Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
GRAPE SI GIeg ING and VINE MAKING MADE EASY.

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EDrToRs SOUTHERN greeably
s tosyour request q now hand you O few remarks
about our method of planting out and taking
.scareof a. Vineyard. u say, our method, : for
1eIaim it as peculiar to DR.. McD Donnad and my
seIf ;sand we.haYe adopted it, not through igno-:
i rance of more. compG Gcated and more costly
methods, but, first on account of pttcsty
and chsapae and then, harms well succeeded
why shonld we alter our course do not pre-;
tend to say it is the best, nor do / wish to deter
any disposed to go TO- the trench
lands sthrse:f feet IN depth but there
arsyerY many farmers .wh have not the means
tc inEur snch s4psnses, Pho Wish 80 out
sah aete OF two Sf 9inesS but are rigiis
tsneaS oft of it not only By the mystery and:
Wl,iehs heretofore been. connScts
4ed with the business, but also; by fear of the
8 money swhi ich is to- come out I of their pockets
before they receive any returns. & First;;s many
hundred dollars for trenching, and grubbing,
I andmanuringg J; then so man more for vines !.
then soxmanyiamore to learn how to stick the
cuttings; into the ground and then so many
mdSesto learn. how to prune j, then to learn how
! to make .thewine, how to keep III, etc; and, to
crown it>all, so many thousands for a cellar.
And, ,if it so;happens, heis able and willing to
stand all this hundred to one, he IS frightened
halfsont of his senses, and gives up in despair
of ever being able to nnrarel the mystery, aud
master the awfat science Of Wine making, espc
7scialfyif he happens to hear Of granite abora-
tories being built: for the express purpose of
imparhng instruction for remuneration!
81 81 PREPARATION oEsTuE9LASD.
prefer:rew lane, d,--.such3as would bring from
four to SIX bushels of corn to the acre; select, i
8 possible, d. piece on eastery, southeasterly cx-
posure, and on 6 hill side, if you have such; if
you have not, level land will do; provided it be
NOT t66s retentiEe of moisture. Sunday soil is
the hest, dry clay hill sides will answer
.xery well. Clear The. land and break it up with
J0ws, as for corr, but alltrees must, OF course,
be entS down aud removed. Now get a parcclof
srail stakes, from thrse to -four feet long, and
{ proceed to mark out. the rows il the land be
level letthe rows be straight; but If on 4 hill
side5 hay them OF horizontally, or level without
regard to straightness this.is in oreer to pre-
vent the washing away ofrtRe soil, see one OF
stlis late numbers of the Culttc.ttor for simple
leyelng instrument. ] make my rows eight or
nine feet apart. [ prefer that distance on &C
EcoIntof driving carts between to haul stakes,
oT manure, whensit becomes necessary, or III,
vintage time. Having staked off the rows to
: your Yatsla action, proceedto open the trenches
IilGul LNU lCSI Nlutj stilu
from fourteen inches deep large plows followed
By long shoyels, viii very quickly do the work
siin.sandy soil. Thenext46iugg is to plant; this:
can done, in our, Southern climate, from the
rtiddis5of November to, the end of March. i
prefer rooted plants ;otlers give the preference
toseuttinss; the. frst will save. you. one year,
;sand syouScan plant. them deeper, great
object Make yourself f 81 wood With:
ansopeaing OF ffourteet six inches ut the points,
and mark ont the distance for your vincs IN its:e
bottom Of the trenches; drop Tie vines in their
places, and proceed to plant tEem. Two mtti,:
with shorthandlcd .hoes, will plant q great many
IN sday one doepens the hole to let the roots
20 some inches deeper thGn the bottom of the
ditch the other. places the vine upright and
\ holds it until the first has put earth around it..
fsyoa have other hands let them. follow with
hoes mud ref ii the trench, so that the top eye of
Z the vine .iyill be about on a level with the sur
face. Put a short stake to each vine, to mark
its place. There is nothing more to do until.
the spring grass will call your p!ows and hoes
into use then work them as you would corn or
cotton You may plant, two rows of corn or
speas batWeen the rows, and they will not inter ]
fare with the vines in the least.
FIRsrsPRUSIxG. a. $.
In the winter, at any time between the slst of
SDeesmbsrs and the 18th of March, take a sharp
remove every brahch except one, and cut
! that 6~n above the second or third eye of the
lase Towth break; tho land with a halfshovel'I
spiowsas for. corn passing the nearest farrow
sabolt twelve inches from The vines. Give them
o stake about four feet long !. they viii, in the
Spring shoot ont many suckers, and put out eyes
where they have no business ;.cut out the suck
efs Tith1 long handled chissel, and rub Off all