The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-24

T. Il man WoUld GtarVe any member
of MS family it would be called cruel
murder in tie first degree. and lie
would be punished accordingly. II he
starved lis COWS or horses. when lie
had. or could get, feed 20 feed them,
he would be considered Il very cruel
nan. not fit to live in IN intelligent
neichhorhood, and in some States
would be punished for cruelty. as he
ou@ht to be. But what is said about
the farmer that starves. his farm? II
he pays his debts. is sociable and ob'iG-
ing. and belongs to some church. he IS
a good neghbor-a real nice gentle
man. the people would say.
Is it less of an evil to starve farm
that would feed many horses than 10
starvc a horse? 4 wise Creator did not
give us our horses to starve; neither
did He give us the land to starve it
What would be thought Of young
man that received or bought lot OF
fine COWS that gave good quantity OF
rich milk and raised fine calves. If he
would gradually starve them. and thus
stop his income so he had to seek some
other labor to support his family:
Surely he woulC be considered not
cnly cruel but very unwise-not tit 10
handle live stock. But in many parts
of the South. as we look around, we
see hundreds of farms that are grad
ually starved by so-called farmers. Are
such men that Starve their farms,
farmers? Are they worthy of that
name? Surely they are not true farm
crs and are as unwise N relation 10
supSort their family rs the young man
who starved his fine herd of cattle.
Whenever q farm does not produce
as good crops as it Gid years before,
that farm is on the first steps to star
vation. and when it produces only one
half as much, when well titled. it IS
half starved. And the so-called farm
er gets only half the worth C) OF his
labor: the same as the man who WORKS
a half-starved team that can do only
a half days work in one day.
A farm under good management VIII
get better each year it is farmed, the
soil producing more per acre and or
more salable quality, just as on live
stock farm under the proper manage
ment; the live stock will increase in
weight, number and value per head.
Now. in order to make the farm pro-
duce more each year, the farmer or
tiller of the soil must feed the soil as
well as crop it. He must put some
thing on the land as we'll as take OH.
He must feed the most of the grain and
hay or fodder produced on the farm,
or their equal in material, to live stock
Oh the farm; make and save all the ma
nure possible by keeping the live stock
where the manure can be saved care
fully, and return the manure to the
land before it is leached by rain.
Millions Of dollars worth Of manure is
wasted every year in the South.
Besides making and saving the ma
nure, there must be regular rotation
of crops every three or four years; the
same crop should not be raised on the
same piece of ground two or more
years in succession. Raise clover, COW
peas, soy beans or other legumous
crops between the crops Of corn. cot
ton, wheat, etc. Plow, harrow and cul-
tivate the land well. Let none of the
soil wash away. And the farm will
yield more and more, and the farmer
get more for the same amount of Ia
BORA. J. Umholtz, OF Turn, Ark.