Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-04-27

pies can be found OF even create
in probably every county in tn
State. I asked Major Ryals, o
Chatham county, how much cottol
he thought he could make nnde
his system of truck farming, ant
his reply was, probably five bale
per acre."
Of the two acres set apart as
truck patch, one-half acre should
be devoted to a kitchen garden
from which a generous supply o:
wholesome vegetables including
small fruits with green corn fol
six months of the year, and a nice
cabbage every day for more thar
ton months of the year. Half ar
acre should be given to sweet po.
tatoes from which rs bushels cal
be easily gathered, it planted IN
Georgia yams, and double that
quantity if planted in some of the
more prolific but less desirable
varieties. The remaining acre
should be devoted to soiling and
sown in a succession of crops, such
as rye, barley, wheat, lucerne,
drilled corn, ETC., and if made very
rich will produce food sufficient to
supply the two horses and a cow
with one-half of their necessary
rations from May to November.
The cultivation of this crop will
require less than two-thirds of the
time of the two horses kept upon
the farm, and the farmer, if he
likes, can add five to ten acres in
an orchard, in which he can plant
peas and chufas for fattening his
own pork, and some to SELL. He
can have peas ready to turn his
hogs into by the first of August,
and have them till Christmas. He
need only have for his motto, "Do
nothing or do your best" and all
that l have portrayed can be easily
accomplished. A pair of good
mares can be used for cultivating
the farm and from each of these a
mule colt can be added to the
yearly revenue of the farm, which
at three years old will cost not ex-
ceeding $50 and will bring in the
market from $50 to $125.
The farmer should also keep
two or three good COWS; these will
supply his table with an abund-
Hnce or ueIICIUus5rr. < sirIu u71ugpUrs
with a surplus for market, and
always at good prices. Under the
system of farming here laid down
the soil will not only maintain its
productiveness, but supplemented
by such manure as the former will
be able to save, by judicious care
and diligence, will gradually i'm
prove in fertility and there will be
a consequent improvement in
crops. Such lands can now be
bought for $40 to s12 per acre, and
a cordial welcome awaits every
family of good moral character.
1 do not by any means contend
that this is the system best adapt
ed to the capacity and tastes of
every man. Some may prefer a
few acres In tobacco, or a portion
of this crop in broom corn or in
sugar cane for syrup making, i'll
lieu of part of the cotton crop.
Some others may prefer dairying
in some or all of its branches. TO
such I know of no section that
offers greater advantages. Red
clover, lucerne, timothy, red top
orchard and Texas blue grass, all
do remarkably we'll, and, with the
exception of timothy, I have them
all growing on my farm to-day.
This is the home of the Ber.
muda grass, which furnishes most
excellent grazing for seven months
in the year, and yields from two
to seven tons of excellent hay pc,
acre.
All of the small fruits do well
hero. Peaches, apricots, plums
apples, pears, grapes, figs, al.
flourish in this section, and I have
never known failure of the
scuppernoDggrape. Watermelon
can be raised in abundance dur
ing the whole summer, and canta
loupes for the first half of tht
summer. In fact all fruits d'
we'll except those especially in
digenous to tropical or yer.
northern climate. Where else viii
you find a section SO favored, will
land so cheap, with climate unsur
passed, with water as pure as tn
dews from heaven, with a peopl
l1 ,oooro,,c broya opd bocDit