Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-18

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above (Which was in corn last year..
lying between the ditch and fence No. l
: up and down 10 cross fences. 4Ih. Then
g. over the ditch and prepare slipc after
slpe a, the ditch runs from the one cross
fence to the other, and continue to do
this as long as the season will be good,
or the seed can be sown with propriely
and safety.
= I conceive that the only way to get
these grounds in good order and with ex-
pediion: is to give them one good
pIoughing and then 10 tear them 10 pie
ees with heavy harrows. Whether it be
necessary to cut down and take of the
weeds previous 10 these workings can
be decided better by experiments on
the spot than by reasoning on it at a
distance. My desire is that the ground
shall be made perfectly clean, and laid
down smooth; without which meadows
will always be foul; much grass left in
them, and many schylhes broken IN cut
! ling Wnat IS taken OIL.
4.h. The buckwhcat which has been
sown for manure oughtto be ploaghed in
the moment suficiency of seed is ripe
to stock the ground asecond time; other
wise, so far from its answering the pur-
pose Of manure; il will become an ex-
fousler. For this reason, if The ploushs
belonging TO the farm are unable to tuln
it in time. those of Muddy hole, Dague
run and Union farm, must combine 10 do
it, the work 10 Le repaid by the farm
which receives the benefit, as soon as
the work is accomplisrd ,llercat.
5h. Where clover and timothy seeds
are mixed and sown to Iether, allow five
pints Of the FIRST, and three of the latter
to tho acre; and where timothy only is
sown, allow four quarts TO The acre. Let
the seed be measured in the proportions
here allotted, and put inlo a half bushel,
and The half bushcl filled with sand or
dry earth, and extremely well mixed to-
gether in your own presence orby your
self, which will answer two good purpo-
ses, viz: 1s,, 10 prevent theft, for seeds
thus mixed would not sell-and 2aly,
riss oots{ll :,aat, -be;rr;; u-uatv1nutr ~ suw
bushel OF wheat 20 the acre would be al
no loss to cast a busllcl Of this or any
Thing else, regularly on that quantity Of
ground.
9Th. 1t is expected You will begin 10
SOW wheat earlyin August, and in ground
perfectly clean and well ploughed. |
would have, and do accordingly direct,
that no, less than five pecks oil seed be
sown on each acre. The plan of the
farm over which you look is given to
Mr.. Lewis, from which the contents ol
each field may be known. And it is
my express direction tina, every watch
and the best attention may be given to
sec that this quantity actually is puI IN;
for l have silong suspicious (but this
ought not to be hinted 10 lhem) that the
scedsmen help themselves 10 a pretty
| large toll.
7,h. AS soon as you have done SOW
ing and even before, if it can be done
conveniently, you are 10 set heartily
about llreshing or lreading out the
wheat; and as fast as it is got out, 10
have it delivered al the mill or elsewhere,
according to directions. The longer this
business is delayed, the more waste and
en,brzzlrmcnt will there be Of The crop.
The wheat is to be well cleaned; the
chaif and light wheat arc TO be properly
taken care of for the horses or other
stock-and the straw stacked and se-
cured as it ought TO be against weather
and olIrr in uries; aad until the whole
be delivered, it will require your con-
slant and close attention.
SIh. The oats at the farm you over
look, are, I presume, all cut, in that
case. let all the scythes, and cradles, and
rakes, which you have received, be de-
lveted over to the mansion house; or If
You choose, to keep them against next
harvest you must be responsible for them
yourself.
9Th. The presumption also is, that
the flax is, ere this pulled; let it be well
secured and at a proper season stripped
OF its seed anu spread to rot. During
This operation, LET it be often turned and
examined that it be moi oycrdone, Or re-
ceive injury in any ether respect by lay
ing out TOO long. :...., :.
10Th. Gettfe cleanest and best wheat
for seed, and that which is frecst from
onions. l would have about oneslhirc
of my whole crop sown with the COM
mon wheat; one-third with the white;
and the other third with the yellow
bearded wheat. The overscers (wilt
Davy, as he knows the state Of his owr
farm and the quality Of the wheat whicl
grows upon h,)smay meet and decide
among themselves whether it would be
best to. have some of each of these Sort
ON every farm; or in order more eGectu'
ally to prevent mixture, 10 have one sor