The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-05-16

III d. great ueSree, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES el-
emeuts. This is a genera, ,Snot uni-
versal rule. Therefore, cut and cure
it in the bloom, to the maturitytof
seeds-at any. and all TIMES.
5th. How to cut and: save hay
The direction I now, give, is o9ly,for
saving hay for plantation use, on a
limited scale, and. not: ASA business
or crop culture for market. Gethay,.
moving; or grass knives or biadesss7-
all the same III the Hardware stores;
put handles to them; also getfi
rakes and hayforks, andyou gre. rea-
dy for the work: On a fairsand sum
shiny day.: put,your cutters toswork.
If the grass is in the bloom, it's the
bestcondition to make the, best hay.
In this state the mncilag genods fluid,
made e>up Of sugar and starch, abounds
throughout-the stems .and leaves, and
therefore if cut in the bloomsrit must
be raked up in windrows, summed and
turned over, forthe bottom to take a
summing in the vcning,and then be
put in hay-coekss ofroundz stacks the
size: of a bacon .hogshesd, before
night hfterst dew is offnext morn
ing, about 8 or1O, o'clock, spread
out. the stack Or hay sun it,
turn it, over in the evening; and hay
cock. it at night.-Keep this up for
FIVE days, and your best hay, cut in
the bloom, will be sweet and iire,
The older it gets the less care is re-
quired-the less manipulation-the
less attention. Grass cut il a cloudy
day, or late in the evening, and not
wilted, may be left on the ground as
cut, until the next day. If wilted,
it>must BE- hay-cockcd before night
fall to protect it against the night
dews or rains. Then follows the pro
cess giving for curing.
9Th. After the fifth day, haul it up
and stack or house it. One gallon of
salt to. the wagon load, sprinklcd over
it, will. assist it's preservation, and
make it more palatable to stock. :
If the land is turned over in winter,
and cross>plowed by the first Of April,
two crops can be made on good lard,
with favorable. seasons; but in any
crent, I assert Knowingly ifpEoe
per -plowing is done, on or before the
first of July, large and remunerating
crops of hay can be made. Last year
I saved 100 stacks of hay from go
acres in corn-making: 20 bushels Of
corn to the acre-sWamp land which
was. .plowed in June. Also, off Gu
cumbcr patch, less than.one half acre,
the cucumbers gathered until tic
first Of August, 1 saved a stacks Of
hay, weighing .2o00 lbs. This proves
that hay can be saved. from land up
to July, or even later.
1t is proper to observe, that in hay
making, common scnst, Industry and
attention, are necessary to success.
The physician combafs symptoms,
and meets the necessities Of the case.
TLe day of specifics has passed. In
other words, be Industrious, intcill-
gent, and do your work as nature $
Itrs require. Take the Southern
CHitivator, and study it for years,
and you will be at Ito loss TO under
stand tile PaiIosophy Of agriculture.
Some fields, prepared b. the first
of April, may, AMI often do, produce
growth of Morning Glorics, or weed
growtEs of different kinds; ifso, piow
up the field in May, and crab-grass,
or crow-foot will follow.
Other fields, so cultivated, say by
the 1st of April, will produce only
the grasses. If you 60 in for only
orc big crop, be sure and piow up
thoroughly, about the 10th to tAc
25th Of May.
Again, if the weather, during tho
process of curing the hay, should
portend rain, you may stack it, and
afterwards take it down and sun and
cure it, as you would fodder.
Our lauds will make two to three
tons to the acrc-;t } cents per 3D.,
worth $40 to S160 per acre. This
article, hay, is not taxed, but cotton
is, about $50 per bale, directly and
Indirectly. We raise taxed cotton to
buy untaxed hay. AS a matter OF
pccuniary calculation, the policy is
suicidal. But the old tradition
haunts the Rourbons, who ''ncver
learn anything, and never forget any
thing" and all such declare "Cot'
ton King This is great mistake
Cotton is king dctmoncd, but under
the ban, robbed, plundered, warred
upon, enormously taxed as rebe'
contraband; all outlaw, oppressed
impoverished and like u high toned
cotton op orator in Columbus, Ga,
! in other days. is f.An aristocrat in