The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
THOUGHTS FOR FARME Rs,
Good Advice for the Men Who Make
the Crops.

Good Advice for the Men Who Make
the Crops.
The following We clip from the
Greenvilie Mountaineer.
THE CHURN.
Every man ought to know a little
about everything that concerns him
and a great deal about few things.
Our strong point is churns. We speak
Of churns for the family and not for
dairies and large creamerieS. The
Old style dash churn, whether made of
wood or clay, turns out excellent but
ter and butter milk. That is the
best cheap churn. But better than
that is the revolving and swinging
churns. There is no dash and no
machinery about them. They may
be little slower than the dash churn.
They are dust and fly proof. OF the
revolving churnS the barrel shape is
perhaps better than the cubical, for
it is stronger and not liable to warp.
About this time Of the year the ven
ders Of patent churns will start out.
Do not listen to them. Go to your
hardware store for churnS anc not to
travelling agents. Last year a large,
good looking man by the name OF
Foot came here with sample churn,
warranted to make butter in three
minutes from fresh milk, cream or
sour milk. He was not anxious to
sell churns, but wanted to sell coun-
ty rights. He was placed in York
jail a few days ago for fraud. There
is firm in Spartanburg that is out
s25 to the same Foote. There is,
perhaps, a man in GreenVille who has
suffered in the same way if be would
admit it. The swing churn is also a
good one, simple, easily managed and
strong. Let these fine travelling
agents alone. Buy no county or State
rights for anything.
CULTIVATE CROPS EARLY.
Farmers cannot begin the cultiVa-
tion of their corn and cotton too early.
Weeds and grass are going to come up
with cotton, or few days ahead of it.
The best and most effective working
may be given with harrow or weed
er and before the seeds are up. Then
missionaries are needed all over the
land to impress farmers with the idea
thai keeping crops clean is not the
only object in working them. Killing
ass is mere incident. If there
WIS not a grass seed in q field the
cultivation would be necessary. By
stirring the top soil air and sunlight
get into it and evaporation is cut of.
The moisture below, instead Of escap-
ing in the air, goes to the roots Of the
plants and keeps the plant food in
soluble form. Let no one get it into
bis head that be will work his crop a
certain number of times and no more.
After every rain it would be well to
run over the land and break the crust.
Of course, if the showers fall several
days in succession, that cannot be
done. These expanding harrows or
cultivatorS are excellent on smooth
land. One may clean a corn or COT
ton row at cne run. By running close
to one side this week and then close
to the other the next it will keep the
top soil broken all the time. Never
plow corn deep after it begins to send
out the lateral roots across the rows.
The shallower the better. Begin in
time, work often, keep at it. Never
let hard crust form in the middles.
TIE CROW SEASON.
At this time of the year thought
less farmer will lose day or Two
hunting and destroying crows nest.
He will also fret and fume because a
few crows light in his corn field early
in the morning and destroy a pint or
two of grubs and worms. The crow
has bad name, not on account Of the
com pany be keeps, for he is very aris-
tocratic and quite particular about
his associates. 1t may be his color
that has brought him into disrepute
amongst farmers, for it is certainly
not the harm he does. The fact is
the crow is very much like his enemy,
man. he has an idea that the farm
er ought to'strike balance sheet and
place his good deeds over on the credit
side against his wrong doing. The ac-
count would stand about this way:
On the credit side would be thousands
OF bugs. worms and injurious insects
destroyed. On the other side would
Fbe only a few hills Of corn pulled up
and few watermelonS pecked Spare
the crows. They do more good than
harm. Cut worms, bud worms and
other insects destroy fifty times as
much corn as the crows do.
ADVICE TO YOUNG FARMERS.
There are hundreds of young farm
ers in the State. They begin their
work with high hopes and much en-
thusiasm. That is right. II not
thus inspired, it would be better for
them to give up farming and hire out
by the day. In the first place, if
debts have to be made for land, stock
OF supplies, be sure to meet the pay
ment. If before pay day comes you
see that you will not be ready, see
your creditor, make plain statement
to him and ha7ea fair understanding.
Make a friend out Of the man you
owe. Do not try to farm with poor
weak stock and worthless implements.
As you purchase plows, harness and
the like get the BEST Get those that
will last. Do not buy according to de-
scription and advertisements. If you
need some special implement that you
have never tried and any Of your
neighbors are using it, take day and
go and see it at work. If you find
that it has been lying in the fence
corner OF under q shelter without be-
ing used--let it alone. Beware of
men with patent labor saving imple-
ments. The hardWa7e merchant can
supply your wants. Get in the habit
of keeping tools and harness in their