The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
FALL PLOU9EING,
a Practical Farmers Advice Good
to Farmers.

There was large acreage planted in
wheat last year and tie fields either
soWn down in covpeas or sorghum after
the small grain crops had been harvest
ed or the lard left to produce crop Ct
crab grass bsy. These fields hsve Civ
eD ssplendii harvest Of hay, the now
ers and rakes have been bgsi}y employ
ed duriog the past thirty days aad
Georg;s farmers will have more hay and
al d cosr5e forage to feed their cattle
ard stock during the coming vi2ter
than for mary, many years. This ;s
ose Of The m ,st gratifying signs Of the
times, and points uue71ing,y to day
in the act distant future wien eur geo-
pie vii. all be b>ck to their oan ezra
criis snd snokehcuses. When that
day breaks forth in universal real;z,-
ton Of The appreciation Of our esoUrces
tho solsh will be literally land Of
milk sad honey, iIdeperds1c3, prog
peIity, peace aad happiness. The laa5s:
both hay and stubble field, vii, soon be
in readiness for TIE fall ploWing, SID
it is we'll at this time to discuss the
Importance Of thorough breaking.
DEEP pLoUGHING.
Nearly all Of our ls1ds have underly.
irg the top soil strata Of subso,l which
for few inches ia depth il hard. and
has been fttingly tern.d the ''hsrd
pan" resting between the upper layer
6 f Garth and the softer earth, which is
sound at depth Of from 12 to l 4 nch-
es from The top. To break through
This had pan is what We cali, su3scil,
ing, and the efforts and energies of
every farmer should be directed toward
loosening up this hard pan in every field
possible on his farm during tie next
Three months. In the fail Of the yesr,
before this subsoil beet mas vet with
winter rains, is the propsr time for
deep ploHiag, and the deeper the bet
ter. It makes no difference # the land
clods, they will ali be tha#ed By winter
rains and freezes before spring plant
ing time comes around the following
year. 1t is not SO much question of
deep turning as deep breaking. have
always doubted the wisdom Of turn
irg lard deeper than 5 CT 6 inches, and
yet it is just about at that depth We
strike the hsrd pan Of the clsy subsoil.
My plan has always been to turn few
inches so as to cover the stubble and
follow in the same furroR with long,
narrow suhsoiling scooter, forcing it
downward as deep as the ploW will per-
NIT and the mules can easily pull. If
We can get the soil broken to depth
Of ten to twelve inches in this way that
old hard pan or solid compact layer
which is 30 harmful to all growing
crops is gotten out Of the way and is
utilized to a good purpose: Land brok-
en- deep in the fall retains the winter
rains, and through such source re-
ceives fertilizing Ingredients which are
seen in rapidly growing crops the fol-
lowing year. If by detp breaking the
winter rains are held in the soil the
the growing crops the following
year can all the better stand period
Of drouth. Deep ploWiDg breaks up
the hardness Of the soil, renders it
easy to pulverize with tie harrow, raiDs
and freezes and the natural elemeI.s ct
plant food contained in such coils be
come available 10 the growing plant.
TIME NEAR AT HAND.
The cotton crop is short in many sec
tions, is opening rapidly and will be
quickly gathered. There will be but
little or no top crop in most sections;
he1cs, farmers will have ample time
during October and November to keep
their ploWs going. A man with four
mules can keep the turn ploW in font
and the subsoiler just behlnd.-Where
farmer has only two mules he can
turn with a Boy Dixie snd follow IN
that furroW with single subsoiler. It
makes no d;fsrence whether any spe-
cial plan can be adopted or not, the
main idea is to break the Eoil as deeply
as possible. No man can fArm success
fully without a good pair Of mules OF
horses, it makes 70 difference whether
he expects to cultivate only thirty acres
or not. In the whole state Of Texas,
during my recent visit out there, did
not find, nor could l hear. Of single
one hcrse farmer in the State. We
need good stock on the farm, &C eep ploH
ing, thorough cultivation, fewer aores
to the plow snd heavier yields per acre
at least cost Of labor.
HARNIE JORDAN
in Atlanta Journal.