The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-24
"OLD TIMER" WRITES.
An Interesting Discussion Of Crops
and Farming Methods.

Wanderers Rest, Aug. l9.-"All
is well that ends we'll" AS predicted
last spring, good crops are or soon
will be made, nature is smiling, and
as the old farmer mops his brow on
his shirt sleeve, hangs his hat on the
rack, brings a long drawn, "shee,
hoo; how hot" he is not complain
ing but feels elated at the prospect
and another pin is driven to hold the
hard earned knowledge gained, and
that is that deep preparation, liberal
fertilization, and shallow cultivation
pays. In all the fields looked over
from here to South Georgia the fields
all tell the same tale; tickle me with
good treatment and I will tickle you
with good crops. Certainly this is
a corn country. To see the many
fields laden with the king of grasses,
that up to the last days in June SEEM
ed lost, all go to show how our soil
and climate suit it.
Only the very early planted and
the prize acres suffered loss. These
were too far gone to make crop,
but the grass is up and growing with
the peas and by October crop as
valuable as the corn will be ready for
the mower gathering. Corn stalks,
pease, and grass gives variety of
feed that horses, mules, or cattle
will do well on.
Then the oat crops was good. One
square acre was cut and thrashed
and II bushels was the result, and
all was smiles, but surprise was in
store, an agreeable one at that. Only
yesterday the hay press was put to
work baling the bright clean straw,
and under this straw four mole bags
oats with five and one-ha1f bushels
more oats not measured was discov-
cred and S21s bushels was the yield
from one acre that one neighbor
said he would not have given 25
cents for the acre year before.
One thousand pounds cotton seed
meal, acid phosphate and muriate
potash was used, and the above was
the result.
Now, boys, don't think the
old farmer is Dragging; not much,
for the old fellow is doing all in his
power to better his home neighbor-
hood and State by using all the help
he gets by travel, observation, agricul-
tural journals, and last, but not least,
from Prof. J. N. Harper, director Of
Clemson college experiment station.
Do likewise, boys, and you won't re-
gret it, even if you are laughed at,
remembering that he that laughs
last laughs best.
Last spring many were the critics
who condemned the deep breaking
of the fields, two-horse plow farmers
condemned, but here is an old one
who will use three instead of two,
for it pays, and that is what we farm
for, and some day these same ones
will have to do likewise or be left
by the boys who take advice and do
things, for they now, many of them,
are leaving the old rut fellows in the
shade; and remember that all is not
success, but effort will succeed in
the end.
Now the peanuts are growing, the
pigs waiting for them, and soon
boiled pinders and roast pork will
be the rule. Then Xmas. But the
word pig brings recollection.
A certain old man is fond of pets
and flowers. AS there are no chill
dren to pet, his fancy turned to pigs,
and with care and a little kindness
he soon had a pair of pure Essex to
root his feet, grunt, then lay down
to be scratched. The older one, a
perfect picture, none prettier, the
special pride of his eye, and much
speculation INDUCED in as to the
pretty herd of hogs to soon be his.
Now his better half took up a brood
of very young chickens, the mother
hen taking them to where the pigs
were; now helpless chicks were too
much for that beautiful pig and as
Eve was by the apple, she took one
as a sweet morsel, was caught by the
madam, turned out among other
pigs, all strangers to her, who ran
and tormented her in. the heat OF an
August sun, and when the farmer
came from his fields saw her lying
prone under the shade of a persim-
mon tree. Wondering why she was
there he called-no friendly grunt
to greet him. Then he went to her
and 10! she was dead; overheated,
and there under the shade Of that
tree a grave was dug and there that