Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18
ffarmrs' department,
Farm Work for April.

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That excellent agricultural journal
the Southern C'ultivator-in its April
number, gives the following directions for
the prosecution of farm work for April,
which can be read with profit by all of
our agricultural readers. The Cultivator
is good authority-heed what it says:
CoRx.-The present high prices of corn,
Notwithstanding the full crop last year at
the West-arising mainly from the high
prices of transportation, and the indis-
penssble necessity of a full supply, ad-
monish US to plant large crop of this
great staple. Therefore, manure heavily,
plow deep, use the best and heaviest seed
You can obtain, and let your after culture
be of the most thorough character
working often and deep after the first
pIowing, but shallow after the roots begin
TO extend, so that they may be unbroken.
Indeed, these four things constitute the
whole system of corn growing-deep
breaking up, and especially under the
row, planting the corn lower than the
general level, plenty of manure applied.
and frequent shallow stirring Of the
surface during the growth of the crop.
See that you have enough planted.
CoTroN.-Afier your Corn crop is well
started, push forward the planting of cot
ton without delay. 1t is very importan!
to get an early stand, and, much may be
effected in this way, by throwing up the
beds light and dry, and be sure that you
have good seed planted. If the beds arc
rough and cloddy, they will be improved
by a light narrowing before planting. A
thoroughly prepared soil is better to Sc.
cure an early stand, than hasty, untimely
planting. See various hints and sugges.
tions on this subject, in previous mum.
bers.
.Sweet Potatoes, bedded last month,
sill soon begin to furnish "draws." Good,
lair, sandy soil, and plenty of manure,
are the prime requisites for success. Break
your ground into verydeep furrows-scatter
good, we'll rotted manure, or rotted chips,
ashes, &C., thickly along in this furrow,
and throw on that broad and rather fiat
bed-run over this bed lightly, with a
rake, to pulverize and level it, and you
are all ready for planting. The "draws"
should be carefully taken-the roots dip.
ped in thick batter made with woods
earth, ashes and fresh COW, dung, equal
parts, stirred into water, and the plants
set with "dibble" or other stick, about
Is or Is inches apart in the row. If the
weather is very dry, plant after 4. P. NJ,
and pour gill or so Of water around the
root of each "draw," leaving only dry
earth on the surface, to prevent too rapid
evaporation, from next days sun. The
after culture consists in lightly scraping
the sides of the beds, to keep the weeds
down, and stirring the earth little, if it
shows,a tendency to bake or become hard.
As soon as the vines begin to cover the
ridges and spread across the rows, you
may lay the crop by. Close attention to
these hints, with the blessing of Provi.
dencc,) will ensure good yield; and the
crop ought to be larger this year than
ever before.
Chinese Sugar Gene, for syrup, should
he planted as soon as the weather becomes
settled and warm-a little after corn
planting time. The people of the West,
where the climate is not so favorable for
this plant as with us, are still planting it
largely, for the production Of syrup and
fodder-much more so than ourselves. 1t
may be planted much later than corn,
for Syrup crop; but if you want, ALSO
an after crop of forage and 1perhaps) seed,
you should plant now!
Corn in the drill, Egyptian A1H.t,
Hungarian Grass, and other forage crops
must be put in largely-but it is entirely
useless to plaat these quick growing and
exhaustive green crops, unless you pre- .
pare the ground most deeply and tho
roughly, and apply aany quantity" of
manure Early crops Of Cow Peas may
also be so8r. For fodder, we prefer to
SOW them in the drill but if Intended to
turn under for manure, SOW broadcast.
Common Gorn'mas also; 1beaown in the |
drill for forage: s,';,,q 5.-s~' IT. ~,
Jerusalem ,4rtiehoEes may be planted
in low spots, Wasle. places, ,shfsYs 81 Y ofgul1ies
&c, ana.Sill yield good, food dor hegs,... 4
Plant vtEtSos If your soil is sandy, n few
ceres in: :tGollber P Peas which Will be fonnd:fE
very useful for your. ta.tsni9sg swine.
Planea,so, the sGkuft,, aof ~ Earth AL
mond,.D .1afgsly III tlotsst prolific
ground pus highs a!isaed bHI; hogs, ehieb. (,
ems ana sl:ls'sllr s 81 ttss's..-' tss.' I s. s. i