Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-04-20

mcdiately dropping and covering, closes
the job. The seed having been sprnuted
before planting, it is up The third or io"rl:'
day. aud having taken vigorous start
before the weeds, il is disposed 10 choke
them down through life. have tried
several different kinds OF ssmu!allvc sleeps
for corn, ani have finally concluded that
the undcrnicnrioucd is best. About eight
or ten days before planting. fl! barre!
about hal! tull OF hot water, then cast
therein alternately three measures of 10.
bacco and one nf meal OF some kind Of
grain. until certain Of sullicicn, quantity
10 create = strong and elulinnus liquor,
after fermenlalinn; after which, fill The
barrel with more hntwa,er and cover it.
This lermenictl liquor will have the scent
aud much of the consistency OF honey.
aud will not only invisoraie The germ. but
holI OH TO a quantity of plaster for The
same purpose. About forty-cisht hours
before planting. I put into rub as much
seed rs may be sufficient for ono days
planting, aud saturntc il with the liquor;
aud as needed, il is lifted oct and as much
plaster added as vii! adhcre: and 50 for
future operations. Twenty or thirty gal
Ions Of liquor may suffice for seeding inrty
or sixty acres Of land; as what icmn;ns nI-
ter soaking can be returned 10 the fcrmcn
ting barrel.
have tried bath dill and cross plan.
ting, but finally adopted drilling. suppos'
ins iha, my land would yield thus Il much
bette. crop.
have also tried various width Cor VOWS
/ and distances on the row. with nnr. two,
and three plants together; and have final
lv Concluded that for my clnaIc. land
and kind ofcorn (which is large siolk
anL earl rows five and Il hall fee, apart,
with about $500 plants to the acre, suits
me best. For the purpose Of better smo-
iheriug pests, il would no doubt be better
20 have single stalks, which 81 $500 tn the
acre. would make them one foot apart.
but my general practice is topIan' nj two
feet. leaving Two, and OF vcry rich spots,
three stalks together.
On ground lying pretty well, and not
incnnhcred with stones or sIumps, cover
my coru wilh very light harrow-other
wise with The han'l hoe: aud on like ground
the crop is worked with the culiiva'o', with
the Dutch shovel, or coulter. The num-
Der of workings which give my corn, is
! from four 10 six. aud olicncr won!d be ser
viccablc. provided not too ln,c so rs To
p.olong The growth 10 he i'll danger oi!rcs'.
{ ! never hi!! my corn. either with plough ar
L. -....i-",."II thnnl.- ,n"n io 10 il !"r
me; indeed. the hand hoe is only used
once. and sometimes nni 1T all; and that,
once is when the corn is small, merely iO
| brush oiiih fcw weeds which NAV be
growing on the row. The iillase stops
about The 18th OF July. when the ground
is shaded that uorhins can grow hcacah.
When corn is planted rs thick rs ii should
bc. il is useless 10 plan, amongst it either
pumpkins cimbins, orpca,, for they caa-
not yield Iiuii.
um grower Of tobacco, consequently
do not sell corn; indeed, being pork sell
Ter, have sometimes To buy II Iii,lc grain;
but am prcsumptuous enough 10 believe
that no man in the Commonwealth doe,
produce larger crops u! corn than do, on
land al The same quality. My avcrns" to
the acre, Tor the las, two years, would be-
abou, l5 bushels. aud that or land which
Il few years past was considered worthless
by many. Bu; | fear trot my cornfeil Of
this ycarwiiI mol tell more rlan lIalfof this
number. for il is Of bu ordinary quality
and gets nn manure.
Mv cutiva;ors arc ma,.c with three hnes
put in frame. so lhal they can he placed
AT required distances; the noe, being about
a> wide Il, the Innr fingers, and shaped
like Ira, called the bulls tongue. With
This implement, cverv growing vegetable
can be cut tn death, by ih'cc passes at Il
row; and both horse and pousllman work
with murc ease than with plough. 1t
may be necessary TO say TO the incxpcri-
cnced cora planter, that weeds and grass
mus, he slain very quickly after they peep
from The earth, otherwise The plough must
be used. There is mnch in the kind Of
coru. but more in lis culture, and most IN
tho land.
XA. DnUMMoSD.