The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-03-14
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- In view of the present aspect OF affairs in
Europe, and the certainly that provisions of
Snll kinds will command high prices for The
next, year, every wise planter will make Sthe
abundant protluc ticns Of food his first study.
Set all hands, at work, aow, and put in double
crops of Corn, Irish and sS9eet Potatoes,
Spring Oats, lGiillet, Corn, Broadcast ito cut
green for Fodder,) Cow Peas, (early kinds)
: Doura Corn, Lucerne, for soiling, &C., &c.
The ground for Corr should be plowed at least
40 inches deep; |; and, if su6soiled to the depth
<of b or Is inches, so,much the better. There
lis no danger Of getting the soil of your corn
fields too deep or too rich. Put on all the ma,
aare you can ..rake or scrape"-turn it well
and deeply nnder-pulyerize thoroughly, and
plant as early in the month as possible; not
forgetting our opening suggestions about a aou
BE or ripple crop. If you have not saved any
stablesmannre, muck or mould, Juy Guano, 1t
will pay, even at 8 cents per pound, if proper
ly and economically applied Onr method of
using Guano is as follows-our readers may
modify it to suit their individual wants and no.
5 Eons:
Hoap to use Guano.-Add from si1 to ten
parts of good, dry muck, mould or loam tc one
part of finely pulyerized guano-mix the, heap
thoroughly, spread it on level surface (under
cover three eor four inches thick, and sprinkle
1T well With a:strong solution of salt and wa
ter, to preserve the ammonia stirring and turn.
ing it as you sprinkle, in order to moisten the
mass throughout but be careful not to get it
100 seet When you have prepared it in this
way, add a little Plaster of Paris and ashes, if
you choose heap the mass up comcally-
scoyerit with layer Of mould 8 or inches
4 thick, letit stand "a hours, and then drop one
good handful in the bottom of your hill, or
scatter.it along the drill, throw. little earth
oyer it, and plant your Corn or other seed upon
1T. When the Corn is well up, a handful Of
Sasbes may be applied to each hill, around the
I. fhe plants or along the drill, and u thorough
blowing and hoeing afterwards will insure you
"A fair crop, seasons or no seasons" pro
5vided, always, that you hare plowed deep and
prepared the land well at the outset.
As soon as. you have flushed the planting Of
Corn and other provision crops, prepare for
Cotton planting not before. If Europe
Is embroiled in a general war, as is not unlike.
zIy, breld and meat will go up, and Cotton will
{ 90, dorm, for short time, at least; and those
of our readers who watch the ssigns of the
tines should shape their course according to
present indications. War or no War, plcn-
tiful supply of good wholesome food for man
and beast should be produced on every planta.
fion, at all times. 1t is really disgraceful that
planters who own hundreds or thousands Of
broad acres, and hands TO work them, should
nav tribute to the North and West for the COM
mon necessaries of life. We pray you, friends
amend this natter and begin the reformation
at once.
S,ceet Potatoes may now be bedded out, and
n certain provision made for an abundant sup
ply Of L" draws" No crop cultivated in the
South is more worthy of attention than the
Sweet Potato. 1t is one Of urgreatest bless
sings, and no planter should fail to have full
Z" banks" at the settingin of winter, even if he
makes lille less Cotton.
Irish Potatoes should be planted in drills
feet apart, and covered with thick layer of
pine straw or leaves, as heretofore directed.
INillet and Doura Corn should also be sown
plentfulIy, during the present aud the next two
months Also, Lueerne, or " China Clover"
We prefer the drill system-land deep and
rich-for these crops.
SHADE A FERrIL1zER.-That shade is fer.
tlzer, is fact which has long been noticed,
and much has been written to explain it. A
few words will be sufficient for that purpose
Shade operates simply by preserving the am.
monia which is in the soil, and which is con.
t;nually furnished by rain and snow water, and
also by manures, and which is rapidly driven
off from a naked surface of the soil by a
scorching sun. To preserve the ammonia the
skilful farmer ploughs in his manure shortly Of
tor it is spread upon the soil aud spreads his
manure upon his meadows late in the fall, or in
the winter, or early in the spring, so that the
ammonia may be washed out of it into the