The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-10-14
Plantation Work for October,

last, We find nothing IN u " "'''
or change, and We therefore adopt
it for this month.
CoTToN PIcEING.-Thi8 Is stlll
the pressing business Of the plan
tation for this month, and every
moment should be devoted to 1t
that can be spared from other ur-
gent work, that must necessarily
receive the planters attention.
Pick now with all your available
force, while the weather Is cry
and warm, as ere long the short
DAVIS Of winter, with the chilling
winds will be upon you, when
cotton picking becomes II tedious
and disagrccablc business,
CoRN AND PEAs.-Thc houS-
inc Of these crop. is part OF the
uroeut work alluded to above,
and should now be attended to rs
soon as possible, rs much waste
results from allowing them tore
main longer in the field. 1t ~
quite an object, in this country
bv which we mean the cotton
Statcs-to put up corn IN Soc'' Il
way as to protect it from the ray
arcs Of the wccviI. This, how
ever, can never be accomplished
with any degree Of certainty, '''l'
til our planters getln the h"NI'
Of constructing corn houses 'Io'
will first protect their corn IRON
rats. Whatever Of care ana at
tcntion may bc necessary Tor 'l''
construction Of u barn or bIn, l"l
the protection Of your wheat, MOI
less, surely, should be devoted Il
the construction OF your corr
houses, for the protection OF yo"
.,- q.
corn, to the planter II much NOR
valuable grain,
Pick your peas and put 'l''''
up in u close house, IN the h"I
and dry, and the w""v'I w'll I"
them little or no injury. llcI
and weigh them up carefully "
you do your cotton at planting
time you will get n busIIcI for cv
cry 100 pounds.
SWEET PoTAToES.-1hl5 cr"l
should be housed towards TIN
close of thismonth. There IS "A.
old notion prevalent among pla"
tcrs, of Indian origin, we suppose
that "frost should kill the vino
first" 1t is immatcrlal IN wh'
way you put up your po'a'o''
YOU have no guarantee that the
will keep sound, if the vines J
killed by frost before you I'll
them. Frost, sufficiently mar
to kill the vines, will freeze tn
surface Of the earth to snIllclcl
depth to chill and seriously InJul
many of the roots. DO not dcla
digging beyond the 10Th Of tn
latitude.
SWEET POTATO VINES As liA'
1t is remarkable that plantc'
will allow their potato vines to J
killed by frost, to the serious II
jury Of the root, and total loss
the vines, previous TO gathrrln
and yet they will spend time
saving pea vines that are do'
growing and partially dry, al
fodder (corn bladcs) after the col
is maturcd when neither or bo'
together are worth rs much MS Il
potato vine for stock food, by
per cent. On the Goth Of tit
month, and earlier, in proportl'
~ you 90 northward in the cote
region, the potato vine isln sta
Of luxuriant growth, having she
none of its leaves, full of sach
rinc matter and starch. TIN
may be gathered with great raPl
ity, and easily cured, as there
rarely rain about the Goth of {
tobcr. There is no forage in
class of hays, for stock-cattlc n
mules, to be compared to wcll-c'
cd sweet potato vines.
STocK.-Thc stock of the pl;
tation, and especially your POI
crs, and those of every varic
intended for exhibition mt @
State Fair, should bc rcccivi
extra attention this month. I
cry facility afforded them now