The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-12
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WORK FOR THE MoNIH-MARCH
TIE PLANTATION.

LIE PLANTATION.
l'RovIs'oS CEors AND pRovENpER.-
We can give our readers no better conn.
sci than to put in us soon as the season
will allow, an ahundan, supply Of Corn,
Irish and Sweet Potatoes, Spring Oa,s,car
ly Cow Peas, MiIlet, Doura and common
Corn (broa least and in the drill, for fed.
dcr) Luccrne in drill, &c, &c.
In preparing for your regular Corn
crop, do not forget our suggestions in Feb.
ruary number, page Sc. Piow or subsoil
your ia"d 10 or II inches deep N5 would
far better y manure heavily and plant
early. DO not lose moment after the
danger of late frost is over.
As soon as YOU have finished the plan
ting OF Corn aud other provision crops,
prepare for Cotton, respecting which sec
various articles i'll present and former
numbers.
Sweet Potatoes should now be bcdlcL
out and certain provision made for An
ahund"nt supply OF ''drawS.' No crop
/ cultivated IN the South is mere worthy OF
attention than the. Sweet Potato. IL is
one of the most valuabIo crops for man
or beast, and no planter should fail to
have full "banks" at the setting in Of win
ter even i! he does not make liz crop
Of Cotton: The lIay,i (vhitc) Vans.
the Yellow (ams, aud the large Rcd
Negro Killers" $50 calIctD are al fine
and productive varieties.
lrsh Potatoes should he plant cd in
drills 3 feet apart, and covered with n
thick layer OF nime-s,raw or leaves, as
heretofore directed.
MIi!ct and Doura Corn should also be
sowm plen,iiulIy during the prcscn, and
the next two months, Also, Luccrnc, or
Chillian Clover. We prefer lie drill
sys!cm-lanL deep aud rich-for these
crops.
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.
If you have over-wintcrqI Cabbage
plants, set them out now. Sow more
Cabbage seed to head in the summer.
Fla. Dutch is the best. Thin out Tur.
nips as soon as they have four leaves. and
SOW more Inrnip seed; Early White Dutch
aud Red Topped Dutch are the hest for
spring use. If you did not SOW Onion
seed (black) last month, do it at once
they will come INTO use in the latter part
Of the summer. when all that were ra;soL
from setts or buttons are gone. Ii YOU
dil SOW Black Onion seed in September,
it can now be transplanted. Sow Carrots,
Beets, Extra Early is the iinss,) pars,
nps, SalS"fy, Lettuce, RadI hes, Thyme,
Parsley and Rape ('or early grccns) -
Plant all in rows 5 inches apart. Sow,
also, little spot with Celary and protect
them from the sun. When Cherry trees
% are IN sloom plant Snaps Beans; and
when Apple trees are in flower plan,
S9hashcs, (S'al'oP Squash IS the best in
hliIs feet apart; also, Cucumbers and
MnskmeIons feet apart the Nutmeg
ana C'tron Melors are very fine and the
earliest; beechw"cJ Melon is very supe-
rior, but Gtllc later. All zines are great
oIhe''''cd 10y g"aho or poultry manure.
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