The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-08-03
agricultural.
7TTf1 II IIITlI : IIIfTH IIIHFFT-
Plantation Work for August.

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Plantation Work for August
Since the first Of May the seasons have
been so favorable that the crops. both
corn and cotton, have well nigh. if not
entirely recovered from the backset re-
ceived from the droCHci condition of the
soil, by the rains of the latter winter and
early spring. At the first Of June the cot
ton and corn were considered at least ten
DAYS backward, the indications now are
that this is entirely overcome.
The COTroN Whatever work may
be done in such Of your cotton as may
not be locking its limb, across the rows.
should be done with winged sweeps run
ming verv shallow along the middle of
the rows. There Is no doubt of the great
value OF such work, when YOU can get
through the cotton without mangling it,
especially if it be in a healthiul growing
state. Work. however, is frequently
thrown away on cotton in the month Of
August. which. from some untoward cause
has thrown Oft largely of its young bolls,
and may be taking on the second growth,
as il is called. or cotton that i seriously
affected Ly the rust; plowing cotton in
this condition does not pay.
GATHERING FoDDER.-There may be
some fodder to gather Yet, and as we de
sire our readers TO think on this subject,
and give it the proper investigation, we
shall devote paragraph to the subject in
this place. We desire to be distinctly un-
d,rstood in this. Corn blades stripped or
moved at the proper period for making
hay. furnish as nutritious food for stock,
as hav from any of the cereals whatsoever.
d. 81 ,f atl.sfnsr fyfll4v OF
that prapsr period! When the tassel of
the stalk and the silk Of the ear are in
| full bloom and the grains swollen full
with milky fluid, in which the valuable
| elements Of corn are To- be deposited and
perfected. which valuable elements, at
/ this time. abound merely in the stalk and
/ blades if, then, your fodder be stripped
| at this time. YOU have very superior hay
1 fodder but your corn l. light and I'M
/ perfect. indeed ruined. We cultivate
/ corn for the grain, it being the most val
/ liable grain the planter can grow. We
/ must therefore allow the blades to remain
! on the stalk till the grain in the ear Is
/ perfected. at which period the blades
! have parted with all the valuable elements
/ they once possessed, and then, indeed,
! "your fodder is trashy and of little val
4 ne" Much better to appropriate few
/ acres giving il the proper land very lIttlel
| attention, whcreon our native crab grass,
/ without the trouble or expense of seed
/ ing. will produce from four to SIX tons,
/ tmowed nj the right time and well saved)
/ of the very best of hay, and allow your
! blades to remain on your corn stalks to
perfect the grain because it i well as
certained fact, that whatever may be the
1 per ccntum Of value possessed 10y the tod-
| der gathered from the corn, though 1t be
but per cent. that is lost to the grain
Ours Is a fine grass country. both in eli
mate and soil. and any argument in favor
of raising and saving hay would seem tc
be super1uous But our planters are &C
customed to stripping fodder, they have
cultivated the corn and grown the blades
and to allow them to dry up ON the stalks
they say. looks like waste Well II
NAV. under such circumstances. look like
a waste. and at the same time not he 80
really. Though it may not look like
waste" because we do not see the lnlurl
done the grain by stripping off the blade
from the stalk, ere it (the grainl be ripe
il is nevertheless. a. the most carefully
conducted experiments have proved. be
vond doubt. much greater waste thar
would have been the drying up of tn
blades.
PREPARATION FOR CoTToN PICKTNG.-Whei
YOU have gotten through with the worl
. of your fodder. and you have done all 70
your cotton that work in il can accom-
plish. it will be necessary to turn your al
: tention to the preparation for pickin
, cotton-such as making your baskets an
+ sacks. and cleaning out the gin house fC
, the reception Of the new cotton. Tha
. | YOU NAV have nice and clean cotton, claS
4 ing good fair" you must give caretI
, and prompt attention to these prelimini
! ries. II any Of our readers intend Tan
, we hope many of them do,l to compel
I for the Alabam State Agricultural Soci
. tvs fine plate. n offered for the best lo
Of cotton exhibited on the Fair GROUND
, this fall. they NAV find it neccrSary
) give attention to these preparatory mea
!. urrs. We should commence the pickis
. A. soon ~ the cotton opens-it Is to Il
interest Of .hc planter in many respect
4 CoNrosr MANURE.-This opportunity, b
n tween the working or LAYING by of Il
4 crop and the picking season., affords a {
l. vorable time for making manure. l.
the litter Of your stock lots be careful
q gathered together in pens under shelte
n and mixed in with lime, when to be hs
N cheap. and convenient, OF marl or swan
muck. or any decayed vegetable matte
II lying waste in low, damp place, abo
d the plantation. In this way Il large qua
,r tity Of valuable compost manure may
penned and had in readiness for yo
nc next crop The lots. thus cleaned O
N should be filled in with pine straw al
oak, and other leaves from the forest.
Upon these lots, thus Uttered, il is imp,
" tant. to make go0d compost. that YOU ha
4. | your stock penned every night. and W,
We fed Many Of our friends tell Us. fro
ct time to time, that the compost they ma
. in this way is not so good as they exp,
ted it TO be; we have, however. fouu
NJ upon inquiry in all such cases, that I
is stock were penned on the lots, but Il
n. fed or but scantily.-None but fed a
in mails make good manure, and those I'll
a are fed on pens well Uttered. pay for tn
in feed, in good, rich, compost manure.
u The TURNIP CRoP.-Let nothing de-
.s. you from the necessary preparation o
ar good large crop of this valuable sto
er vegetable. If you have your land deeI
Sc plowed and highly fertilized with O
lis thousand bushels Of good compost /
nd nure per acre, or three to FIVE hundl
,e- pounds of good guano, YOU should 5
Nc your Ruta Bagas Immediately, the 4
,s- week in August. Listen to no idle sto
of that YOU can't grow this fine vegetable
IT the highest perfection here. lwenty-i
! hundred bushels may be grown on
he acre easily, and sustaining themsel
ct sound and good through our hardest "
eli tiers, remain firm and free from plth
no sponpiness. to the spring Your comm
10, tr,l l,y- 10 -
inst. though they may do very well la
~ but they are more certain to do well SOW
m at that time. If you put your turnips
zee old land, lthe best decidedly. when v
,rk prepared plow well. sub-soil deeply,
manure highly, broadca,ting your mani
all The quantity Of seed necessary for
Ie acre, Is one pint-many persons put m
ms but they are troubled in thinning tE
nd out. which is hardly ever done, and
cts crop is therefore injured.
ids THE SroCK or THE PLANTATION I'll
INV claim our attention, and our particular
he tentiOn. The range is no longer To he
for lied on, and even where there IS anv q
the wood land, the grass there at this sea
md il as unfit for cattle or hogs, as is
lall grown up. tough asparagus, for man.
me be valuable at all, our animals, cows
cal hogs. must receive the same attention
but we expect our cows to furnish our c
ons dren with good rich milk and butter,
be must furnish them with good rich 70
! of and 20 with our hogs and other dome
animals. A few well kept are worth
nitely more than pen full of poor, T
on ETY., ill-shaped hungry creatures Res
for being well fed our cattle and hogs she
zen have free access to good water-not'a n
one puddle, but good, clean well, spring
branch water. They should have saI