The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-07-30
HINTS ron THE SEASON.


HINTS ron THE SEASON.
From /" hints for July and August" in the
Gultiyator, we extract the following:
Where Corn is not "laid BY" il will be
well 10 give IL constant surface working.
until you are prevented by the spreading
Of the blades across the rows. Allow no
weed to appear in your corE-helds-weeds
and corn cannot flourish on the same ground.
Do not use the. turning pillow among your
corn al all il you have sweep, cuiiiyator or
side harrow. The former breaks and tears
up the young rootlets, and does far more in
jury than good. At the last working sow
COW peas broadcast and cover with sweep,
cultiyator or harrow. Plant pumpkins in
every second or third hill. and when well up,
thin to one plant in hill, and work care
fully.
Con- Peas should now be sown broadcast
for hay, at the rate OF bushel or six pecks
10 the acre. Scatter over The surface evenly,
and cover lightly with turning -plOw; or,
first plsw your ground deeply. sow your
seed. and drag 10 with harrow. Cow peas
intended for seed may be sown in drills.
three feet apart.
Pumpkins may be planted ss a separate
crop. Prepare the ground as Tor watermel-
Ions hills ten feet apart. When well up.
thin TO one or two strong plants in hill,
give these sprinkling Of ashes. Plaster or
Gypsum "a small handful to each hilD when
the dew Is on; loosen the earth, carefully
breaking the crust. without disturbing the
plant, and then LET them run. The after
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struetion of weeds, until the vines cover the
ground.
Polling Fodder we have often condemned,
heretofore. and consider it in all respects
laborious and poor business. 1t should be
discontinued by all enlightened and eco-
nomical planters. We offer FOR the benefit
Of new subscribers, the following substitute,
which we have often recommended hereto
fore:
Corn Fodder.-Break up. very deeply,
piece of rich land. harrow il finely, and with
broad shovel plow, lay il of in drills three
or four feet apart. In these drills scatter
Corn at the rate Of forty or fifty grains TO the
foot, and cover with hoe, rake, board or
harrow. drawn lengthwise along the drill
When we'll up, "run around" il pretty close
with 0 long rooter, and repeat after ten or
fifteen days. In the course Of ten or fifteen
days more, break out the entire middles with
the rooier. and finally lay By with the sweep,
running up and down in the same furrow,
midway between the drills. On good land.
prepared and worked in this way, the yield
will be from three TO six tons (sometimes
even ten) Of excellent fodder per acre. This
is as much as can be pulled from twenty to
thirty acres. IN the common way, and at one
tenth Of the labor. Pound for pound. il is as
good, IL not better. than pulled fodder, as II
contains the entire juice and strength Of the
plant, which, in the other case, has gone 20
the formation Of the ear or grain. The loss
of weight and injury 10 the grain, by depriv-
ing your regular corn crop of the leaves be-
fore all growth has ceased, is fully equal TO
The value Of the fodder pulled. We, there
fore, desire that our readers should abandon
this laborious and Improbable practice, and
give drilled corn fodder a fair trial. II 10
not yet too late. but should be done imme-
diately. Any one who fairly tests IL, viii,
We are quite certain, abandon fodder.pulling
forever.
Curing Corn. F0dder.--The proper time 10
cut drilled fodder is when all the stalks are
fairly tssseled out or in full bloom. II may
be cut close 10 the ground, with a long sharp
knife or sickle. Select dry day. commenc.
ing early in the morning and cutting until
dinner time. As fast as Il is cut, spread Il
thin along The row, and le, II lie and take the
sun until after dinner. when the upper side,
will be well wilted. Then turn IL over
carefully, and leave Il on the ground until
S o'clock in the evening. when II must be
gathered up, tied in bundles Of moderate
size (say a foot through at the band) and SET
up on the butt end. in shocks OF four or five
bundles each--one bundle upside down over
the others, as "csp sheaf." The next day,
after sunrise, these bundles must be united
and the fodder spread out again until noon.
and then turned and summed till night as be.
fare This NAV be renssted the fhifd day