres. But
moro on this subject after awhile
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