Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-01-29
SAGE OF RAAisAY's CltJsEYi
Writes Concerning Benefit c::1iptta,-
sive Farming Mehtois.
Ramsay's Creek, Jan, 81.

| Editof hep"ee Courier:
1t has been a long time sihGe 1
Rave tried to write an article for me
dear old Courier, so here goes tor
one that may be Of interest to some
OF your many readers.
Taxes have scared to new high
levels; land has also enhanced in
selling price more than 40 per cent,
some places 100 per cent, in the last
decade, without, as general thiup;,
heing as valuable as it used to e
In producing power. 1t has at last
dawned upon many people that a
man, or family, does not any onNer
reed one-half the world for farm
end the other half for a pastuEe.
What Il person can use is III, that
is worth anything to him. Because
cf labor shortage and other cut Ges
e big farm cannot be kept toge iler
properly.
| In starting out to write this arti ,lr
1t was my intention to advocate the
building up Of one acre Of land .hat
would produce 100 bushels of CON
per acre. ! can count up more than
| fifty reasons why nearly every farmer
IN Oconee county should improve At
least one acre sufficiently to give
such Il yield, but for the sake It
brevity will mention only q few:
/. Crops on such land are not SO
az DI,i1 n ,nI
2. They will not parch so haa'y
in case Of drought
3. Soil is always loose and ea= y
cultivated.
4. Shoe leather is not worn out
IT. cultivating and gathering irt.N
ten or twelve acres that which migHl
as we'll be grown on one acre
;. A crop Of corn from such iara
is heavier and sounder, being Voc
from 10 to 25 per cent more the,
thaffy "nubbins" from poor Land.
&. If poor land, making six 20
eight bushels, will pay the ahor..
IS day, the hundred bushcl acr.'
will pay him from $40 to SD -.
day.
Insofar as the advantage 10 tn@
owner is concerned the rich ar,
las the poor one "skint" a hundr,.i
times on every side and from eve
viewpoint. The owner could Swa.
ii off any day in the week for tNa
or three hundred dollars, while uu
loor acre would go a-begging at tru
or fifteen dollars.
Location and Preparation.
~ GoinB about 90 make th .
! aero, location is OF N,sj impmtal6S.
Creek o. branch bottom lnNd. Or low
'Wud@'ntng H"liowH aud valleys,
where moisture is abundant, rs Worry
Desirable. Land partly or entirely
surrounded by hills has better pro
lection than wiTd-swept loo ions.
So. til" ground finally decided ,pon.
we are ready TO go to work
All compost available shoHir he
hroadcastcd on poor spots and nUGuH.
Then all oak laves, pine needles.
woods mold, straw, chip pile litior
and trash should be hauled in we
plant early Catter part of MarcU So
as to lay by" early (June l5thl SO
that cover crop (peas) sown at last
cultivation can have time to max" a
good crop. too, before frost
We don't want too much r,ilizer
under corn Cir any at plantinG ''uc.
but half Il ton or more broaNi ed
at laying by is fine for cove rrCD
and to put ears on the corn alSu We
use 1-2 mixture. 16 per ce rid
| and I per cent meal. At gailrriuH
time tOctober) Il rye or clover rl0p
Or. better still, mixture & 10th
are winter crops that help ,u,.,rd
bigger yields and better land the
following season.
BY following these simple ma,h-
ods, that one acre. in a few yaaya
depending much on it's present con
dition) will be in shape to giyc yog
the hoped-for l00-bushel yie'a
Remember that blowing do. no.,
i'"ho ieii" ii|h' oHe plo"n'E ia
spring) and three or four lighi nl
tivatiOns are amply sufficienr .0r f.
year. Yours truly has follow AZ
methods as set forth in this #'.5.lc
for the three years just past 12ic
yield has been more than d0ugln,
every year. Am wanting the 700.
hushel yield in this year of grace
1919.
The soil. like its great Crea tor. i.
inliniInlN nnnl md Mill nl ,I.n