Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-23
From as American A~gricuhurist.
SOUTHERN CALENDAR FOR SEP.
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For The ensuing three months, the work /.
pretty much the same, gathering cotton, sun
Ming, ginning. pressing, hauling off, and com.
menciDg again tho same tale. net having
given any directions but this, nthe preceding
month, ! viii now give a few general rules,
hoping many may profit by them, having my.
self experimental wanto Of this kind Of ms rue.
ton. "Bought wit" is said TO BIO tire best, il
ii does not cost too much but if those adso.
Gates for this kind Of learning could remember
how they wero worried when commencing
life, they would certainly feel As | do, sincere.
ly DESTROYS 10 assist their Junior brothers.
AS cotton planters, our object is to make
the most clear gain per hand, and Of course,
whatever mode will tend to this is The one to
be- pursued. / therefore advise that cotton be
gathered from the field free from trash, put il
on scaGalds, and dry until each seed will crack
between tho teeth, mt mash, then If the seed
be not wanted for planting. throw Tire cotton
up into a pile, in the Clubhouse, until it &C.
quires a sensible heat, then scatter it, and
when cool, gin II. Do not run your gin too
fast, TOO much rapidity Is not good; two bales
d day, on a fifty saw gin IL enough; drive team
slowly and. steadily. Press your bale small.
andeoger we'll leave not d particle Of cotton
IN sight, and mark neatly. Appearance il
soneihing.
] prefer to gather corr, If not gathered al.
ready, in wet weather, or 10 continue at i'm
p%rovemepts, than 70 gathering cotton wet.
For IL is not only troublesome to dry, but the
leaf and dirt ad1er ing 10 the cotton stain If,
and frequently, if warm wet weather, the seed
will spfotit on the scafIold. Employ these
days in housing corn, gathering peas, hauling
IN pumpkins, fodder, and other farm work.
In this month SOW rye over corn field Or
cotton field, or in wood pasture, at the rate of
| bushel. per acre IL will come up and do
well without any blowing. ! can now show d
promising crop (Apri) treated in this way !; it
affords excellent grazing through the winter,
and until wanted for spring crops. Sow Egyp-
tian oata.not less than II bushels per acre;
have SOW q 10 the sore, which 1 think still
better. For a crop Of rye sow i bushels.
wheat 2 bushels; it must all of il be grazed
down, TO prevent iointing before spring, which
| presume no farmer will object to.
Shonld your forage crop not be large enough,
have recourse u your pea fields. Cut off the
vines even with tue ground, or pull them up,
and haul home The same day. Put them into
q rail pen, by having a floor made of rails one
foot above the earth then put in a layer of
vines, sprikle salt on them, then a layer of
straw, and again a layer Of VINES. Make all
this about 3 feet thick, without tra,npjng; then
another floor Of rails, and continue as above,
sprinkliug each layer Of vines with salt. The
vines thus put up, though they may mildew=a
little, will be eaten greedify by horses, mules,
or cattle, and they can be kept fat on them.
do not be too greedy in saving cotton, TO The
want Of duly providing peas and provender IN
great abundance.
i When you possibly can, start a few plows
stiff land if landFbe sandy, time enough
general months hence.
Your potatoes will do best TO remain in the
ground until the vines be killed BY the frost ;
| Fever think Of digging until that time. |
then prefer dry, pleasant weather, and cont
nue. digging until finished then sort in the
field. The cut potatoes TO be eaten early, or
fed to stock small ones 10 go into the slip
and the large reserved for theafable.
] then haul them to a place prepared for banks,
and putup az recommended IN an article. page
% of your April No. / will now close the
crop year, by pressing on you 10 provrde ahnn-
food for your hands, your horses, your
cattle, your hogs, ycur land, .the stranger
thy gates Of "the wayfaring man."
preferring to make 5 bales Of cotton to net the
amount, by being choice, than the cha
racter Of being q big planter. Relyon it, the
difference IN your household will soon CON-
vince you of the delights Of this at least. BY |
doing this, your friends will love you The more,
your ~neighbors will see an example that they
initiate.
M, w. pHrrrps.