Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-05-06
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SOOOOh oHYuIu w pCUueu up d. edIly
in the winter as possible, to ALLOW
the freez4s to pulverize the soil
thoroughly and the land to settle
immediately under the root. The
blowing should be done with the best
turning plows, as deeply as the ma
ture and depth Of the soil will
admit, and in the most thorough
manner. Especial care should be
taken, TO leave no land unbroken
between the burrows. If the soil is
stiff and deep, two horse blowing,
to depth commensurate with that
Of the soil and ease 10 the team, is
infinitely preferable; this secures a
more thorough drama ge and greater
and freer penetration of the roots
Of the plant to the moist sub-soil,
in either Vet or dry summer rs The
rows should be laid off with a scooter
pillow, at distances suitable to the
strength Of the soil, say FIVE feet to
six feet on bottom land, and four to
five feet oh upland, or even less than
four, if til E soil is thin. iStuhble,
land to 60 in Cotton (Which should
always foil pw corn, small grain, Or
fl How. land should be broken or
bedded up very early in the winter,
I'd allow il me for grass seeds and
stalks to r4t, and the frost to dis
integrate Throw clods. A good plan
on stubble, corn, or fallow land to go
in cotton, is to lay off the rows with
a scooter pillow; enlarge theE furrow
with a shovel pillow; drag all tie grass,
weeds or stalks into the furr4ws of a
two horse blow upon the soilEof veg
ct able matter, leaving the Halks to
BID well pldwed out with a turning
plbw aboutIa fortnight before plant
ing. This puts all trash out of the
way in .chopping out, and provides
an absorbJnt for moisture and a
bulk Of manure beneath each bed.
If a heavy rain or backing wind
should run the land together and
for m a crust upon the bed, a one
horse harrow run over the bed Will
pulverize the crust and put the land
in good filth. Cotton should be
planted from the 10Th of March to
the 10th Of April, as the season or
sort of land warrants. Seed should
be well saved, and if kept over one
yea Or for planting, will insure better
stand and more vigorous plants, as
the imperfect seed perish by keeping
owe r. They should be sown at the
rate Of one and a half to two bushels
to the acre in direct proportion to
the width of the rows, marrow ones
requiring more seed) and the stiff
ness Of the soil; the latter case de-
maIding Also mote seed. Seed on
light land may be covered with
boar d, with a notch in it, attached to
a scooter stock. But stiff lands
should always Recovered witha har-
row or two small scooter burrows.
The ridge, in the latter case, over the
seed, to be scraped off with a board
with notch ID it, as soon as the
seed cracks the ground in germina-
ting The board is useful in scraping
lof-.ti first co at of grass; the first
plowfhg Of colt on should begin when
the Third leaf appears on the young
plant. and be done with a sweep,
Mississippi scraper, or some similar
implement; as no roots are lacerated
by this process and the plant suffers
no check in growth; chopping should
begihIin from four to seven days after
running round, and to be done with
hoes Of as nearly equal size as posbi-
bic, the stand being more uniform in
CONSEQUENCE. From one to four
stalkF should be left in stand at
this fine, and the distance between
stands governed by the strength of
the foil; though thick planting in
moderation on all soils say six feet
by eighteen inches on bottom land,
and four feet by twelve inches on
good upland will be found the most
prod ctive in an average Of years.
The second blowing should be done
with a sweep next to the bottom
With mould board next to the plant,
to Dirt the young cotton, and the
balance Of the row plowed out with
a tuning pillow to keep up the bed.
IheEstand should then be thinned to
one stalk ina place on strong land,
but from two to four may be left on
being thinned to supply limbs by
stalks; all subsequent blowing iE or