Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-09-12

grown from fall sowing at least three
years; at which this seed may be
considered as having the established
habit of winter growing.
We would also give the preference
to seed already grown by the open
trench system over that seed grown
from broadcast sowing, though we
have no positive proof that the open
trench grown seed are the safest.
We caution all new beginners
about securing first. class, pure, clean
seed. Most any up-to-date farmer
would tell you that seed oats or
wheat planted with cheat, cookie or
smutty stuff would not only fill your
lands with these foul seeds, but they
reduce the yield to an extent that
would make it profitable to pay five
or more prices for pure seed than to
take foul seed at no cost.
We are now preparing to NOW
down crop of about two tons of
pea vine to the acre on land that
was abandoned three years back by
an improvident renter that failed to
get more than fiye bushels Of corn OF
$50 pounds of seed cotton to the
acre.
Deep ploughing, cow peas and
from $50 to 200 pounds of aeid phos-
phate to the acre on each crop is all
the secret there is in this.
This simple application of a little
common horse sense, good deal of
horse sweat in e cooperative way,
with nature, has made this land that
was barren bloom again with profit
able crops that average over thirty
bushels of oats and from one to two
tons of pea hay to the acre all in one
year. This land next year would
grow good, profitable crop of corn
without any fertilizer, or with the
application oi about $50 pounds of
acid phosphate we believe it easy to
grow 1000 pounds of seed cotton to
the acre.
After good crop of peas we don't
need to add any more nitrogenous
manure. Ordinarily we have plenty
of this costly fertilizing ingredient
stored in the soil by the cow pea
crop.
Raising Stock Or Raising Little Negroes.
On one side of the creek we can
show you large farm that was once
considered one of the finest farms in
the country, but for the last 18 years
IL has been run in cotton and Mig
gers, until large part of the once
fertile soil is now in the lower places
and in the streams, until these small
streams are all filled with the wash
ings from the lands above. These
once rich bottom lands on the filed
up streams are worthless now for
crops. This whole farm now has a
skinned, desolate and barren look
about it. Stock raising here, except
ing little niggers, is at it's lowest ebb.
Not far away from the above farm
is a farm that is farmed like the man
who was after taking care of himself
and his lands, too. On every side,
on the hills as we'll as on the low
lands, he has fine crops of grain and
grass and pastures, roaming with
COWS and calves, hogs and pigs,
mares and colts and poultry. The
gaulded and naked places are nearly
all covered over with grasses. The
lowing of the COWS and calves, the
squealing of the pigs, the neighing
of romping colts and cackling of the
hens, all chime in one grand chorus
of farm music that makes the heart
of the true farmer leap with Joy and
his city cousin wants to swap places
with him.
Compare these two farms pro-
ducts. One is covered over almost
with grass and live stock and the
land and the man are growing richer.
The cotton plantation is growing
poorer while this man is raising little
niggers.
Take your choice. AS for our
part we can manage the stock better
than we can the little niggers, who
generally go away to town or other