The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-03-28
Coulter on the plan + furnish. A long
Gives isused With two pins. and thrown

Coulter on the plan i furnish. a. long
Cliyesis used With two pins. and thrown
OFF to the left, and the middle pin drop
ped on the outside Of the beam; that
opening machine is run twice, first run
and then back in the same furrow.--
The corn is dropped by q faithful hand !,
and as near as can be 2 10 feet, making
rather q short Btep, and drop. Iusual-
II drop 3 or a grains; the side or an.
gle harrow covers il, the mule walking
on the left side Of the ridge and the man
onfthe right. This is run twice, COW
ering rather deep and rounding up the
ridge, clods and all, if it should be
cloddy. Usually in about one week,
according to the weather, but about the
time the corn begins to sprout, which
by rights should be looked to, the side
harrow is run quite light over the ridge
the mule and man then both on the left
side, cleaning off the top of the ridge,
and if the weather suits I prefer letting
it stand one day or two, when about the
time the bud IS near the top of the
ground the beds are to be nicely raked
over by hand. A good many rakes
should be prepared; it is light work
and goes on fast-almost Us fast as they
can walk, and any hand, little or big,
or any sort, performs it; yet like eve
ry thing nicely done.
The corn comes up nicely having
by these operations the advantage Of
the grass; but whenever the young
grass begins to show I run the side
harrow round, taking away the grass
and clods, and I sometimes run this
harrow twice; by this time the corn is
usually ankle high, and often much
higher. The next operation small
tongue plough runs next and close to
the corn. It is then followed with tho
hoes and thinned, always rather taking
earth from the corn and ridge when
young. After that I plow out the rows
we'll with the common shovel plow, and
I then run a three cornered harrow once
in the row; the harrow is 4 feet at the
corners behind, and then I plant my
peas usually with the three cornered
harrow, or the angle harrow. The
peas usually comes up quick, and 60 on
working the corn. Plow it nicely, and
it is usually followed along in about q
week afterwards with the hoes, and laid
by and then give the peas working,
sometimes by hoeing them only, and
sometimes plowing, narrowing and hoe
ing; for that purpose, have a shorter
side harrow with six teeth or even FIVE.
These little Instruments, the small har-
rows and rakes, cost but little and I
like to have good many. It is light
work and can be performed quick. I
neverallow my corn to be foul, particu-
larly when young, and my crop is soon
out Of the way.
Lest You may not understand the
opening machine, as I remarked before,
the Gives is thrown considerably off to
the left, the mule walks by the side Of
the ridge, and the man, the opener that
holds it, walks the same side. It must
be a good hand to open. / have no
difficulty in my cultivation, except that
it takes a person of judgement to thin
it, as in tho general one stalk every
two and q half feet is about o good dis.
tance, but very often it will bear leav-
ing two.
[ usually cruck or set the front tooth
of tho side harrow touching the corn
| 1should cultivote Gotten in the same
way.