The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-12
TIE VALUE OF TERsACING.
; -rbjeci Fiat ahoaiG Engage the Atteu
Eoa of Every Good FarRer.

: -rbjeci TEat ahoaiG Engage the Atteu-
f:oa CT Every Good Garner.
70 tie EIltOr OF dc SeARTAAEURG Her.
AID: Iii were allowed to make srg-
sestiJn> s.ad Only one, to ny brother
or.r..!s a20ut ;i!!s t'me Ci the year, |
~u;!::: .n"lc ;ti,'>c MATES that are be
l.ss ;L.G" :,eGcT"..y discussed -suca as
tciii!iZe,o, cz"i..nses, Alliances, / riff,
Cie.nsou C.'iirge, March Convictions tc.
1t ~ur!G oe ,hIs-terrace your lands,
have never scen Il better time for such
"orN than right now. The winter has
beeu such as to allow US to be away
ahead with our plowing-so much, SO
that sometimes farmers are worried
sDout what 70 do next. Well, if your
iarni is rot we'll terraced let me beseech
sou not to worry about what you ought
70 90, but bay, borrow, or make terra
cling instrument and "to the work to
j:.c wOTk
After an cxperieDc,: of twenty yeer5 CT
moie o@ the t rm, [ know OF no better
instrument Of time, labor and money,
than serraclng. Ii reading, writing and
talking have not yet convinced you of its
u;li,y, and you know of a fsrmers with
10 ,nree or four miles of you that has
done some scientific terracing, say about
;hrve yeats ago, aud who kept them we'll
patched up, 60 upon his farm, walk over
nIs fields, walk round about AMI Stand
GU thc top Of one and study them well.
:; { COW 9hc SOIL just below is SO much
lower than that above. Measure the
depth cl soil above and below, and rore
the d!lfyrencc-6eeper above because all
The SOIL that has been moved by the rains,
;ae pl,@ snd hoe has been kept above.
4 log placed in running stream lodses
sand quite distance above; and On tho
,ane principle the terrace acting as su
"5.sruc;ioo holds and deepens the soil
weiI back from It's foundation. Look al
me old corn and cotton stalks or stubble
on tue one side and then on the other.
The ones above are better than the ones
below. The rows having been 10y Writ
ue OF the terrace being there) laid on
level, notice hov the decayed vegetable
matter has been retained BY the terrace
and water furrows-such as sralk ano
'c&vcs etc The nitrogen, organic anc
inorganic, humus etc., have been retain
ed, and you can see the traces Of these II
the sediments before you and how th'
c,,r.h's surfzce has absorbed it and j
holding It for another crop; while o!
he other hand if no terrace had beef
here the rows in all PROBABILITY wouc
have been inclined downward and tht
water would have taken this plant fooc
up aud carried 1t 10 some gully near by
and 10 traces OF sediment and vegetable
matter would be seeu Ia water furroSs
but generally speaking a streak Of rec
subsoil where the last furro@ Was mad
in the summer.
How often have we heard euch talk a
tbls-"T1hat man has good farm there
is good field" Why aul The reply j
why, it is level and holds all you pu
on it. Just so. And there is DO goot
reason Why by terracing uior-lenths o
Gu. fields can not be placed IL the SAM
category as the mans level farm or Seld
Now. while still cngitating on top o
the terrace, see if you can't understand
how il is possible for him to make a
good crops as you du with cue-third tn
. 4nount OF rain and much better en-
with the same amount His soil, in tn
irst place, is deeper, his rows are on
;cvel, his turrous and terrace holds tn
AIDS ard allows the soil to drink it up
and holds it in reserve for the GROWN:
crop; ard in your fields it has movet
from point to point until il has found a.
outlet and passed OF in the nrigaoorln!
: strcan and helped to swell the torren
: .ud do more damage below.
Il you wast 10 add at one ventur
about tee per cent. TO the value Of you
farm, in the judgment of this writer
terrace It well. If you have any objec
t:ons to terracins. what arr they3 Speal
cut and le:'s get the bottom tacts.
FARMER.
S:a7tarhuro 6 c. February 6. 1890