, 1861-12-10
The culture of Cotton OH the Prairie.

An 'Ae 49, " ~
III cSeeealnels achc"te pElul' anu III HUI oeaf
to be crowded by weeds, chokcd with unpul-
7-er;za5 1nn,ns Of soil. or soaked with stand
49, s.stos r. ,ooa ~ 1,o to,a that n.;th
ing "a1er. "e neeu not w to4o tn.'' "lln
such habits OF the plant, lie sou must
first be made friablc that if the Land is cloddy,
- ....,.t - -oa,,oas to f1o,aes ,,r tbo,'
- mus W I" -. .,'.t H. e
ouEh pplTcflzatlcn; nor that 'hc lo1ro"s
shall be deep, so as to absorb and drain off |
the fll1inr rain. The Earmer who ATTEMPTS the |
e,,1t-, - ao+1o,, ,,o,, tho o.+torr ,;,,>;tz &c
culture u eo1lon hc'r lne hoitnetn nnn's "
its growth, must ec . thorough cutslsasof' 1er
nrovc = eoup1ete faifurc. Corn nav be ncr-
49, ~. ,,;o1d =, 1ronort7on =, +,,o ,,nor
ieeteo ana sct sle!o,ln proportion 10 .hc .aoof
bestowed upon ii ten, twenty or fifty bushels;
but not so of cotton, the crop must be either
I'LL ono y. 4'Au~' ~ eA'.,
tropical in its nature, and from the time OF
PLANTING, to its final growth, must be pushed
ahead witb the Utmost yipor. and nnder no
s.st. .1..s.',. !. III -, ~ ~ ~ - naa,oet - -
The cotton plant will sustain greater de-
grcc Of frost than corn without being
c,,t n thc oronnd hut after 1car7ne
1crn o,cc rnt eown liz frost, mike cnrn #
x;1i mt rccnynr and consequently nust he
ran1o1trd T,,e nrescnt srosnn hns drmon.
+u1 4,Inn% 4f}l .Ir,rn
in CLr;st;aT, co1,nty vii rive one uickinr of
! nTce1Icnt cotton H. iast of Scnfcmhcr. hut:
! the halls for In second pickine viii MT bc
t s1,ffic;ent,T i1e1cioned tn 1e nncned hy fhe Oc
| fohcr ffnst. hence. # is imnortant that tlc
,,lants rct an earIy Start, 80 as to obtain at
III T1,c e"0 rot4on njsnt in its habit of growth is
euetJn a.; patac - Law The 1at{ar !, tfo
sr!t ~ nv ss.o. "ti T.; d;a,,,,to 1,1;,a y; ~
tae WaEt;, ~ = hccan,cs " N ann,a1 Int wifi t1s
rreat rr M dsparity Of Growth, With rich soil and
~ tno Eo,tn ard af nne t;ne lid f';r to he the
at .ne "a;, nu a1nr =, s,,1a % of +ho State
| r. ~ t+.n-;Ss X nntton n1ont e. oftrnI;n1sN
t1,a trcn cptton md thc craaccous fhc forme,
n1oducing the 1arrcst crons offcn six
arod !uuLvds ene AuSeat s,ops, u.'eh td,s 81
bc th sco 70 ds
~ orh1nen~s ~ ~ ,nnna, r cottdp ni,n+ A9m ;m
.n;Inos r;r,is tI,af If liz trea cntfor IN T;n1d
In looking over the statistics Of tie cotton
pn111'nrt, i,o ~ its cn1tr,rs Tho y;eld and ami
ra nH neth " us ~ sat;sfr9osn
ny aIe potH tt, is 1, mos. ,, fsn Io,3
tEa Stato vt 1lt'' - las iccn If e,r1c
rs,tnnr t,,a1 ficlS cn1t1,re and W NAY r. saf
!tner ran 4ti H. euan'r, :tilu ~ nn @ ~ pe s =,
~ sa!lT I as etop no,leu ~ WI W. 'ass 49, ~ ~
: t.,,,3a5 sce1a ana that roost nnnrTiroIv T,oint
Ie11uso scaie, aI'o .nat nost u uuet1aIsly pun
- aus a9sotuee nsse9s{ f " esn pianeH5 ~ u;
iAs galaeA ennuse wv assgHAo7 ~ W
"ans VI HUT l'n.e iGt seae,tn ~ a.
me peEl tnle 10 p.He auu VI .as s3tn. ~ :
tne sle1a. a one P1Gh1nE Has euLue4sne ~. d
tne neeos oi tne lalll,y' IL WIS % nu. neeessa; e
+ 70 ooop1e tne SMaa' ~ sAsth H. Sn S;ri,
pre1ar1ng Inc g!oun1, 10 t un the he Iafor thn
J. eprulg iros.s a1at .o;s, ~ ,aro lahor
n replanttng ann "oula sequs ~ y - ~, 1on,!
Weedlng OH tag pas; ~ - - W. rt-o ~" 1s,'
; that corn plan.eo ~ ap..i lequ1.es ote ~
e PCT acre 70 hssp Gown ane nee. - .nau 4:s.n
+ ca tEe nl6i u tune .uoun' ~ tAc o4c ~
the carly glanteo VII fetntn tne Eae:a.ese y
proceeds Tor the outlay, When 1oaaer Is not
r ken into the account
J. In Champaign county, corn plantlng nsus
n ~ commences the 18th Of Ap11, ana IS co
~ tinued as Late as the SVth OF Junc' thouSa
~ tie Of the late planted will rlpen N ordina
seasons. From the 1st to the ~
8 Of May is the tayorite time
al planting, and II 1s sclaom oesuu
ID have large fields to put in, or are delayed
j: heavy rains. We would, therefore, reconlme
r r tue same time as the best for tho planting
ls the cotton, and for all points eoufh corr.
poudinr earlier season. It is. true that the f
mers in the basin Of Upper Egypt do not pla
nd hcfore We do: ret ut tic same time it is Y
he known that their crops are similar to our |: