The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1858-04-13

y 1~OIAIeS11Ll LAs 49,
lher is not too npchstinsetHed. s+i$t,st 60
| 'Ehe, ispring 9of 1855 ,was9sery backward,
| heaTySfrostion the mofninglof1he 6tbof Aprf;; !;
! but4e@ planters had commenced planting Their
cotton tiil3 after the nitidfa df the :,H6nthS
commenced onstiie Elh and nofstahd 18th
lof; May, owing tu1t!ie dr6ttth then in lhiss5 as
well rs ;othersectieus. The result MAS, Il made:
a sorry crop. rhs generalArule,i le@oultkref,
ttiico,nmend cotton io de fdADted earl y to avid
the; ;dEy weather.sw we frequently IN April
and May, for if the ground 'nnce bakes on n
before il crl come, it rarely ever'coHes uptin
la healthy Condition !; consequently it will die
out and produce bad stands, and a sorry; crop
lis thesresult. Some say rlahtr tatc TO. avoid.
thosesdry pelsg but SAY ideaEsH is too u.l@
ceftaihsAydu may avoid d crop also. c> !; ss e
As to Tho culture Of c6srea; dhsilpost -oi ms
{ have learned to- keep llle grass Ind &eal5s
down when Sac are not oyer f,r5Fred Il shsas;
inches wide.soon after y. y. pp aud followed
with hoes thinning itta 'tiso md three stalks in
a place every len oritweve inches. ftee tits
gone over With tire hoes, the pt65&s should with
sweeps Or bows, iprefer The. LAT II alis6 sold
haGds liase9the pl"wsA showing oi,t The iniddles
TO the celtou--.t,is blowing holds Sdp ahe cot:
ton and enables il to lake q start hen tie
hges. 90 oyert it a second lime, they shoalsa
leave, one. ard two stalks ina place. donor
believe in reducing Cotton 80 a;stand The fist
hoping times ont o, ten, we fail to get!
a stand when this is done. Cotloa;dYin out.
SO in 1865, has taught me psless onAsssiuce |
have alwaysleft plenty in the drill the first hoe-.
ing, then have plenty the second aud last
hneins. I find this To be the surest' plan fsr'ss
rror. The third blowing should be eglyep.to u
with broad pointed siieYeIs III ordert6 get of
the roots OF gmany weeds aud other rgppsts ander
the surface bystlis time il is of sufficient size
to shade the ground uaderneat9t when grass
ceases to grow so rapidly. The hoes should
row go over and chop out what bavches slleyl
have lelt and e lean ground the stupsps.. The
hurlh and last plowipg may lie !id,ne either
with sweeps or bows. 4 prefer eitter 10 the
Single shovel giving three .furrows. t5Sihe :ow,
ovid NJ the dirt AS weif as possible, When;
this is done all is done in the way yof tultsatiu1a
Bu, there is something else t'wanting besides
cultivation to make cotton crop. -.hefd ngtsts
be ngre dien,s n the soil Of sufficient strensths
If they are no; liirre we should pat, tl1sap
there by our ownlnaEaai lAi.nr, 4i,efsres ca z
ing our. .crop> - ~ +; 3 i,i > siSsi fE
The n,",t durable and las,ingtnaaare is sueiE
as Ss:Sls.al,Ie to make ourselves. 4 fnl .tass
gard ana Gun post 10 be the best; apfi Is.f iTf
lie ftsf farfasg: and beJeI, pr, Pin. 'siras;l
oak leaves, wilsat st'a@, ciiaffa aid cotton ss@s
,ysss miHlisdp gith' stabte ipp,rare att8
73ftkss, tue 6est, The, cheapest aud the nose1
manure W.. can set-it lakes but little % do,
answering in pLe place of Guano in thlifincss
aud far superi.'r in durability. In 1888 APP
pIipd snrne Of the above made manure to II
piece OF corn and realized Il heavy yield from
the same. In 1856. cut fair yitid of wheat
Irum it and this year has tinc crop OF cnttu',
all from The one application, IiI'. Year,
tric3 some euano and cotton seed together AT
bushels cctt"n seed per acre--this find tfee
an excellent i.rtilizer, hut rather expensive,
~ hen we can make as good with no expense
except labor, Il; tinles when We could do nth.
ing a>e
lay off my rows for cotton three feet apart
with Large shovel, drop the manure in aud CO.
Yer witha wster This do along in March,
so rs - have it ready by the Ist Of April
WHEN commerce planting, pat some pows
with s!iuvslS TO break out the miId some
to oprn the beds for The reception of the seed
with long tw" horse pI"ws, and others to drop
aud cover the seed with larrows and boards
When Shis is done the bed is left completely
fresh aud stirred 10 the manure, giving water Il
fair chance to reach ii and giving the cotton |
IL fair Start with the grass. The crop i,p pow
pitched for cultivation as given before. Cotton
should be picked out as ias: Il, it oprrrS, put up
try for ginning. The teeth to the
machine should be fine to make a fair sample |
ana t. command the top price in the market.
We gain 10y picking ont our cotton rs il opens,
gining, packing and selling it So soon as con.
venrnt, in four hundred pound bales. Five
bales to The hand, with provisions and plenty
of small grain, i' good farming for me. This.
the most. il no: ali Of Vi are able TO dp and
can do,
How easy could we manure five acres to
the hand aud make it produce five bales but |
We are too greedy, so many of us aim at eight |
or len aud make threei planting perhaps. ten
acres To the hand This kind of farming won't
DO. 1t is better to aim at part aud get all than
to aim at all and get part, I,w much less
labor it would be to manure three acres. and
make three bales tn the iland, than to spread !
over ten acres md make comparntivcl ly nothing; |
killing negro, mule and master. None Of us
nued be a,tnnishtd AT ;Ilr result Of our crop.
ping. How much actlrr we would feel to |
think at gathering time, We were receiving all
unl more than we expected five bale, Of cot
on to the hand, full corn cribs, plenty Of flour,
veI, negroes fat mules aud Il well pleased
master w. NJ
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