Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-07-11
Work for the Month.


The Culiipator, for July, talks to the
farmer as follows in reference to what
should be done this month:
Continue to work Cotton with sweeps,
followed by thehoe, which will keep down
the weeds and encourage the formation
and retention of bolls. Deep and close
blowing must not be continued. rs 1t will
:niure the roots, but the middles must be
kept clean and soft by shallow working,
and the. grass in the drills taken out with
the hoe. In this way the crop can be
laid by perfectly clean at so late season
that the grass will not interfere much with
the comfort and neatness of the final op-
Grafton of picking.
Corn is late this ear, and great deal
has been planted where the cotton has
bc N plowed up, so that much is not yet
laid by. 1t should receive constant sur,
face wo. king until the blades meet across
the rows; work this crop always with
sweeps, after one or two thorough plow
ings in its young stage. Cow Peas should
be sown among the corn, at its last work
ing, and may still be sown broadcast foF
hay, in good, rich land; for making seed
only the earliest kinds are worth trying
so late. Chinese Sugar Cane should be
worked like corn, and if the ground is
still moist, can still be sowa for soling
stock, as well as for winter forage. Sweet
Potatoes must be carefully worked, throw
ing mellow, fresh earth upon the ridges,
and killing all the weeds; "Draws" may
still be set, which will make some eatable
roots, and plenty of seed for another
year. Turnips commence sowing this
month, and continue to SOW ut intervals
until the last of September. We some.
times have been able to make no trrnips.
except those sown this month. In other
years the September sown crop alone
succeeded; Augustus commonly the month
to SOW. 1t IS useless to soao his crop,
unless on thoroughly titled and are1len-
7irhed lands. On these it is most valua-
BILE, afording abundance of most excel
lent food for man and beast. 1t may be
sown in rows and worked between, which
is best generally, bit on land that is cow
pcnned, they do we'll enough broadcast.
July and August are the best months
for grubbing up sprouts and briars, many
of which, if cut down now, will die, that
would spring up Immediately if cut at
eny other seasons
If new lands are to be cleared, itjs a
good time to cut down the underground,
too small for fencing purposes, so as to
let the brush dry. The sprouts are less
likely to give trouble, and all work done
at the leisure time after laying by, is SO
much saved next winter.
If your Wheat has not been threshed
and summed. get it out, and after thorough
summing, put it up in boxes or casks, in
the middle of the day, while hot. In q
basement or dry cellar, if it is thus put
up, it will keep sound for two years, at
least. If it stand long unsunned, it will
be greatly damaged by weevil. :,
HAy.-Cut grass and forage of all
kinds, before it gets too ripe; little
after it is in bloom, is the proper time.
Spread it out and let it dry until evening
rake it up, before the dew falls, in long
and thick rows, and put it in heaps (ac.
cording as it is more or lessS eured) of
from 50 TO 100 lbs. If much cured, let
it be put in large heaps; let it sweat in
in the cock oger night, and if pretty
green, also over another day; these open
IS IS soon as the dew is of, and spread
them out thin to cure; turn the hay about
10 o'clock, and after dinner it will soon
be ready to hanl. Stacks are frequently
SO badly made that 1t is better to put up
hay in pens, sheltered by split boards
carefully laid over, with considerable
slope to the roof: Very few plantations
have sufficient barn room. Log pens,
board roofs, cost but little, and the waste
from stacking hay and fodder is very
great-the outside of small stack, which
Is large proportion of the whole, being
worthless, so far as exposed to wet.
Many swampy places are now dry
enough for ditching. Even if the ground
is hard, it is better to dig bitches now,
as hands ought not 10 be exposed, by do
ing this sort Of york during winter,
These swsmpy soils not only yield, when
made dry, the very best returns of any
part of the plantation, but on their drain
age. the health of the locality often en-
tirely depends. The increased physicians
bills. and loss of time from sickness, is
sufficient in one yesr. in some cases, to
pay tor draining the swamp from which
arises the diseases of the location,
in this, as in every other month, all
spare time should be giyen~to the manu-.
facture of manures. Haul in leaves, rich
earth from the fence sides, and vegetable
matter of all kinds, on which to he'd your
stock. A greet deal Of this sort Of stuff
can be got from the vegetable garden, in
the way of weeds, trash, &c. Take the
rich earth from dans and bitches TO your
stack yards. A few minutes spent thus
every day, and the results of the stables,
Yards, &C., put in the pile with rich dirt
|rot1 any source, will give q SURPRISINGLY
arge accumulation in autumn. And most J
Of this sort of work can be performed Py
;hs younger and weaker hands.
And for the Gardener this ,sapise lSl Cul-,
'ivator man throws out the annexed
hints:
Continue 70 gather and store the crops