The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-04
FALL pLOUGHING.
q Practical farmers Advice Good
to Farmers.

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wheat last year and tho fields either
sown down in oowpeas or sorghum after
the small grain crops had boon harvest.
cd or tho land loft to produce crop Of
crab grass hay. Thoso folds have Civ
on o asplondid harvest of hay, tho nov
ors and rakes hayo boon busily employ
cd during the past thirty days and
Georgia farmers will have moro hay and
ard coarse forage to food thoir cattle
and stock during tho coming winter
than for many, many years. This is
ono OF the most gratifying signs Of the
times, and points unerringly to a day
IN tho not distant future whom our poo
pie will ell bo back to their own corn
cribs and Bmokoh0usos. Whom that
day breaks forth in universal roaljz,.
tion Of the appreciation of our rosouroos
the south will DO literally land Of
milk and honey, Independence, pros
pority, peace and happinose. Tho lands.
both hay and stubblo fold, will soon bo
in readiness for the fall plowing, and
it is we'll at this timo to disousg tho
Importance Of thorough breaking.
DEEP pLoUauINd.
Nearly all Of our lands hayo undorly.
ing the top soil a strata Of subsoil which
for q fow inohos ia dopth i, hard, and
has boen fittingly termed tho ''hard
pan" resting botwcon tho upper layer
q Garth and tho softer Garth, which is
sound at depth of from IL to l 4 noh,
90 from the top. TO broak through
this hMd pan is what we oall, subsoiI
ing, and tho efforts and energies Of
overy farmer should be directed toward
loosening up this hard pan in every fold
possible on his farm during tho next
tbreo months. In tho fall Of the year,
before this subBoil booomos vet with
wintor rains, is tho proper timo for
deep plowing, and tho deeper tho bot
tor. 1t makes no difference if tho land
clods, thoy will all be thawed by wintor
rains and freezes before a spring plant
ing time comes around tho following
Year. 1t is not so much question Of
ieop turning sp doop breaking. nave
always doubted tho wiodom Of turn
ing land deeper than or 6 inohos, and
yot it is just about at that depth wo
striko tho hard pan Of tho clay aubsoil,
My plan has always been to turn few
inches SO as to oovor tho stubble and
follow in tho same furrow with long.
narrow subsoiling scooter, forcing It
downward ss doop as the plow will por-
nit and tho mules can oasily pull If
We can got the soil broken to dopth
Of ton to twolve inohos in this way that
old hard pan or solid compact layer
uhy0h Ia on horp,f,,l *
crops is cotton out Of tho way and is
utilized to q good purpose. Land brok-
on deep in the fall retains tho wintor
rains, and through such q source re-
ceives fertilizing ingredients which arc
seen in rapidly growing crops tho fol.
lowing year- If by doe p breaking tho
winter rains are held in tho soil the
tho growing crops tho following
year can all the better stand poriod
of drouth. Deep plowipg breaks up
the hardneHs Of the soil, renders it
easy to pulvorizo with the harrow, rains
and freezes and tho natural clements Of
plant food contained in such soils bc.
como available 10 the growing plant.
TIME NEAR AT HAND.
u The cotton crop is short in many sec.
ti0ns, Ii opening rapidly and viii DO
quickly gathered. There will be but
ltttle or no top crop in most sections;
heIo 90, farmers will havo ample time
during October and November to keep
their plows going, A man with four
mules can keep tho turn plow in front
and the subsoiier just behind. Where
q farmer has only two mules he oan
turn with a Boy Dixie and follow in
that furrow with q single subsoilor It
makoD no difference whether any spo-
cial plan can be adopted or not, tho
main idea i8 to break the soil as deeply
as possible. No man can farm success
fully without good pair Of mules or
horses ., it makes no ditferonoo who,hor
he expects to cultivate only thirty aoros
or not. In the whole state Of Texas,
during my re cont visit out thoro, did
not find, nor could | hear. Of single
ono horse farmer in tho State. We
need good stock on the farm, deop plow
ing, thorough cultivation, fower acres
to the plow and hoavior yields por aoro
at leaBt coat Of labor.
HARVIE. JORDAN
in Atlanta Journal.