Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
fARMERANDP PLANTER.
SOME FARM MAXLMS.
Tbev Are Not Entirely New but
They Apply Nov Just as They
Did Twenty Years Ago.

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The following maxims are repro
duced from DiXon'B System OF earning
as published in 1884. They wilt stand
reading and should be preserved for
reference.
/. The three great essentials are:
First, the theory (truo PLAN OF farm
ing, .econd, theory of controlling Ia
Dor. and executing all work to the best
advantage with least labor; third, Cast
and beatl success depends on quick
perception, wise Judgment. that seldom
or never errs. How is this to be ac-
CURED except by the use of books In
conjunction with practice.
2. All vegetable matter placed ON
your fields. will, in due time, turn TO
cotton and corn.
3. Land must be well broken before
planting. Commence in time to do 1t;
but the later donc--in this latitude
the better for the land.
A. There is only so much corn and
cotton in any manure, and the sooner
you get it the better.
s. Plough deep, cultivate shallow,
and you will have no trouble in grow
ing crops.
G. Slbsoil one-fourth your land every
year.
7. That land pays best with guano,
that pays best without it, And this is
on soil that has plenty of vegetable
matter in it.
8. Drain wet lands. Terrace hill
sides: then deepen your soil to the full
extent of your ability.
8. | consider preparation half. and
the best half of making a crop.
10. The planter should follow the
laws that govern the universe, and
only when he does can he reach the
highest efficiency.
II. The planter should mix his own
manures, and save the profit of manip-
ulating.
70. The more vegetable matter You
bave on your land the more nitrogen
you can command.
10. The more nitrogen you store
away in your land, the more you can
obtain from the atmosphere.
IA. To be successful in agriculture,
you must know where all the ele-
ments of plants are, and how TO con-
troll them.
Is. One inch of clay each year over a
good soil, viii do 10 harm in any land.
l6. II requires til tho lst of May to
break your land right, and this is time
enough to finish.
II. Fill your soil with humus, to
stick the sand together and TO darken
it. This will prevent its rejecting the
heat. and will cause it 10 receive 1t
gradually and TO part with it the same
way,
IS. With clay lands, do the same
thing. to make it ploughable at all
times.
10. 1t is better to plant late than not
at all, or in half-prepared land,
90. in 1868, / planted a t~wenty-acre
lot. finishing the fifth day of May; used
500 pounds If my compound per acre.
1t made 80 bales, The lint paid a di-
vidend on one thousand dollars per
acre, after paying all expenses; and
the land was in much better condition
for another crop. Including the sale
for seed, 1t paid a dividend on four
thousand dollars per acre.
81. Vegetable mould should be kept
up to the same standard as appears in
virgin soil,
22. Rust is nothing but poverty
caused by land being depleted of vege-
table matter,
%. Make Just the amount of cotton
wanted at paying prices; keep out of
debt; be the creditor; make your
supplies at home; then and only then,
will you have power.
"a. Large cars of 0 are more east
ly gathered than small ones; the same
is true of perfect bolls of cotton.
%. Compost manure should be spread
on the ground, and applied Immediate
ly, so that the decomposition shall take
place exactly when it is wanted.
&c. From every source, let as much
atmosphere into the land as possible.
81. There is no such thing as failure,
when mar does his duty in the %cultiva-
ton.
2S. Save a portion of your income ev-
cry year, and buy everything for cash.
80. Make all supplies at home, that
can be made.
80. Teach your laborers how to work;
how to do it with ease and efficiency;
and to do better and better work ev-
cry day.
81, An over estimate of the impor-
lance Of deep and thorough breaking
of the lands for cultivated crops can
not be made.
80. The four great cardinal points in
Dicksop's system of farming are. Deep
preparation, thorough manuring, sur
face culture and rotation Of crops. You
want to stir the whole surface between
the stalks Of cotton orcorn; pulverizing
every clod and leaving a dust blanket
to hold the moisture for the plants,
instead of allowing it to waste upon
the air. We have seen many who
have tried the dust-blanket, and every
one was highly pleased with the re-