Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-17
Agriculture.

been received
The first article is devoted 10 farm work
for November" 1t says that "cottop, at pres.
ent prices, is worthy of extra labor and atten.
ton" Prepare for tho next crop, planting
only the best land, using the best aud most
prolific seed. But, in trying to make cotton
crop, DO not neglect other Important things on
the plantation.
The corn crop is greatly deficient. Put up
bread cor" in the slip shuck tooxclulc wccvii
Small grain, such as wheat, rye, barley.
winter oats, &c, should be sown "'.hout de.
lay. Aud rye and wheat ,nay still De sown in
manurcd land for feeding green in the early
spring. The crop will be later and inferior tn
that sown earlier, but it will pay whore forage
is scarce. 1t is useless to SOW wheat unless
the ground is we'll manurcd deeply plowcd,
finely pulvcrizcd, and, in all respects nut into
frstratc condition. Twenty (20) bushels
per acre ought to be made, where the condi-
tons arc reasonably favorable; and there is
little profit on Il less yield than this.
Rye and oats will do better on inferior soils
and their Importance should not be overlooked
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INC plantation stock should now receive at
tcnton. Provide good shelters, and it will bc
far less expensive to bring them through the
winter in good plight, and the manure can be
saved in the best condition log shelters
well cllinkcd, and covered with SPLIT boards
Will generally save their cost the first wear. if
one wishes to make stock comfortable in the
cheapest manner.
;, besln now to start big pile of manure
Everything that once formed part of an ami
mai or vegetable if it is capable of dcconno.
ss'tlon, will make food for plants. Ashes,
leaves, bones, oIlal from slaughtered animals.
swamp muck, dccaycd chips, vegetable refuse,
house sIops, soap suds, should be applied to
cnrtchlng our soils.
Plant orchards, Of all the finest apples,
pears, peaches, figs, &C., &c.; and vineyards
OF such hardy grapes as will not rot or mil
dew: We have the finest climate in the world
Tor fruit and wine; and the time is arpronch-
ing when all our 'poor" l,illsdcs, unfit for
either corn or cotton, will be covered with
most profitable vineyards and orchards. WHY,
reader, II the people Of Europe could only be
MADE ma, sensible OF tho advantages offered by the
states of the South, for the growth of thc
grape and wine making, our now neglected
old fields" would 90 up two or threc Inn.
Let
tho present owners Of the soil be wise. and
avail themselves Of all their resources Ana
lot no one say that we are over enthusiastic
in this matter; or that if 80 many pcon)c
90 into fruit-growing anil wine making, the
business will be over donc" &c, &c. Of this
there is not the slightest danger The do.
mand for fine fruit, and good pure wine can
not possibly be supplied in the next fifty years
the prices of all agricultural aud lorticul
tural productions, arc now three or Cnur times
as nigh as they were twenty years ago and
Will continue to increase SO long rs our nonu-
lat'on increases faster than our food crops
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There is more truth than poetry in the re.
mark of Sut Lovingood, Cotton factor and
commission merchant, when speaking of the
great increase OF tho cotton culture in India ::
Them tcllers is got us on the cotton question.
lessen we kin get n branch of the frccdncn's
6uro started in thar scckshun. Hits all orr
salvation at this stage of the game, an the
only way to choke 'cm of an spilc their com
petition"
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a worldly. wise exhibitor at late agrcnltu
raj fair in Connecticut, divided bushcl Of
peaches, entering onch half in his own name
and the other in the name of gentleman of
some prominence in the vicinity. His own
half was unnoticcd, but the other half bushcl
took the prize, proving there is something in
name.
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10 measure corn in the crib, says the Cru
raj New Yorker" multiplytogcthcr the length
breadth and depth Of the crib in feet, and d.
vide by IL. The quotent will be the number
OF barrels of shcllcd corn. Multiply by five to
find the number of bushels.
Tho Georgia Railroad, to encourage the
manuring of lands, and the increase of the
crops, have put all artificial manurcs at the
same rates MS guano---15 cents per 100 lbs.
flom Augusta to Atlanta or Athens Lime