The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-11-09
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From the Southern Agricul,uriSt.
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The present month, throughout til"
South, being the proper time for put
tin" in the barley crop, wc deem it
necessary, ic give our notions n; to
its culture and beneficial uses to the
planter. 1t has long been settled
maxim with us. that uonc OF the Salall
grains should be cultivated at the
South, save those whicl. wuu!d fully
mature and perfect Il crop from The
winter moisture Of The earth. The iir.
-qucnt failure OF the 0at crop. and The
later varieties OF wheat, are miserable
examples, vindicatiHg or doctrine.
Barley, when it is property seeded
down, will perfect lis grain carly in
May. and may be counted always
q safe crop. 1t is originally from
II warm climate as The I,onlans nlluin-
cd it from Egypt. other parts Of Alri-
ca and Span-lt abonmdrd in SYRIA.
and The warmrr portions Of the East
may safely be set down IL the locality
Of its origin. In Arabia AID Persia.
as well n, upon the northern Iarturian
SlrPpes, it is now largely cuItiva,c!.
aud is TIC chief food for tuan ana
beast. 1t is we'll fitted to flourish
wherever the cereal grasses can be
grown from its pecn.iar habit oi rarly
maturity, which adapts i; us we'll "a
be short spring wrathcr-so ccNgrll;aI
To lis gr"w,h-in Tie temperate ANA
,lnNta-ropcal regions of America. rs
To the short Snmmrr,-ui't!i the more nor.
,hc'n latitude Of both he,ni@;Isrrr
we have been cm!iIvattnr Il black va
ricty from The 'l'ar;ali,n $rrr!r>.
northwest OF the iIyiuplayn M"um.
tanS, for the past ,nrrr years, an!
lind that il has readily A.lnplrl i;s,lr
to the climate of South Carolina. Il
is called XSiay h'ou. anl WA, blpu.l,
hy NJ. NJ. luc {; Gabci. n,is~iona,irs
from France, and in u lnynrr article
which wc have wr!tlrn-uwiitg 10 he
n,iscunccption or The prnollra,!cr in
nnr ab>rnce-WaS set down a thc
Black Chrllcnham," which i; alto
gethcr a different grain We have
also seen beautiful specimens oi beard
less barley, from NcHaul e own in
Georgia, and from these instances
find that DIR idca-,hat barley is, and
should be Il grain OF universal cnl-
tivation-is strictly correct. The six
rowcd or winter variety, is the proper
kind to SOW in October, Npvrmbcr,
and December This is IL kind net
liable to be winter killed, and it tiIls
well, furnishing Il succession of adn!i-
rahc soiling from February til! i,
heads out. 1t will, If suwn early, bear
moving off twice, and then make II
WAR cop, Of hos barley. That which
is intended for seed should never be
moved for so'ing or grazing.
Our plan of putting in barley is to
break the land up deeply and manure
it well with good compost or cot.
ton seed, with their vitality destroyed
by throwing rs layers into the mule.
stables; or with three hundred pounds
of guano, and a liberal dressing of
Plaster of Pars We seed after this
preparation very hcavily-trom two
md Il Aayto Mrcc JusAeis per acre,
plowcd in lightly, narrowed and roll.
ca, ana nave known Il single acre to
produce seUeaty ltoo bnshc!s. 1t is use
less to sow barley unless the soil is
well prepared aud mannrcd and then
no crop rcpays better. The soil should
be siicious, light and dry, with a
stiff clay subsoi. The clay slate lands
of this State, when properly drained
are fine for the production Of barley.
IN consequence ofthc great amount
Of silicious matter contained in the
straw of barley, all the sand hill land
of South Carolina would, if properly
MANFRED, produce great crops Of soil
ing food, whilst the production ofgrail
night not be so large on these lands
as on the kind recommended above
Tie two rowcd varieties of barley
may all be soWn in the months OF Feb
ruary, and March. Such varieties IN
our climate furnish n large amount o
straw, and may be recommended il
order to cxtend this crop for soiline
purposes twt,or three weeks later thar
the winter vtrieties.---1'|lis is to be
dono with all varieties by regular ant