Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-06-17

were not there. Dehitin~ the
corn with this ploughing, which
would be correct, the cotton costs
that much less to produce. Then,
10y com bining the two crops, the
WELD of corn is doubled. Bv this
system farmer would always
have corn to sell or to dispose Of
In some other way, such as iced
ing more hogs, cattle, poultry,
etc, and while doubling his
yield of corn and increasing his
production Of cotton he can cul-
tivate more land and at less cost
than by the old system in which
the crops of corn and cotton are
planted In separate fields. All
being together, the working of
the corn is not neglected in
rainy seasons in order to get the
grass killed in the cotton field.
said that farmer planting By
my system wall always have a
surplus Of corn to sell or to feed
to cattle, h'gs or poultry, and
when a majority of the farmers
Of South Carolina get in the way
Of feeding large quantities of
corn to cattle and hogs and poul-
try, and selling some to tho mer-
chants, the railroads will cease
to haul mildewed Western corn,
rancid butter and soft meat
into the State to be retailed at
double the price that il will cost
our own people to put these com
modities on the market.
AS soon as the farmer begins
to feed and fatten hogs and cattle
the land about his homestead be.
gins 70 improve permanently no
matter how poor q sand hill he
may have chosen 10 build on. In
the far East the COW is regarded
as sacred animal, and she
ought to be so considered here,
for intelligently managed she is
an uumlXed blessing. Any far
mer, no matter how poor his land
may be, with this system Of farm
ing can In few years become
independent and self-supporting.
1t IS fixed fact that no farmer
fails to prosper and progress who
ha bitualiy sells corn or corn
products, such as bacon, pork,
butter, beef, etc. On each side
OF every corn row cowpess should
be planted, and fertliized with
phosphate, the cheapest fertilizer
In the market, but the best for
peas, then the next year when
the cotton is planted where the
corn grew the preceding year
there need be no expenditure of
money for nitrogen, which cotton
must have, and which is expen-
slve for the pea roots store up
nitrogen sufficient for any sue
ceeding crop wherever they grow
luXurIantly. Velvet beans are
better than peas, however, for
sandy land, because they yield
so enormously Of humus if prop
erly fortified, and seed grown in
this latitude used for planting.
The Florida grown seed will not
mature here in time. The first
velvet beans that | planted were
disappointing, but / planted the
few seed that matured, and the
following season found that my
beans matured plenteOusly before
frost, as MIR. Warn, the Florida
planter, told me would happen.
This year | have about half my
crop with velvet beans climbing
the corn stalks, while the other
half has the running cuwpeas on
rows. This system of
farming would in five years
time, if generally adopted. so
build up the State as to cause
those who see it now 70 wonder
then. IT would make true for
the sand hill of South Carolina
what the poet in prophetic ken
saw for the quilted, red clay hill
Of Georgia
"old hill old hill; thou gnshcd and hairy
Lear