The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-09-19
Farm Work for SeptemA r.

the way to secure it in good condition.
s'If it stands, DR.. Cln'sd justly remarks,
"'many days after opening in the boil, ex-
posed to the dew of night, and the bright
shining Of our autumn days, it under
goes bleeching process, which imparts
to the staple dead white color, with
crisp harsh touch, and destroys its Pc
culiar native of creamy hue" Avoid
collecting with leaf and trash ofall kinds.
Every lock of lint should be saved now,
as the "great staple" must be scarce and
dear for along time to come, and it should
be the ambition of all planters to send
their crops to market in the best possible
condition. Do not be humbugged with
''cotton pickers," but press every hand
on the plantation into the work, and
save your cotton for the present in the
good old way, and spend what money
you can spare in better ploWs, sweeps,
gins, and other labor-saving plantation
implements and machinery, that you
know will benefit you.
10 quote again from DR.. Cloud, "hands
should not be allowed to pull the bolls
from the limbs in picking-while it re-
tards the picking it is quite an injury to
the growing stalk during the month Of
September. The productiveness of the
cotton plant is frequently injured by
early picking by the carelessness ofhands
in bending over it and pressing the limbs
together By which they are broken and
otherwise mangled; these iruties are ir-
rcparable by the plant thus late in the
season and the consequent loss is fire.
Quently considerable"
Make your bales all square and uni
form and keep the qualities Of cotton
separate, Dealers and manufacturers all
require bales of uniform quality; snd the
price of mixed cotton is generally as low
as the poorest cotton put into the bale.
Choice and valuable varieties of cotton
seed must be selected and carefully saved,
so that we may go on successfully in the
culture Of this indispensable crop here
after. Let all who have superior cotton
seed, either Sea Island or Upland, adver-
tise it widely i'll time for the next crop.
Sorghum and Imphee, should be cut,
ground and made up into good thick
syrup as fast as the cane natures. Too
much care cannot be taken with the fl
tration of the juice and clarifcation of
the syrup, ifyou desire a good merchan-
table article. The blades of sorghum
must, of course, be saved for fodder, and
the seed preserved for stock feeding.
Cow Peas must be gathered and stored
away in dry place-giVing particular
attention to the saving of choice sorts
for the next years seed. Pea-vine hay
should also be made, and stacked away,
as heretofore directed. Corn in the drill,
Millet and other summer forage crops,
may now be cut, cured and preserved
for future use Grass, such as "Crow-
foot" "Crab," Cor "Crop,'O ETC., must
be cut when in full bloom, and cured
with as little expense to the sun as posi-
bic. The old negro style, of waiting till
first FROST" and then pulling up a lot of
dead, dry, sapless grass, and calling that
hay, must be stopped. 1t is not in ac-
cordance with the ''progress of the age"
The corn and forage crops will be short
in all the States east of the Mississippi
that every provision possible should be
made for economizing them.
Turnip ps will prove most valuable for
feeding stock of all kinds. Mich COWS,
sheep, (and it is said horses, if fed in
moderate quantities with other food all
thrive upon them. Boiled and the Slop
thickened while hot with corn meal, they
are excellent for swine. Sow this crop
during this month, at all favorable sea-
sons, and it will be advisable to put in
large crop for stock feeding in winter.
It's, generally, best to SOW just before
rain, or when she ground is dry, working
the ground thoroughly, and not sowing.
until it has been allowed to dry, for if
sowed in soil just moist enough to sprout
the seed the sun often kills it, but in
perfectly dry ground the seed will keep
without sprouting until it rains-cover-
ing the seed lightly and pressing the
earth upon itwith roller or plank. We
almost invariably SOW too much seed,
and cover too deep; but whenever, from
any cause, we fail to get good and salts
factory ''stand," the seedsmen Tor vender
of seedl has to ''suffer." 1t is not neces-
Sarv to drop continuous line of turnlp
seed in the drill, especially when the more
valuable varieties are rare and difficult
to procure. Two or three seeds, drop
ped every four a. inches 10 the drill,
will give you good Stand" and save
a great deal of seed and thinning out.
Rve for winter pasture, must be sown
yerv largely, the middle or last of this