The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-08
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THE NEW WAY OF FARMING.
sAThouEht and Practical Address De-
6 1ivesed Before the Meeting Street ALI
ancef by nIr. W. r. Walton.
From The Elqefeld Advertiser.

n. 80.
fassning Our soil has been robbed OF
its virgin fertility. Skeletons ofhills,
bnksnsand checkered with ,gallies, star
Yation ground for, all plants, now remain
many instances as the only yatock in
trade the farmer owns to to gain his liv-
ing from. I,would appeal to. our people
as We move on not to- forget 60 remove
this mote from their own eyes.
would like to see our own people
become generally and thoroughly
aroused to the advantages, the gains, de.
ssriYsd from intensive farming. Iswould
like TO: have them think Of it, talk about
and practice it. AS I view the subject.
broad one, covering 9 reform Of
our entire farming operations. Thatit is
the only profitable system Of farming at
ss tie present is proved by the iact that
those farmers who have adopted the
Intensive system Of farming are making
good living, and I think I can say that
tthey are about the only farmers who are
making good living.
The intensive system is a business aJs.
TEN. To succeed at it the farmer must
adopt few reforms and retain most
his old methods followed under old
ossyste plan. It is not the man
who has his farm spread over vast area
of gully.washed hills who makes money
farming. It is; not the man who fills
lot every spring with new mules
bought from the West, destined to be
staryed ont, ridden and abused by care
less tenants. It is not the man who has
his: farm dotted with tenant houses filled
with worthless tenants, spending one.
half of their time in idleness, pilfering
the country, breaking the laws and dis.
tulbing what good labor there may be in
tthe country. 1t is not the man who
giYess up his farm to careless and
houghtless tenants to manage. This is
not intensive farming it is not business
farming We will never prosper with
such ethods.
grea: many get the idea that intensive
farming consists only in manuring lands
hsavilY YWith bought manure. This may
BE a:1e 1eeessity which is only one part of
he system. Intensive farming means
gushing everything for all it is worth on
sss sss tiha:s farm. The farmer must study his
feld assthe lawyer sstudies his case. He
must watch. his crops and. business as the
physician watches his patient. He must
work and Sstick to his business as the
msrchants sticks to his counter. If this
plan were adopted by our farmers in
their. business, farming would yield large
returns; two blades Of grass would grow
esWhsreSn one grows now.
Then farmersI appeal to you to stop
SS:1sold why's and remodel your whole bGsi.
ness system; think more, work harder,
land stick closer .to farming. But some
3 yssHe are doing as our forefathers did
# and they iyed.n They forget that cir
q Ecnmstance have changed, their lands
sshaye changed. Others say 1--WE are doing
as well as any one else, ne make as
much as our neighbor. We have not got
the money to do any fancy farming. We
are not able to change now. We will
drag on as; We are" This is mistake
s and is about equal to the merchants say.
ing he has no ,time to brush his counter,
and arrange his goods tastefully. "We
dom believe these'big tales about inten.
siye. farming. We don't believe the land
viii make it, fear you do not believe
that Mr.. Drake made 255 bushels of corn
Ion one5acre last year. Think of this.
The;Worktto make this number of bush.
Isssels on one; acre was little more than the
EWork many Of you expend to make five
bushels per acre. Many Of you do not
Isbelieye that four bales of cotton have
been made on one acre with a small per
scent. more labor than :you sxpend on one
aeYe to. make 500 pounds of seed cotton.
This has been done on land that was
ssonce aspoor as yours. It was done by
fsmensahos used every thought, manner,
and ylabor-by men who have no better
chances than you have. The majority of
i MS can .makg one acre produce what four
s,acres now produce. Until we do this we
Twill not prosper. When ne look around
ssus We see the same grade Of land making
s.a.Mide difference in yielding crops. It
9Isissbscause the farmer whose lands make
1.-THE superior yield spends more time in
8'swinter, making manure, bringing up
I poor spots in his field, working to pre-.
Event his lands from washing, filling in
3splaces where washes haYe been made,
Sand selecting lands most suitable to grow
$scertain crops. 1t is because he uses his
gbest skillsin preparing these lands, and
uses his undivided energy, push, and
labor; in working the crops planted
Il thereon, having invested beforehand in
the best farming tools that he can use TO
4Eseconomize labor.
will mention some indispensable
4 8feduisites to profitable farming, which
1.-the intensive plan includes. First, you
q smnst manure and build up your lands in
seye1y way possible.
Second, you must have good stock suit.
Fable to pull plough deep and fast.
Third, you must provide your farms
EWith the best tools to do good and rapid
.work.
Fourth, you must secure good hands to
8 correspondwith land, stock and tools.
Fifth, you must watch and attend to
3 your farm, giving it all your thought and
q time.
Some Of: our farmers say our labor is
TOO poor to embark in intensive farming,
5 and it cannot be improved. You can do
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