Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-22
increased. Without ii, | was twenty hours

| Increased. NltlOut II, was twenty hours
m doing the same labor.
IA. plan, less than an acre Of potatoes
this season-consder them an exhausting
crop on light loans, and can always obtain
I better grass after corn than after them. Il
spread on the manure and plough it in--hiIl
then little at tho first hoeing, but not af-
terwards-use the cultivation for these and
for corn-do not hill! up the corn except
with the mould thrown up by the cu'livator.
This instrument performs nearly the whole
labor Of ,ilIing corn, when that Is planted
perfectly straight, as the machine does it.
Our potatoes are unusually small. Mine
will not yield IS bushels 10 the acre. and |
SEQ many fields that were manured IN the
hill yielding much less. / plant the long
red and the Chenango-some blue noses.
Is. I have now growing one acre and
half rua. baga, and half an acre OF English
turnips, planted to give to cattle--expect to
gather 800 bushels from an acre ;--can
raise four bushels Of these at less expense
than one of potatoes. | planted one acre
with eighteen thousand hills in fifty.five
minutes, with a new machine drawn by one
horse. 1t marked out and planted, most
perfectly, two rows at time. / had no
help but boy to ride the horse. Here was
forty eight hours work performed in one,
and only one pound and quarter Of seed
used.
l6. | have raised this season 200 bush.
els winter rye. sown last fall on newly
cleared land ;-seed was narrowed in
ground not poughed--one bushel of seed
to the acre. This was raised from less
than ten acres. Have raised one acre and
a half ofgood spring wheat-not yet lhresh-
ed-es,ima,e 80 bushels. Last year the
crop was Indian corn. In the spring The
g,ouod was first narrowed thoroughly and
The cu!tivaor was run over the corn.stubbs
then tho ground was nicely ploughed. once
only, for did not wish, after burying up all
the rubbish, 10 uncover it again. We COW
cred the wheat with an on.tooth.harrow-
then sowed the grass. seed and covered with
| bush.
have newly invented machine that
sows grain and all kinds Of grass. seed very
even. 1t is box placed on pair Of small
wheels, and tho harrow is hilched to the
hind side of it, so that the team sows the
grain or the grass.seed very nicely, and
harrows it in at one operation. This may
be seen at David Prouy, & Co.'s store,
| Boston.
We sowed one and half bushels to the
acre of the tea wheat-frst having washed
thoroughly and lined it with two or three
| quarts 10 the bushel-slacked lime ;--after
the wheat was up, fifteen bushels Of wood
ashes were spread on an acre. These
gave the wheat fine s'ar,, and kept the
surface moist through the summer, and
kept all the grass alive. that was sown in
spring through the drought Of August. The
soil is agravely loan. A bushel ofslacked
lime was sown on one part of the fielt, but
we could not perceive that The kernel was
better here than elsewhere.
II. In addition to this seeding with
grass, have sowed grass seed, viz: clio.
yer, houey-suckle, herds grass and red Top,
on my ten acres ofrye, for pasturage. The
clover and Dutch honey. .suckle we're not
sown till last spring-some of it Oh the
snow-it promises well. In September last
ploughed about an acre Of low Interval,
that had never been ploughed, and rolled it
down close. then sowed grass-seed. 1t lay
too low to be planted. and therefore it was
never ploushed, and it has never yielded the
value Of one fourth of a ton of good hay to
tho acre. put on eight loads of manure.
mi>ed with as many more Of sandy loam.
Ii this does as well as the adjoining acre,
which was seeded in the same way last year,
| shall NOV two tons from it. have also
seeded down about an acre Of common
meadow land, first draining it and then cart
ing on loam on to the standing grass, and
completely covering it up-ten loads OF
compost was then applied ard the seed
sown. Between thirteen and fourteen acres
have been thus seeded this season. BY
planting but little Of corn or potatoes.
have manure for my grass lands. so that by
merely turning them over in September,
and covering up green crop, am en-.
abed 10 keep all the moving land IN good
order, turning it over as fast as 1t becomes
bound out; and every time | thus turn it,
whether / apply MANURE or not, make the
land richer, because take no grain from
it, but help it to green dressing under the
sod. Irase grain in sufficient quantity for
ny family and hogs, but canno: afford to
raise gram for the market.
II. To increase the manure and pre-.
serve it. pu, the best soil can procure
from the roadside into the hog pen and into
The cow.yards, and under the sheds and
the barns where the cattle lie. Soil IS
thrown into hos. .stye twice a week-also
under the privy, wich is set high; oy TINS
means. all disagreeable efluv'a from these
places is neutralized, and large quantity