Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-02-23
Deep Ploughing.


advises deep plougl1ng, he says:
Ptough'ng mnst now be pushed vigo,
ronal y and steadily, wherever the ground
is not too wet. Turn web under, all
vegetable matter, that it may decom pose,
ald yield nutriment, to the coming crops
of corn and cotton Ptow deep, and if
you have no regular subsoil pIow, let
your turning plow be followed in the
same furrow by a bull tongue, or broad
coulter, drawn by stou. team. This
will loosen up the snbsoiI, and bring In
to cultivation portion of Your land
which has heretofore never been made
available. The old system of scratching
to the depth OF three or four inches,
must he abandoned. No Planter in the
South should pretend to plant crop Of
Corn or Cotton in less than 10 inches Of
mellow and we'll manured soil. Try
deep P1''etrg one year, and you will need
no urging hereafter.
NaHwre should now be hauled out, dis
ttbuted over the ground, and turned
deeply under. Scatter it evenly SO that
all the plants may be fed.
Spread all trash weeds, corn and cot
ton stalks, DC, over your land and turn
them under with the piow Haul leaf
mould from the hoIlows Of the woods,
and compost it with barn yard manure,
lime and ashes, before YOU spread it on
your fields.
Repair old huildings-erect new ones
look over and repair your farm impIe-
me'ts-taEe good care Of your stock,
and keep all work animals III GOO! con
ditIon for the hard labor they will have
to accomplish tie coming season.
\ new year, and Il new era in South
eru Agriculture are just dawning upon
us. We have tbe finest climate, and
some Of the richest lands under the sun
TO say nothing of that system Of do
mestlc servituie which supplies us with
the best and most easily controlled field
taborers IN the universe, and euabips us
I" produce in vast quantities one Of the
e;rths greatsst Staples, Cotton "a crop
which controls the destiny of nations.
We should then, en,!eayur fully to ap-
preciate our high position and manifold
advantages, aud let lis this year, COM
mence our planting operations with the
determination to make larger crops than
heretotore-to practice a more thorough
system Of plantation and domestic econ
"mv-,o improve our Gid worn cut ticlds
to keep oM Of dejt-and by our ear
nest and persevering efforts, to elevate the
vocation uf the Southern Planter to It's
riyhIIuI position, at the head Of all 9th
er professions,
Nor, while deToting all proper energy.
and attention to the urgent and lab0rous
luties Of the plantation, must we forget
the still higher claims Of home and i'll
Let lis encircle this
choicest and dearest spot Of earth, with
everything that can make 1t loTeIy and |
attractive. Plant al. the choicest fruits
Of our sunny cline, in such abundance |
HAT not only your own household and
servants, but tie pent up inhabitants of
cities shall be fully and |
,beaply supplied. Scatter every where
,tout your dwelling sweet and beauti,
'al flowers. to delight the eye and the
senses and bind the hearts Of your cLil>
lren indissolubly to The dear old home
stead. Fill your bookshelves and centre
ables, not only with the literature Of
4 Agriculture but with all that may quick
IN the imagination and fancy, rouse aud
,leFate the sentiments and improve the
leart; and thus let the wealth won by
FOUR enterprise and skill, minister to the
Enjoyment of life.