The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-04-02

When growing or when tH bearing, ana
this is too often the case A short lived
msnure'uray DO expended ingiving growth
TO the stalk, and leaving nothing to make
the ear. Cotton seed, early winter,rotted,
is OF this class, and if put on rotted at
planting, i,settects areall expendedin the
stalks with nc,t,ing left for the ears. The
tendency ofour warm climate is to run to
too much stalk, and should be countcract.
ed rather than stimulated. Our only friend
that has been doing this Is early drouth, al
ways unthanked, and frequen'y y regarded
rs an enemy. Corn will stand seasons
that much diminish its size and yield well,
provided suitable rains come when the
gram is making. The manure shonld be
] SO managed as to act at this juncture, say
June and July. Let us take corn for our
example, and tho season equally applies
to cotton and all other products, and!your
| observation will make the appictiou- -
Corn is generally planted in March, and
continues its growing stage ,thr%sh all
May,'when the bearing or fruitipg stage
eomIncices and continues through June
and July. The observant planter will then
see the rnpldity of the shooting and tasse
ing and pushing out ofthe young ears, and
If he ia kes the hoe he will see, just under
the surface, innumcrable thread like white
roots extending in all directions from the
guard roots and others to the distance OF
eight or ten feet then is the time that
the land should be in fine order aud the
manure in its most powerful action. These
roots are in search of food and tearing it
to the corn and should @ot BE SAT hv plow
or hoe, as it will be TOO late 70 renew for
use.
In Juno and July it is in full bearing,
and wants all the effect of the manure and
rains, and on this, more than on the size
OF tho stalk, is the yield dcIcNdaut. All
that class Of manure that come from list
Ing and covering where grown the rub
hish and surface soil, and the litter of sta
bio or COW pens or compost heaps as well
from the want of time rs the necessity Of
the co operation Of tho ea.tl in rottiag,
| reducing aud preparing it for the food of
plants, must be applied before the crop is
planted."ana let this he as ut present.
The manures | particularly allude TO are
cotton seed, guano and the suIphates, all.
, powerful IN themselves and requiring so
little time IN application, and think |
may add, of short duration, in the home
, patinc dose usually given. The practice
complain offs the usual one of throwing
out the cotton seed us it is gnncd, where,
from the size of Tie bulk, i, heats, sobs.
and It's essence and value passes into the
air and is lost. m this evaporation its
odor tells thc nose, t it has not informed
shc understanding tha. is wasting into the
a'r. u, perhaps, correct TO say ,hat
more than one half its value is lost, and
! without the poor excuse of its being too
! busy time.
Let the cotton seed he hauled off to the
field to be manureJ before it accu,nulates
into much bulk. In the small heaps in
the comica! shapes as drawn from the wag.
ons, it will not DO injured bv the winter
rains. lfyou fear injury TO your hogs or
from your stock, few rails adequately
protect the supply Of four acres, at one
place: or 1t may be pat into conicaI
heaps as dropped from ;he wagon in an
enclosure at the ginhouse. The iced is
to be killed after tue corn is planted. and
not before, and let sorae t-usty hand, with
eight "r'teny young people or other inferior
hands under hi:r, open the tops of the
piles with two or more deep CHOPS Of the
hoe, and the young hands pour in bush.
el Of water, more or less on this let be
placed two hoe fulls of dirt to retain the
moisture, and cover it with the seed. In
this state, especially if dore at rainy
time; it will heat and ti,c negotiating
principle be killed, which is generally the
case in three or four weeks. This should
be done in March or early in April, and
the application to the corn in Nav, or
when. tie corn is knee or waist high. 1t
is well to scat,er the seed in the furrow.
near the corn, to te covered by the plows.
Little benefit is got from sound seed, and
while tho covered see.l is killed, much on
the outer surface of the heap will not be,
and this Is better secured At the lime of
killing, to draw the earth over the seed.
as 1t better keeps the heat in. The effect
of this manure will DC visible after the first
rain, and will be'mos powerful when the
corn most needs iti .
The object is to wet well the interior OF
the pile and keep .l moisture there by
lie dirt, and don't let IL bea mere rlanta.
sieH order, but see t'ia:'it'is done we'll, as
! it has as much use rs any other work.
Sound seed loses nearly all its value by
sprouting, but is not so bad a. winter rot
ted seed. If tie cotton seed piles are
covered over 10y dirt, aad the rain cases
that dirt well, it keeps in the heat and
kills all the seed better. i have never
succeeded in killing well the outside seed.
havc only tried guano in the last two
years, and not on an extepsras scale, bot
40 far as have, think il very valuable.
and will more than compensate for It's
price. Until better informed, shall re-
gard it as a powerful short lived manure,
and far piaatrion purpose, on corn, use
about lO9 pounds to tho acre, scattering
it in the pIow fnrrow, to be covered when
the corn is about knee high. Have il,
completely pnlverized, rs IN lnrnps, how