The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08

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vine is then turned under with the rest
heavy two-horsc plows being used for
the purpose, the ground broken deeply.
so as to have good loose and deep soil
ally follows the pea Upon the ground
thus broken the crop of barnyard manure
saved on the place is scattered, and thea
plowcd in with shallow turn, the seed
grain afterwards put in with the drill
This process leaves the soil in good con.
diton for the corn crop of the coming
year.
This practicalagriculIu,ist tells me ono
thing about the pea which had hitherto
escaped my notice. He says that in its
growth it has no natural enemy, and that
it can be fully developed in any soil. 1t
IS subject to no disease known TO him,
nor is it attacked, as other plants are, in
its growing state by vcrmin. The oaly
drawback to its culture with him is in
wet seasons when the crabgrass struggles
with it for the ascendancy. If. however,
this annual ovcrComcs the growing pea
crop the grass has simply caught Il tartar
- and they both ride in the barn tngcth-
cr as the best of Cowfood in the dry win
ter forage.
Mr. Gwyn's enemies to the corn crop
are wet weather and Jim Grow. lie
doesn't try to control the clouds. but ha
fights the black-winScd thief with pois-
on. And if the rain fosters too much
crabgrass for the grain crop to thrive, the
barn again lcvics tribute OH the spread
ing grass, and the f,rmcr makes blessings
and riches out of The curse to the corn,
the grass being converted into the very
finest o! hay for his mules and horses,
Of which lie keeps only four. A yoke of
oxen came in for the extra heavy work
of the plantation. The enemy to the
is remedicd by KANT.
| asked Mr.. Gwyn if he had, out of the
abundance of his experience and obscrva.
| ton, any special suggestions to make for
| benefit of the farmer generally. Here
| arc some things he said:
Tell the farmers everywhere to pay
more attention to their farm-to real ag-
| ricultural interests and take less notice
| Of political frauds. Don't make the farm
simply staying place for the owner at
night but let it b. converted into home,
comfort happiness. prosperity. Each
farmer ought to try, by all fair means, to
nc!e the fertility of at least one or
more Of his fields each and every year,
until all the place is brought up to the
highest possible state of prOductivcnesS.
Don't scatter too much in unpromising
places neither i'll energy, money or fer
tiliZcrs; concentrate is the word-until
you can afford to scatter generously
Some people call it intensivencss in
farming. 1t is simply common sense.
Good judgement d. should dictate that
tho farm The Armours, o1CnIcNso, w.
| tnc i"i -. ,>.,.;n.cs sir>nlV DN
Lccf-cycn to the blood and the hoofs
In increasing the fertility of soil, the IN
turc cxpcrsc in cultivation is always les
scncd. while the product is enlarged. A
nlow runs better and easier i'll soil orig
inalIy deeply broken and made mellow
bv meas or other good vegetable manur
mo than if poor and half broken ut the
start; and deep soils are always the Des
nrotcction from drouth or excessive
rains. No man should think Of maxim!
a success in farming until he has goo'
soil TO work in: If the farm is naturall
= thin. it can be brought up to produ'
, tive condition by proper cultivation, Ill
= less the substratum il sandy spohs
y that obsorbs the food element from ever
: thing put above it.
9 Mr.. Gwyn is a Jealous allianccman. /;
It though he has recently felt called np'
@ to publicly oppose some OF the eN'rci
l. measures of Zcalots in the alliance part
~ lie SAYS that the alliance was original
a intended TO benefit the agricultural int
* csts of the country by making simply
co brotherhood among farmers without Il
ot ultimate interference in professional pc
,r tics but that designing and unwor'
0f men have prosttutcd the ASSOCIATION
90 different ends lie says that rs long
co the democratic party continues TO cVil
,rc its sympathy and gives its labors Tor
,os farmer, he expects TO stick TO 'thc
nj shin" hc don't like the idea OF gct'i
m into little boats that have never b,
lie tried in bad weather. He takes
, q Iincoln's advice, not to swap horses
bc the middle of the stream.
To Mr.. Gwyn and h'S wife are mcmbcr'
,c the Methodist church. They have
, living children. He is about liity
wears old, and he had some cNpcricnc
a private soldier in the confederate ar
csncciallv in the first battle of ManaS
ore He has the knack of managing men,
icE- especially of getting good work o,
ana "handsp lie goes with them. ana
H. can't do anything IN the labor ne III
has the labor of others interesting to u
Civ selves; but he wants his men to kc'
the work while he tells the big ste
ow- He works chiefly with the hirrlin@
that system, ignoring somewhat the tc
the system lie loves to have his farmih
If done under his own eye, and tho
the knows it is well done. He has the
ther tation of paying libcrally for the
they that he obtains from his hired men.
zinc, pcoplc here criticisc him as bein
low democratic and too liberal i'll somc I'll
Iorsc He gets all the white labor he wal
ndcr $40 pcr month, this including the
linp's board. He now raises al! his
Il the ilv supplies. and has an abunda'
cc in sell to the man who comes to buy
could If there are blessings or honorS ior
'rom who make two blades of grass grow
ction only one grew before, this man,
" the success. certainly deserves the h
'ulity needs; and have given his expe
ndant MS an instance of man who has II
dis on snug fortune in farming without p
Let us himself to the strain of produci'
in the annual crops for the worlds mi
facts lie has done it Ivy being up earl