Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-15
farmtfs 1rpartu}ent.
Work fav August.


That indispensable Southern asricultu-
rsl iournal-the SoeA.eFn Caltirator-
give. the following hints for farm-labor
for the present month:
Make preparation for picking cotton;
clearing up The gin house for receiving it,
PREPARING baskets and sacks. Picking
sho,.i,l commence as snon as the bolls be-
gin +, open full: and hand can pick 10
or a. pnlr.is daily; comparatively little
of Ia, york Will, however, be done until
mex, moinii. n picking great pains should
be lake. keep the Sorts separate. Man
ufac-u:ers want the bales uniform. ana ii
,hcra are remnants OF two qualities put
in cna nse. it is really worth in market
only what the poorest grade will bring.
Lar, pIau;ed Corn is already laid by,
but the l;.er planted should be run o"el
with sweeps un'iI OF proper age 10 Ia.
oy, and tn. ground be lcft level. mellow
and free from weeds. This is the month
tor t;,Iier.pul:ing; as soon Us cured su!ti-
cienty. let it be hauled under cover or
carefully stacked. Do not pull your
fodder too carly; wait until the shrinkage
has commenced in the grain. 1t is often
pulled st, early that the weight OF corn
and fodder both per acre. is scarcely
more than the weight Of corn would be,
if Left undisturbed. Better lose a. little
in fodder, by some of it drying on the
stalk than to iniure the grain by too early
stripping oil the blades. If sunshine is
scarce, pretty good fodder may be sa"ed
with hait days hot sun by bundii g il
small sheaves, stacking, and in q day OF
two pal! down again and cool and dry
when it may be re-stacked in safety II
the weather is good, cure before stacking
IF we'll cured, secure in large stacks which
expose little to the weather, if not, put
up in small stacks of eight hundred or q
thousand pounds. AS taking off the leaves
kills the plant Immediately, the corn is
less injured by not pulling the fodder. but
instead thereof cutting up the corn as tl,'
ground as soon as the leaves below tht
ear are mostly yellow or dry, end then
putting up in shocks until thoroughly
cured, then taking off the ears when driec
sufficiently, and stacking the stalks with
the fodder is not "a convenient fer feeding
to horses and mules, but cattle and hog:
vii eat up nearly the entire stalk. o.
the corn may be topped-that is, as soor
rs the ears begin to glaze or get hard, th'
stalks are cat off with the leaves attached.
Just above the ear, and after curing da.
in the sun, they are tied in bundles and
cured in 81 cks. Any stalks Of Carr,
that f,il to .,roduce ears, and the drcush
has caused them to form q large proror-
ton this season, should be cG; ct the sam,
time and cured in thc same manner. They
are fall Of saccharino matter, but require
considerable time 10 care so rs not 70
mould ii the stack.
The great deficiency in provision crops
should be made up in some measure, BY
an unusual crop Of turnips. They will
bc found useful for wintering all farm
stock, including horses. English writer,
say that ono feed per day of turnips is
very useful in keeping the system Of :
horse in proper state. We have no cx-
pcrience on this point. Ruta Baga should
be sown as once, if not already put in.
The common sorts, Flat Dutch, Red Top.
Norfolk. Globe, Yellow Dutch, &c, may
be sown from the last Of July through
August and September, bht the hest crops
are usually made from the August SOW
ings. The ground must be repeatedly
ploughed and narrowed until we'll puver-
lied. A writer remarks that the ground
should be as much more rulverized 10,
turnips than for wheat, as the seed is,
fner.'' a deep, rich, mellow, sandy
loan, ploughed deeply butEot inverted
is the best for this crop, and cannot be
made too rich. They may be sowp in
drills two feet apart, and thinned TO from
six to fifteen inches in the drill, or sown
broadcast. The drill system gives achancc.
to cultivate and clear the. ground Of weeds.
The best crops are made where the land
has been enriched by cattle or sheep hav-
ing been penned thereon. Should. you
wish to manure in the drill, open wide
deep furrow with q shovel p!ow, scatter
manure :hickly along this drill, throw
broad bed on the manure with turning
plow, and after raking the bed smooth and
even, drill in the seed very thinly. A
bottle, with q good cork, in which small
quill is inserted with the ends open, will
enable smart boy to sow evenly about
as fast as he can walk. Rake them in
very lightly, and, they come up when thin
to stand and keep the ground clean, light
andmellow.
Keep the earth fresh and loose around
Sweet Potato plants, and the grounds free
from weeds until thevines cover the patch.
Cut and save Hay and Fodder, or pull
and make all you can from Crab Grass,
Crowfoot, Peevines, Bermuds, Millet,
blades of Corn and Sorghum, To make
gaod hay, cut the grsss before it seeds
and cure carefully, with little exposure
.e lAe sun aad dew, Yellow or Callfnrnia |
Glover abepld be suwu tas ff'uhth early |
Il, tae Hest, The tFIs ssfreIs 9rttsero :
Ases:ah, az scuttsd tJacepf: W. hive |
seen is foot high oil tbs 10TH Of febru,
ary-a thick dense mass, like q good
slower field about tD blossom. In rich
soils it affords splendid pastures for mich
Gows from the 1st Of February, for three
months. AS soon IS the seed ripens, the
ground may be planted in late corn, or
Dlnwsd over and left to grow up in Ct Crab !
Grass. IL will seed itself and grow up s
ut the proper season, year after year: ID
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