The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-05-24
Hints for Young Farmers.

800 cS'o eohPISo W tuc SIOWtll
OF barley, is deep loan, tolcrably
moists, but not wet.
One pound Of saltpetre, dissolved in
4 gallons Of hot water, makes ycry
good soak for bushel of corn.
Plough as deep as yonr teen will
allow OF. the deeper the better; harrow
until you have the land in fine tilth.
Keeping the potato always in dark.
dcss is recommended in the London
Gardeners Chronicle and Detroit Far.
mer's Companion, as q preventive OF
potato-rot.
For early potatoes the planting
should take place as soon after The
frost is out of the ground as will admit
of its being ploughcd and put in good
condition.
A cultivator will go over two and a
half times as much ground in day as
will plough. and thereby time and
labor are econolnised-two very i'm.
portant considerations.
Late potatoes should be planted from
the goth Of April to the 10th of Nav,
experience having shown that the early
planted are emore apt to escape the
rot than the late.
Ircnching new ground, which should
nave been progressing the whole win
ter, except during the severest frost,
must now be completed, as it will
soon be time to set the young vines in
new plantations.
Banks and walls should be repaired
whenever the G. ound will allow work.
ing-if the rains or frosts have injured
them they shoald be made up ut once,
and all tendency to wash must be
checked Immediately.
A planter near Franklin, Louisiana.
gathered last season, eleven hundred
and seventy y-sevcn bushels of sweet DO
tatoes fio! three acres of land-and
left behind, he says, enough to fatten
about forty hogs.
One OF the best articles that can be
given to swine while id preparation for
the tub, is common charcoal. The nu.
trltlve properties are SO great that they
have subsistcd on it WITHOUT other food
tor weeks together.
10 cure founder, mix one pint of the
seed OF the comInou sunflower the ami.
mails food as soon rs YOU discover
sym;oms of disease, and you will give
immediate and certain relief. This is
the best remedy known.
In corn planting, we have ever look.
ed upon liberality as a commendablc
virtue, and believed it true economy to
make provision for birds, and worms
as well as for the contingency of rot
ting. 1t was our custom to drop from
SIX to eight grains in each hill.
For cholic in horses, dissolve in o
quart OF puro wator as much salt as
will thoroughly saturate the liquid, and
drench the animal thoroughly until you
discover symtoms of rcltet. This is a
simple and etlectual remedy, and has
been successfully applied in cases of
bots.
Have plan laid before hand for
every day. These plans ought to be
maturely formed the evening previous,
and, on iising in the morning, again
looked at, and Immediately entered
upon. 1t is astonishing how much
more wo accomplish in single day
by having the plan previously marked
out.
BY the lato ccneus it appears that
the Production of maple sugar in this
country in 1850 was within small
fraction of thirty-four millions of
pounds. AN orchard of maple trees
has been found almost equal, acre for
acre, with the sugar cane in producing
sugar and molasses. .
AS soon as potatoes begin to come
up run tho harrow through them the
way OF tho row. This destroys grass
and weeds, lets in the air, and eucour.
ages termination, and ensures u gener.
al stand. When the potatoes arc two
or three inches high, throw q tarrow