The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-01-08

certainly felnuneratna9. lfsl, rneN are
MT properly applied when thrown out as
ginned, TO lie exposed to the weather,
rains and wind. and rot, as Is common
over the country. they are not property APP
applied when thrown in or on the hill in
handiulls, they are not property applied in
any way which does not allow the planter
to obtain for his crops all the advantages .
they possess, How then, saws the reader,
may We apply them properly and get all /
the benefit from them, they so richly /
promise. First, keep them under cover /
carefully as you gin them, and apply them ,
tn your soil e1rlH anil ~ their green Of Ire /
Stats. Second, haul them out on on your ,
land, h2ri-oees-ed during thi. month or
early in February at MISUNDERSTANDING
30 to 30 bushels To the acre, quite enough .
then run OF your rows. bor,s9adEly. and /
in that turrOw run subSoil pillow. drawn
by two good mules-then let your hands,
enough to do the work, sow your cotton 4
seed IN these burrows or rows. five to six /
times as thick. as seed are usually sovn
Tor planting. List two burrows on this .
with a small shovel plOw, to break the /
land close md q3od-then run around this /
list or ridge leach row with a turn pillow /
and let IT so remain till planting time for
either corn or cotton You have now in
this ride, regularly distributed along the
row. the very elements Of a good crop, 10
decay Just where you need It, neither to
be eyapoTated by the sun rays nor leach
Ell out by the rains hut 10 remain there
f'1rtHulHg up the soil light and rich, pre-
paratory for the seed at planting time
ana the growing crop. At planting time
you run around the bed two other turn
burrows, and YOU have the bed ready Tor
the drill and the seed. Thus properly
applied you loose nothing in labor: your
growing crop OF either young corn OF cot
ton gets the food. this rich 81 % per qaIio,,
oil! just as il needs It-ncighcr too rapidly
when raining or too fiery when dry. but
Just as your horse or pig receives his food
from day to day to healthy growth and
fatteninC,
Now this Is all plain enough, every
planter can understand It--every one can
have ii done, and every one in this way
may certainlyrcalize an increased produc-
ton in corn or cotton Of 80 cents per bu-
shcl for hi, cotton seed. and hi land in
better condition for the next crop.
SToCS.-rhe stock OF the plantation ra-
gu!re especial attention this month. You
should have good comfortable sheds for
your cattle, thai they may bc protected
from thelnciemenJ weather, that thcymay
eat their food quietly and have good, dry.
warns quarter. AT night. Keep no more
more cattle than you can keep in good
order; they Will afford Won more good milk.
richer butter. better beef. and a larger
heap of rich compost manure that will
pay compound interest on the cost Of the
housing and food. Your hogs also will
require attention: YOU have doubtless
lv-, ! 4
hog till he is two to three years old,
makes dear bacon. Your pork hogs are
killed, your sows, perhaps now have
young pigs. or will very soon-feed them
well on boiled corn this can be done
these long evenings after the hands come
in from the field without labor or trouble.)
and rush your pigs while they are young
and healthfuf. and they Will grow vi-or-
ously. Pigs should put on q pound of
flesh every day. from the time they are
plged till they are slaughtered: they may
be porked at nine months hat should not
pass eighteen months Perhaps some
planters may say they cannot get their
oyerseers 10 attend to this. To which we
reply, do YOU require it of your oyerscers ?
We know some who do it--what some do
oil may do, and will when it j. made both
their duty and interest. 1t Is unequiv0-
cally the interest of the oversecr to do
what Is the interest of his employer. But
the plantation and operatives belong To
the employers. if il be to his interest to
pursue the policy we have indicated, it is
surely his duty to see to it. that it il car
ried out.
The sheep also should have your atten-
ton. They require but little, yet that
little goes d great way with them. This Is
lambing time. the ewes should be separa-
ted from the flock and kept in lots 10
themselves, where they may have dry
sheds from rainy weather. Rye lots
should be provided in the fall. for vou
sheep, contiguous TO your woods lot. D9l
tracks are the opprobrium Of the flock, and
shouldnot be allowed in the sheep-walks,
The best autidote we have found for this
j. stricnnine in a biz OF biscuit. Every
plantation should have a flock Of sheep
. enough To grow the wool necessary for the
ciothlng'of the ncgrocs--aud one bst doc
OATs.-Any Of the hardy or winter va
/ rieties, such as the black oat or E-vi thar
cat may be Sown with safety now. and
, should be done They viii come off carly
and make the BEST OF feed for your plough
teams in the hot weather Of June. I
the spring be favorable they viii make
the largest, heavy heads. 1t is always
however good policy 10 sow a portion o
! your oats later, say about the last Of Feb
ruary. Of which we shall remind vou IL
our rrext monthly visit. You cannot dc
: better thing for your sows and shoat
than to SOW a small field 70 turn them OF
: Just rs the oats get in the boot
RYE.-For seed this Is the best time L
SOW rye: for rasturage, it should hav,
5 been sowed in September, but for seed.
few acres Of good land sowed now viii an
F: swer good purpose. and should not b.
= fed down by stock 1t Is a hazardous pol
: icy 10 rely on pastured rye for seed. tn
I grain Is usually imperfect ana the yiel,
: very poor.-A1aer cotton Planter and Sol