Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

proof, and in order TO- get rid Of the
beard, ] have for several years been
mixing ii with the ordinary rust
proof wheat. Tile result is, now
have d hybrid nearly smooth, anda
great deal softer than the original,
s Rhla iastS Chi ssiso time The ibsss
qualities of the N~ioarauga seem to
have been but slightly impaired,
This wheat is also. heavier than the
other varieties. weighing about sixty
five pounds to the bushel, and has
another important advantage: soytn
any time from September to March,
I have never seen. 1t fail, Though,
Of course, it does much better when
sown in the fall"
.What about the, best manure for
wheat, DoctorW
"Peas OF, clover. We can get all
the ammonia and n%itrates that the
land needs out Of vegetable matter
cheaper than from any other source.
/ have raised The finest wheat ], ever
saw on the poorest Kind Of land by
first, sowing in clover, blowing Under
next fall, and then sowing in wheat.
The ten acres | just spoke Of were
so poor that at first l couldn't even
get clover to grow on it. In that
case I had to bring the land up with
Orchilla guano. This is principally
phosphate Of, lime. 1t comes from
some of the Pacific islands, ard all
the ammonia having been leached
out, it is about equal to bone dust.
You don't get the full benefit of it
the first year, but it is certainly o
great manure for; clover and wheat"
From the wheat subject the doctor
branched off on clover. "This is
one of the most profitable Drops that
can be grown in this county, and
with a close enough, market the best
money crop. An acre of fairly good
land, and if tho land is not fertile
enough, the clover, with the help OF
a little manure, will soon make it so,
ought to yield two tons at two cut
tings, Well cured clover hay is
worth $40 a ton, and all the cost OF
seeding, cutting and curing should
not exceed IS. OF course, if every
body would go to raising clover,
there would be no such profit in it,
but the farmer who Las six or eight
mules, and is without a clover patch
and a good moving machine with
which to cut the clover, is not on the
most economical basis. Clover is
the cheapest feed for stock that has
eNar been raised in this country, and
its comparative value ranks away up
with oats and corn"
"But you couldn't keep working
stock on clover alone, could you,
doctor|
81 believe you could. A few years
ago I happened to get out of a rid,
ing horse temporarily, and for the
occasion bought a plug from a neigh.
Dor. The animal was not in very
good condition when I bought it,
and to tell tho truth I did not think
very much of it anyway. Well,
rode that horse hard all summer and
fed it on nothing but clover. II
stood up under the unusually hard
work as we'll as any horse I eve,
saw, and actually got fat. But
except in this instance I have never
fed my working stock exclusively OF
clover. I believe, however, that il
can be done and with the most salts
factory results"
81 had about sixty-five acres il
clover this year and pastured it al
but about fifteen acres, which I cut
Off those fifteen acres I have gottel
enough hay to keep nine head o
horses all year, and as many COWS
through the winter. Now for a com
p%arison: Suppose we take fifteer
acres of corn and say that it will
make fifteen bushels to the acre. Tha'
is two hundred and twenty-five bush
els. Well, it takes seventy-five bushels
of corn and 1000 bundles of fodde,
to feed a horse through the year
The fifteen acres Of corr would feet
nine horses about four months, ant
allow nothing for the cows. Ii
clover, the product Of fifteen acres
slowed in the barn, would cost, net
about $3.50. Its equivalent, 80(
bushels Of corn, would not cost les'
than 5000, and it is hardly to bt
gotten off of less than forty acres o.
such land az would be required tx
produce the clover"
Speaking of cotton, DR.. Campbell
is of opinion that the profits on tina