The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-18
From the Southern Cultiyator. ] e
Work for the Month, .@,an+,f !.

Whilst we, would not advocate very
strongly the cultivation of this crop
for export, {itbeing avery. exhaust
ing ono) VIC would most earnestly
urge upon our readers to raise enough
wheat for home consumption. As
shown by the experiments in this
vicinity, the past season, q small piece
of land, we'll prepared and manured,
will produce an abundance for "a
family. 1t is useless to SOW wheat
upon poor land--how far manuring
can be carried with profit, is not yet
fully decided. We look for, more
light on i'is point from tho next So
ries of experiments, to be made by
the Athens wheat club. The great
difficulty of high manuring is the
falling down, or "lodging," of the
wheat. Some Of tho best acres grown
in this vicinity last winter, wcro
greatly damaged in this way, What
manurcs arc best, and how they should
be proportioncd, arc points which We
hope these ontorprising gentlemen
will settle for us, This question of
proporttonipg the different ingredients
of maaures, is one which has scarcely,
entered The mind tof tho farming com
munity, and yet it is hardly scconda-
ry in Importance to that of manuring
itself. Other small grain, as rye,
barley and oats, may still be sown this
ln6nth, though late except III the or
tfcmo South. =" taF.a l.fzota.
| Any time that can bo spared, from
harvesting crops, preppring and send,
ing them to market, should be dovo +
ted to general Improvement of the
farm, such as fencing; licdging, crcct-
ing outbuildings; draining, &C., 30.
This is one of the best months for
putting out hedge plants. Within
the limits of our observation, tho
Pyraoanthus, and the Mccarthy Roso
arc decidedly the best plants for this
purpose at the South. When tho
country was new, and timber supera-
bundant, and in tho farmers way in
clearing up now fields, tho rail fence
was q good institution perhaps; but
with the present contraction of the
area oultivatod, and little clearing
going on, We arc strongly inclined to
think that hedges will bo found moro
economical and more efficient as q
protection from The .dopreda,ions Of
both man ard beast. Protection
against man is by no means an unim-
portant consideration at present, and
should be taken into consideration
estimating the relative values Of tho
srail' and hedge icnce> II dgcs
might also bc used to great advantage
for enclosing pastures for animals like
goats, which rail fence cannot. yne
| The present is also good time for
draining land. AS tho gronnd is unu-
sually dry, excoss Of water from win
ter rains having disappeared through
the summer, it is easier to locate The
bolder underground springs from which
the excess of water chiefly comes. In
draining bottom lands, failure arises
from not sinking tho main branch, or
branches, deep enough to allow tho
lateral drains sufficient full and depth.
These latter should never be less than
two feet audi If possible, three. We
are cAceedfhgly anxious to SEQ some.
good plan of undraining introduced at
the South. Will not some entor-
prising persons investigate the details
of "tile'' making and establish works
Tor manufacturing them at different
POINTS,
BRAZILIAN CoTToN. The Savannah
(Ga.) Republican, thas speaks of a,speoi.
men 'of this cotton grown on the planta,
tion Of Mr.. T. S. Anderson, Pulaski
county .,,y ,,zs..s,ss.gy
+ Itis OF a dark cream color, rcsemb-
ling light shade ofnankrrn while in
length and fh,eness of staple it is about
equalto Middle Florida sea island. Mr.,
Anderson is only experimenting with it
this year, but expects 5toplants from
Twenty-Five to thirty acres the coming
sensonf y grows to. great perfection
on onr uplands, and is good bearer.
We are informed that the article viii
probably command fifty, cents in the
market at this time,a price which should
induce others to embark in its cultiva-
ton, Il, ,sszzs, W. ,Efxsa ais4 sssA,st
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\. A talented young African, of the
boot black persuasion, while dancing
liko st. Titus over customers boots
the other day, observed a, neighbor
poorlng wisely over n newspaper,
whereupon headdressed him thus
"Jalius, what dc, ,dobel you lookin'
at dat paper fur2 You can't read y
eco way, fellah," replied tho other
indignantly "Guss I cal read. Use
big 'nuff fur dat.'' s,rs.ss 5.3
"Big 'nuff}' retorted the first one.
scornfully. Y "Dat amt muffin. A
cows big 'nuff. to ootchs n mice, but
he can't do it.", SsG6ga ~ &Fi9t@i-- %eld
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