The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-12-22

baA ds salmrs ana product vstas aaleHaIl
fiam wAatiaey bee ia ihia State. There III
ptQcess of Culture, alsf planting, Is mainl.
carried on By Overlooking az intervals The Cd
tire eroP, 20 40 to destroy by The use Of water
the weeds and grass. A means Of culture
which few if any can employ "a the see shore
And, in the absence Of this means il never car
be raised extensively rs a marketing cOmmo.
dily here, for The reason that as soon as land.
become sol with grass they are no longer 6tfoI
its growth, because while young and tender, il
Frqalr' 8 hand picking 10 cleanse il, which re-
qnIres more labor and time BY two or three
toid than does cotton. You will p~receiYe by
these remarks that fresh lands alone before
they arc set with glass arc adapted 10 lie cul-
lure, IN the absence Of the means b. ovcaow-
ing.
On fresh lands il may be planted 1t any time
between the lai Of February and III Of May,
shaagh early planting invariably iusures the
best crops
Fresh lands require but little preparation.
merely breaking Up will be sufficient. After
which i you design cultivaiing wuhthe plow
you must use the scooter Or narrow shovel, and
Lax of the rowR o. trenches, two feet apart; i'll
with the hoe, eighteen inches will be Of sufi.
cient Width IN which the grain is sowed and
covered either, with hoes, rukes, or the same
implement used for covering cotton. IL re-
quires about a half bushel 10 the acre, though
the sowsr double this amount, i. will
not be materialpsit willonly prevent lis spread.
ne cr multiplying As ihe root as does other
misunderstanding much il any, lie pro-
duct. Land beat adapted 10 lie Culture il our
bottoms, though the wet white lands
\ well, and indeed more abundanIy /
nap any thing else YOU can raise upon ID /
ghe product Of any description Of lands de- /
ends upon fertility and %scasone, varying from
llrt!y ~ sixty bnshele Per acre. Its manage. .
lent, alter i isuP, varies from cotton only in )
AZ j. rarely requires. any however the 8
amer must exercise big Judgment IS 10 this. b
lresh lands two workings are ali sufficient, q
% often one will do. Maturity takes place i
September, and The grain ripeus while the n
ray y yot gFeens and should be cut with
cS'es as soon % ripe, and laid carefully in
until the straw is thoroughly cured, then !,
may either be threshed out or stacked "a "
AeF grain. My inexperience 10 raising Il for !
n - IL "a - = LL L-E-GErN - G| 1 "A
AfHet d'sables me from satisfactorily speak
3 q 'ts value az a marketing commodity. "
wing Faised and sold but one crop, Foriv =
= bushel may, with some Occuracy BE- 81, y
wn % an average crop II the rough, and il
'pefly managed IN handling and taking /,
Iopgh she machinery, win produce from ~
eniy 70 twenty-five bushels Of merchantable
~ weighing seventy pounds per bushtl.
Y q louF Gents per pound, whole sale prices
Y OFleans, will produce from Hfty.6ye u Oa'
enty dOllafs per acre. The machinery for rec
paF'ng \ tor market il ample and cheap. 50
essliy applied g gin gear, Should you u. =
'ake g raise \ ior market, you had be,,er o.
one ihanlAaye !. described Between lie iOI
! eng middle of January, I will have nv !
senl crop n process Of cleaning and YOU NE
lid Do well u come over md sesi,. q
Respectfully yOurs, 20
GAD. FIELDER.