The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-20
lgrrultur0l.
From the American Cotton Planter.
PLANTATION WORK FOR MAY

seHeonS and the peculiar circumstances
OF LOCALITY and rntation, will Use all the
means at command 10 promote the bros
porous growth OF the crop, and to Keen
back the weeds aud grass. There is no
Se9so" OF the year, perhaps at which the
same object so universally effects the
planting interest. All their preparation
i"r the crop is now overt it has been
well done, the fruit, bouutifully, is very
cerian-lt not, al, is uncertainty, and 1t
Is now too late to amend, in tue wav of
preparation TOR the present crop.
W hlie there is no one rule or mode of
operation that will apply equally well in
al localities, there is, nevertheless. opo
general T'rincYic that must be observed
throughout the entire operation Of cult,
'"Ung the growing crop, in order to Sc
cure the sure and greatest production,
under The circumstances Of seasons. DC.
lhat un'vcrsa! principle is, to avoid as
inuch as possible. in the cultivation of
'Ac crop, the cutting or wouulimg the
roofs OF the growing corn or cotiOn-pro
""c'ng nj The same time the most per
tect pu!vcrZa,iou Of the surface soil. To
every man admitting the princiu.c. the
Indications are nj in and uLy;ons o,I
will suggest at once tie proper nipple.
ments with which TO effect that object
most success. fulIv.
Your corn land NAV, and IFS seed sbou}J
tie piowcd once more very thoroughly
and dccplv. if fpossiblc,wi;h scooter riov:
after the vounr com is TN, while il !. vet
Young, and before the la,crual roots have
spread out from the immediate vicinity
OF the stalk. This can bc-Gouc wi.ho1,
iujrrv to the land or teams, M th. SIM
has not yet become oppre>>ivclv warm :;
it is also valuable means of lcrr,c,;r,r
and deepening the pu,ycri1atiou of the
soil, commenced in the ureparatiuu Of IN.
land for planting. This wcIk pror,r,v
done, uo; only destroys ai cra>s and
weeds that may be at The time standing
with the yCun. IN, but it leaves the,
soil once more icoscucI up deeply, in a
light and hiahIc condition, INTO which the
young and growing corn, thiuncd ou; to
stand, senIs out Its roots in az dircc
tious after It's proper rourishmeut in the
soil.
Now, can any rejecting planter or
mar ager believe, for "A moment, iha, he
! can again, after this, when his corn $
knee high or more, drive a p.ow into tlis
soil, every square inch ot which is per
meatcd 10y the radicals Of the growing
corn, without cutting loose and des.roy-
ing these roots, aud thereby preventing
that supply OF nouri,hmcut necessary 10
the present prosperous growth cf the
crop! We think not. 1t is not atccs.
s"ry under any cir, umstarccs. Another
blowing, under such circumstances, ali
other thing, equal. WI. not ouly cut short
! The production from ten to fifteen per cen,
! III quantity per acre, but 1t will effect the
real Va'"e OF the produce 10 the extent
OF az least I'VE pounds weight less per
snei'
Your cotton VIII next require Your at-
'cnuon' ou have taken a great deal Of
pans t" bel up your iamd well for the
recePU"" OF the seed. This yon may
nave H9"e 'or your corn also, and in low,
ddlnl li>h i&nd, II Is quite necessary, bat in