Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-08-14
HINTS FOR THE MONTH.

your plows, cultivators and sweeps con
stantly moving in the Cotton field
This regular stirring and pulverizing O.
the soil will also have the effect of en-
couraging larger growth, and prevent
ing the falling of the forms. Let your
culture, however, not be so deep as to
interfere with or injure the roots in any
weigh, or you will do more harm than
good. Towards the latter part of the
month, begin your preparations for pick.
ing, and as soon as the bolls begin to
open freely, set the hands at work gath.
ering. Have all seed cotton hauled in
wagons from distant fields to the gin
house, and do not require your negroes
to waste their time and strength in car.
rying heavy baskets. If you wish to
way the picking Of each hand, it can be
done by the overseer, before it is put
into the wagons, or each one can mark
his basket and have it weighed at noon
and night, in the gin-house.
CoRN.--All early planted corn laid by,
in most sections; but very late fields
may yet receive another careful surface
working, laying it by level, mellow and
free from weeds.
TURN1ps.-Ruta Baga, Red Top, Early
Flat Dutch, Yellow Aberdeen, Norfolk,
Globe, and other Turnips, should be
sown from the lst to the 25th of this
month. The ground should be repeated
ly plowed very deep, and pulverized as
fine as possible. A deep, rather light
and fertile sandy loan is best for this
crop, and such soil ought to be plowed
at least ten or fifteen inches and thor
oughly narrowed. Sow in drills from
two to three feet apart, plants standing
in the drill from six to twelve inches.-
Stable Emanure, (ten or fifteen loads to
the acre, woodsmould ashes, and bone
dust, equal parts, (six or eight loads to
the acre) or three hundred pounds of
guano scattered broadcast and plowed
in, will give you a good crop. Should
you wish to manure in the drill, open a
wide and deep furrow with long sho-
vel-plow, scatter your manure thickly
along this drill, throw fiat, broad bed
on the manure with a turning plow, and
after raking the surface smooth and
even drill in the seed as above directed
From one to one and a half pounds of
seed, mixed together with sand care
fully sown, will be sufficient for an acre.
"a friend recommends the sowing of the
seed late in the afternoon, leaving the
drill open and the seed exposed to the
action Of the dew until daybreak, next
morning, when they must be covered,
and the ground rolled or pressed down
firmly on them. This plan seems we'll
worthy of trial in dry weather. If
you have plenty of leached ashes, you
may top-dress the ground with ten or
fifteen bushels per acre, after sowing.
1t will be well, also, to dust the plants
when they first come up, with mixture
ashes, SCOT, plaster and salt, "a bushel
to the acre. to prevent the attacks of
the fly. Continue this until they get
into the rough leaf, when they may be
considered out of danger. When the
plants are we'll up, clear out all grass
and weeds carefully with the hoe, and
thin them to stand of from six to twelve
inches apart, according to the sMeof the /
variety. After thinning, work them out
from time to time, until the tops shade
the ground, when you may lay them by.
D1rcH1Ne, HAULING Muck, WOODLAND
PASTURES, Strawberry BEDS, Erc.-The
lry weather of this month will be found
favorable to the ditching and draining
fthe low wet lands, clearing up Of the |
,wamps, cutting underbrush, digging
Ind embanking fish-ponds. preparing
patches, clearing the under
growth of forests for woods pastures,
lauling of muck to the compost heap,
by compost fermenting or
BURNING of noxious weeds, etc.
TIE KITCHEN GARDEN.-All plants of
he Caulihower, Broccoli, or Cabbage
amily, may be set out the latter part of
his month, for fall and winter use
This month may be considered the sec
md spring in the South. All work done
n, the spring should now be repeated,
nd will in most cases, furnish us with
EXCELLENT vegetables until frost. Con-
inue to transplant Celery. Full crops
f the different kinds of Turnips should
e sown during the month, as directed /
bove. Sow seeds of Beets, Satisfy, '
'arrot etc, for winter use-shading the q
round, by a slight " brush arbor,"
rom the sun. Radishes, Spinach, Let
uce, etc, may be sown, and Snap Beans a
nd English Peas may be planted, and
he drills, as soon as filled up, covered r
overed with a pretty heavy molching, t
t least two inches thick; saw-dust or |r
7ell rotted leaves are very good for i
lulching. Plant, also, Melons and Gu 70
umbers for mangoes and pickles. Keep e
own all weeds-use the hoe, and water II
.eely. Plant second or fall crop Of t