Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-19
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Tue way 60 Successfully Manage Ono
Hundred Acre Farm,
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planted, as some land is better adapted |
To some products than others. Toman
age a one hundred acre farm success
fully and profitably is not very easy
matter Good, sound Judgment is absoi
iutely necessary In order to manage
successfully, The residence should be
so arranged and built as TO give health,
comfort and plenty of convenience, and
pleasant and enjoyable TO the inhabit.
ants A good smolSe-housc Is very inn
portant A good cistern should be in
the yard, and good well near
the lot, for all purposes. The
barn should be built substantially.
and have plenty of convenience and
comfort, and plenty OF room for corn
and stock, and storage for all the hay
and fodder. A granary, cotton seed
house, hainess-house and wagon shed
should all be built with plenty of sheds
and weather breaks for all the stock. A
good chicken house should be built, in
order to raise all the fowls of every kind
that Would be profitable for home con-
SUMPTION and to sell as much Of the
same as is not needed at home, if there
be any,
To farm successfully, man should
have plenty Of good farming imple-
ments Of all kinds that is needed on the
farm; the stock on the farm should
consist of two good mules, sufi-
Gent to pull riding cultivator;
two good brood mares, which should,
II possible, raise colts every year,
which colts, of course, should be
disposed of to the best advantage, 30 as
not to have the pasture or farm over
stocked. would say mules, for general
farm use or for sale, can be raised on
the farm, These two mares should be
of as good quality as possible, for gen
eral family use. If the owner deems it
necessary to raise horse colts to replace
the stock on the farm, in case they need
replacing, raise them.
There should be four good mich cows.
If it is absolute necessary keeps bull.
Raise, if possible, four calves every year.
The farmer should dispose of his year
lings to the best advantage, at the
smost suitable time, for the greatest
profit. More of our beef consumed
at home, and less sent abroad, would
be advisable. ! would say that there
should be hogs raised, to make
plenty of meat and lard for home use,
and some to sell. Sell meat and lard
instead of buying, which is possible in
this country. Where hogs have to be
kept up most of the time, it would be
advisable to raise Berkshire, or some
other good stock Of hogs.
The one hundred acre farm should be
divided as follows for the different pur-
poses: Twenty acres for pasture. If
there is any timber land, take it for
pasture There should be good tank
of water in it, If it has good prairie
grass, let it stand: if not, set out Ber-
muda grass, which makes an excellent
pasture for all kinds of stock.
The pasture should be on one side Of
the residence and the farm on the
other. To make it handy, the
pasture fence should be connected
to the lots and yard fence.
Ten acres should be planted in
oats sowed and plowed in, and then
narrowed well. Sow the list of Feb
ruary Have the grain land fenced, so
it can be pastured when the grain is
taken off. Plant thirty acres in corn;
break the land well before planting;
have the rows three to three and half
feet apart When up, pillow and thin to
three and one-half feet in the drill, one
stalk in place. Corn should be plant
ed the last week in February, or the
first or second week in March. 1t de-
ponds on the weather and seasons about
planting anything. Plant in a flat
ridge or just above level Plow three
or four times with a cultivator. The
richer the land, the thicker the corn
the poorer the land, the thinner the
corn. There should be as much fodder
and tops saved as possible, without in
Jury to the corn As soon as the corr
will do to gather, it should be gathered
= and cribbcd. The corn land is now
ready for pasture.
There should be five acres planted il
g millet. Break the land twice; sow the
I seed, and harrow in well; it makes eX
y cellent feed for COWS and horses anC
: mules. Millet should be sowed in April
There should be twenty acres planted
q in cotton. The land should be wei
broken, in order that it may be cult
Il waited with ease and produce well
: Either fat-break early, or ridge will
r three burrows when the time comes t.
plant: ridge the land if it has been fiat
!, broken; if ridged, harrow down so al
r to work well. Plant from the 10th o
y April to the list of May, The rows, t.
s plow out WELL with acultivatOr, should
d be from three to three and one-hal
: feet apart. When well up, pillow will
n cultivator and hoe it once or twice
I thin it on good land eighteei
: to twenty-four inches apart il
d the drill; on poor land ten t.
: twelve inches apart; pillow it three t.
five times with cultivator, with fou
f plows one every time The size of tn
: plows should suit the work. After tn
IS first blowing sweeps are the best 10
d cotton. Don't pillow the cotton to-
l. deep pick the cotton as soon as open
h gin and sell just as soon as can be done
This is better than keeping it for bette
l. prices, which hardly ever come.
N Five acres should Big sowed in whea
,, the last of October or first of November
IS The land should be well broken. Soy
e the wheat and harrow it in well bot
= ways. Three acres should be plante
in sugar-cane, for molasses, and som
It for hog feed. The 10th of April is
a good time to plant it. 1t shoul
n be worked like cotton, only
n should be thicker in the drill
in rows three feet and haI
r apart. Plow it two or three times wit
If n cultivator. There should be half a
e acre in sweet potatoes, in rows thre
T. and half feet apart; plant in the dri