THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



263 



For the Southern Planter. 

 PLANS OF A BEGINNER. 



Mr. Editor,— Expecting shortly to commence farming, and having no experience. I would 

 beg leave to communicate my plan, respectfully asking of your subscribers to suggest to 

 me such amendments or alterations as may be deemed proper by them. I have but a small 

 quantity of land, none of it rich, though all is susceptible of improvement. I intend to divide 

 my high land into five equal fields, each containing between twenty-five and thirty acres — 

 giving to each field some name or number, whereby my operations may be the more plainly 

 set out in my farm book. 



1st year, 

 2d year, 

 3d year, 

 4th year, 

 5th yea% 



Lot A. 



Wheat & clover. 



Clover. 



Corn. 



Oats and clover. 

 Clover. 



Lot B. 



Rest.* 



Wheat & clover. 



Clover. 



Corn. 



Oats and clover. 



Lot C. 



Oats and clover. 

 Clover. 



Wheat & clover. 



Clover. 



Corn. 



Lot D. 

 Corn. 



Oats and clover. 

 Clover. 



Wheat &clover. 

 Clover. 



Lot E. 



Rest. 

 Corn. 



Oats and clover. 

 Clover. 



Wheat & clover. 



When I turn in clover I shall, if I can raise the money, lime the field well before fallowing' 

 I will sow or plant on no fallow without first giving it a thorough rolling. I desire to know 

 if this is the proper plan, or is there a better! 1 would be thankful for any suggestions from 

 yourself or correspondents, also for answers to the following questions: 



1st. Would pasturing the land intended for corn be injurious; or ought I to turn in the 

 whole crop of clover] 



2d. What force will it require to work my land after the above plan, with profit to the 

 land and myself? 



I have not a solitary building on the place, and of course must first put up the necessary 

 barns, quarters and out-houses, leaving the dwelling-house to abide its time. How many, 

 and what sized houses should I erect! Can you furnish me with good plans and correct 

 estimates! 



Any information upon the foregoing subjects would be serviceable to a young man with 

 a family, which bids fair to be reputable in numbers, and will be gratefully acknowledged by 



One Who Wants to Learn. 



P. S.— If I had any acquaintance with Mr. C * * * * * of S. or Mr S ***** * of G. or 

 could I presume on the acquaintance I had, when a boy, with Mr. R***** } I would most 

 respectfully ask them to aid a young beginner, 



July 16, 1850. 



We publish the foregoing from "one who has a will," even if he be not yet under way, 

 for the purpose of affording such of our correspondents as may be able to answer him, an 

 opportunity of doing so. 



His plan, that of liming his clover fallows, we regard as not so advantageous as the 

 application of lime to corn or other crops of tilth, where the calcareous matter becomes 

 thoroughly intermixed with the soil. 



In relation to the first query, we shall say, having an eye to the description of soil to be 

 treated, (in Chesterfield,) that the better plan would be not to graze the field intended for corn, 

 unless it be infested with sassafras or other shrubs. 



The force required to work such a farm as that described must depend upon the industry 

 and management of our correspondent. Four hands are amply sufficient; less might get 

 along; more would bring him in debt. 



Our correspondent is too hard for us when he asks "how many and what sized houses" 

 he should erect. The task is, in itself, difficult enough, and becomes still more so, when the 

 prospect of a family "reputable in numbers" is considered. 



* If I have time I shall broadcast in peas, lime and fallow for wheat and clover. I shall endeavor 

 to make as much manure as the farm will afford, all of which I shall in the spring apply to my clover 

 in the second year. I shall top-dress my wheat, as soon as the young clover cleverly shows itself, with a 

 good dressing of plaster. 



