Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-02-06
A GOOD CROP,

A GOOD CROP.
Our Friend T. ]. H. has kindly handed
US report Of crop raised by him for Col.
NJ. FRAZIER on the Islandford Plantation.
This report is not made as a brag-crop, but
simply with view to give fair statement
of the operations, together with the disad.
vantageous circumstances under which the
overseer had to labour, and the good yield
Notwithstanding, for the benefit of our broth
er farmers. This is as it should be. We
hope others will follow the example.
MEssRs EDITORS: According to your re.
quest, give you report Of my last years
crop, and the manner Of it's cultivation. In
January, my first operations were sowing
and blowing in oats, splitting rails and re-
pairing fences. BY the 5th of March | had
sowu the oats, repaired the fences, and bro.
ken up all the land, both for cotton and corn,
and considerable portion Of the corn land
the second time. / then commenced plant,
ing corn and finished on the twelfth.
My corn was planted by laying off with a
scooter plow and dropt 33 inches apart,
being covered with two more scooter fur
rows. then commenced hauling out ma.
nure, bedding up cotton land and clearing a
small new.ground. When these operations
were done, my corn was up,-but the wealth.
er turned cold and upon examination found
my corn SO badly killed that it was necessa-
ry to plant it ali over again. This did in
the same manner as at first. then com.
menced planting cotton on the 7th of April,
opening the ridge with small scooters, drop
ping the seed, covering some with harrows
and some with small scooters. My corn
was now beginning to come up. My first
working to the corn, was by running in the
covering furrow with subsoil p!ow. (Broyles'
we suppose,) as deep as the best mules
could pull them; following with hand.rakes
and raking the crust and clods off the young
corn. This done and had the prettiest
stand Of corn ever saw. then turned
back and plowed out the middles with long,
sharp scooters and followed with the hoes
and thinned it to stand. | then went to
the cotton had covered with the plow, and
with hand.rakes raked of the top of the ridge
and in few days, also had a fine stand Of
cotton. then run round the cotton with 5000.
ters with boads nailed on the right side to
keep the clods from falling on the cotton,
following with the hoes and timing to two
or three stalks 10 place.
After going over in this way, then plow
ed out l2O acres of fresh land cotton.
My corn was now to be powed the second
time. used shovel plows altogether this
working. After blowing about 100 acres,
and when everything was looking as fine as
one could wish, on the 18th of may we had
the most destructive hail.storm l ever wit
messed. Every thing was beaten to and into
the ground; fences were blown down; trees
and limbs were blown down and scattered
over the whole plantation; and all our labor
thu, far seemed to have been done in vain.
scratched my head, but that would not do; ;
30 osasred out the whole force and with
might and main went to putting up the fen
ees, outing and rolling logs, and piling up
brush. | then determined to finish plowing
nv corn. .stumps any how, and by that time
could tell what to do with my cotton-shns
By the time the corn was finished the cotton
began to grow, some that was only crippled
and some coming up from the seed, all to-
gether not enough for half stand. | run
round it as before and chopped through it,
not chopping out cotton but grass and weeds.
I then turned back aud plowed out the mid
dies with shovels After this plowed my
corn the third and last time. This working
was done with shovels and turning plows;
running round with wing shovels and finish
ing with straight shovels
then plowed out my cotton again with
shovels and at the proper time laid it by with
the sweeps.
The crop gathered was as follows:
Corn, 1881 bushels, at 75cts S264S,25
Cotton, lsl bales, weighing
425lbs., at Gets. .50lO,75
Oats, 1900 bushels, at Scots. 10000
Wheat SO at 81 ,5Octs. sd 90
Pork, 10000 lbs net, ,~ats cts. 10000
S9ll3,OO
Fodder and Potatoes not counted.
Number Of hands employed 81, all told
rated as "a good hands.
Yours with respect, &c.
II. ]. II.