Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-24

pioP. sASooeatS yCs9fsa crops, piougn
deep, harrow aud roll your lands.
Increase the fertility Of Che soil, supply
needed humus and improve its me-
ohanioal condition by growing lesu-
m'ninous minor plants everywhere they can
be sown or cultivated. Institute a
Systematic method of increasing the
coinpcst heap and cut down the
heavy bills for fertilizers. The le-
gume aud compost heap should be
the farmers bank with their assist
ance ne can at once commence TO
travel the inviting road to independ-
ence and wealth. Without them he
must continue to look for help only
from costly and oppressive sources.
Let the farmer work out his inde-
pendence without fear or trembling,
gradually abolishing the credit sys-
tenn from the future conduct of his
business. .s...s. +. .:..., .. ......
TOO MUCH COTTON SEED WON'T DO.
Mr.. j. w. St. John was called on,
and before it was known he was
reading letters "whooping up" some
brand of fertilizers. He gave some
information relative to the use of
drills, and read q letter from Prof.
Newman relative to the use of cotton
seed as fertilias., Col. Newman ad-
vising against the use of too much
cotton seed.
A letter was read from Mr.. I. r.
Self, of Lincolnton, N. O., giving
some excellent views on wheat rails
ing as applied to his section of the
country. He believed in planting
when TIE land was dry, between the
1st and 10th of October, and in pre-
pairing the soil between the 10Th of
July and 18th of August.
E. L. WERNER, OF ocoNEE.
Representative L. e. Werner, of
Oconee county, struck decidedly
responsive cord. He was called up
on and delighted the audience with
the sense and vigor of what he said.
lie was hog and hominy and flour
making farmer. If the farmers
raised what they ate there would be
no need for 30 many political meet.
ings. He wanted the whole State
to do what Oconee was doing, raise
plenty of wheat, and he believed
Oconee raised more wheat than any
other county. He had been raising
wheat for twenty years and knew its
benefits. He said that the first thing
in raising wheat was work. 1t could
not be raised by going to town or
having some one else do it. He did
not believe in too much ncw-fangled
machinery, but wanted to see the
wheat sown as of old, by hand. The
only reason he knew why wheat
could not be grown was that the far
mer who could not raise it was too
oternally lazy to make it. The far
mer who was afraid of cold weather
could not do anything with wheat.
He often had to go out and break
the ice from the top of the bucket
to get at"-his seed, and go out to
work when he would have rather re-
NAMED by the fire. If they would
work they would not have to eat
flour that had chalk and pea flour in
it, but could remain at home and eat
fine wheat biscuit, made up with lard
made at home and hams cured on
the plantation. That was what he
did, and others could do the same if
they were not afraid of work and
bruised arms and legs and shins.
He sowed his wheat in November.
lie cleared land thoroughly it was
very important to clean well. Cot
ton seed was the manure his plan
was to mix stable manure with cot
ton seed, mixing it up good and then
using 25 or 80 bushels of the mixture
to the acre. Pulverize the ground
we'll and 90 down at least two or
three inches. Red soil was the best
for wheat, but other would do.
In twenty years he had not bought
pound of flour for his place. Ac-
cording to his view it was cheaper to
make good flour at five dollars a bar
rel than to waste time and every
thing else and 60 to town and buy it
on credit at four dollars o barrel.
His flour, the best that could be
made, cost him three to three fifty q
barrel. IIe was long ago satisfied
that it was out of tn 3 question to
legslate living to the farmers r
for any one else. The only wav o
make a living is to work for it, and
it is time to stop thinking of people
logislating living for any one. Ho
always counted on making fifteen