The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-04-06
FoR 1Hr LEDGER.
On the Preparation and Planting
Corn Ground.

Too much cannot DO said or written on
the subject Of the cultivation Of the soil, It's
complete preparation, by deep plowing and
,manuring, so rs to look with confidence TO a
successful harvesting, and although harvest
time is not yet Mt hand, experience has con.
frmed that 1as we sow 90 shall wc reap ~
every farmer and planter should then re-
member, that now in the preparation Of his
ground, and the planting of his crop, depends
in avery great measurc,his success in gather.
ing,and unless this Is done"right,r Fat the time
it should be, it is very difficult, if not impos-
sible, to catch mp in the cultivation of the
crop during the working season, with what
has been neglected in the preparing and
planting season. have known somo farm
ers who have worked hard the whole season.
and then made n failure. Why /. this p
Because they have prepared their grounds
badly, OF rather not at all, or planted badly.
They planted their corn without breaking
up the ground, by running funow, then
dropping the grain and covering, leaving the
ground unbroken and hard, full of weeds and
other vegetation. Such preparation and
planting will end In failure, will cause hard
work tho whole work season to catch up and
at harvest time realize the fact that I: ey
have been working about three weeks be-
hind time, that those three weeks were lost
in the Spring, by neglecting to break up,
deep and close his corn lands, before think.
ing he was ready to plant. Such cultiya-
ton may have suited the country about the
year l799, when the land was all in woods,
and the rich spots only cultivated, when but
little corn was required for stock, from the
fact that the range was abundant, the grass
eveEy1 here luxurisnt, when bat little work
was required by horse power, and every far.
mcr had double the number Of horses he
needed because itcosts him almost nothing
10 keep them, rs nature and the wild woods
afforded their support Then the eonntrv
was rieh and the lands fresh, the best spots
were only cultivated, no science was reauir-
cd, and corn would grow almost by this
@force ofcircumstanees," but now il is entire.
ly different, the lands have been cleared
worn, washed and exhausted, and we have
to begin TO reclaim, aud almost make anew
considerable portions Off Il. Then we mast
leave of the cultivation suited to the coup-
try IN 90, and adopt that suitable to ths
year 1853, and In doing so Il shonld be re-
membered, that at least one balf of the
working Of tho crop, Il mean the corn crop)
Is accomplished when the corn Is planted
right, and let no farmer or planter begin 10
plant until he Is ready, and he Is only ready
when he has broken mp his Land and prepar-
ed his ground, by either having turned the
aame over in the fall or early In the winter
or by breaking up the same In the Spring
with grab Plow q. deep as his horse DOW.
or viii allow, and 30 clcse that no raw q,
nnbroken earth will be left after this pDov.
ing. hthe land has been turned over IN the
FAIL it should then Be cross-pIowed with a
long grab In the Spring. 20 a. e pulyerz.
The ground eiieesasIiy. This 4 prefssai,1e.
but sappcsine the ground has nos beer INN.
Cd ovsrin tho fan. then Il shouId bs tbor.
cughiy and deeply broken wish s.ab blow
II ne sprihe. ohefs Is no danger Of going
too deep With grsb) and Il thers 4 zine.
gross the blowing With ths sane arab p,ow.'
tbut have them taken 70 ihe shce and sltl.<,
layed o. shsrpsned, . q 10 kssp them %
Their original lengthy Then the ero1na (.