Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-08-21
HINTS F THE MONTH.

= treated with lelentless hostility during
the. present month, and TO that end, keeI
your plows, cIltivators and sweeps con
stantly movi1E in the Cotton field
This regular frring and pulvcrizing o
the soil will lso have the effect of en-
couraging a larger growth and prevent
ing the falling Of the forms. Let you,
culture, however, not be so deep as te
interfere with or injure the roots in any
weigh, or ou will do more harm thar
|good Iot Yards the latter part of the
month"; be- bin your preparations for pick
ing, and soon as the bolls begin to
open freeT, set the hands at work gath
lerins. ave all seed cotton hauled in
wagons rom distant fields to the gin
house, AID do not require your negroes
TO .Wast9 their time and strength in car.
lrylhg eavy baskets. If you wish to
way ing picking of each hand, it can be
done N the overseer, before it is put
INTO th9 wagons, or each one can mark
ms sket and have it weighed at noon
ana fight, in the clubhouse.
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.
k 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 manure, (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 good crop. Should
you wish to manure in the drill, open
wide and deep furrow with a long sbo-
vel-plow, scatter your manure thickly
along this drill, throw a 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 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
when they must be covered,
and the ground rolled or pressed down
firmly on them. This plan seems well
worthy of trial in dry weather. I'll
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 a mixture
ashes, SCOT, plaster and salt, "a bushel
% the acre, to prevent the attacks of
he fly. Continue this until they get
nto the rough leaf, when they may be
considered out of danger When the
,lants are we'll up, clear out all grass
md weeds carefully with the hoe, and
hin them to a stand of from six to twelve
nclres apart, according to the size of the
'ariety. After thinning, work them out
rom time to time, until the tops shade
he ground, when you may lay them by.
D1rcHINe, HAULING Muck, WOODLAND
'AsrUREs, STRAWBERRY BEDS, Erc.-The
nv weather of this month will be found
avorable to the ditching and draining
the low wet lands, clearing up of the
wamps, cutting underbrush, digging
nd embanking fsh-ponds, preparing
trawberry patches, clearing. the under
rowth Of forests for woods pastures,
auling of muck to the compost heap,
estruction by compost fermenting Or
urning of noxious weeds, etc.
The KITCHEN GARDEN.-All plants of
le Caulifower, Broccoli, or Cabbage
,mily, may be set out the latter part Of
lis month, for fail and winter use
his month may be considered the sec
ID spring in the South. All work done
thespring should now be repeated,
I'd will in* most cases, furnish us with
,cellent vegetables until frost. Con-
nue. to transplant Celery. Full crops
the different kinds of Turnips should
, 4sown during the month, as directed
,ove. Sow seeds of Beets, Satisfy,
arrot etc, for winter use-shading the
'ound, by slight brush arbor,"
om the sun. Radishes, Spinach, Let
ce, etc, may be sown, and Snap Beans
ID English Peas may be planted, and
e drills, as soon as filled up, covered
vered with a pretty heavy molching,
least two inches thick; saw-dust or
I'll rotted leaves are very good for
ulching. Plant, also, Melons and Gu
m horc fnr mancrnne and nickloa Koon