The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-06-26
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From the Soil ofthe South.
PLANTATION WORK FOR JUNE
THE CORN CROP
is "la'd by" this month that is, it receives
its last working, which should Le as much
confined to the surface as possible. We
generally accomplish this operation with
three solid sweep furrows to the row. If
peas have not been planted at the second
working, they may be sown now, in frcsl,
or strong land, broad cast at about the rate
of peck to the acre. Let the hoes follow
the plows, thoroughly cleaning the rows
OF all grass, SO that the crop, may be left
perfectly clean.
TIE COTTON CROP.
Keep tho hoes and plows steadily NOV.
ing. The crop has now been brought to
stand, and should be in fine growing condi
ton. 1t is great thing for the cotton
CROP to get it to growing and branching as
early as possible. Keep the surface clean,
and the only way to do this without injury
to the crop, is by repeated shallow work
ings. Never let tho grass get rank hold
in the crop, or it will be necessarily injured
IN cleaning it. Keep the plow force mov-
ing, no matter though there may not seem
to be much necessity for the plow. Stop
the plows, and the grass will get the start
OF you. At each succeeding plowing, run
the p!ows n little further off from the cot
ton. and run them no deeper than is barely
sufficient to clean the surface.
TIE POTATO cnor.
Embrace every opportunity to plant out
potato slips. A very slight rain is sufficient
to ensure their living. Draw the slips from
the bed and soak the roots thoroughly in
water before planting them, and if the
weather should be dry afterwards, water
them late in the evening for two or three
evenings. The unusual severity of tLe past
winter, killed most of the seed potatoes in
the country, and we fear therefore tha. the
crop this year will be small one. We
notice a suggestion of correspondent in
the May number Of the Southern Cultipa-
tor. which in the great scarcity of seed may
prove worthy of adoption. The writer in
question says:
"On the goth day of July last, com.
mcnced planting potato vines in the follow
ing manner; the ground planted, was rye
stubb!e: badly nlowcd and narrowed, and
very clayey:
made burrows with bull tongue plow
four feet apart; laid two vines along tl,,
whole length in the furrow, then covered,
with plow, about three or four inch, s
deep, running furrow on each side. They
soon began to come up, and, although the
ground was dry and cloddy, made very
good stand, with the exception of two rows,
which were planted with young and tender
vines in the middle Of the dav, which were
scorched 10y the sun before they could bc
covered by the plow. On the 18Th of Au.
gust, l bcdded up three rows, (that is,
broke out the middlcs,) but the ground be-
ing too dry and hard, merely narrowed
the balance to keep down the grass; a spell
of wet weather setting in, caused the vines
to run over the ground and they were
worked no more.
"On the 10th of November, com
menced digging them they yielded at the
rate of fifty bushels per acre. The three
rows plowcd, yielding two to one of the
OILERS.
"ln this mannc, they may be planted in
level land or in bcds,and at almost any
time, unless the ground is very dry or too
wet to plow. Cattle and horses prefer tho
dried vines to any other feed.
al. F. ERNEST.
Fayette County, Ieras, 1856.