Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-13
HAVING and HARVESTING.


events in the Summer Campaign Of farmers
in all grazing and grain growing regions
They are the principal items Of labor for the
ensuing six weeks or two months, among the
great m ajority of our subscribers, East and
West, North and South. In some sections,
both these important and laborious opera
tions are at hand-though our readers in
New England, New York, the western Staes,
and Canada, have yet time for ample prepar-
,tion, especially for wheat harvesting. Hence
a few remarks on the subject will be season
able,and perhaps embody suggestions worthy
of attention.
1t is the first Importance to be fully pre-:
pared, in season, for both haying and har-
vestiug. Usually the greatest inconvenience
experienced by farmers consists in the lack Of
sufficient and efficient help. An extra num-
Der of lahorers Unnecessary, and unless their
services are engaged early, loss is often sus.
tanned by not securing the grass and grain:
in proper season. And those who wait UNI
til the last moment, are necessarily obliged
to accept such laborers as are obtainable,
however inexperienced, and not unfrequently
pay exorbitant wages. Farmers who require
special assistance should see that it is secur.
ed without delay, and those who attend to
the matter now GAN engage tile most caPa-
ble hands.
But hundreds if not thousands Of our
readers caunot accomplish their haying and
harvesting in proper season, without the aid
of machinery. Moving and reaping ma.
chimes must, to great extent, take the place
or supply the want OF laborers. Those
who require the aid Of machinery should
lose no time, in securing it early sothat
there shall he no failure when wanted. There
is nothing being fully cup 10 time" in be.
ginning to cut grass and grain, and every
farmer should make ample and timely pre-.
parations to secure his more important and
profitable crops at the most favorable period.
Those who have the necessary machines aud
implements, should see that they are in pro-
per order, and those who need new ones
should lose no time in securing the best OBJ.
tainable. We say the best because a poor
implement or machine-a oue horse affair
liable to fail to connect" when most want.
eds generally losing investment. Farm
ers who count their acres of grass and grain
by twenty, ffties and hundreds, can not only
afford to own and use the most improved
labor saving machinery, but will find it tnear.
ly indispensable. In many instances, two,
three or more farmers can advantageously
unite in the purchase and use Of mowers,
reapers, horse rakes, lhreshers, &c.
As to the precise time of cutting grass
and grain, there are various opinions, though
it is now generally conceded that both should
be cut before fully ripe. Meadow hay in
tended for winter feeding should never be al
lowed to stand until nearly matured. Many
of our best farmers cut their grass when in
blossom, or soon after that time. By cut
ting during the period of inhorcscence, and
curing properly-using from one to two
pecks of salt per ton, according to which the
hay is to be applied-excellent winter food
for stock will be secured.
The advantage Of cutting wheat early
from one to two weeks before fully ripe
has been argued and demonstrated, and is
now so generally conceded that we need
not recapitulate testimony in this connec.
ton. The results of carefully conducted
experiment, conclusively y proving the great
advantage Of cutting while the berry is soft,
have been published andrepnblished through.
out the land, and yet hundreds of farmers
annually allow their wheat to stand till near.
ly dead ripe" and then raise tempest
because help is so scarce, and their crops
about to be half wasted or ruined!--Rural
New Yorker.
TIE CRops.-I'he prospect for the grain
crop in our State, at this time promises
favorabiy. Wheat has matured and been
cut under the most favorable circumstances.
In quantity, it is good average crop, very
plump and heavy and Of superior quality.
We have heard of some being ground two
weeks since, and yielding excellent flour.
Rains have recently been quite general, and
with the exception Of few dry sections,
the corn crop is quite promising-Spring
Oats have suffered considerably, but those
sown in the fall will produce ia ir crop.
From present prospects, the high price of
provisions cannot he much longer sustained.
New -four will be in market in few days,
which will undoubtedly reduce that Of the
old article and of corn meal.-Macon Mes.
senger, Both ult.
CRops.-For the past few weeks it has
been part Of our programme to be circula-
ting around among the agricultural sections
of these and adjacent parts-have been
down. into Georgia, the northern part of
Alabama, and into East Tennessee. From
what we saw and hear we pronounce the
prospects good for an abundant crop OF
Wheat, the yield will be larger than for
many years. Also Corn looks promising
Oats not so good, season too dry. Potatoes
are doing finely, and all that pertains to the
farming interests are such as to inspire the
farmer with much cheer 'andz hope.@Chat.
tanooga Advertiser, lst inst
10 MAKE PRIME VINEGAR.-A cores
pondent of the Ohio Cultivator vouches for
ths merit of the following recipe of making
vinegar. Take and mix one quart of moas.
ses, three gallons of rain water. and one
pint of yeast Lett ferment and stand for
four weeks, and you will have the best of
vinegar.
TO CURE FELoNs-J. ". Elliot Of Bos-
ton, assures US that it is better to steep the
felon finger in hot lye of wood ashes than
In water alone; he cured one on his finger
without. lancing in this manner. The pain
oooead entirely after soaking the finger for