The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-17
agricultural,
From the Southern Cultiyator,
WORK FOR THE MONTH-(sEP-
TEMBER.)
TIE PLANTATION.

Cotton, now beginning to open fully
must be gathered without delay. Avoid
picking Immediately after shower, les,
the lint should be dirty. See ,ha, vou,
Gin and Press are in complete ORDER and
send no Cotton to market that has not re.
celved the most careful handling through.
out.
Cow Peas should be gathered and put
away during the brief Intervals Of leisure
from cotton picking. The vines of late
planted Peas may also be cut when the
pod is just forming, and cured for hay.
Corn may be cut up and saved as di-
rected in our last, page 234,
Winter Oats, Rye, Barley, Clover and
Lucerne may be sown the latter part OF
this month.
Turnips for fall crop, must now be
sown, walnut delay. The Ruta Baga.
Yellow Aberdeen, Norfolk, Early Fiat
Dutch, Globe and Strap Leaf Red Top
IIrnips are all valuable varielies-,he tw o
first being the best Tor stock ana long
keeping.
uay.-ln addition 20 the Corn stalk
and unpulled fodder spoken Of in our las,
(paSe 234,) Sweet potato vines and the
top OF Pndars make = tolerahle rough TO
rage, If cut and cured before they begin t.
"lther All Crab Grass, CrowiooL and
other grasses must be cut when in blossom
and caretlsly cured, with as little expos
ure to the sun as possible, to be OF any
value for hay. The dried up and wither
Cd grass often pulled Tor hay late III The
season, Is almost utterly valueless.
Wet lands may now he drained, wood
lands prepared tor pasturage, weeds and
bush grubbed up, &c. DC, as directed
heretofore.
Winter Forage.-As green crop, try
Wheat, sown thick in . foot drills, on
deeply plowed and rich land. 1t vii! give
your animals green food nearly all winter
bearing repeated cuttings.
THE GARDEN.
Turnips, of all kinds if already sown,
must be put in without delay. (Se direc.
tons in August number, i'll regard to this
and other gardening opera,ions)
STRAWBERRY BEDS
May now be prepared and the plants
set out any time during the fall or winter.
a cool moist soil, rich in vegetable matter.
SUITS this fruit best, in our sul,ry climate.
Spade or trench-plow the ground as deep.
ly as possible, turning under plentiful
supply otswamp muck ,decomposed leaves,
wood ashes, pulverized charcoal, and a
IIltle well rotted stable manure. Harrow
or rake the surface until it is perfectly fine
and even, and set your plants in 3 foot
rows, foo: to lS inches in the row.
When the plants are well rooted cover
the entire surface Of the ground with par.
TALLY docompCscd forest leaves, only ner-
mitting the plants to be exposed. By
this methCG, with an occasional watering
in dry weather (and the proper selection
OF varleties) this delicious and healthy
fruit may be raised abundanlly duripn 3
or months in the year, for family use
and for market. 1t can be safely trans.
ported 800 miles per railroad, and has
even been sent from Georgia to New York
IN excellent condition. 1t is, in all res
poets, one of our most attractive and prof.
table fruit crops, and We hore it will re
ceiVe increased attention hereafter. Oul
six choicest.varIetes are Hovey's Seeding
McAvoys Superior, Longworlh's Prolific
Walkers Seeding, Crimson Cone and a
nameIess plant Of tive Hauthois class, com
mon in this vicinity. McAvoy's Extra
Red, the Crescent Seeding. Black Prince
iowa, Jenny land, SCOTS Seeding, and
other varieties, are also valuable for ANA.
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