Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-03-23
From the Southern cultivator.
Eranm Cornnns Rroorns.

EDIroIs OF CULTIvAToR.-As some plan
tiers have grown Broom corn, it may not
prove smiss to give a few hints about how tc
make brooms. The bes. way is to pull tc
pieces an old broom; but as everybody may
not be able to do this, l will give the most
important steps. Procure some strong twine
OF. string.-Bcre q hole in the end OF the han.
die ard make one end of this twine or string
fast either in this hole or any other way fas-
ten the clhcr end-to any convenient place or
object, then holding the handle in the hand
put the brush closely around thehandie, turn
ing the handle q LITTLE aud fastening each
stray tightly with the Irvine. When the straw
has been thus put ell around, vino the twino
tightly two or three times around 1t, cut Oil
the euds or butts a little above the ring oil
Irvine. then wind the twjnc obliqaely and
tightly a little up the handle, anti' t;srenough
10 nut. On the second and last row OF straw;
nut that o. like the first or lower row, wind
the Irvine three or four times tightly around
aad l.sten the end either b. q tack driven
through u knot in the twinc or by a neat sta
pie. Then press the broom Il few inches be-
low the end esstlle handle between two sticks
OF any other Gontrivaacc, pass a couple OF
hands of twinc around it, and fasten them in
place 10y stitching them through the broom,
and the broom will be misunderstanding
| the further end of the twine TO some object
and drawing the Irvine tightly. by holding
orly by tho handle, will be found to save the
hands from blistering, besides enabling the
twiue TO be drawn much more tightly.
as throwing some light upon a very M
settled question in planting, will mention
three experiments made very unintentionally
and With results that I did not anticipate.
Three different small pieces os land, in as
many different corn fields, were bedded for
particular crops, but being unable to procure
the seeds they were all planted in corn. In
| the first of these patches two burrows were
run in the bottom Of the alley, one side OF
each bed was hauled, and late in the. season
being grassy, the other side was merely hoed
to kill the grass. The other had one furrow
run on each side afterwards, the alternate
balks were broken and hauled, aud nothing
more WAC done, the laad being too hard to be
| plowed when it was desired to break out the
other balk. The third experiment being in
the low country, l cannot say exactly how it
was treated, but it was like the rest OF the
| coru around it. 4 small piece of five rows
was never heed, All these patches bore
much better crops thau tie rect Of the corn
around, almost a. much better as if guaiio had
been applied to them. | tried one quarter
acre.oi swee. potatoes with one manipulating
There being but little grass on it at thetime)
and no hoeins or plowins, and thus far can
see no difference hetweenis and the rest OF
| the crop around it,. Being veyy; much behind
hand las. spring, one Gcld-o f corn was plan
ted by dropping the seed in the tracking far
row and o~opeled by q enc horse furrow, none
oft laving been Proved at I'll previously.
| Wbea tiua TO bresko cat the balk came round,
the lard was found to be so hard that DC
one Lotsc feast from plow coa!d rot enter or
turn a iurrcw. l then tried the tHo horse
plow of TIE same pattern and found no diff
Gully in }reaking itap, but tic d:aagnt vas
of course heR4y. thus found that wiutcr
breaking up could be dispensed with, and my
land, during dry weather, is almost like stone.
| have spent tic past summer in the country
of shovel plows and scrapcrs, and still say
give me q good cast iron plow Eolh fer quail
tv of work, ease Of Graaght, and cbeapness III
repairs and durability. Z,
OrnnyeLprg District. S. G.