The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-07
Fro.a the !. d. Temperanee Aa,oesle.
FALI-sOWN OATS


FALI-sOMN OATS.
! ! am this day preparing % sow oats,
and although loo Iale 10 benefit Sumter
and his readers. The present year, yei tl.ey
VIII have time 10 examine and 10 provide
seed. For lsll sown eais. &c use he r.
gyptian oal. = heavy white oar. ! have
sown from perks 10 10 pecks per acre
have plonghed them in-hase ploue he'd
and narrowed them in-have plnnghed
aud brushed them in, and have sown them
without either one. .. 7
| ff COTTON land he sown to oats, no need
10 plough. friend Of mine in Madison
county, Mise. was grading his oats IN
/ 'i6. when called on him-l0O acres
/ ploughed In, 100 acres sown on the land.
lie is native Of this state, an excellent
man and planter, aud assured me that tic
latter we've The best. lf stumble land be
sown 10 "sis, Guild advise shallow plow-
ing. aud sui,saIl plnw 10 follow. land
being previously well drained, SOW down
nit less than nne and half bushels per
acre. aud brush them in. The blush le-
wells the land. breaks tie clods aud inrf.
and presses seed into The earih-none are
covered TOO deep. and time now is money
lit is more expeditions. -.
q Egyptian oats sown in September or
! October, il nnt allowed TO joint before cnld
weather, cannot b. Killed by any Of our
= winiry weaiher--wili ripen eatlier. and
g. will make more grain. lf The fall Is Ia
d vorable. there " II he some danger Of the
oats joining; prevent this BY grazing
with cattle. horses, hogs, sheep-bu, keep
young colts clear Of the green oats.
- The GA, il better fnod for horses than
corn Is. As we feed oats in The Snu,h.
they are barely .tn make out with" II
good land be selected. or thin land made
good with manure, there is no kind al
/: doubt but what the oat would be a GOd.
: send To aur HORSES anil mnias. hv fsstiina
: ,h asl,etl out, or BY cutting only the heads
! s.c. viii, d cutting knife. Corn is more
y costly as food for horses. not only IN the
$: making. hut also in the feeling. horse
e fed 10 oats The year round, might live ~
q or 10 wears; bnl il led IN corn, he vii
of not 60 much beyond the half of it---corr
ID acting like high steslning Oh horses, o.
~ tie steam baiier. ..s~t @.:}s s.t' s@..e''
nc .Sumler" is righ, in all he says ahou
the value Of The oal. The advantage oitall
sowing, aud the benefit to land. Their
lw arc nany excellent planters who are
verse 10 planting oa,s; they urge IL 10 b
an exhansler. so are allthe white crops
!, and so would be peas. beans, potatoes
&C., Il all managed alike. Corn, lone
nj. the white crop-,) when planted, Is ssrlI
her ned o. its blades, and the ear taken, III
use stalk is left with The grass and weeds. an
her probably eow-peas. Blu, with the Ga
s : straw aud all il removed" cut low, va
',s black villain, so us 10 get all the OATS
no aud then the land is grazed until The ear
ade il clean enough for boys to shoe. ma'bi
z"s on. >. have seen the remarks oil plan.e
34 abou, blowing The GA, land, low and har
=. am this day blowing s,ubble land, Y
~ s,ubble about IL 10 ID inches high, al
A. grass pretty generally all over, alth"u
= tthe Geld has been fed off to hogs and shee
= But INTERCHANGEABLE object was to fe
stock therefore the land was not os'
stocked; 3 sheep and 3 hogs per ac
with full half food besides. Some fol
i feed stock as il they could eat the red bill
INA, o,s IL every plantation had aboa. 5 acres
80 ~ oats per hand, you would see fine I'D
the and mules. The oats come into play
! evil bou, the 10Th of June, decidedly the wa
eriorr time for hogs. II there was an acre
ana 1 oats 10 every 6 head Of pigs and shot
- water to spare, their pigs. &C., wn
- e., reach the fall in fine condition. I
- Esrea, objection 10 oats is. they come II
.*s a time when cotton requires every e.
ton. here, cotton is more apt 10 be g
It ac- sv in June than any time previous.
the time So much los, is in binding
l. oats into sheaves. This lido not. "
miles up and hawl to my barn--t cut as
y =, 100 =. a. an indolen, negro can be male 10
- ~. they being yeryproneto take the cas-
ay be way, and cutting high is as ,laeofle"'
81, Of cutting very low. IL the planter c"
'e pre-. he ouph, to SOW cew.peas with his o
% the the ,hev will vege,a,e in the spring. but
~. OFT being { more rapid vegetation, sh
' = as- the peas aud prevents their growth. '
- spring grain know they will cover
.-....~ earth before frost. With winter g
I'll peas migh,be sown in February or MI
20: bv opening iurowss6 feet distant,
= Z sowing peas abou, one',hird Of peel
In acre. The frs, rain will cover them
'lC, ,he injury by furrow will no, be KIN
lrd, for Some of your readerswiIl remember
,.,.... in, seen grain drilled in your good
, Inv old Mr.. Randolph, abou. 20 years