The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-08

>"'N, P'''h9 oot"cCu Iiic nlIlS CDG SOrT-
field bean, which will afford snaps nil
summer, and the white sorts when dry
arc good winter vegetable.
Pumpkins and winter squashes may
be planted on any unoccupicd ground. It
must be of good quality, or hills prepar
ed by.digging deeply and providing
rich compost.
Cow peas to make hay may now be
sown broadcast or drilled, in well ma.
nured and well ploweG land. Corn
should also be drilled to cut green for
forage. 1t will require about three
bushels Of seed per acrc---sow thickly
in broad, deep drills, three and a half
feet apart-usc all the manure you can
spare, and cut the corn for your stock
as soon rs it tassels. Lay of your patch
in rows, and so at intervals OF week or
ten days, so that 1t may be cut in sue.
cesson. Mllet and Chinese Sugar
Cane may be sown in tho same way;
and in the present scarcity Of forage,
(iorage is always scarce, will be found
OF the greatest value.
Chinese Sugar Canc, rs Syrup crop
may still be planted, and should be put
III extensively, ae heretofore directed
1t will sl,rpass common corn in yield
M the same land, and properly apprc.
ciatcd and managed, is one of our great
resources.
a great many seem disposed to give
up Sorghum culture, but it is mistaken
policy. The prices of cane sugar and
molasscs are so high at present, and
likely to continue so, that it will be found
sound economy TO continue to mannfac.
ture enough syrup for home use. Cooks
Ev"pora'or, and tho new mode Of de-
lacation now employed at the West,
produce II syrup superior in quality to
what we supposed possible. We have
seen nice collre sugar made from the
juice OF one Of the varieties Of Imphcc.
Don't Givnup the crop.
Sweet Potato slips should be planted
very extensively everywhere. A very
deep, wide lirrow, plcnliruly filed with
manure, upon which throw mellow
and somewhat broad and fat bcd-rakc
lightly the surface Of the bed, make
good largo holes and set your draws"
so that tho bottom leaf is Just above the
ground. = |! The roots of the draws" up
to this leaf arc "groutcd," or dipped IN
a batter made by stirring woods earth
and little fresh cow manure in rain
water, anil then gill of water poured
around each "traw" in the hole, cover
ing this moisture with dry earth on the
surface they will "grow orr without
any check, as Will also Tomatoes, Egg
Plants, Cabbages, or any other vcgcta.
bic We are in the habit of waiting for
rain to transplant. In dry weather it is
best to set out plants by this plan, after
four or five o'clock in the evening, so
that 1t may have the benefit Of the night
dcws. livery hot, the more delicate
plants may be shaded with shingles. n
handful ofpino s,raw or similar ''mu!ch"
may be dropped lightly on each plant
before the sun becomes scorchng the
next day. Ifshort Of good draws"
you may extend your crop OF sweet
potatoes, by using cut.vincs from your
earliest paintings Of the tubers. Insert
the root deeply in the ground, press the
earth ahont it, and draw fno earth about
the stem, so as to cover all but the
roots.
IT Mil'et and Chinese Sugar Cano are
already vigorously growing or put in
at once in rich and well prepared land,
You will be able to get several cuttings
during the season. But if you wait TO
sow until hot weather. the growth will
be weak, langnid and unsatisfactory.
The weeds will now begin to claim your
particular and constant attention. "Nip
them in the bud'--do not let them Get
a footlola-cut them down without
mercy, or they will be sure TO choke and
destroy your crops. Now, at the outset
Is the time to choke lhem--if You wait
n few days ora week it will be too
late.
Look over your farm machinery
horse powers, threshcrs, gin.gcaring,
and have all needed repairs mado now.
When the season Of thrcshing or GIN
n'ng is at hand, the machine shops are
often so full of work, that you will be
likely to havo to wait, perhaps at con.
siderable disadvantage and loss. Ma.
chincry should always DO kept in prop.
or order, and any brcakage promptly
repaired.
Go often over your farms and plan,
tatons. and diligently study how you
can make every spot available and prof.
table. Use yonr best judgment, always
IN adapting yonr crops to tho most ia.
vorablc localities, and bring all you have
of science and experience to your aid.
PERUVIAN GUANo IN CONTACT WITH
SEEDs.-E|litors Southern CuNtuatcr
| was surprised to sec from an inquiry
in your March No, that the long explo.
dcd notion had revived, that it is unsafe
to apply unmlxcd Peruvian Guano in
immediate contact with seeds. Let me
say, that our wheat growers who uso
tho drill, havo been in tho constant
practice for many years of putting in
Guano and seed by the samo operation,
aud that | have prac,iced rolling seed
in tho best Gnano, rs much as would
adhere to it when mois,encd, without